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.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

Up until Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, McDonogh 35 had required entering ninth graders to have a high level of academic preparation. Spending fell from $15,594 per student in 2008-09 to $11,651 per student in 2016-17, the most recent state data available. “There was an expectation that we would succeed – always,” Ivory said.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

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. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights data suggested the problem is acute in some cities that also have high levels of racial segregation by neighborhood.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Ocon, who had been at the school since 2005, became convinced that the source of the dismal performance numbers was not the kids but a hidebound curriculum that was simply not working to their benefit. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM.

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