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Introducing YouScience® Brightpath: A New Platform That Enables the Convergence of Education-to-Career to Better Prepare Students for Success in School and Life

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In addition, the troubling nationwide high school dropout rate persists, and college enrollment and retention rates are declining for our most vulnerable populations, further highlighting student disengagement. ” YouScience® Brightpath is available for implementation for the 2023/2024 school year.

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

The Hechinger Report

At two-year institutions, admission is accessible, tuition is affordable, and flexible coursework fits into schedules complicated not only by jobs and families, but counseling, support groups and doctor visits. “I President Biden’s stalled 2024 budget includes $10.8 I don’t know why we weren’t trying to do this years ago,” Miller said.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

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You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new.