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.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

And since 2010, Native enrollment in higher-ed institutions also has declined by about 37 percent, the largest drop in any student demographic group. 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.

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Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 84

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The California Acceleration Project, an advocacy group founded by faculty, reported that pass rates for underprepared students at Cuyamaca in college-level math jumped to 67 percent last year, up from 10 percent the year before. “We’re trying to move them from, ‘I don’t get it, I’m not good enough,’ to ‘I don’t get it yet.’”.

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Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Indeed, despite the buzz around personalized learning, there’s no simple recipe for success, and the common ingredients — such as adaptive-learning technology and student control over learning — can backfire if poorly implemented. Related: A private school with more than $100 million will share its technology with three other schools.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

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. They are often placed in separate classrooms within public schools and spend large numbers of hours on computers using technology that is not aligned with their specific needs.

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Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Anxiety over the influence of technology in schools, as in our lives, is an old story — but one made painfully acute by the glowing smartphone on which you may be reading this article. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention.

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96