Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Instead, we tend to excuse inadequate or unsavory outcomes as necessary growing pains in the pursuit of “innovation.” When schools persistently graduate less than half of their students of color and students with disabilities, we call those schools dropout factories. Let’s start a movement.

EdTech 298

EdTech Dropout Advocacy Outcomes 298

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

A really good transition plan shows how each year of school is linked to the next and the final outcome that they’re looking for,” said Leslie Darrell, a speech pathologist in Maine who often works with transition-aged students. “If If you have a great team, you have a great transition plan and follow through. Sign up for our newsletter.

Outcomes 91

Outcomes Education Report Survey 91

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. However, there is not much research on the life outcomes of students with disabilities who attain high school diplomas versus those who get alternative exit documents. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. Who is in Special Education?

Dropout 78

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 78

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Schools investing in recovery programs do so without an abundance of research connecting the programs to improved student outcomes. The schools are pursuing their goals of serving more students, but the additional supports bring higher costs. The price tag is not the same,” he said.

Report 97

Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 97

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2019

The debt-forgiveness program was announced at a gathering of organizations focused on improving higher education outcomes, hosted by the philanthropic Lumina Foundation. Black women earn just 61 cents for every dollar earned by their white male counterparts, according to analysis by the nonprofit advocacy group Equal Pay Today.

Libraries 97

Libraries Report Advocacy Policies 97

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

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. But the courses have had less impact on whether or not they actually graduate, and Eddinger acknowledged that “outcomes are still not great.”.

Report 83

Report Course Advocacy Policies 83

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

For those that enroll in two-year schools, the outcomes aren’t much better: 41 percent, according to federal data. The dismal outcomes aren’t because students with disabilities can’t handle the coursework. About a third of the students with disabilities who enroll in a four-year college or university graduate within eight years.

Study 87

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 87