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Descriptive Summary of 2003-04 Beginning Postsecondary Students: Three Years Later
National Center for Education Statistics Most first-time students who begin their post-secondary education at four-year institutions are 19 or younger (85 percent),...
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1.6KNewsPost-COVID summer programs didn’t boost kids academically, but may have helped anyway
Many summer programs focused on social emotional learning.
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Grants
OR/WA At-Risk Youth Education, Mentoring and Development Program Grants
Subject: Youth Development, Mentoring, Education, High School, Higher Education | Deadline: Mar. 31, 2019 | Amount: Unspecified
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2.7K► ReportsA Seat at the Table: African American Youth’s Perception of K-12 Education
The United Negro College Fund used data from a national survey of 1,700 low-income minority youth to craft this report explaining these...
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3.0K► Nonprofit ToolboxCultivating Leaders: Scaffolding Successful Youth Outcomes with Strong Staff Supports
Holding hands, seven young people stood in a circle doing final breathing exercises before their entrance onto the stage — the culmination...
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Grants
College Sexual Assault Policy and Prevention Initiative
Subject: Safety, Youth Welfare, Youth Crime, Sexual Crime, College | Deadline: May 18, 2015
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Audit Questions Job Corps Placement Claims
A new audit by the Labor Department’s Inspector General accuses its Job Corps program of doing exactly what the Education Department accuses...
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Remedial Education
Some call it the Bermuda Triangle of higher education. Some see it as a needless expense – double payment for students to...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
The College Payoff: Education, Occupation, Lifetime Earnings
The steady rise of college costs and the mounds of debt students are shouldering to pay those costs has given rise to...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
College Loan Default Rate Rose to 9.6 Percent in 2009
The overall federal student loan default rate rose 25 percent in 2009 – from 7.7 percent in 2008 to 9.6 percent –...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
White House Hosts Community College Summit
President Barack Obama on Tuesday ripped into what he said are Republican plans to trim funding for education by 20 percent to...
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New Approach to the Need for Remedial Education
Educators and policymakers are beginning to focus on the question of why so many youths entering college need remedial courses in reading,...
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New Approach to the Need for Remedial Education
Educators and policymakers are beginning to focus on the question of why so many youths entering college need remedial courses in reading,...
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A Job Big Enough for a Nonprofit and a For-Profit
Indio, Calif.—The federally funded Youth Opportunity Center (YOC) in this desert town is run by a muscular ex-ballplayer everyone calls Rock. He’s...
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College costly, but so is dropping out of school, report says
What’s the difference between a high school dropout and a college graduate? About $50,000 in income a year. That’s according to a...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Do Kids Count in Congress?
By Sue Badeau Members of Congress want us to believe that children are a very high priority. So day after day they...
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302Guest Opinion EssayDual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree
Are dual enrollment credits actually making a significant difference in college degree completion time?
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453NewsTracking college closures
Enrollment has been declining for more than a decade, so colleges can't pay bills.
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380NewsRebuilding after Helene and Milton: Educators share experiences from previous disasters
Reestablishing kids’ routines is essential to making them feel safe.
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512NewsToo hard or too easy: The ‘Big, Statewide Fight’ over Massachusetts graduation requirement
After collecting 170,000 signatures, the union got the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) graduation requirement question on November's ballot.The measure does not...
