The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

The basic idea behind these peer support programs is straightforward: They rely on students trained to offer a listening ear to those who reach out, provide direct mentorship and guidance, or spot struggling students and help connect them with an adult or professional resources. Read the series. Definitely more scalable options.”.

Accessibility 93

Accessibility Training Dropout Survey 93

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 In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. All the information was on the internet.

Digital Divide 108

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 108

techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

Newman Crows Landing Unified School District (Calif.) – for individualizing instruction using real-time data from an engaging adaptive learning tool to boost elementary classroom performance. These transformative programs are the result of strong leadership combined with creativity and resourcefulness,” said Sean P.

Education 40

Education Dropout Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. One tutor, Kingsley Esezobor, 38, is a graduate student in computational data science and engineering at North Carolina A&T State University.

Study 132

Study Data Report Elementary 132

edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

Data that Drive Solutions. Research illuminates its impact: Elementary school students who miss 10% of school show weaker social skills development, lower reading ability, and higher grade-retention rates. Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential. About the Presenters.

Policies 52

Policies Dropout Outcomes Comparison 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” That data matches what YEP instructors have heard anecdotally: Students who drop out, even those who eventually take the HiSET, often become completely disengaged from education, sometimes for years.

Dropout 55

Dropout Policies Report System 55

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

The proportion of overage students — those who have been retained for at least one grade — hovers around 40 percent for New Orleans high school students, according to an analysis of 2014 data by researchers at Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, which is based at Tulane University. percent national average.

Analysis 122

Analysis Report Data Policies 122

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. This partnership-oriented approach is difficult work, participants acknowledge, but they say it is precisely what makes Say Yes both a sustainable model and one that addresses the holistic needs of an under-resourced community. I don’t even talk to my [real] sister about them or cry in front of her.

Data 92

Data Secondary System Accessibility 92

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

With high levels of poverty, and limited resources, the tiny rural district struggled year after year to boost test scores and offer the Oktibbeha County students a comparable education to the one received by students in Starkville. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014.

Report 111

Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 25, 2021

You’ll hear NYT bestselling author Dan Heath share a short case study from Chicago Public Schools that illustrates how this name-by-name approach worked for reducing dropout rates. In this article and Truth for Teachers podcast episode, I’ll share how often the solution to big problems is solving smaller ones. Last time, they were suffering.

System 59

System Case Study Course Examples 59

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Yet the scope of that practice is largely hidden: The federal government doesn’t collect detailed data on why schools suspend students, and most states don’t, either. Arizona collects limited discipline data from its districts. Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates.

Dropout 100

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 100

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

In this series we profile vulnerable children whose education was already precarious and how the disease has exacerbated gaps in opportunities and resources for communities already on the edge. Longer term, her goal is to work as a resource support specialist for vulnerable women and youth. Read the series.

Report 107

Report Exercises Video Education 107

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2023

This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Children at Robb Elementary were of course most acutely affected by the shooting in Uvalde.

Secondary 161

Secondary Training System Elementary 161

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2023

Fortunately, other data sources are available, from school site visits , student and teacher perception surveys and other tools that many school districts already utilize (think: graduation rates and statistics on student discipline). No single indicator, like standardized test scores , can fully capture the complexity of school quality.

Dropout 139

Dropout Outcomes Data System 139

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Have strategies for every level and the resources available to implement them. She served as President of the Broward County Chapter of the National Alliance of Black School Educators for more than a decade, fighting for equitable treatment, resources, and opportunities for students of African descent. Be restorative, not punitive.

Dropout 89

Dropout Strategy Policies Meeting 89

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. “We All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

Blended Learning 139

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 139

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Nearly 60 percent of students in gifted education are white, according to the most recent federal data , compared to 50 percent of public school enrollment overall. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Third-graders at Alamosa Elementary School in Albuquerque practice reading with first-graders in Carrie Ramirez’s classroom. Burnett spends half her time at Alamosa Elementary School, where about one in four students have missed more than 10 percent of school days so far this school year, according to attendance data Burnett tracks.

