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Education
Should High School Dropouts Be Denied Driver's Licenses?
Minnesota's the latest state to revoke driver's licenses from teens who drop out, but that might not be the answer to the dropout crisis?
Education
Why Teachers Need to Become Leaders
If more educators develop leadership skills, it might be the best reform solution we could hope for.
Cities
Too Cool for School, Successful Futures: The 10 Worst Dropout Cities
Here's a tough statistic: According to The Daily Beast, 15 percent of schools produce more than 50 percent of all high school dropouts. The...
Education
Moving Beyond Graduation Rates
A conversation with the Education Trust's Kati Haycock on ensuring that more students become college- and career-ready.
Education
Oregon Makes High Schoolers Apply to College to Get a Diploma
But is this actually going to help anyone (other than the politicians)?
The Kids Are All Right
Ten9Eight, a new documentary by Mary Mazzio, looks at how turning kids into budding businesspeople may be the antidote to the dropout...
Education
New Report Confirms the Obvious: Students Drop Out Because College is Expensive
Newsflash: Students drop out of college because it's expensive, and because they find it hard to support themselves and be in school at the same...
Education
The ABCs of Struggling Schools
Why literacy is at the heart of the problems that plague our lowest-performing public schools. Imagine if you went to your doctor's office with a...
Education
Five Projects That Use Technology to Improve Education
Here are our five favorite projects from the Gates Foundation's education technology grant competition.
