Graduation and dropouts
COLUMN: We won’t have any black Mark Zuckerbergs or Bill Gates till we do this
Colleges that allow their students to also start businesses give them a boost
A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature
In New England, a high school finds success combining college-ready classes with career training
A college scholarship meant to help low-income, black students now serves mostly white, middle-class kids
Not TOPS anymore? Louisiana may cut scholarship program that used to be a national model
Beyond ABCs: Can school give kids a lifelong love of learning?
A charter network tests a model of schooling that lets youngsters reinvent themselves through exploration
Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school
High schools in New Orleans try a new way to keep at-risk kids from dropping out
Students can’t learn if they don’t show up at school
Districts are paying more attention to “chronic absenteeism” in their efforts to improve student learning
Held back, but not helped
Louisiana reverses course on its strict policy to hold back students who fail standardized tests. Instead, it will add supports to help them pass.
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In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates
The University of Maine at Presque Isle hopes new approach will produce more skilled workers for a struggling region
The ‘forgotten’ part of special education that could lead to better outcomes for students
Many former special education students struggle to find good-paying jobs, and high schools are partly to blame
The community college “segregation machine”
Too many black and Latino students get stuck in remedial classes, thwarting college dreams