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The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade

The Hechinger Report

What does the declining birthrate mean for elementary, middle and high schools across the country? percent fewer public school students a decade from now. Full high school projections extend further through 2028 in the WICHE data. The number of high school students is expected to fall by 6.8

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

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“The idea of getting college credit while you’re in high school is appealing as a way of holding the cost of college down.” From 2018 to 2023, the college recorded a 39 percent increase in Monmouth County high school students enrolling in its college-level courses. We are trying to reach every high schooler in some way,” McElroy says.

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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

Despite mounting evidence that schools are not turning out to be major incubators or vectors of Covid-19 transmission, New York City shut down its public school system in November. Many other major school systems remain closed as well. Even before the pandemic, STEM achievement gaps in K-12 schools were significant.

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Writing a College Essay That Stands Out

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Class of 2028 supplemental essay prompt. Yet, while the American School Counselor Association recommends a student-to-counselor ratio of no more than 250-to-1, the national average in public schools is 415-to-1 , almost double the recommended rate. So, how can schools help students overcome these challenges?

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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

But students aren’t the only ones who lose out from a one-size-fits-all high school approach. A startling 3 million skilled trades jobs will sit unfilled by 2028. So does the U.S. job market, which faces a significant skilled labor shortage.

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Ten jobs that are safe from robots

The Hechinger Report

“The notion that we can train someone in 2018 for job requirements in 2028 isn’t realistic.”. Fuller, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. The notion that we can train someone in 2018 for job requirements in 2028 isn’t realistic,” Fuller said. High school teachers.

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What Students From Rural Communities Think College Leaders Should Know

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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. Betley reports that STARS schools extended more than 11,000 offers of admission to the Class of 2028, which was a 12.9 The work is already paying off.