The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2022

On the other hand, said Kieffer, faculty need to “look at the modern world and figure out how to adapt to that.”. This, and what they perceive as a crackdown on the toughest teachers, they say, coerce them into trying to keep students happy by making courses less demanding and awarding higher grades that aren’t deserved. “I

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

We appreciate President Joe Biden’s commitment to expanding HBCU funding, but believe that sustaining that effort is just a necessary first step toward creating an equitable, accessible and diverse higher education ecosystem. We also understand that the digital divide isn’t just about access, but also know-how.

Digital Divide 141

Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 141

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The effects of mental health are not restricted to the teachers but in turn impact the students they teach, leading to poor academic outcomes, poor student discipline, and higher dropout rates. How can teaching technology help improve effectiveness in the classroom?

Technology 52

Technology eBook Gamification Classroom 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2018

But when the caller started sharing specifics about her prior enrollment dates and courses, the 32-year-old mother of two from Southaven, Mississippi, grew curious. The challenge policymakers now confront: how to find them and get them back. I was going to hang up,” she recalled. “I I thought they just wanted money from me.”.

Dropout 70

Dropout Libraries Report Secondary 70

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

After all, the plummeting number of prospects makes it much harder to replace dropouts than it was when there was a seemingly bottomless supply of freshmen. Yet colleges remain focused on recruitment, “which they already know how to do,” said Andrew Nichols, senior director of higher education research at The Education Trust.

Dropout 99

Dropout Report Policies Data 99

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Many students whose last years of high school were disrupted by the pandemic are struggling academically in the foundational college courses they need to succeed later in their academic and professional careers. Other students faced barriers of access. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning.

Education 129

Education Course Report Policies 129

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Like many dropouts, Floyd always intended to finish his college education. The number of college dropouts swelled during the tight labor market; an additional 2 million people joined their ranks from only a year and a half earlier in 2018. As with many dropouts, Floyd had unpaid student debt to resolve.

Dropout 126

Dropout Survey Study Report 126

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

The idea, said Ann Swartz-Beckius, interim director of student achievement, is to teach students how to remain calm under pressure, “to tune out the noise in their heads.”. It is using the money — roughly $164,000 — to provide more intensive advising to students of color in remedial education courses. High cost of dropping out.

Dropout 72

Dropout Secondary Course Report 72

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. I didn’t even know how to contact my advisor to declare a major. Access to talent is their number-one competitive priority.”. Then when you do find them, the offices are closed.”. Gregory VanDyke Jr.,

Survey 140

Survey Laptops Dropout Report 140

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

It had been 26 years since the 45-year-old sat in a math course, but in January she found herself surrounded by fellow students, many as young as her sons, at Wallace State Community College, where she now is working on an associate degree to be an administrative assistant. I was very thankful for taking that lab course,” she said. “It

Course 106

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EdNews Daily

JULY 2, 2016

Have you ever wondered how to achieve higher SAT scores? Off Any SAT Course Coupon Code-2400 SAT Prepexpert”]. I grew up in my parent’s motel and attended local urban public schools, which had a dropout rate of 40 percent. I also noticed how many students lost opportunities. SAT Scores: A New Number.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. California’s public colleges and universities have wide discretion in how to handle student debt collection, and practices vary. This story also appeared in Los Angeles Times.

Dropout 102

Dropout Policies Data Report 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Meanwhile, the growing number of college credits earned by American high school students through Advanced Placement and dual-enrollment courses is giving many of them a head start toward earning bachelor’s degrees more quickly.

Report 103

Report Course Dropout Training 103

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I had to learn how to balance my finances. I had to learn how to balance work and school and the relationship I’m in.” It’s learning how to be an adult.”. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. . — Joy Malak floundered through her freshman year in college.

Assessment 141

Assessment Report Dropout System 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Colleges are also working to reduce their numbers of dropouts on the principle that it’s cheaper to provide the kind of support required to keep tuition-paying students than to recruit more. And for all of the work it’s done to reduce the number of dropouts, the higher education industry has so far barely moved the needle.

Dropout 73

Dropout Training Industry Kaplan 73

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As school presidents agonize over how to reopen their campuses, student affairs and enrollment management leaders are working feverishly to make their services accessible to all students, wherever they are. The pandemic, of course, is now triggering additional changes.

Survey 102

Survey Report Accessibility Trends 102

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

In high school, students are expected to complete a career cluster by taking several courses in a subject area, such as health sciences, manufacturing, arts or business. Greenville County Schools has begun partnering with companies in the area, such as BMW and Michelin, to develop courses in mechatronics and automotive research.

Industry 130

Industry Elementary Education Robotics 130

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.” Your prescriptive solution is your GPS that shows you how to get to your destination.” Solution: offer happier prompts?).

