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A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

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By 2028, New Jersey aims to double the number of high school students enrolled in at least one dual enrollment course, ensure all high schools provide dual enrollment options, and close access gaps to these programs for different groups of students. Brookdale Community College is in a state that has named dual enrollment as a priority.

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NAEP Scores Show a Long Road to Academic Recovery. Edtech Can Help Shorten It.

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Recent headlines suggest it will take until 2028 for students to recover from these pandemic-related achievement declines. Tutoring at scale, with the help of education technology solutions like Subject or Outlier , can support individualized learning pathways that are age- and grade-agnostic to match each learner’s readiness.

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What Students From Rural Communities Think College Leaders Should Know

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Betley reports that STARS schools extended more than 11,000 offers of admission to the Class of 2028, which was a 12.9 For example, they visited 1,100 rural high schools in 49 states, with many trips including a dozen or so admissions officers carpooling in minivans. The work is already paying off.

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Writing a College Essay That Stands Out

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Class of 2028 supplemental essay prompt. The prompt asks applicants to, “Tell us about an aspect of your identity (e.g. race, gender, sexuality, religion, community, etc.) or a life experience that has shaped you as an individual.” The prompt is followed by a note with additional context on the shift. Source: Johns Hopkins University.

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Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

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A 2018 report by the University of California at San Francisco predicted — even before the pandemic increased need for such services — that by 2028, demand for mental health providers would be 40 percent higher than supply. The state itself is facing a shortage of behavioral health workers.

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One State Rolled Out a Promising Child Care Model. Now Others Are Replicating It.

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Nearly three years into its pilot, which currently reaches 59 of 83 counties, Michigan is preparing to take the program statewide later this year, scaling it to an estimated 5,000 families by 2028. Meanwhile, Kentucky’s pilot launched in July 2023, while North Carolina’s is in the design phase and on track to start this summer.

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Could Michigan’s Cost-Sharing Approach to Child Care Be Scaled Nationwide?

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Tri-Share is projected to reach 7,500 children across 5,000 households statewide by 2028, according to a five-year plan released by the Michigan Women’s Commission. “I think it’s going to explode,” Bergman says, adding that she’s in conversation with leaders from big companies like General Motors and Henry Ford Health.

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