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 114

Training Dropout STEM Company 114

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. Pandemic-related hardships have propelled many students to choose jobs over education and online classes have been barriers for low-income students without digital resources.

Dropout 100

Dropout Policies Data Report 100

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.”. How is it going to be accessible?

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

They typically come from K-12 school systems that lack resources like state-of-the-art learning technology, curriculum and student supports. Like many colleges, we’ve created a laptop loaner program to meet the needs of both on- and off-campus students by providing year-long access to reliable, new devices. Across the U.S.,

Digital Divide 141

Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 141

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2018

Eighty-five percent of students in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District receive free or reduced-price lunch. Despite these efforts, high school dropout rates remain high. In elementary school, when I brought home reading material and worksheets, she’d sit with me at great length to make sure I understood the lessons.

Dropout 83

Dropout Study Elementary Report 83

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. In order to do this, I tapped into the valuable resources available to educators free online. What offers a wealth of literary resources? Capstone Interactive. Lerner Digital. Teachingbooks.net.

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2021

They also gained invaluable experience being resourceful when they didn’t know how to proceed. “We That left students powering through learning challenges by texting classmates for help, forming Zoom study groups and capitalizing on free internet resources to help clarify difficult material. Los Angeles high school senior.

Handbook 110

Handbook Groups Meeting Study 110

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. This partnership-oriented approach is difficult work, participants acknowledge, but they say it is precisely what makes Say Yes both a sustainable model and one that addresses the holistic needs of an under-resourced community. 1 request wasn’t about academics but access to mental health services.

Data 95

Data Secondary System Accessibility 95

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

With high levels of poverty, and limited resources, the tiny rural district struggled year after year to boost test scores and offer the Oktibbeha County students a comparable education to the one received by students in Starkville. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014. I struggled at first just to keep up.”.

Report 111

Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 11, 2011

We fail to properly use our people and resources. The "Age of Reason"/"Industrial Revolution" system of scientific management system accomplishes exactly what it was intended to do one hundred and thirty years ago - high dropout rates, gender-differentiated pay, widget-learning, and Theory X leadership styles.

Industry 50

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. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/AZCIR. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 100

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 100

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. Greenville schools have some of the highest school dropout rates in the state, and Johnson also viewed staying at home as necessary to defend her children’s chances of living an easier life. This story also appeared in HuffPost.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2023

And we must differentiate between the direct work of schools — such as fostering strong student-teacher relationships and course offerings — and educational outcomes, such as dropout rates, college-going rates and standardized test scores, that are often reflections of social inequality.

Dropout 140

Dropout Outcomes Data System 140

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. “We All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2021

And as demand is growing, participation has plummeted due to inadequate resources to support after-school programs. We need to invest in after-school programs for middle school students now more than ever, to stave off pandemic learning loss and dropouts. The pandemic is increasing that need, but not enough programs are available.

Dropout 140

Dropout Report Course Groups 140

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 167

Education Learning Dropout Blended Learning 167

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online. Chicago educator Megan Jackson, who teaches special education at a Chicago elementary school that serves predominantly low-income students, has seen these issues play out in her classroom.

Policies 141

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 141

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

DECEMBER 11, 2016

This model demands more resources than those available to a traditional high school, but given that the typical high school dropout costs the state an estimated $300,000 over their lifetime , Cesene argues that the math is elementary. Related: Presentations and portfolios take the place of tests for some students. “But

Dropout 95

Dropout Report System Meeting 95

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. Large payoffs, both for the individual and society, may lie here if political leaders are willing to commit the financial resources. But researchers occasionally find things that work with high schoolers.

Dropout 116

Dropout Study Groups Report 116

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. Springboard is a social enterprise that looks at families as the “single greatest resource” for helping struggling readers.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

It’s up to educators to understand the struggles that they have been through and give them the resources to help them succeed. “My Related: Refugee girls want to improve the world. Will we let them do so? All students want to achieve something. My parents came here to give me better opportunities to study,” one refugee student told me. “I

Meeting 105

Meeting Survey Study Report 105

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Students at Lovett Elementary in Clinton, Miss. By earlier accounts , this program helped lower the number of high school “dropout factories” with increased graduation rates and boosted test scores in about two-thirds of the schools in the program. Karen Hawley Miles is the president of Education Resource Strategies.

System 40

System Dropout Instructional Materials Strategy 40

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 79

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

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

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But in some school districts, before the pandemic hit, educators had begun going further, intentionally overhauling their classes and moving around resources to help these children succeed. Cooper Lane Elementary School in Maryland’s Prince George’s County school district had almost 550 children, 60 percent of whom are Hispanic.

Elementary 142

Elementary Report Exercises Trends 142

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Students selling notes online a legal gray area, schools say | ArkansasOnline → University of Arkansas faculty members are debating how to best deal with the selling of lecture notes by students, spurred on by the practices of online study resource companies known for aggressive recruiting tactics.

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 43

Guidelines Policies Report Dropout 43

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Her teachers never acknowledged her growing belly, and the school counselor had no suggestions for outside resources. 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.

Report 133

Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 133

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). .” This is at Monticello High School in Albemarle County, Virginia.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” Via the Future of Privacy Forum : “ Law Enforcement Access to Student Records : What Is the Law?”

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

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