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

Connelly, who is pioneering a new course in social and emotional wellness, added: “I don’t know who thought white desks and rolling chairs were good ideas for high school students.”. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.

Personalized Learning 76

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 76

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

He laments that his tenure in Chicago will be remembered for this more than for creating community schools, increasing access to Advanced Placement classes in high schools, and raising the high school graduation rate by 12 percentage points. Related: Lessons of nope: Joel Klein fails to educate us on how to fix our schools.

Dropout 68

Dropout Policies Elementary Data 68

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

And the dropout rate among the first Muniz cohort, the class of 2016, was just 2.5 We have to make space for them to access the content.”. English was his stronger language for reading and writing when he started at Muñiz, but now, if he doesn’t know how to say something in English, he can say it in Spanish without fear of reprisal. “It

Learning 111

Learning Dropout Report Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

New faculty at Dickinson College attend a training session about how to help students who might be foundering. Yet only a surprisingly small minority of colleges and universities explicitly include their faculty in this work and teach them how to do it, though that number is beginning to grow. CARLISLE, Penn.

Training 80

Training Report Dropout System 80

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

Dropout 60

Dropout Comparison Data Company 60

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Over the past decade, school officials in Fulton County, Georgia’s fourth-largest school district, have experimented with so-called personalized learning , tried integrating English language learners into mainstream classes, and introduced high school-level courses in middle school. We have good classes, good courses, good teachers …”.

Report 111

Report E-rate Study Training 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2019

Besides safety, a frequent topic for the group is how to stay on top of financial aid. Limas piloted a 7-week interactive online video course last fall for parents of freshmen students, which he described as an “extension” of the school’s freshman orientation. Students walk across the campus of UCLA.

Report 111

Report Study Groups Video 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2020

But [Rhodes is] asking the judge to consider the child and how detention will have an impact on that child’s education. She’s interrupting what would be the natural course for kids who might not have the resources to get themselves out.”. ince 2017, Rhodes has gotten a crash course in college financial aid. grade-point average.

Strategy 109

Strategy Education E-rate Report 109

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

Through the help of the school’s success coaches, she navigated the school, avoided unnecessary courses for her career plan and took advantage of different resources. The student soon opened up about how she had never been able to speak her own mind with her family, but the advice allowed her to work on her confidence.

Outcomes 85

Outcomes Report Meeting Study 85

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 10, 2017

Spokane has eliminated all remedial classes, such as Outdoor Living, a science course that Wyborney described as “Camping 101.” College prep courses are now the default curriculum for all high school students, and the district has increased the number of AP courses it offers. Rogers High School. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz.

Data 94

Data Course Study Meeting 94

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. Questions like, “How do I build community? How do I build meaningful relationships?”

Training 121

Training Meeting Report Policies 121

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

A variety of technologies can connect students virtually with industry experts or mentors, and even if the connections don’t result in enduring relationships, the exposure can still introduce them to career paths and life advice they wouldn’t have accessed otherwise. Rethinking school offers results.

Robotics 82

Robotics Report Personalized Learning Study 82

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Rodriguez’s placement test scores dictated at least a year of these low-level math courses. Almost anyone can enroll at a community college in California, but each college has its own process to decide how to place students. It’s not clear how these changes will affect students throughout the state’s 114 community colleges.

Report 111

Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2019

. — It was in his part-time job as a campus tour guide that Jared Maymon first heard prospective students and their parents asking not just about the food, the dorms or the required courses but about whether his college would be around long enough for them to experience any of those things.

Report 86

Report Dropout Examples Analysis 86

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

College-bound students might be instructed to research colleges and fill out college applications — but the plans often don’t include training in other essential skills for college, such as how to study. The college courses had an unexpected result: Peter realized he actually didn’t want to go to college, and changed his goal.

Outcomes 92

Outcomes Education Report Survey 92

MindShift

JUNE 27, 2016

Weaver said that she’s always looking at how to design programs to engage donors that might interest them. From Access to Completion. Where we were thinking of community colleges as access institutions — which of course, they did a good job, they’re cheap, they’re ubiquitous, you can work, you can go part time,” Bailey said.

Dropout 51

Dropout Accessibility Training Data 51

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

Connelly, who is pioneering a new course in social and emotional wellness, added: “I don’t know who thought white desks and rolling chairs were good ideas for high school students.”. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2018

Much of IBM’s work in expanding the P-TECH network is helping states figure out how to pay for a high school program that promises a free associate degree. As early as the summer after ninth grade, students can begin taking college courses. “We don’t have the anxiety that these new freshmen students have. We’re prepared.”.

Industry 60

Industry Social Media Trends Report 60

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But high schools often neglect to teach these students the soft skills that will help them in higher education — like how to study, manage their time and self-advocate. Students with other disabilities, such as autism, may have trouble knowing how to act in social situations. It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”.

Study 88

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 88