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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Dropout Survey Study Report 124

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. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

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. Guilford sent its first batch of tutors to middle schools in November 2020. It’s a long road of recovery.”

Study 136

Study Data Report Elementary 136

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

Dropout rates were the same for students in both the remedial and the “corequisite” courses, as the college plus extra help version is often called. “We At the end of our data collection in the fall of 2020, their degree completion – the elementary algebra group and the stats group – they’re not that different,” said Douglas.

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Study Course Dropout Data 115

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. In her program, educators learn how traumatic experiences affect kids’ brain development and how to identify the behaviors that stem from such trauma.

Personalized Learning 136

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 136

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

In normal times, students enrolled in her courses as 10th graders already knew how to navigate high school life. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. But by week seven or so of school, the cracks from the past year began to show.

Dropout 98

Dropout Chromebook Report System 98

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. Plenty of students are willing to take on these roles. Right now, the line has 58 teen volunteers — 18 of them new.

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Accessibility Training Dropout Survey 90

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Now, after two years of cobbled-together pandemic learning, many college students not only are less prepared than they should be, they’ve forgotten how to be students. From the tiniest kindergarteners to college-ready high school seniors, nearly all students had their education disrupted starting in March 2020.

Education 128

Education Course Report Policies 128

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. Honestly, I didn’t know how to handle it. Students who withdraw are also much more likely to default on their loans; dropouts make up two-thirds of defaults nationwide. On a good day, he’s out by 9 p.m.

Dropout 89

Dropout Study Report System 89

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

percent in 2019-2020 according to ACCS data. percent in 2019-2020, according to ACCS data. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread and colleges were forced to go remote in early 2020, Fricks said he worried about students in co-requisite and developmental courses. percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66 percent in 2017-2018 to 66.37

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Course System Data Strategy 105

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It is hard to overstate how much the pandemic has short-circuited the college experience and affected students’ well-being. To those already burdened by the demands of social media and fears about how to succeed in the world, Covid piled on. And students clearly wanted help; use of campus counseling rose 23 percent from 2019 to 2020.

Training 119

Training Meeting Report Policies 119

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Candace Ronhaar, left, an instructor, teaches Crystal Baker how to use red cabbage, a natural pH indicator, to test the pH of different substances during Chemistry 121 class at Everett Community College on Friday, March 10, 2023. And the only reason is people like me – I’m middle class – have known how to work the system.

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Industry Training Report Course 70

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

At Benedict, we’ve taken a crash course in how to recreate that on-campus support in a virtual environment, and the lessons extend beyond our institution. Students who have been underserved by a deeply inequitable education system often undergo a remarkable transformation at an HBCU.

Digital Divide 140

Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 140

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

Creativity, complex problem-solving and coordinating with others are among skills that will become increasingly important for workers to develop by 2020, according to the World Economic Forum. I think you teach creativity by giving facts and showing how to do things.” In order to be creative, you have to have skills behind that.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

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. Over the years, we’ve found that such champions are most successful when they have the president’s trust, know how to drive change on campus and are likeable. New work requires new hands.

Education 97

Education Mobility Report Examples 97

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

In 2020, as COVID-19 spread across the country, the number of students at Texas community colleges fell by 5.7 Credit: Liesbeth Powers/Dallas Morning News After Frost coached a student on how to ask her instructor about grades and opportunities to earn extra credit, she knew she’d developed a relationship with her.

Outcomes 83

Outcomes Report Meeting Study 83

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

In 2020, policies in 27 states allowed students to earn credentials through career education coursework, such as industry certifications, according to an analysis from the Education Commission of the States. Students from Dr. Phinnize J. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report.

Industry 128

Industry Elementary Education Robotics 128

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

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. “I really don’t think that they’re growing,” said Brown, who’s also president of the National Tutoring Association. “I I think this is a lost school year for most kids.”. I’m very worried.

STEM 126

STEM Report Course Study 126

MindShift

JUNE 27, 2016

Weaver said that she’s always looking at how to design programs to engage donors that might interest them. Because many community college graduates don’t make high-level salaries after entering the workforce, many colleges struggle with small endowments, and often rely on the community and local employers for financial gifts.

Dropout 51

Dropout Accessibility Training Data 51

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Beginning with the class of 2020, all Chicago Public School students who meet traditional academic requirements necessary to graduate must also present a post-graduation plan before they can cross the stage to receive their diploma. School leaders already know how to pressure, punish and bribe students, schools and districts into change.

Policies 58

Policies Study Report Training 58

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2021

We help students who are interested in college understand which courses they need to complete, and we show them how to apply. million middle school students were in after-school programs nationwide in 2020, down from 2.3 We taught him how to help his family and also help himself. million in 2014.

