The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Forty-four percent of students who attended four-year work colleges between 2008 and 2013 had to take out loans, compared to 53 percent at public universities, and 64 percent at private, nonprofit colleges. She referred to him as “my best friend.”. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

Dropout 79

Dropout Survey Outcomes Report 79

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

This chapter takes us from 2012 through 2013, following the expansion of MOOCs across American research-1 institutions and the breakout of Coursera, edX, and Udacity. Miscellaneous notes: DeMillo sees for-pay assessment as solving the MOOC dropout problem (1253).

MOOC 40

MOOC Coursera Education Dropout 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2016

Math scores declined one point between 2013 and 2015. Two experts associated with NAEP’s National Assessment Governing Board (Mary Lynne Bourque and Susan Loomis) made it clear in 2001 that NAEP’s “proficient achievement level does not refer to ‘at grade’ performance.” They’re down five points since 1992.

Dropout 40

Dropout Assessment Report Comparison 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” Across Louisiana, students who fail to complete school can take the High School Equivalency Test, or HiSET, which has replaced the General Equivalency Diploma (GED) in more than 20 states.

Dropout 58

Dropout Policies Report System 58

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In July 2013, the Mississippi legislature mandated the consolidation of Starkville and Oktibbeha County school districts in an effort to save money and ensure a better education for students in the low-performing Oktibbeha County schools. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014.

Report 111

Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No On a trip back home to the Dominican Republic, she began dating Jesus Hernandez; they married in 2013. This story also appeared in USA Today. Anjerlin was born the next year.

Study 105

Study Report Course Dropout 105

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

Achievement First was responding to what co-founder Dacia Toll describes as a wake-up call in 2013. Samouha aimed to transform the picture of education from one of kids dutifully doing assigned work to one of kids “who are just on fire about their own learning path.”. They made eye contact and for the most part spoke without note cards.

Robotics 90

Robotics Learning Report Common Core 90

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While most schools across the country are fully back in person, students continue to struggle to complete homework assignments or participate in remote learning because they lack adequate internet service and access to a computer at home — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “homework gap.” for the nonprofit.

Digital Divide 113

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 113

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2017

In fall 2013, she persuaded Martin to enroll at KIPP, in part by pointing to the fledgling varsity team the school had fielded that year. In New Orleans, Friday night football is a big deal,” said Joey LaRoche, who became the principal of KIPP Renaissance in 2013. And they’re embracing football. “In Throwing out the game plan.

Report 51

Report Training Policies System 51

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Vaux closed in 2013 amid a wave of citywide school closures. By the time it closed in 2013 along with more than 20 other schools in the district, over three-quarters of Vaux students were not reading or performing math at grade level, according to state records. David Bromley, executive director of Big Picture Philadelphia.

Report 84

Report Digital Divide Groups Social Media 84

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There are gifted dropouts. Yet the internet and reference books teem with professionally endorsed lists of so-called gifted traits. Additional Black kids were “talented,” which in Louisiana refers specifically to the arts.)

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2018

And that knowledge, she believes — combined with new strategies to help students regulate their emotions — has contributed to a 43 percent drop in the number of children referred for discipline from 2014 to 2016, according to school data. Progress was swift. Racial suspension disparities shrank, too. In 2012-13, 10.4

Elementary 101

Elementary Training Report Guidelines 101

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kristen Danusis, a former school psychologist who became the principal in 2013, tells me that many of her students live “off the grid,” in households that earn little regular income. Since 2013, the state, dissatisfied with its scores, has shifted through three standardized-testing modules for elementary and middle school students. (On

Personalized Learning 102

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 102

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Christopher will discuss how Mission US prompts young players to think critically, make choices, and reference primary sources. Czajka, Senior Director at LAB@Thirteen, the producer of our GameUp title Mission US: A Cheyenne Odyssey. He''ll also provide an overview of the accompanying educational resources.

Conference 51

Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

MindShift

JUNE 22, 2018

Rather than be referred to law enforcement or the juvenile justice system, they were supposed to get targeted counseling, such as drug rehab, or if necessary sent to an alternative school. The agreement on school discipline was signed in 2013, and right away, student arrests dropped. So did recidivism, reportedly.

Policies 34

Policies Report Dropout System 34

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

And of the 1,200 people attending the summit, half the speakers and a third of attendees were black or Latino, up from 12 percent in 2013. We have something like the Rooney Rule ,” referring to the NFL policy that prevents team from hiring a head coach or senior executive without having interviewed a minority candidate for the job.

Education 92

Education Policies Company Dropout 92