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4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

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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. High school courses are held in university buildings and classrooms and students can start earning college credits before they graduate.

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

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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. High school courses are held in university buildings and classrooms and students can start earning college credits before they graduate.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

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The standards , released in 2013, are based on up-to-date scientific research and aim to give teachers more flexibility when creating learning experiences, yet some schools have been slow to implement the standards due to a lack of funding earmarked for teacher training and textbooks.

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Free Lesson Plans from Study.com

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Study.com is an online distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and physics) aligned with many popular textbooks. Resources include not only videos but study tools, guides, quizzes, and more.

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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.