Dropout 140

Dropout Report Course Groups 140

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Missing” students received crisis-level attention in 2020 after the pandemic closed schools nationwide. During the prolonged online learning , some students fell so far behind developmentally and academically that they no longer knew how to behave or learn at school. In short, they’re missing. Some slid into depression.

Data 98

Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

As the new school year began this fall, battles around vaccine and mask mandates raged, school boards took up the thorny issue of how to teach students about race and Congress argued about how much to spend on children (and everything else). After the initial outbreak of the coronavirus in spring 2020, schools in Wyoming remained open.

Elementary 143

Elementary Broadband Assessment Dropout 143

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In addition to keeping tabs on homework and grades, pod leaders teach students how to manage their time, apply for summer jobs and create goals for life after high school. When schools shifted to remote learning in 2020, Superintendent Stephanie Downey Toledo watched another crisis unfolding. They’ve been through a lot,” said Rubio.

Learning 81

Learning Report Elementary Dropout 81

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But that decades-long ban will end this summer, thanks to legislation passed in 2020. He joined their gang when he was 10, already knowing everyone’s name and how to throw up signs. So one day in 2020, Conner let Cavitt know that he was done with Project Rebound and would be moving out of the house. “I It was all too much.

E-rate 114

E-rate Study Report Accessibility 114

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

When sports practices were abruptly canceled at his school on March 12, 2020, Michael Liao, then 17, started to worry how much the pandemic would affect his school – and particularly his upcoming theater performance. All three planned to graduate at the end of the 2020-21 school year. Mana Setayesh. Mana Setayesh.

Report 114

Report Survey Meeting Study 114

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

In an effort to help with stress management, the program also covers staying on top of emails so that opening the inbox doesn’t feel overwhelming, what students should do if they miss an assignment and how to communicate with professors. The program, called NITEO , is named after a Latin verb meaning “to thrive.”.

Course 88

Course Report Strategy System 88

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Residential colleges continue to struggle with the decision of whether and how to bring students safely back this spring, amid CDC guidelines that have left them with a great degree of discretion and led to an array of different plans and approaches. Credit: Jennipher Acheampong.

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Study Guidelines Strategy Report 103

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

In the absence of clear federal and state guidance for reopening, school districts have debated everything from whether to mandate masks for in-person classes to how to make online-only learning more effective. But like Pressley, many students say their perspectives have largely been left out of those discussions. Credit: Sophie Bograd.

Survey 145

Survey Policies Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In airy PS 64 Frederick Law Olmsted, in affluent, white north Buffalo, 22 would-be Arctic explorers wrestled with how to build a shelter if their team leader had frostbite and snow blindness. There are gifted dropouts. This story also appeared in NBC News. Low-income families, they are working on Saturday.”.

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

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. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Some of the queries were straightforward: how to enroll, the price of tuition, how to register for classes. 76 billion – the amount of relief aid to colleges and universities approved by Congress between March 2020 and March 2021. What if I can’t pay my tuition balance right away? She can get so down on herself,” said Bryant.

Software 92

Software Report Trends Adobe 92

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Only around 40 Black male teachers, on net, joined the state workforce each year from the 2016-17 school year to 2020-21. He spends day in and day out encouraging students of color to become teachers, and coaching them on how to navigate the unique challenges they might face — because he knows how badly South Carolina needs it.

Education 132

Education Elementary Data Dropout 132

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — On a chilly morning just before Valentine’s Day 2020, Viviana Longoria, 16, joined the stream of girls getting off the bus at Lincoln Park School, infant bucket seats in tow. At a regular school, there’s so much drama,” Viviana said back in February 2020. Lee en Español. This story also appeared in Telemundo.

Kaplan 112

Kaplan Report Policies Laptops 112

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

President Obama, noting that community colleges provide affordable tuition and flexible courses, and are particularly good for students who are working or need remedial classes, pledged to provide funding to enable the schools to produce an additional five million graduates by 2020. Here’s how research shows that’s true.

Dropout 40

Dropout Study Report STEM 40

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. Like more than 260 other schools across Puerto Rico with low enrollment, it was closed permanently as part of wider cost cutting measures.

Elementary 101

Elementary Report Dropout System 101

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But California, with a higher education budget for 2019-2020 of $18.5 If policymakers are going to close California’s graduation gap, they’ll have to figure out how to meet the needs of students like Mora and Deas. California still has to figure out how to cope with the challenges that come with that scale. Gavin Newsom.

Education 96

Education Policies Course System 96