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ADE launches statewide community resources portal
Event Date: Little Rock, Jan 20, 2021 – The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) has launched the Statewide Community Resources Portal, a website that connects schools and communities with information about available support services around the state. As a result of COVID-19, many students and families were in need of essential support services, or “wrap-around” services, such […]
Read MoreBoard of Education holds organizational meeting
Event Date: Oscoda, Jan 19, 2021 – The Oscoda Area Schools (OAS) Board of Education all met, via Zoom, on Monday, Jan. 11, to tackle organizational business. All board members were present with the exception of Trustee Rose Fulton. Similar to 2020, board members voted to keep the same positions. With this in mind, the officers to […]
Read MoreSocial mobility leaders Nutter and Aguh join Graduation Alliance board of directors
Event Date: Salt Lake City, Utah Jan. 15, 2021 – Two leaders in the effort to create social and economic mobility with purpose-driven investment have joined the board of directors at Graduation Alliance. Lisa Nutter’s successes in the fields of education, workforce development, and human services have shaped her approach to addressing community and economic well-being…. Continue […]
Read MoreAddressing a decline in passing rate of classes, GPS to partner with Graduation Alliance Dropout Recovery program
Event Date: Greenville, Jan 13, 2021 – Enduring a semester unlike any other, with students having their time spent on and off between in-person and distance learning, school officials have been preparing themselves to embrace a potential increase in failure rates… Continue reading
Read MoreIt is never too late to graduate
Event Date: Pike County, Jan 12, 2021 – With no choice but to drop out of school at the age of 16 more that 20 years ago, Paula (Moore) Rittenhouse can now say she has her Waverly High School diploma, just like the rest of her classmates who completed their coursework. With her husband, Ricky, watching, Rittenhouse […]
Read MoreAlpena Public Schools kids get more help in pandemic
Event Date: Alpena, Jan 13, 2021 – Alpena Public Schools will participate in a program to help students struggling with the transition to online learning. Assistant Superintendent of K-12 Curriculum Meaghan Gauthier on Tuesday told her school board’s Curriculum and Technology Committee the district was able to opt in to The Graduation Alliance’s Engage Michigan program, a […]
Read MoreNew Mexico PED And Partners Cut List Of Unaccounted-For Students Through Data Matching, Other Efforts
Event Date: Santa Fe, NM, Dec 31, 2020 – The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) and its partners have accounted for nearly half of the students who were enrolled in public schools last spring but not this fall and were therefore feared to be outside the educational system. As of Wednesday, 6,270 students remained unaccounted for, […]
Read MoreUSA Schools fine tune construction plans
Event Date: Sebewaing, Dec 30, 2020 – As plans are being drafted for construction and upgrades from bonds voters approved earlier this year, some of that money will be used sooner than expected. During the election last August, district voters approved the request for a $2,570,000 general obligation bond. Funds from the bond will address a wide […]
Read MoreCoaches from around the world help SC students succeed with virtual learning
Event Date: Horry County, SC, Dec 22, 2020 – Students and parents have struggled with virtual learning since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. In Oct. 2020, the South Carolina Dept. of Education started ‘ENGAGE’ to assist students with their school work… Continue reading
Read MoreLetter: Keep working to reduce dropouts
Event Date: WA, Dec 19, 2020 – Dropping out of high school is costly to students and society in many ways. Looking at June 2020 data, the Vancouver and Evergreen school districts have made encouraging headway in reducing high school drop-out rates (“VPS, EPS graduation rates on rise,” The Columbian, Nov. 8). Both districts measured on-time graduation […]
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