The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Such closures have a disastrous impact on education in STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and math. student of color and a past New York City public school educator, I am particularly concerned about how these closures are hurting Hispanic and Black children and those from low-income families.

STEM 136

STEM Secondary Dropout Elementary 136

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 29, 2016

As a leader in educational media for children and students and a key partner with parents and educators across America, PBS today announced SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION, a special week of primetime programming examining the challenges facing today’s students and America’s education system.

Report 124

Report Dropout Education Outcomes 124

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2018

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. Go Back” campaign in Indiana, among the several states trying to get college dropouts to finish their college educations. Higher Education.

Dropout 72

Dropout Libraries Report Secondary 72

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Students come here from miles around to meet—first-come, first-served—with advisers for help navigating all things higher education, from admissions tests to majors to meningitis shots. As Canizales discovered on his own, the costs and benefits of various post-secondary pathways are not always obvious. The advice is free.

Libraries 87

Libraries Dropout Secondary Accessibility 87

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Minnesota ranks among the most educated states in the country, with nearly half of adults aged 25 to 64 holding an associate degree or higher. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school. Will jobs go begging? Our future economic vitality depends on this.”.

Dropout 74

Dropout Secondary Course Report 74

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Credit: Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images For decades, a handful of individual states and schools have offered financial assistance to Native students. There are “so many people that are stuck in poverty and stuck in situations where they can’t get an education,” Hall said. “I

Groups 86

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 86

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

“We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

ExcelinEd

JUNE 4, 2020

The New York State Department of Education reported that in Buffalo Public Schools the district spent $11,922 per student in general education and $23,871 per student in special education last year. 88 general education population ). +. ( 12 special education population ). =. 12 special education population ). =.

Dropout 36

Dropout Outcomes Secondary Data 36

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. Their positions were created by and are funded through Say Yes to Education Buffalo, a local chapter of a New York City-based nonprofit. In Buffalo, a Rust Belt city still grappling with high poverty and an under-educated population , the results of the Say Yes program have exceeded expectations.

Data 98

Data Secondary System Accessibility 98

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 11, 2011

The scientific management system we use in educational leadership today tends to bring us consistently to the four failures of information learning and applied action identified by the 9/11 Commission Report: failures of management, imagination, policy, and capacity. psid=2011-04-27.1619.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

Industry 50

Industry Dropout Policies System 50

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

We rounded up some best practices League members use to ensure students stay in school, get their degrees, and are prepared for success in their post-secondary endeavors. Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7.

Industry 40

Industry Broadband Course Elementary 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. The vast majority of special education students can grasp rigorous academic content. Photo: Karen Salomon for The Hechinger Report.

Study 89

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 89

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2016

It’s also part of a subtle attempt to address a growing problem the United Kingdom has in common with the United States: After decades in which men in college far outnumbered women, boys are entering higher education in ranks so low that the balance on campuses has dramatically reversed. Campuses here, overall, are 56 percent female.

Outcomes 40

Outcomes Report Study Dropout 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The reasons for this, its implications and the thorniness of dealing with it make this sparsely populated nation a laboratory for the countries heading in the same direction — including the United States, where the number of women in higher education has also caught up to and surpassed the number of men. Today, 56 percent are women , U.S.

Trends 71

Trends Report Study Dropout 71

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Twelve percent of students do not have access to high-speed internet at home. Subscribe today! Sign up for our newsletters.

Personalized Learning 104

Personalized Learning Learning Competency Based Learning Secondary 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

Ward, 51, began her education career at Bucknell University, her alma mater, where she spent seven years working in admissions. Paradoxically, her job is a classified position that doesn’t require a post-secondary credential, not even a bachelor’s degree, though this varies by school and district. That’s a problem, says Dunlap.

Report 77

Report Meeting Training System 77

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

APRIL 30, 2018

About one-third of all black collegians earn degrees in either a STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and math) field or in business, according to my analysis of integrated post-secondary education data system (IPEDS), the national dataset of college outcomes. Maybe they shouldn’t choose between education and business.

Dropout 88

Dropout STEM Analysis Company 88

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

He is a member of the Latino education advocacy group Nuestra Voz and a student at Cohen College Prep in New Orleans. Students need access to quality high schools, citizenship and real pathways to gainful employment, he added. The education philosopher John Dewey said, “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Secondary System Report 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Thoughts on how this might effect education from Inside Higher Ed , from NPR , from Internet2 (via Bryan Alexander), from The Washington Post , and from Edsurge. Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students? ” Immigration and Education.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50