Secondary Education
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How to successfully turn drop-outs into graduates
One school’s resilient Second Chance program helps students earn their diplomas and overcome stereotypes about credit recovery. By Matthew Lynch When you think about ... -
3 Solutions to the High School Dropout Problem
By Matthew Lynch Bleak numbers surround the national high school dropout rate. Many of society’s other problems – like unemployment, poverty and overcrowded prisons ... -
Why High School Graduation Is the Key to Improving At-Risk Communities: Part I
A guest post by Frank Britt, CEO of Penn Foster Education is the catalyst for bottom-up change and can become the epicenter of transformation ... -
Should college and high school diplomas be earned together?
The term “college prep” as it relates to high school paths has a different meaning than when I was a teenager. The high school ... -
Solving the special education teacher deficit
Across the nation schools are trying to locate and hire qualified special education teachers. The open positions are abundant and many teachers are not ... -
Cause and Effect: The High Cost of High School Dropouts
By Matthew Lynch While high school dropout percentages in the U.S. are much lower today than they were a few decades ago, there is ... -
Is the U.S. Dropout Rate Really a Crisis?
By Matthew Lynch It seems that the phrase “high school dropout” is often accompanied with the word “crisis.” Depending who you ask, kids everywhere ...
