The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

During their college careers, far too many students lack reliable access to nutritious food, hampering their efforts to advance their education and skills. Drawing on these interviews, our research found that there are actions that institutions and policymakers can take to address students’ lack of access to nutritious food.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

For example, through its College MAP program (mentoring for college access and persistence), the big four accounting firm EY has sent hundreds of its first-generation-college-grad employees to low-income high schools in 38 cities to share their stories of success and offer information and guidance.

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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?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Staff say that they try to be strategic with locations, setting up shop within strip malls and sites that are easy for students to access and that are close to other resources like the public library. The organization also has established partnerships with local businesses and other community groups.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

There are just a few weeks left until their big trip to Atlanta for a three-day event called the Junior Theater Festival, and they’re hoping to add another trophy to the assortment that fills the school’s front lobby. NEW YORK — It’s 3 p.m. Sit up straight!” calls out instructor Kyle Garvin from the base of the stage.

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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.”. Manyelis Peña presents during “Zona de Logros,” or “Achievement Zone,” an annual spring event at which Muñiz Academy students describe their best work from the year in Spanish and English.

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Learning Dropout Report Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2019

And a handful of colleges and universities are designing outreach efforts for parents of first-generation students, and finding new ways to engage them in campus events. “It’s The student is the one who takes the classes, but it’s a family event.”. A spokesperson for St. Lorena Gasca, senior program manager, Gear Up.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 11, 2011

The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page. Event Page : [link] Elluminate Recording : https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp? Log in at [link].

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

But the incoming Queens College junior has been trained by the nonprofit College Access: Research and Action (CARA) to help guide students like Tasnia through the transition to college. At the same time, programs to fight this phenomenon are expanding amid a growing body of research suggesting that they work.

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Training Report Accessibility Study 96

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2015

Educators can access a variety of data to help predict at-risk learners and help them in real-time. D2L (formerly “Desire2Learn”) recently unveiled the newest version of its Brightspace Insights analytics suite. The new Brightspace Insights track, measure, and monitor student progress and aim to help improve engagement at every step.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. They felt additional pressure from amped-up media around the XQ grant, which celebrated its 10 “super schools” last September with a flashy national TV event featuring actor Tom Hanks.

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Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

In late 2017, a research project led by the Harvard Business School, a workforce organization called Grads of Life and the consulting firm Accenture concluded in a report, “Dismissed by Degrees,” that employers “appear to be closing off their access to the two-thirds of the U.S. workforce that does not have a four-year college degree.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Most” of the county’s 3,000 students have been exposed to stressful and traumatic events in the home, according to the school district’s superintendent, Carolyn Falin. More than half the children and nearly 40 percent of the county’s population live in poverty.

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MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. They felt additional pressure from amped-up media around the XQ grant, which celebrated its 10 “super schools” last September with a flashy national TV event featuring actor Tom Hanks.

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Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

edWeb.net

AUGUST 9, 2023

Drawing on the findings, the district produced a “five-ingredient recipe”—positive environments, connections, teaching and learning, student empowerment, and access to support—with each ingredient reflecting the enriched experiences students need to thrive in school and the community.

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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.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2016

To the right of the computerized door allowing access to the classrooms and living spaces for the students, a sign adorned with a cute Easter duck reads “hello!” Related: Dropouts try to find their way back to school. Judge Thomas H. Broome is the youth-court judge for Rankin County. Photo: Imani Khayyam.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2017

And the resulting decline in borrowing and dropout rates on those campuses suggest the toll that fees were taking on their students. Dropout rates have also fallen. Related: The mindboggling barriers that colleges create — and that end up hurting their own students. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. million to $4.2

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2019

As shown in Jack’s The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students , getting in can mean going hungry over spring break, cleaning the toilets and showers of dorm mates and being directed to separate entrances at events. Access, Jack says, is not inclusion.

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Policies Report Accessibility Analysis 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

The new $11 million Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, which has space for indigenous students to meet with advisors, and for events including soup and bannock lunches and native pipe and “smudge” ceremonies. Related: Needing students, Appalachian colleges reach out to fast-growing Hispanic population.

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Groups Report Dropout Study 40

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.

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Policies Report Dropout Study 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The federal share of Medicaid funding, for example, is capped at 55 percent (if Puerto Rico were a state, it could receive 83 percent), residents are denied certain disability benefits and there are restrictions on access to other funding, such as the child tax credit. Child poverty is widespread: In the 50 U.S.

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Elementary Report Dropout System 103

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Santos took advantage of Dartmouth’s First Year Student Enrichment Program , which offers pre-orientation events, workshops, retreats and an array of supports. Related: In an era of inequity, more and more financial aid is going to the rich. Jay Davis, the dean who heads the program, also keeps a box of Kleenex handy in his office.

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Report Study Groups Course 101

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” ” Via Techcrunch : “What Apple ’s education announcements mean for accessibility.” ” This is my shocked face. ” asks Corey Robin.

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” White supremacist Richard Spencer will speak at the University of Florida , which says it will spend $500,000 on security for the event. And there’s more on for-profits and student loans in the research section below.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

the trauma for many continued, as the Trump administration separated families in detention centers where cells were sometimes kept frigid, food was inadequate and kids were not given access to basic hygiene. After that event, she completely just spiraled downward, couldn’t focus, and in class was often tearful.”

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Elementary Report Exercises Trends 143

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? .” $100,000.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” Via Buzzfeed : “How Betsy DeVos Could Break Up The Charter School Coalition.” ” The groups, Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council , both advocate for “gay conversion therapy.”

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” “My Statement: White House HBCU Event” by Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough. ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.” .” More on changing her tune from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” I can’t think of a better place to ask that question than a corporate event, can you. .” More on AB 165 from the ACLU , which also opposes the proposed law. That’s UC Berkeley.

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Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It has shaped the administrative imaginary – and that in turn has shaped how schools have built capacity (or much more likely outsourced capacity ) and defined capacity altogether – notably in response to what’s been consistently framed as the challenge of access and the necessity of choice. ECOT refuses to pay.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This could be a problem for colleges and universities, about which a slew of opinion polls suggest Americans take a dim view at a time of campus speech controversies, athletic scandals, high dropout rates , sexual harassment and assault, comparatively generous pay for faculty and administrators and complaints about the competence of graduates.

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Report Dropout Survey System 72