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

AUGUST 12, 2018

He’s not a politician, he admits, but he has strong opinions about public policy, bolstered mainly by vignettes and anecdotes. A good story goes a long way, and issues often rise or fall on the policy agenda as much on the basis of stories as on hard evidence. And even these lack much self-reflection.

Dropout 72

Dropout Policies Elementary Data 72

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2021

Research indicates that this kind of learning opportunity has a lifelong impact: It can help reduce dropout rates, increase on-time graduation rates and help “students apply and extend classroom learning,” according to the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). Our shared future depends on it.

Training 116

Training Dropout STEM Company 116

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

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. City Connects has shown strong results. The program also benefits teachers. Outcomes are encouraging.

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Dropout Education System Data 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. 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.”.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Each year since, they have won numerous awards, including the trophy for Outstanding Production for the best overall elementary school performance three years in a row, from 2013 to 2015, and again in 2017. Elementary schools like P.S. 124 are the “new frontier, because upper elementary is a great time to introduce kids to theater.”

Dropout 78

Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 78

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

In September, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund released a report recommending school districts institute a moratorium on all suspensions and modify school discipline policies to be trauma-informed and supportive. Studies show not only is it ineffective at improving students’ future behavior, it can also do the opposite.

Personalized Learning 136

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 136

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. We have to make space for them to access the content.”.

Learning 112

Learning Dropout Report Elementary 112

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

But in this county of fewer than 19,000 residents, just 38 percent of recent high school graduates sought more education, according to the latest available data from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. Like elementary and middle school home visits, high school home visits are all about relationship building.

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Report Elementary Study Conference 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. We fail to properly use our people and resources.

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Industry Dropout Policies System 50

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. Dysart High School students describe routine suspensions for getting to school late.

Dropout 102

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 102

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Hooks said the effects of failed desegregation policy are most evident in the Mississippi Delta, where nearly all white students have left the public school system. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014. Closing the school meant the district had to reshuffle students into existing elementary schools.

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Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In recent years, truancy policies have started shifting away from punitive measures to providing more support for students who are chronically absent. Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online. Then the student’s school-provided computer broke.

Policies 141

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

We are speaking about an equal right, an equal opportunity to access education,” said Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. Other districts embrace virtualization as a disciplinary measure and have started to develop official policies around using this punishment. Louis, in the spring of 2022.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

Emanuelle Sippy, a rising senior at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky, and student director of the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team, another organization involved in the campaign, views student participation in education policy as mandatory. “We I had a lot of help,” he said.

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Survey Policies Groups Report 145

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

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

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

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Tyler Wright congratulates one of his 4th grade students with a fist bump at Stono Park Elementary School in Charleston, Friday, Nov. ” Eric Duncan, part of education advocacy organization Ed Trust’s policy team, said Thorne’s story is one echoed by Black male educators nationwide who feel perpetually overlooked.

Education 134

Education Elementary Data Dropout 134

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

David Hawkins, executive director for education content and policy for the National Association for College Admissions Counseling. As of 2016, the most recent year for which data is available, graduation rates among participating schools had risen from 65 percent to nearly 80 percent , while dropout rates declined.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

South Dakota, home to nine tribes collectively known as the Great Sioux Nation, is one of dozens of states that have recently adopted or introduced laws or policies that take aim at critical race theory, commonly known as CRT. 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

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

JULY 28, 2021

State policy on sexual health education varies greatly, making it difficult to analyze the effects of any one approach. 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.

Kaplan 111

Kaplan Report Policies Laptops 111

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

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Part of the disparity starts in home countries where access to education is often limited. In Guatemala and El Salvador, around a quarter of students don’t even make it through elementary school, according to the World Bank, while in Honduras, about 17 percent of children don’t get past primary school.

Report 109

Report Course Elementary Meeting 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

This story also appeared in The Guardian The flooding last fall that devastated the home of Deishangelxa Nuez Galarza, a fifth grader in this coastal area of southern Puerto Rico, also closed her elementary school, El Coquí, for three days while staff cleaned out a foot of muddy water from every first floor room. Its residents are U.S.

Elementary 106

Elementary Report Dropout System 106

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

“This is a state that needs its brightest students to stay here over the long term so our economy grows, so that educational opportunities grow,” said Vincent Rossmeier, the director of policy for Tulane University’s Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives. “If Only 16 percent had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Dropout 84

Dropout Policies STEM Outcomes 84

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 atrium at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elementary school in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is lined with flags from different countries, including those in Central America.

Elementary 142

Elementary Report Exercises Trends 142

The Hechinger Report

MAY 25, 2016

In elementary and middle school, Knight was one of the smartest people I knew. Luke Knight, on the state’s discriminatory policies against LGBTQ people. The guidelines included ensuring trans students have access to the restrooms, locker rooms and sports teams that align with their gender identity. Phil Bryant this April.

Guidelines 45

Guidelines Policies Report Dropout 45

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Who would have ever guessed that open access publishing leads to the wider dissemination of ideas? Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

EdTech 170

EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

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

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” The task force, put together by Entangled Solutions , includes “25 members from think tanks (including education policy wonk Rick Hess from the American Enterprise Institute), colleges (University of Texas), coding bootcamps (Galvanize), investment banking (Tyton Partners), and accounting firms (Ernst & Young).”

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Students need access to quality high schools, citizenship and real pathways to gainful employment, he added. Doe that public elementary and secondary schools couldn’t consider immigration status when a student seeks to enroll. naturalization requirements. The 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Plyler v.

Advocacy 63

Advocacy Secondary System Report 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50