Around the country, states and school districts are instituting early warning systems to identify students at risk of not graduating from high school or not being prepared for college-level work when they do. Although school districts begin collecting data on children in kindergarten, Education Week reports, often these early warning systems start in high school. [...]
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Early Warning Indicators Identify At-Risk Students
Posted in Achievement gap, College/career readiness on April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Early Education is a Dropout Prevention Strategy
Posted in College/career readiness, Full-day kindergarten, Pre-K to 3, Pre-kindergarten on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In his State of the Union address last month, President Obama called on states to raise the dropout age to 18. With research showing that low-income children who participated in high-quality early education are 30% more likely to finish high school, it is clear that early learning is a critical component of an effective dropout [...]
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