The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As an assistant professor of economics at City College in New York, Shankar knew that one of the most important requirements of scientific research was often missing from studies of the effectiveness of online higher education: a control group. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. Related: How higher education lost its shine.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

million students from fall 2019 to fall of 2021, according to state data leaving campuses worried about their future and potential students with fewer of the opportunities offered by higher education. The report was provided jointly to The Hechinger Report and the Los Angeles Times.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Thirty-five colleges and universities shut down in 2021, a 70 percent decrease from 2016, when a peak of 120 colleges shuttered, according to an analysis of federal data by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO). adults who have student loans and no degree. It is a serious hardship for the students.”.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

One of the most promising uses of technology in education seemed to be a cheap one: nudging text messages. Based on these early successes, education leaders in government and nonprofit organizations sought to bring the power of text messages to hundreds of thousands of students. Educators in this country could learn from that lesson.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. “It From the tiniest kindergarteners to college-ready high school seniors, nearly all students had their education disrupted starting in March 2020. In March 2020, his twin brother became his only classmate.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% For students who may not have access to these tools and are near an Ancora Education partner school, access to computer labs is available at no charge.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Thousands of other students around the country are leaving college — some because of mental health issues, others for financial or family reasons – and educators worry that many have left for good. The dropout spike was even more startling for community college students like Izzy, an increase of about 3.5 Students just are not OK.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

I wanted to take [the class] just to like, push myself and to further my education, and also to get ready for college,” he said. When education went online, she struggled to get into contact with students and help them meet college application and financial aid deadlines. Credit: Andi Murphy for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report. Across the country, schools have shifted toward career-focused education in recent years, reviving a long-running debate on whether the purpose of education is to prepare students for jobs or to be well-rounded citizens. It was engineering week at A.J.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With our country poised for years of high unemployment and stagnation, our system of higher education must address this food and housing crisis without further delay. Department of Education can immediately increase support for struggling students across the country. Over the past few months, we have identified several ways the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The push to reach these dropouts by Mississippi and other states, including Indiana and Tennessee, reflects a growing recognition that there just aren’t enough students coming out of U.S. Lumina is among the funders of The Hechinger Report, which produced this story.). Higher Education.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Tameka’s kids have essentially been out of school since COVID hit in March 2020. Tameka’s kids have essentially been out of school since COVID hit in March 2020. Tameka’s longtime partner, who was father to her children, died of a heart attack in May 2020 as COVID gripped the country. Tameka is her middle name.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Suspensions and expulsions plummeted during the 2020-21 school year, as most school districts closed their buildings and put instruction online to slow the spread of Covid. Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. The consequence was an unwelcome reminder that the pandemic isn’t the only thing that can keep her from the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2021

That’s 73,000 additional graduates (above existing stretch goals) between 2014 and 2020, exceeding our 10-year goal of 68,000 in just six years. Here are five important ones from our report, linked here : Too often, we mistake learning for failure. Higher education has to get comfortable with trial and error.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The maker industry is projected to grow to more than $8 billion by 2020, and with the maker movement infiltrating classrooms, after-school clubs and homes, it’s no wonder. A new report from robotics and open-source hardware provider DFRobot aims to find out by analyzing DIY-labeled products hosted on Kickstarter.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

Credit: Shae Hammond for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Shae Hammond for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Shae Hammond for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Shae Hammond for The Hechinger Report. Lassen, who graduated from Hamilton High School in 2020, took a year off after high school.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

Nationwide, the cost of remedial education exceeded $1 billion annually; many colleges operated separate departments of “developmental education,” higher-education’s euphemistic jargon for non-credit catch-up classes. Department of Education. Nobody could tell me if we were doing it the right way,” Logue said.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2023

These barriers include the cost of higher education, the disproportionate debt Black students and families take on and the discrimination and lack of belonging many Black students experience at college. We are calling for action in four areas: Making higher education truly accessible and affordable for Black learners and their families.

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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. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. OAKLAND, Calif.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

When the kids showed up, educators could see even more clearly how uneven their learning has been during the pandemic. Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. Read the stories.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Even though this crucial completion figure hit 84 percent in 2016, up from 71 percent in 2001, the nation is off pace when it comes to reaching a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2020. Related: How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education. Higher Education. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2022

Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. And the state’s community colleges, which depend on the same dwindling supply of learners, are reporting record numbers of applications for the fall. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. “I Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. People want that.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

The dean’s list student ended up a college dropout, a gay 20-something cut off from his parents after coming out, and working at a UPS Store in a job he described as “retail drudgery” while running up credit card debt and stringing out his college loans. You don’t have to have a dime in your pocket and you can get your education.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 18, 2020

Educators typically loathe the idea of denying anyone an opportunity to learn, which is what happens in a randomized controlled trial. Even rarer in education is a replication of this kind of experiment to see if something works in a different setting. The Ohio result was statistically similar. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A wrestler and physical education major, he suffered a concussion and a sprained ACL. More broadly, nearly 73 percent in the Fall 2021 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment survey reported moderate or serious psychological distress. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report ?.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

One of the coolest and simultaneously heartbreaking things to see was that right around March-April 2020, interest in becoming a volunteer with Teen Link just skyrocketed,” said Zanny Shehata, Teen Link’s volunteer coordinator. Experts say it’s complicated appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Read the series.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2023

Over 40 percent report some form of depression, while 37 percent live with anxiety. The Healthy Minds Study found that over 65 percent of students report loneliness, defined as lack of companionship and feeling left out or isolated. Student mental health is in a fragile and dangerous place on our campuses.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University and national expert on higher education finances, began teaching at O.U. He says the university’s quality of education has declined, leaving the campus with “a crisis on our hands.” offered an affordable, quality education. That is $3,792 in 2020 dollars.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

In 2020, there were 39 million or one out of every five American adults under 65 who had dropped out of college and never finished their degrees, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Like many dropouts, Floyd always intended to finish his college education. Credit: NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

Students who have been underserved by a deeply inequitable education system often undergo a remarkable transformation at an HBCU. It has amplified HBCUs’ underfunding by putting new strains on education budgets. Across the U.S., for example, some 1. The pandemic has shown how vulnerable these institutions and their students are.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

You’re in purgatory,” said Nicole Smith, vice president of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

The 27-year-old is also one of more than 6,000 Washington community and technical college students enrolled in the state’s Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program. Statewide data shows students in the program graduate at a higher rate than those enrolled in traditional adult basic education.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Enrollment for low-income high school grads dropped 29 percent from fall 2019 to fall 2020, compared with a 17 percent decline for students from more affluent families. Without a college education, they are much less likely to escape poverty. They may also question the value of postsecondary education. And the U.S.

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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. That is the traditional way that developmental education has worked. “I was very thankful for taking that lab course,” she said. “It

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2020

Originally posted on Chalkbeat on March 3, 2020. Several schools where large numbers of students graduate in the fifth year are dedicated to educating teens who fall behind on credits or face other barriers to graduation. They still get a diploma, which is a good thing,” Rumberger said.

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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. Credit: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up.

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