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‘Faculty Told Me They Hated It.’ When an Academic-Alert System Backfires—Twice.

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Moore-Davis admits one of the biggest failures in the process was leaving out their bottom-line: students. A group of researchers at the college spent the 2016-2017 academic year studying their own failures and best practices, and talking with other institutions that had implemented similar technology.

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We Need to Make Schools Human Again. That Means Treating Teachers With Respect.

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In fact, educational leadership experts say that culture is always at play in a school’s success or failure. Last year, I helped coordinate opportunities for grief counseling sessions led by mental health professionals and devoted meeting time for reflection and acknowledging feelings. There are so many dehumanizing workplaces.

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For a Self-Destructive Student, a Restorative Circle Fostered a Sense of Belonging

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We had a slew of intervention and support strategies in place, from daily check-ins to one-on-one counseling services and group therapy, but from the day he walked into MAPs, Ralphie was combative with authority. After just a few months with us, he was caught by the superintendent breaking into a district leader’s car in the parking lot.

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College Leaders Make Mistakes. Here’s Why They Should Apologize For Them.

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These days, there is frequent talk of teaching students to take risks and be entrepreneurial, and it is important for leaders to show students how to learn and grow from failure. Some leaders may simply be reluctant to own failures they did not personally commit, even if it happened under their watch.

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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education

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Another form of the technology is “early warning” or “early alert” programs, which monitor how students are doing in class, identify nonacademic impediments to student success, and target students in danger of failure for extra counseling or other assistance.

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I Love Community Colleges (and Tech Should Too)

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Before redesign, CSCC had three levels of remedial math courses, with an average drop-failure-withdraw rate as high as 70 percent. Cleveland State Community College’s redesigned math program is an excellent example of using technology to help community college students in need of remedial coursework.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

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One of the signatories to the ReadyNation letter to Congress, Hugh Welsh, president and general counsel of DSM North America, the North American subsidiary of a Netherlands-based health, wellness and bioscience company, says his sense is that support by business leaders for action to improve child care delivery across the country is increasing.