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4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

eSchool News

It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round. The type of learning and work environments students will experience after they graduate resemble the traditional “sage-on-the-stage,” textbook-driven model of teaching less and less. Provide real-world opportunities.

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Editor’s Picks 2015, No. four: 4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

eSchool News

It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round. The type of learning and work environments students will experience after they graduate resemble the traditional “sage-on-the-stage,” textbook-driven model of teaching less and less. Provide real-world opportunities.

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What a Reinvented College Looks Like: 4 Alternative Higher-Ed Models

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The college is moving away from textbooks to free open-source online materials. What’s different: The college, in Dallas, Texas, had been a traditional residential campus, but was facing declining enrollment and struggling financially, so it decided to try a radical new approach in hopes of becoming one of the nation’s great small colleges.