The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

The idea, said Ann Swartz-Beckius, interim director of student achievement, is to teach students how to remain calm under pressure, “to tune out the noise in their heads.”. To reach the state’s target, another 131,400 Minnesotans — two-thirds of them people of color—must earn a post-secondary credential. “As High cost of dropping out.

Dropout 72

Dropout Secondary Course Report 72

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

He’s trying to figure out how to parcel out his meager paycheck to pay back college loans for a degree he never finished. By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. On a good day, he’s out by 9 p.m.

Dropout 90

Dropout Study Report System 90

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.” Until 2017, New Orleans high schools had no internal options to help students who fell so far behind a conventional diploma seemed impossible. “My My grades were perfect. Laci Hargrove, 18.

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Dropout Policies Report System 53

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

The challenge that rural high schools like Randolph Union now face is how to scale work-based learning so that more students like Wess see the connections between the classroom and a career, and maybe — just maybe — see a future in their graying home state. It recognized that learning can occur anywhere.”.

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Report Personalized Learning Dropout Course 103

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We Still, she added, there were “just so many stories of kids using their cellphones to complete assignments, to research, or having to figure out how to get to public libraries in order to access devices.”.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Blame it on the long hours, low salaries, increased school violence, lack of training on how to handle disruptive students, insufficient administrative support and the figurative microscope through which the media and publics examine educators and blames them when schools are deemed, “low performing”.

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Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

“Since my parents didn’t get much education, it’s hard to talk to them about my schoolwork and applying to college, or how to plan my time and get everything done,” says Mariano Almanza, 18, pictured speaking with his Coronado High School guidance counselor, Colleen McElvogue. billion originally authorized for the program in 2017.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111