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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

The Washington Post reported (July 16, 2019) that a report filed by the National Center for Education Statistics, that online bullying and texting is the rise among middle and high school students. So, even though incidents of bullying remained steady, in the 2016-2017 school year, there was a 3.5

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. In this ongoing series, The Hechinger Report is visiting high schools that have beaten the long odds to learn what’s behind their success in improving graduation rates and sending more students to college. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Research found that a $3.5

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Leah Fabel for The Hechinger Report Collegiate recovery programs began appearing at four-year institutions in the late 1970s, offering services like sober-living dorms, life skills classes and recovery coaches. Credit: Leah Fabel for The Hechinger Report But the toughest scrambles are often for staff and funding. and Canada.

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While focus is on fall, students? choices about college will have a far longer impact

The Hechinger Report

Now, just as happened in the last recession, it is likely to take them even longer and cost more, while — after years of hard-won progress — dropout rates rise and graduation rates fall. The Hechinger Report, which produced this story, is also housed at Teachers College.). Credit: Eric England for The Hechinger Report.

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Report outlines long road ahead for Jackson Public Schools

The Hechinger Report

Photo:Liz Willen/ The Hechinger Report. Loud cheering, a drum line, endless applause and a full buffet at Jackson’s convention center on Thursday night accompanied the release of a report that could herald in a top-to-bottom overhaul of the 24,000-student school system here. The report does not sugarcoat the system’s problems.

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What’s Lost When a Teacher Leaves a School

Edsurge

Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance. Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging.

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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

Although national data on discipline for the current school year isn’t expected to be public for several years, The Hechinger Report requested data from a dozen medium and large school districts around the country and found that in some of them, exclusionary discipline is down, even way down. Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.