The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

Georgia State’s analytics system color codes a student’s risk of dropping out and Robinson’s file was showing yellow, a sign that his plan to go into nursing was risky. 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.

Data 106

Data Dropout Company Report 106

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

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The year was 2010, and Michael Gibson found himself on the first day of a research job at a hedge fund run by the controversial billionaire Peter Thiel. Instead of paying money to support people to go to college, this program would pay people to forgo college and instead jump right into building an ambitious company or organization.

Facebook 174

Facebook Company System Dropout 174

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2018

We’re about to start a national system of urban work colleges as well as a national consortium or urban work colleges,” its president, Michael Sorrell, said in April. The Plano region added more than 114,000 jobs between 2010 and 2015, according to the city’s economic development team. The companies select them,” Sorrell said.

Report 89

Report Meeting Accessibility Outcomes 89

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

In West Virginia, 46 percent of 2021 high school graduates went on to college the following fall, 10 percentage points below that state’s high of 56 percent in 2010. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. When things start getting complicated, they’re done.”.

Education 143

Education Survey Report Trends 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

After she figured out the system of five residential campuses into which Rutgers University divides itself, arriving freshman Imani Hayes started hearing one of them — called Livingston — referred to as “the black campus.”. Students at Moravian College hang out in a dorm room. Photo: Sean Simmers, For The Washington Post via Getty Images.

Policies 40

Policies Dropout Study Trends 40

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.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40