The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

ATLANTA — When Keenan Robinson started college in 2017, he knew the career he wanted. Companies like Amazon and Netflix have been using data tools like these for years to track our clicks and steer us to buy or watch more of their products. Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. It wasn’t always this way.

Data 108

Data Dropout Company Report 108

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

One way is through acquisitions like the one his university made of the Claremont School of Theology in California, or CST, which is being moved to the Salem, Oregon, campus of Willamette, just as private companies consolidate to increase their size and cost-effectiveness. Will there be more?

Dropout 76

Dropout Training Industry Kaplan 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. He had been at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for four months.

Company 112

Company Survey Report Training 112

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. Absenteeism in the spring and fall has been similarly high in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dayton, Hartford, Los Angeles and other cities, according to data compiled by the Brookings Institution.

Survey 141

Survey Laptops Dropout Report 141

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 11, 2018

Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. Instructors Kyle Garvin and Hannah Balagot, both professional theater performers, teach choreography to students at Yung Wing School.

Dropout 77

Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 77

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

CHICAGO — By Marquell Brown’s count, he has been locked up “roughly 42 times” since 2009. According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017. The online coursework is designed by the education company Pearson. Source: PEARSON CONNEXUS.

Online Learning 67

Online Learning Blended Learning Pearson Learning 67