The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Retentions in Louisiana peaked a few years after Katrina and have fallen steadily since; nearly 9 percent of the state’s students were held back in 2007, only 5 percent were retained in 2011. percent national average. Terr’Nique Delair sits in English class at George Washington Carver High School.

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Analysis Report Data Policies 123

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

High school dropouts are much more likely to be unemployed and earn thousands of dollars less per year than people with higher levels of education. Busing, stemming from a 50-year desegregation order that was just lifted last year, helped to integrate some Avoyelles schools. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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Elementary Report Dropout Training 79

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There are gifted dropouts. So, in 2007, then-Chancellor Joel Klein announced a uniform admissions process based on a single test with a citywide cutoff — and the inequities grew deeper. The National Association for Gifted Children defines its target group as kids whose “ability is significantly above the norm for their age.”

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Western Michigan, a suburban public university with more than 18,000 undergrads, started the Seita Scholars Program after some of its faculty and staff attended a conference in 2007 on the educational challenges facing foster youth. He graduated from JW Sexton High School, a STEM-focused magnet school, in 2016.

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System Study Policies Report 110