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Seattle Times Highlights Middle Schools and Diplomas Now

Seattle Times Highlights Middle Schools and Diplomas Now

The Seattle Times, winner of nine Pulitzer Prizes, focused today on the Diplomas Now partnership with two middle schools in Seattle. We are proud to be a part of these success stories. EDUCATION LAB: Missing just a few days of class in sixth grade can predict whether you’ll graduate from high school. That research powers […]

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South High School, Columbus Report Card Conferences Featured

South High School, Columbus Report Card Conferences Featured

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Students at South High School took home report cards on Thursday, November 14, and most have not only maintained their GPA,  but improved. The principal credits the new program called Diplomas Now. To see more about the Diplomas Now program in Columbus schools, see our Columbus Success Stories page.

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Diplomas Now Partner Video

Diplomas Now Partner Video

Diplomas Now benefits students, their schools and their communities. For students, this means graduating with a meaningful diploma ready for the future. For schools, it means raising achievement scores and graduation rates and letting teachers teach by providing extra adults to help meet students’ social and emotional needs. For the community, it means decreased dropout […]

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Robert Balfanz named “Champion of Change” by White House

Robert Balfanz named “Champion of Change” by White House

Robert Balfanz, a senior research scientist at The Johns Hopkins University, is among 10 education leaders named White House “Champions of Change” for their commitment to furthering education among African Americans. See more information at the White House website. Robert Balfanz, a senior research scientist at The Johns Hopkins University, is among 10 education leaders […]

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‘Insider Trading’ Used to Retool Failing Schools

‘Insider Trading’ Used to Retool Failing Schools

Baton Rouge, La. — Three years ago, Broadmoor Middle School in east Baton Rouge was on the brink of failure. It had a 50 percent suspension rate, and every year, roughly one in four students was falling behind in English and math. In other schools, such startling numbers often prompt full-scale turnaround efforts — meaning […]

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Now This is Early Intervention

Now This is Early Intervention

Some teens had iPod earbuds stuffed in their ears, drowning out the wild cheering. Hoodies up. Others stared straight ahead or at the ground. But the people cheering at the entrance of Mifflin High School (in Columbus, Ohio) last week wouldn’t be ignored. It was only 7 a.m., but they danced like maniacs as students […]

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Middle School Moment on PBS’s Frontline

Middle School Moment on PBS’s Frontline

PBS’s Frontline highlights Johns Hopkins professor Bob Balfanz’s research on middle school students’ attendance, behavior and course performance – the ABCs, as Balfanz calls it – and the strong link to dropping out of high school. In high-poverty schools, if a sixth grader attends less than 80 percent of the time, receives an unsatisfactory behavior […]

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In Experimental School, Tight-Knit Community Helps Students Succeed

In Experimental School, Tight-Knit Community Helps Students Succeed

Laura Schultz, principal of Baltimore Talent Development High School in Baltimore City, walks the hallways every chance she gets. On the walls of most of those hallways, right above the words, “We miss you when you’re not here, come to school every day” is an attendance chart pinned to a bulletin board. The charts are […]

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Quick Take with Robert Balfanz

Quick Take with Robert Balfanz

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