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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

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In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% About Cognia Cognia offers accreditation and certification, assessment, professional learning, and improvement services to institutions and other education providers.

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Who Will Teach the Children? The 3 Keys to Building Globally Competitive, World Class Schools

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UNESCO reports that the market for pre-primary, primary and secondary education worldwide expanded by more than 142 million students between 1999 and 2006. School administrators should continuously assess teaching conditions, principals should focus on “high-quality teaching and learning conditions.”

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. “[O]ur Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.

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Colorado hybrid school taps into personalized learning

eSchool News

Scores for grades 2-8 in math and reading on year-to-year Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments show 140 to 240 percent growth, with the highest scores in grades 6-8—when students typically see a slight decline. At Poudre School District Global Academy (PGA), a hybrid school in Fort Collins, Colo.,

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

Their ESSA plans detail systemic transformations of assessment methods and other practices, according to Lillian Pace, the senior director of national policy at KnowledgeWorks. High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates. But developing such systems is a complicated task.

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Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

The Hechinger Report

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” After an academic assessment, using the Test of Adult Basic Education, or TABE, Irving-Marin asks students about barriers holding them back, and about goals five or 10 years in the future.

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

The Hechinger Report

Among Act 77’s aims: to reduce high school dropout rates, particularly among low-income students. (In ILOs are the ultimate in personalized learning, and they depend on teachers to structure programs, assess student growth and award academic credit. It recognized that learning can occur anywhere.”.

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