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Wake County graduation rates drop slightly

pterrell wrote 4 days ago: NEWS&OBSERVER       Click on the link and see a story about Wake County’s drop out rate f … more »

Tags: EWCP, Democrats, wake county schools

Pennsylvania gets high marks for high grad rates...

Ryan wrote 1 month ago: Yet again the Pennsylvania public education system proves itself to be superior to its counterparts … more »

Tags: pennsylvania politics, Education, Public Schools, American Politics, High School, Pennsylvania

Resource Center wrote 1 month ago: State Graduation Rates 2008 Dear Educator: It’s here! The Diplomas Count 2008: School to College h … more »

+ Graduation? Online Options for Making Up Credit

Adrienne Edwards wrote 2 months ago: other topics: click a “category” or use search box Some high schools are turning to onli … more »

Tags: > Books, Publications, Articles, Education: Approaches, High School, Parent Interest, Resources, success in school, Teacher Interest, teaching strategies, technology

Minnesota Schools Consider Raising Drop-Out Age From 16 to 18

mindmasseuse wrote 2 months ago: According to this article, Minnesota schools may see a bump up in the drop-out age from 16 to 18.  … more »

Tags: Community College, Creativity, High School, drop out, graduation rate, high school graduation rates, high school failure, Minnosota schools, drop out age

Give Credit Where Credit is Due9 comments

lindsayk wrote 3 months ago: New York City principals are letting students make up classes they failed in efforts to boost gradua … more »

Tags: Education, credit, New York City, PR, Public Relations, Public Schools, schools

Can you be left behind...1 comment

Jason Adams wrote 3 months ago: …if you don’t even come to the station? Via Sarah Wood at Swivel: high school graduatio … more »

Tags: Detroit, Education, High Schools, No Child Left Behind

Graduation Rates <50% in Largest U.S. Cities

Amy Strecker wrote 3 months ago: Another statistical call to action came from America’s Promise Alliance Tuesday when they iss … more »

Tags: Dropouts, High School, kids, MindOH, News, Public School Reform, Tough Issues, America's Promise Alliance, Colin Powell

U.S. High Schools Graduate "About Half" in Cities1 comment

johnibii wrote 3 months ago: By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press Writer  WASHINGTON - Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest c … more »

Tags: News, Education, Politics, Students, Colin Powell, High Schools, Minorities, Teachers, michelle rhee

Ethics & Graduation Rates

lindsayk wrote 4 months ago: One of the classes I took last semester was Values and Ethics Management. We studied ethical issues … more »

Tags: ethics, PR, Public Education, Public Relations, reported graduation rates, schools

The Final Four Based on Graduation Rates

mercyman53 wrote 4 months ago: We have embarked upon the annual ritual of “March madness”.  For the next three weeks, people t … more »

Tags: america, Athletes, College Sports, Education, ethics, NCAA Basketball, Scholarships, student athletes

'Avoidable Losses'1 comment

nclbchange wrote 5 months ago: There are unintended consequences of education reform efforts, and then there are “avoidable l … more »

Tags: Accountability

U.S. School Children Losing More Ground to Other Nations...2 comments

Matt P. wrote 8 months ago:   U.S. fourth-graders have lost ground in reading ability compared with kids around the world, acco … more »

Tags: Politics, George Bush, Law, Education Policy, failing students, Education reform, dysfunctional schools, US Department of Education, No Child Left Behind

Black Student Athletes Outperform Black Students Overall

twilightandreason wrote 8 months ago: It seems that hard work on the playing field does translate into hard work in the classroom. The cur … more »

Tags: Blogroll, Black Students, African American Students, Race, Achivement Gap, student athletes

A Faulty Explanation for the Gender Gap in Black Educational Attainment2 comments

twilightandreason wrote 8 months ago: Allow me to share with you this excerpt from a recent article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education … more »

Tags: Higher Education, Current Events, hip-hop, masculinity, Black Students, African American Students, gender gap, Malik Salaam

Good News on the Enrollment Front

twilightandreason wrote 9 months ago:   The Journal of Black in Higher Education (JBHE) has recently reported that the most current sta … more »

Tags: Blogroll, Higher Education, Black Youth, African American Students, Race, Achivement Gap, Enrollment

Maryland Responds

rtmsf wrote 9 months ago: With respect to yesterday’s story about Gary Williams’ 0% graduation rate, Maryland has … more »

Tags: Duke, Maryland, Gary Williams, GSR, ACC, michigan st, connecticut, arizona, chris wilcox

Gary Williams Hates Graduation3 comments

rtmsf wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday the NCAA released its latest graduation rate figures for all D1 athletes who entered schoo … more »

Tags: mississippi st, eddie sutton, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Florida, NCAA, iowa st, Maryland, stanford

Conference Held to Address Dropouts in Texas, Houston

edreader wrote 10 months ago: The Children at Risk conference brought together 275 advocates to address dropout and school enagege … more »

Tags: Mayoral Control


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