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Biotech Academy: Challenging Assumptions and Changing Lives
This school-within-a-school puts the emphasis on academics and a future career.
Emotional Engagement in Education, Part One: Should Teachers Care About Student Apathy?
posted by Jim MoultonThis is the first post in a three-part entry.
The answer is, "Yes, yes, yes, a thousand times yes! Everyone has to care."
Dropout Diplomacy: A Boston Initiative Reaches Out to Truants
The scramble to get kids to return to high school is on.
Intervention for Failing Students: The Mandatory Study Session
posted by Bob LenzAt a recent professional-development day, I challenged my colleagues to think about how we could reduce the number of students in our lower division (grades nine and ten) -- especially the ninth graders -- who fail high school courses. "What if we decided that failure is not an option, and that success is the only choice available to us?" I asked them.
Biotech Academy: A Catalyst for Change
At-risk students in San Jose, California, become college ready and career bound with the support of teachers and biotechnology business partners.
Help Me, I'm Failing: Louisiana Students Falling Behind Learn How to Move Ahead
A middle school program helps keep students from being left behind and left despondent.
Will second-chance schools slow the dropout rate?
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Las Vegas: Improving Graduation
In a town where dropouts earn $50,000 per year parking cars, Las Vegas schools have devised unique programs to keep students on the diploma track.
Last-Chance High: An Urban School District Success
A remarkable program in the San Francisco public school system is a Stay Out of Jail card for the city's most at-risk teens.
Silent Statistics: Student-Performance Data Misses the Most Important Outcomes
posted by Anthony CodyRecently, consultants who were reviewing the data systems the California Department of Education uses to track student performance interviewed me. I have had to wrestle with how I feel about the whole process, because unfortunately, I think the emphasis on data has not been the boon to students and educators that was promised.
