The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

At the beginning of 2021, The Hechinger Report’s members (individual readers who donated money to our nonprofit news organization) asked us if we would report on the best practices for helping the nation’s public school system recover from the pandemic. One student is studying surface area and three-digit multiplication.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. An Associated Press reporter has had to visit the family in person to communicate. I’m really taken aback that a district would set forth a series of policies that make it actually quite difficult to enroll your child.”

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Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 83

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

Personalized Learning 71

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 71

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 114

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Photo by Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. Many, like Dzindzichashvili, interrupt their studies because of the cost. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.). Photo by Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. Now she is commuting to graduate school at Harvard. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Studies suggest affordability is one of the leading causes of attrition. Perrantes now works as a program manager for Mother Nation , a Seattle-based nonprofit that focuses on cultural services, advocacy, mentorship and homeless prevention for Native women. That’s because the U.S. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 85

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Photo: Karen Salomon for The Hechinger Report. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Adam Salomon at his high school graduation. It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”.

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Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 90

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Photo: Meredith Kolodner/The Hechinger Report. This story was produced jointly by inewsource San Diego, a data-focused investigative news organization, and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for our newsletter. The results have been promising.

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Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. A 2011 federal study found that although the employment rate within 6 years of leaving high school for special education students (71.1

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Outcomes Education Report Survey 95

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

“Students who are worried about debt sometimes work more and then reduce their course load,” said Robert Kelchen, a professor of higher education at Seton Hall who studies student debt. But by working instead of studying, they may find it more difficult to graduate on time.”. It definitely held me back.”.

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Course Social Media Study Comparison 69

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. But a first-of-its-kind analysis by The Hechinger Report and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting has found that attendance-related suspensions are pervasive, in some districts accounting for more than half of all in-school suspensions.

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Dropout Analysis Policies Report 102

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Aaron Cantú, for The Hechinger Report. So in 2016 she headed back to the 42-acre campus near Gary’s dilapidated downtown to study for a degree in general studies. “I Aaron Cantú, for The Hechinger Report. Aaron Cantú, for The Hechinger Report. GARY, Ind. — I need stability, that’s the word.”. percent of the U.S.

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Dropout Laptops Study Report 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Credit: Zachary Clingenpeel for The Hechinger Report Jennings School District officials did not respond to follow-up questions about Crawford’s case, but a letter addressed to the family said that the boys were transferred to home-school learning at Crawford’s request. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

who used a press call with reporters to showcase some of the Obama administration’s flagship efforts, such as investing in high-quality early childhood programs, offering competitive grants for school improvement, and boosting classroom technology capabilities , particularly in high-need urban and rural communities. That’s a gain of 4.2

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Policies Dropout Report Course 40

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. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

He started teaching social studies at Blythewood High School in Richland 2, a school district in the Midlands, in 2005, the same year the school was founded. “I During his fourth year, Thorne started teaching an African American Studies course that he designed. One Alabama town is trying to change that.

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Education Elementary Data Dropout 137

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. His paltry education was much like that of dozens of other children in the GNETS system whose experiences this reporter researched. The truth of it is, we know how to educate these kids.

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Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

T his story about foster care and higher education was produced as part of a series, “Twice Abandoned: How schools and child-welfare systems fail kids in foster care,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. KALAMAZOO, Mich.

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System Study Policies Report 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Nearly two decades ago, the reporter Todd Oppenheimer documented the aggressive rise of emerging Silicon Valley technologies — personal computers and the Internet — in the nation’s public schools. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jaelyn Deas at her work-study job at San Jose State University. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there.

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Education Policies Course System 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Fuller launched his chief advocacy arm for school choice, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning, housed at Marquette University, more than two decades ago. The trade-off.

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Report Policies Meeting Groups 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

This story also appeared in Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. “I Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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Elementary Handbook Report Policies 145

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

DeVos reported a new investment of between $250,001 and $500,000 in the Michigan-based Neurocore , according to a financial disclosure form that was certified by government ethics officials on Wednesday.” Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” ” $100,000.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2022

Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. “We Beyond student advocacy networks, young people can also seek help through hotlines and abortion funds. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. We just have to listen to them.

Accessibility 26

Accessibility Training Policies Report 26

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via Vox : “Brazilian media report that police are entering university classrooms to interrogate professors.” 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.”

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

He is a member of the Latino education advocacy group Nuestra Voz and a student at Cohen College Prep in New Orleans. Schools are the perfect teaching grounds for potential citizens because when students go to school, they are doing more than someone who simply studies the materials the U.S. Read more about education in New Orleans.

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Advocacy Secondary System Report 60

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” The Hechinger Report asks , “What can Betsy DeVos really do?” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” Via the BBC : “ Facebook Reports BBC to Police Over Investigation Into Child Sex Images.”

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Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

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. Still, a study by the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law found, they could do much more than they are now. “We

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Company Industry Advocacy Report 72

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

But the struggling sector’s political giving is down since peaking in 2012,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” More on sports-related lawsuits in the sports section below.

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40