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College and career success for all
Even college-focused charter schools are urging students to consider a range of career and post-high school options.

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 112 min read
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How do homeschoolers turn out?
Long-term homeschoolers are less likely to earn a bachelor's degree and earn less than non-homeschoolers, but they're happier.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 101 min read
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More high schoolers earn more college credits -- but will they complete a degree?
Earning dual-enrollment credits may not help students complete a college degree.

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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'Free college' isn't enough to raise success rates for low-income students
"Free" tuition has boosted two-year graduation rates in Tennessee, but low-income students need more help to complete a degree.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 19, 20242 min read
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'Dual credits' aren't very helpful, but that can be fixed
Dual-credit programs are supposed to put students "on the fast track" to an affordable college degree, but many teens are earning credits...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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Everyone passes -- or else!
Universities will have to push failing students above the 50 percent mark or pay hefty fines under legislation proposed by the Australian...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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KIPP schools are game changers
KIPP charters are game changers, concludes a new Mathematica study. Compared to similar students who applied to KIPP but lost the...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 14, 20232 min read
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Half of community college students meet career goals
Sixty percent of former community college students, surveyed 10 years later, said they enrolled primarily for career or personal reasons,...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 11, 20232 min read
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College-going is down, and that could be a good thing
The U.S. could close the college readiness gap -- if the college-going rate keeps falling, writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli. Of course,...

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 2, 20232 min read
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The readiness is (almost) all
Who goes to college? Enrollment rates vary widely by family income, race and ethnicity and gender, but among students of similar academic...

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 31, 20232 min read
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When teachers believe, students achieve
"All students can learn" was the school district's slogan, printed on the stationery back in the era when mission statements were new....

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 3, 20222 min read
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