The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

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. The California Community College Chancellor’s Office does not track this information. This story also appeared in Los Angeles Times.

Dropout 107

Dropout Policies Data Report 107

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Every student deserves access to quality pathways providing mentorship, engaging and relevant academic learning and meaningful work-based experiences along the way. But as it stands now, too many students — particularly Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds — do not have access to quality educational pathways.

Education 110

Education Training Industry Accessibility 110

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

This information is used to link students to a wide array of supports, services and opportunities. Longitudinal data show that students enrolled in City Connects schools performed better academically and had lower grade retention, chronic absenteeism and dropout rates. Encouragingly, pioneers are making headway in this work.

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Dropout Education System Data 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. It impedes access to institutions they might be qualified for, because it’s not being accepted.”. My school counselor was terrible.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. Inconsistent cell phone access isn’t uncommon among low-income Americans. He was no longer enrolled, they said.

Policies 83

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 83

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2021

Recent history reminds us that the only way we can build a stronger, more resilient society is by investing in meaningful workforce training and good-paying jobs in the rapidly growing information technology field. Through 2029, growth in the IT sector is expected to rise 11 percent and add over half a million jobs to the U.S.

Training 116

Training Dropout STEM Company 116

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

She said schools could have invested in staff training, hired more counselors and generally shifted toward a more trauma-informed, restorative approach to serving students. But early accounts of how schools have spent the money have been disappointing, she said. Students who can’t stay focused on their work risk getting sent out of class.

Personalized Learning 136

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 136

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. Students are inundated with information and visual stimulation at a rapid pace, and their stamina for reading lengthy pieces of text needs to be cultivated. What a summer.

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. Sharing information helped them develop closer relationships with students and better tailor their lessons. What changes are ahead? There will be other adjustments going forward as well.

Personalized Learning 80

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 80

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

The hope is that by providing students access to resources they did not previously have, including after school programs and individualized lesson plans for students in need of remediation, the district can help every student reach his or her full potential. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014.

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Report Dropout System Elementary 111

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

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Students with disabilities process information differently, so they need more explicit instruction to develop and use these skills than general education students do. This plan uses student interests and other information about a student to outline post-high school goals. It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”.

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Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 87

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates. For years, it was a battle getting Guadalupe to his Phoenix elementary school in the Washington Elementary School District. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/AZCIR.

Dropout 102

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 102

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2023

As a result, present accountability systems fail to offer meaningful information about the important work our schools do. Consequently, we must balance our desire for simplicity with our goal of sharing information with schools and the public, and resist the lure of combining several data points into one overall school “score.”

Dropout 142

Dropout Outcomes Data System 142

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. Sharing information helped them develop closer relationships with students and better tailor their lessons. What changes are ahead? There will be other adjustments going forward as well.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It feels really good and really important that our children… have access to in-person, five-day-a-week education. Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School. So I don’t know where to get any information from. Valente’ Gibson , fifth grade teacher at Jackson Creek Elementary School.

Elementary 142

Elementary Broadband Assessment Dropout 142

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In other words, for every dollar we invest in high-quality pre-K, dropout rates decline. We must get out of the “catch-up” business, where we’re trying to fix problems when a child reaches the end of elementary school or middle school. If we’re treating everyone as “equals,” we give them all access to good teachers.

Education 166

Education Learning Dropout Blended Learning 166

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Her math teacher had just informed her that she would have to wait and take it next year. Rubio, a junior at the University of Rhode Island who attended elementary school in Central Falls, had already intervened once this quarter. Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff.

Learning 89

Learning Report Elementary Dropout 89

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

. “Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. ” Ending Social Promotion. "You’re

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

she emailed the kids’ school for information on the withdrawal process, but they’re first going to finish the semester and then evaluate their options later this month. Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online. She’s still exploring this option ?

Policies 141

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 141

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools.

Classroom 55

Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 55

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. The gifted program at Eve opened two years ago as a way to increase access to Buffalo’s disproportionately white, in-demand gifted and talented programs. There are gifted dropouts.

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

Elementary students told Pressley they wanted more opportunities to interact with their classmates; one fourth grader suggested Zoom recess. But it is not the same as being at school, so I worry about the students who don’t have help or access to resources like I do.”. I had a lot of help,” he said.

Survey 145

Survey Policies Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs , often disappoint. Another of his studies argues that informing teens they will have higher paying jobs if they stay in school longer is effective. But researchers occasionally find things that work with high schoolers.

Dropout 118

Dropout Study Groups Report 118

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

But access to home support is arguably even more important. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. South Fort Myers High School follows a dropout prevention program called BARR, which stands for Building Assets, Reducing Risks.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Basecamp schools then receive mentoring from and troubleshooting by Summit staff, as well as PLP access throughout the academic year. So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Aimed at curbing dropouts, improving graduation rates and sending more kids to college and other postsecondary programs, the corps is designed to offset a growing achievement gap in this relatively affluent but increasingly diverse state. “When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”. Why are women locked out?

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

Personalized Learning 102

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

In a June 2022 report , the department said it had deleted the term “equity” from the title of a report about equitable access to qualified teachers for low-income and minority students. The former School and Educator Equity Report is now called Rates of Access to Qualified Teachers.

Policies 145

Policies Report Dropout Study 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

Education 81

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

Of those, only a handful require instruction on how to use or access contraception, according to data gathered by SIECUS , an organization that promotes comprehensive sexual health education policies. Still, educators here said the information students get is so haphazard that it’s unclear what students know (and don’t know).

Kaplan 111

Kaplan Report Policies Laptops 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Cooper Lane Elementary School in Maryland’s Prince George’s County school district had almost 550 children, 60 percent of whom are Hispanic. The teachers were hungry for information; 150 had given up a sunny Saturday to join the session. Credit: Tyrone Turner for WAMU. A lot of my students have experienced trauma, and they struggle.

Elementary 142

Elementary Report Exercises Trends 142

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 4, 2017 State auditor introduces legislation to protect students' personal information | The Turner Report → Missouri Senate Bill 478 would require school districts to notify parents or guardians of a data breach involving student information. He gave a speech and devoted 150 words to education and choice.

EdTech 170

EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

The Hechinger Report

MAY 25, 2016

In elementary and middle school, Knight was one of the smartest people I knew. The guidelines included ensuring trans students have access to the restrooms, locker rooms and sports teams that align with their gender identity. He is wearing a neat polo and khaki shorts, and thin, square glasses cover incredibly blue eyes.

Guidelines 45

Guidelines Policies Report Dropout 45

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Some of the reasons for the decrease include teens waiting longer to have sex, increased access to contraception and popular reality TV shows such as “16 and Pregnant,” which depicted the struggles of young moms. But these same students who don’t have access to medically accurate, up-to-date information have to live with the consequences.

Report 134

Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 134