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"Average daily attendance" has long been a trusted measure, but the number conceals an important metric in identifying kids at risk of failing or dropping out: chronic absence.
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As the dropout age increases to 18 for most Kentucky public schools next academic year, the state education department will be closely monitoring its…
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Caldwell County School officials are waiting to increase the district's minimum dropout age because the district is not prepared to implement a program to…
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Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is urging remaining school districts to be proactive in increasing the minimum dropout age from sixteen to eighteen.So…
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Just two weeks since Kentucky allowed school districts to voluntarily adopt the new compulsory dropout age of 18, enough districts have approved the policy
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In four years, Kentucky students won't be able to drop out of school until they're 18. It appears that enough Kentucky school districts have, or plan to
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The new president of Kentucky’s teacher union indicates educators are ready for a tougher minimum dropout age. Many school districts have already acted to…
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Kentucky education commissioner Terry Holliday says the first 57 school districts that raise their dropout age from 16 to 18 will be given a $10,000 state…
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After five years of advocacy, supporters of raising Kentucky's dropout age to 18 celebrated Monday as Gov. Steve Beshear signed the bill into law.Flanked…
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The Kentucky House approved on Monday legislation that gradually raises the age when students can drop out of school—a compromise reached after past…