The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

She said the university has made the application process easier for next year, published more information online and made sure admission counselors are sharing the information with prospective students. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage.

Groups 89

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 89

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. All the information was on the internet.

Digital Divide 108

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 108

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. South Fort Myers High School follows a dropout prevention program called BARR, which stands for Building Assets, Reducing Risks. But access to home support is arguably even more important.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Related: Colleges provide misleading information about their costs. But not every student can make the leap to full-time status, said Karen Stout, president of the nonprofit advocacy group Achieving the Dream; many have neither the money nor the time. Many, like Dzindzichashvili, interrupt their studies because of the cost.

Report 83

Report Course Advocacy Policies 83

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Students with disabilities process information differently, so they need more explicit instruction to develop and use these skills than general education students do. This plan uses student interests and other information about a student to outline post-high school goals. In the end … a lot of the onus will come back on the school.

Study 85

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 85

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. " [link] — Kaitlin Mulhere (@KMulhere) October 30, 2018.

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

She struggles with decision-making and executive function, which are the skills that allow people to organize information and respond to it. He and his mom looked at a federal report with salary information for various jobs, and he realized an office job would provide a higher quality of life than a food industry job.

Outcomes 88

Outcomes Education Report Survey 88

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

As if applying for financial aid wasn’t difficult enough already, it appears that the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, which pulls tax information into the FAFSA app, “ will be unavailable for several weeks.” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates. Missing just two days of school per month has been tied to lower reading proficiency in third grade, lower math scores in middle school and higher dropout rates in high school.

Dropout 100

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 100

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

“ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? It’s building this little web that turns the user into a mostly passive consumer of mostly western corporate content,” says Ellery Biddle, Global Voices’ advocacy director. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” asks the Pioneer Press.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

She blamed the high dropout rates on the fact that many students have to juggle school with full- and part-time jobs, leaving little time for academics. based advocacy group Excelencia in Education, said universities need to go beyond that sort of passive outreach, especially for students who may be hesitant to seek out help. “We

Dropout 107

Dropout Laptops Study Report 107

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During a pandemic, when there’s no uniform way of counting attendance, Hedy Chang, director of the advocacy group Attendance Works, has seen districts rethinking some of these rules, with their ability to do so varying on state flexibility. 14 different emails, all containing potentially vital information.

Policies 139

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 139

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund. Shortly after leaving that post, Riley planted his skeptic’s flag with an oft-cited blog post titled, “Don’t Personalize Learning.”.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Specific queries were repeatedly answered with claims that the information was unavailable or would take dozens of hours to obtain. The truth of it is, we know how to educate these kids.

Education 79

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. How do we ensure that Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple won’t sell these enormous stores of information to advertisers, employers, law enforcement or the military? Summit is very informative with parents.

Personalized Learning 99

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 99

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That kind of activism also stands out from what is happening in most other states, where students lack strong statewide organizations or are less involved in state politics, said Max Lubin, an Education Department official in the Obama administration who started the advocacy group Rise while a graduate student at Berkeley.

Education 98

Education Policies Course System 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2022

Campus health centers in trigger-law states could give students access to a confidential medical professional who could provide information while they are evaluating their options or answer questions about what is normal while they are going through the abortion process, Upadhyay said. Credit: AP Photo/Tony Dejak.

Accessibility 26

Accessibility Training Policies Report 26

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

“Certainly, as long as human beings are running schools, you’re going to have that possibility,” she said, adding that the goal is to have policies and procedures in place that uphold the law and protect kids, while keeping parents informed. Sometimes, though, the system breaks down.

Elementary 143

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 143

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2018

Only about one in five of 2016 graduates got full-time jobs in legal offices, the advocacy organization Law School Transparency reported. was sued by the attorney general in its home state of California for allegedly providing inaccurate information to prospective students and using illegal debt-collection practices, which the company denies.

Company 69

Company Industry Advocacy Report 69