Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In the early months of 2020, her team expanded an attendance campaign called “All In,” from four to 25 schools across the district, which is home to 85 public schools in total. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 198

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Thousands of American students were able to return to class in person during the last weeks of spring, after a year of remote or hybrid learning. When the kids showed up, educators could see even more clearly how uneven their learning has been during the pandemic. It’s a long road of recovery.” It’s a long road of recovery.”

Study 136

Study Data Report Elementary 136

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. OAKLAND, Calif.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

Wilkins-Walker teaches career and technical education at West Philadelphia High School, where she has worked for a decade. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. PHILADELPHIA — At first, Marie Wilkins-Walker was just happy to be back in a classroom.

Dropout 100

Dropout Chromebook Report System 100

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Overton’s placement in the college-level course with a companion course, called a co-requisite, is part of a developmental education redesign launched by the Alabama Community College System in 2018-19. It is learning support at exactly the right time you need it to be successful,” said Vicki P. It helped out a lot.”.

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Course System Data Strategy 105

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. Educators and school leaders are scrambling to figure out how to regain ground next year in a course that often makes or breaks students’ life chances.

STEM 126

STEM Report Course Study 126

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2020

The College Board, which administers the SAT, cancelled the May 2, 2020, test and will be reviewing whether to hold June 6 testing. The organization, which also administers Advanced Placement tests that allow students to receive college credit, announced it in lieu of in-person tests students could take those exams online at home.

Accessibility 104

Accessibility Policies Chromebook Exercises 104

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

She also didn’t allow Kailani to use her headphones while working independently in class, something permitted in her special education plan to help her focus, according to Kailani. Missing” students received crisis-level attention in 2020 after the pandemic closed schools nationwide. In short, they’re missing.

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Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 101

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Johnson also didn’t want her children to go through the next two months with no educational tools beyond the worksheets she’d picked up from the Greenville Public School District and limited access to online materials through Kentiona’s phone, shared between the four of them. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Emerging at the height of the pandemic, pods (or “hubs” as they are sometimes called) were organized primarily by middle-class, college-educated parents and community groups to provide safe, supportive spaces for virtual learning. The pod program in Central Falls is among the country’s smallest but most ambitious.

Learning 83

Learning Report Elementary Dropout 83

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, 12, had been having panic attacks about school even before a letter arrived at his home last month, threatening legal action for his alleged absences from distance learning. Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online.

Policies 142

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 142

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

They’ve been letting officials know that while they want to see their friends, they recognize the seriousness of the virus and hope districts prioritize student mental health and improving online learning, especially for vulnerable students. “We’re going to be online for the whole fall semester.

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Survey Policies Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

They agonized over college costs and decisions, uncertain how drastically the virus would reshape their family’s finances and their educations. Weise, author of the new Lifelong Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Even Exist Yet, and a senior vice president for workforce strategies at Strada Education Network. She didn’t.).

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Study Guidelines Strategy Report 103

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

She was 8 in January 2020, when earthquakes rocked the island, closing her school for three months while engineers inspected its physical structures to make sure they were safe for students to return. Miguel Cardona, the secretary of education under President Biden, promised “a new day” for Puerto Rico.

Elementary 103

Elementary Report Dropout System 103

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Fifty years have passed since Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 went into effect. The law guarantees the right to an education for pregnant and parenting students. Some educators still believe that having pregnant or parenting teens in school or providing services like nurseries will encourage other students to get pregnant.

Report 134

Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 134

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “To Understand Betsy DeVos ’s Educational Views, View Her Education,” says The New York Times. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “A Task Force With Falwell Is Happening, White House Says.” State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Education Politics. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Congress, in an effort to limit federal involvement in higher education, has voted to eliminate Obama-era regulations on teacher-preparation programs.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “177 Private Colleges Fail Education Dept.’s

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Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46