Elementary 89

Elementary Learning Report Data 89

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

The services are out there, but a lot of times, parents of color just don’t have the information and resources they need to fight for them,” said Daisy Brown, Tyrone’s mother. A Hechinger Report analysis of federal data exposes the stark racial gap between different groups of special education students. Here’s why they’re not.

Dropout 89

Dropout Report System Meeting 89

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In other words, for every dollar we invest in high-quality pre-K, dropout rates decline. We must get out of the “catch-up” business, where we’re trying to fix problems when a child reaches the end of elementary school or middle school. If we could do only one thing, I’d put my last dollar into early childhood education.

Education 166

Education Learning Dropout Blended Learning 166

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. Greenville schools have some of the highest school dropout rates in the state, and Johnson also viewed staying at home as necessary to defend her children’s chances of living an easier life. “I This story also appeared in HuffPost.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Our aim is to be able to share best practices around the model, and complement that with resources and technical assistance,” said Owusu-Kesse. They have a very strong accountability framework and place heavy demands on data reporting and its role in decision-making,” Gallagher said. And the federal grants are only for five years.

Survey 99

Survey Outcomes Data System 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

In response, students from around the country – from Virginia, Kentucky and Arizona to Washington and California – are making their voices heard by arming themselves with data, testifying before school boards and petitioning local and state lawmakers. I had a lot of help,” he said.

Survey 144

Survey Policies Groups Report 144

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2016

This model demands more resources than those available to a traditional high school, but given that the typical high school dropout costs the state an estimated $300,000 over their lifetime , Cesene argues that the math is elementary. Related: Data show International Baccalaureate (IB) classes help low-income students.

Dropout 98

Dropout Report System Meeting 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

For now, the science is almost entirely based on data collected from people with European ancestry, which limits the conclusions that can be drawn from it, so researchers feel that they’ve at least temporarily sidestepped the issue. The score’s ability to explain variation in years of schooling could improve with more data.

Data 57

Data Study Assessment Report 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. More than two-thirds of them are district-run schools.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

Education 79

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Students at Lovett Elementary in Clinton, Miss. By earlier accounts , this program helped lower the number of high school “dropout factories” with increased graduation rates and boosted test scores in about two-thirds of the schools in the program. Karen Hawley Miles is the president of Education Resource Strategies.

System 40

System Dropout Instructional Materials Strategy 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In Guatemala and El Salvador, around a quarter of students don’t even make it through elementary school, according to the World Bank, while in Honduras, about 17 percent of children don’t get past primary school. Her parents, who emigrated from Guatemala in 2000, were among those who never made it through elementary school.

Report 108

Report Course Elementary Meeting 108

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Students selling notes online a legal gray area, schools say | ArkansasOnline → University of Arkansas faculty members are debating how to best deal with the selling of lecture notes by students, spurred on by the practices of online study resource companies known for aggressive recruiting tactics.

EdTech 170

EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Read our original stories READ MORE The Hechinger/AZCIR analysis — which relied on data from 150-plus districts and charter networks that enroll about 61 percent of the state’s public school students — identified more than 47,000 suspensions for attendance violations over a five-year period. “If a student is suspended, they are absent.”

Elementary 87

Elementary Report Dropout Data 87

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Her teachers never acknowledged her growing belly, and the school counselor had no suggestions for outside resources. Even though there is data that shows how pregnant teens can be supported and can be definitely on an educational trajectory of success.”. When her classes were assigned group projects, no one wanted her in their group.

Report 130

Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

They added resources in an existing dual-language program at the elementary school level, created a sheltered English learner program for newcomer students in the middle school, and overhauled high school offerings, placing native English speakers and English learners into more of the same classrooms, so they can learn from each other.

Groups 109

Groups Report Meeting Resources 109

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A pending Connecticut law will now mandate that the University of Connecticut and the state’s four other public universities publicly release data on which transfer student credits they accept and which they reject.” Start Holding Weekly Data Conferences ,” says Edsurge.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Inside Higher Ed on the “Return of the College Scoreboard” : “The Department of Education published updated information on the College Scorecard Thursday, including a new feature that allows students to compare data from up to 10 institutions at once.” ” (Worth clicking on this link just to see the image.). .”

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47