The Hechinger Report
APRIL 7, 2024
But it’s only in the last dozen or so years that programs began popping up at community colleges; Minneapolis College’s program, opened in 2017, was the first in Minnesota and the fifth in the nation. Today, more than 170 programs exist across the U.S. and Canada. During the pandemic, the program moved online and participation dropped.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 6, 2021
In 2017 New Mexico had an 83.5 percent literacy rate , the seventh-lowest among the 50 states, and one of the highest school dropout rates. In 2021, New Mexico had the fourth-lowest per capita income ; many of my students came from low-income families where they were encouraged to earn and not to learn.
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The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 25, 2021
A task force studying the problem in 2017 found those layers of developmental coursework were a barrier for many students, who would become discouraged and drop out, according to Brad Fricks, director of academic affairs for the community college system. percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66 percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66
The Hechinger Report
MAY 15, 2023
The early results of her randomized control trial were so extraordinary that her study influenced not only CUNY in 2016 but also California lawmakers in 2017 to start phasing out remedial education in their state. And the numbers of students in this pre-college remedial program are swelling.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 20, 2022
In Denver, on the other hand, districtwide data shows that suspensions were down by 55 percent in fall 2021 compared with fall 2019, though 1,000 of Denver’s 92,000 students were suspended in the first four months of the school year. In 2017 it banned suspensions for students in kindergarten, first and second grade.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Data from the 2021 Healthy Minds Study shows 34 percent of college respondents struggling with anxiety disorder and 41 percent with depression — rates that have risen in recent years. As one Concordia student put it, “I haven’t had a normal year of college that wasn’t impacted by Covid.”.
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