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OPINION: The Supreme Court ruling on race in college admissions ignores bigger inequities that must be addressed

The Hechinger Report

In Philadelphia, 49 percent of students who graduated from public high schools matriculated to a college or university, a number that does not account for the 19 percent pushout or dropout rate of students who did not graduate from high school. Only 10 percent of Philadelphia public school students went on to earn a college degree.

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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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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

The Hechinger Report

The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. Related: More studies mark the pandemic’s toll on student achievement.

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

The Hechinger Report

President Biden’s stalled 2024 budget includes $10.8 Related: ‘Waste of time’: Community college transfers derail students Advocates hope that a percentage of the hundreds of millions of dollars in state opioid settlement funding can be earmarked for collegiate recovery, and that Congress might one day approve additional funding.

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When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

The Hechinger Report

If the state doesn’t find a way to hold on to its shrinking number of students — or persuade more workers to move to Vermont — it won’t be able to fill the jobs left vacant by retiring baby boomers, with more than 100,000 new job openings projected by 2024. The tax base will diminish, and the state will wind up with budget deficits.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

Administrators hope to triple their current number of trained tutors to serve more students and plan to hire 500 more tutors within the next year with federal funding that will last through 2024. The biggest bang for your buck is tutoring.” Allison Socol, The Education Trust.

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

The Hechinger Report

The ESSR funds expire in 2024. The federal funding itself isn’t permanent. The ECF funding, which was originally set to expire this June, has recently been extended until June 30, 2023.