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After the pandemic disrupted their high school educations, students are arriving at college unprepared

The Hechinger Report

From then until the coronavirus hit, when she was a 16-year-old precalculus student, Hernandez shined in the classroom. The standards for online learning during her junior year weren’t just lower than they had been in the classroom, she said, “the standards weren’t even there at all.”. “It Other students faced barriers of access.

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At a growing number of colleges, faculty get a new role: spotting troubled students

The Hechinger Report

When she walked into his first-year seminar at Dickinson College, Steve Riccio was impressed by his new student’s enthusiasm. This story about reducing the number of college dropouts was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. CARLISLE, Penn.

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Largely unseen and unsupported, huge numbers of student fathers are quitting college

The Hechinger Report

Among single, Black and Latino fathers, the dropout rate is about 70 percent. Men without degrees have better access than women to jobs that require only high school diplomas and are financially rewarding but physically demanding, such as welding and construction. The program also provides weekly stipends.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

. — Using small yellow and orange squares of paper and lengths of yarn stretched between tables and chairs, sixth-grade math students made number lines — including everything from fractions to negative decimals — in a classroom at Walsh Middle School. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

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‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

The Hechinger Report

A whiteboard in a classroom. In October, 2019, Prince George’s educators voluntarily crowded into a community center for a five-hour seminar, on “trauma informed care” for immigrant populations, with an expert from Harvard University. Nando is his middle name; to protect his privacy and safety, he asked that his full name not be used.