Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

In 2012, a book titled, “Saving the School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch of Kids and a Year in the Crosshairs of Education Reform,” was written about her efforts. Yet Garza’s career didn’t end in 2012, and six years later, the school is still working towards its happy-ending.

Dropout 85

Dropout STEM Data Study 85

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

For an absurd example, if dropouts tended to take classes on Thursdays in their first semester at college, but students who completed their degrees didn’t, then you might worry about current students who are currently taking classes on Thursdays. The dropout problem got a lot worse in the 1990s when more people started attending college.

Data 106

Data Dropout Company Report 106

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

An annual study of Broadway and the 16 top nonprofit theaters in New York City, put out by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, shows that from 2006 to 2016, Asian actors were hired for 3.7 A 2012 National Endowment for the Arts report underscores the benefits of exposure to the arts. percent of the U.S.

Dropout 76

Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 76

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Andrea Hernandez studied the multiplication table nearly every day during the summer between her third and fourth grade years. When she started at a new school in the fall of 2012, she breezed through the timed math tests. An aspiring mechanical engineer, Hamscho failed his first college calculus exam before he formed a study group.

Education 129

Education Course Report Policies 129

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

My job as a teacher is to be a first responder to poverty,” said Cruey, a 58-year-old middle school social studies teacher at Southside K-8 school. “If Around the country, the number of kids in foster care increased by about 10 percent from 2012 to 2016. Overall, there’s been an increase in graduation rates and a decrease in dropouts.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report System Social Media 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There are gifted dropouts. And testing only students whose teachers or parents are aware of the program and request it; few teachers get trained in gifted education, so their recommendations are often based on stereotypes (studies find that Black students are more likely to get into gifted programs if they have teachers of the same race).

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

Taylor had grown up “a penniless, scared, scrawny kid,” but his life began to change when he earned a full-ride to study petroleum engineering at Louisiana State University. At the time, a third of Louisiana’s adults were high school dropouts. Officials also believe the scholarship has helped stem a brain drain from the state.

Dropout 79

Dropout Policies STEM Outcomes 79