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A Milestone in The Hoosier State
Event Date: The first graduate of the Indiana Workforce Diploma program didn’t know she was a trailblazer. She’d enrolled in the free, accredited, online program after learning that a high school credential she’d earned a long time ago wasn’t from an accredited school. “It was a shock, for sure, and a real setback,” Jamie said. But as […]
Read MoreEducation 2020: Five trends to be prepared for in the next year
Event Date: It’s that time of year again — the time when pundits and prognosticators line up to tell you what the “next big thing” will be over the coming 12 months. Nobody knows the future, of course, but we’ve seen exponential momentum toward these five trends, and expect each of these areas of education to become […]
Read MoreStill moving toward ‘the promise land’
Event Date: As we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, on what would have been his 91st year, it is worthwhile to consider how we might continue to honor his fight. If he were still with us today — 91 would have been a long life, yes, though not an unreasonable expectation – what would he […]
Read MoreAre your students ‘Future Ready’?
Event Date: A teacher shared a remarkable story about a young disengaged student. Given the choice of completing his work or taking a “0,” he always chose the “0.” As the 7th grade was ending, a team of firefighters came to school to share about their work and the skills it takes to become a firefighter. His […]
Read MoreAnnouncing new features to the Administrator Portal
Event Date: As an organization that invests heavily in technology and bringing online education to our students, we’ve been working hard to update the administrator portal for all of our partners. We will be rolling out many new features to help our partners navigate through their roster of students as quickly and seamlessly as possible. Our goal […]
Read MoreWe’re approaching an amazing waypoint in American education history — and most people don’t even know it.
Event Date: Just about two years ago, for the first time in history, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that 90 percent of the population age 25 and older had completed high school. By contrast, in 1940, less than half the population had a high school diploma. That’s amazing news. But let’s put that success in context. Out […]
Read MoreThree ways to help students stay on routine during the holiday breaks
Event Date: When researchers surveyed school districts across the nation, they found a surprising diversity of holiday vacation spans. For Thanksgiving, some districts offered their students and teachers as little as three days off; others had breaks that lasted more than a week. Some winter breaks were a week long. Others lasted nearly three weeks. No matter […]
Read MoreStudents will make mistakes, but ‘I try to always find the best in them’
Event Date: Driving across Highway 410 is like driving across America. There’s a little bit of everything. The freeway crosses the beautiful White River, past forests and farm fields, through several small towns and suburbs. This is Tonya Hammer’s daily drive. The Graduation Alliance local advocate works with students in three school districts along the 410 in […]
Read More100 years later, this is why we still need American Education Week
Event Date: It was 1919, and the boys were home from World War I. But the world was changing — and changing fast — and leaders from the National Education Association and American Legion were distressed to learn that a quarter of all war veterans were illiterate. Yet many Americans didn’t see that as a problem. Fewer […]
Read MoreMeet one of the nation’s top SEL experts
Event Date: Why do some students succeed in school while others, with seemingly identical life circumstances, wind up dropping out? Why do a small number of people with nothing more than a high school diploma end up as millionaires while others get stuck at poverty wages? What makes a student who struggled in high school more likely […]
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