The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Much of the pre-pandemic research into online higher education concluded that students in online programs did worse than students in in-person courses, with lower grades, higher dropout rates and poorer performance in subsequent classes. We are optimistic that the post-pandemic data will show more favorable outcomes,” she said.

Education 80

Education Survey Dropout Learning 80

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2023

Even during the pandemic, the ASAP model continued to have a positive impact on student outcomes. Elizabeth Davidson Pisacreta is the director of Educational Transformation at Ithaka S+R and Katherine Giardello is the senior policy advisor at the ASAP|ACE National Replication Collaborative.

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Strategy Trends Outcomes Report 124

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. Once again, the story has a happy outcome. What a brilliant stroke!

Dropout 72

Dropout Policies Elementary Data 72

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. Outcomes are encouraging. Encouragingly, pioneers are making headway in this work. City Connects has shown strong results. The program also benefits teachers.

Dropout 108

Dropout Education System Data 108

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

At two-year institutions, admission is accessible, tuition is affordable, and flexible coursework fits into schedules complicated not only by jobs and families, but counseling, support groups and doctor visits. “I I don’t know why we weren’t trying to do this years ago,” Miller said. The price tag is not the same,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

In some ways, the return to exclusionary discipline is a predictable outcome of the chaos of the pandemic. 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.

Personalized Learning 132

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 132

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

However, there is not much research on the life outcomes of students with disabilities who attain high school diplomas versus those who get alternative exit documents. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. How one district solved its special education dropout problem.

Dropout 79

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 79

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Districts across the country have been ramping up career education programs spurred, in part, by federal legislation updated in 2018 that provides funding for career education (commonly referred to as Perkins V ), said Matt Giani, a research associate professor in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin who studies education policy.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Though some programs have helped lower dropout rates and improved graduation rates for students of color, the gap in the percentage of students finishing a degree has barely budged across the 30 community colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and University system. Paul College that shows students’ countries of origin.

Dropout 71

Dropout Secondary Course Report 71

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

In the last five years, some institutions have gotten better at submitting student data, allowing the center to improve its ability to track students and analyze outcome measures. Leanne Davis, assistant director of applied research at the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Plus, the job market plays a role in the increase.

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Data Report Policies Outcomes 78

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“By getting rid of grades, we get rid of crucial information that parents and students use to determine what they’re getting out of the expensive educations they’re paying for,” said Bradley Jackson, vice president of policy at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. Let’s say they get a slightly failing grade on the first quiz.

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Assessment Report Dropout System 144

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The longer students stay in school, the more likely they will face a family or financial crisis that will derail their ambitions, said Marcella Bombardieri, a senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress who wrote a report on part-timers. Related: Universities that are recruiting older students often leave them floundering.

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Report Course Advocacy Policies 85

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2019

I asked Jerome Lucido, executive director at the University of Southern California’s Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice, how admissions can be fixed. We’ll also keep an eye on the outcomes of criminal cases in the scandal, wondering how much of a deterrent public shame and punishment will actually be.

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Report Policies System Outcomes 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

They still are, but as the academy enters its sixth full year, its student outcomes are drawing praise from a variety of sources, even while administrators note that steep challenges remain. 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.”.

Learning 112

Learning Dropout Report Elementary 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Students have access to hundreds of courses while they are in Illinois’ juvenile justice facilities, but they tend to focus on math, language arts, social studies and science. Students technically have access to hundreds of courses, but Jones-Redmond said the district focuses on math, language arts, social studies and science.

Online Learning 69

Online Learning Blended Learning Pearson Learning 69

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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Company Survey Report Training 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2016

If boys go to college less often than they otherwise would, you’re lowering not only their economic outcomes but economic outcomes for future generations.”. He’s a third-year student at the University of East London, and he’s part of an embryonic effort to prod boys into considering making college part of their futures. “If

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Outcomes Report Study Dropout 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2018

Past research hasn’t investigated the connection, though, between the time demands that student-parents face and their subsequent college outcomes — so my colleagues, Alyse Hachey at the University of Texas at El Paso and Katherine Conway at Borough of Manhattan Community College, and I decided to research potential links. Weekly Update.

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Dropout Outcomes Handbook Survey 76

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

Samantha Gutter is chief access and outreach officer at the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, which surveyed high school seniors about college and found that they were reluctant to go into debt. They stick to a policy of advertising prices few consumers pay but that discourage many from applying. We haven’t been clear.

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Education Survey Report Trends 141

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district believes that by making its students feel equal to those in more affluent communities, they will start to see the same outcomes. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. Ending Social Promotion.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 139

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district believes that by making its students feel equal to those in more affluent communities, they will start to see the same outcomes. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. ” Ending Social Promotion. "You’re

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

Factor in the higher dropout rate among nonwhite students in rural high schools, and the odds that black and Hispanic students from areas like this will ever earn degrees are just as low as for their urban counterparts. The factors behind these dire outcomes are also getting worse.

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Report Dropout Groups Examples 77

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

“It’s a crazy cycle,” said Adrian Huerta, an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California who focuses on college access and gender. “We We know that when you have a college education, there are good outcomes with health. It’s about equal access for everyone. You’re more likely to live longer.

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Trends Report Study Dropout 73

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

McElvogue has the time to spend an hour with Almanza, as well as attend to her caseload of 230 students, because Colorado is betting that a big investment in counseling can improve educational outcomes for its low-income students. When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 110

Dropout Report Training Outcomes 110

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 144

Policies Report Dropout Study 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

So says a 2017 study published by the Institute of Policy Studies. 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.

Dropout 86

Dropout STEM Analysis Company 86

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

Programs that help teenage mothers stay in school can make a big difference to the education and life outcomes for both the adolescents and their babies. State policy on sexual health education varies greatly, making it difficult to analyze the effects of any one approach. “My daughter’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

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Kaplan Report Policies Laptops 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2019

And I’m like, listen, you should be more concerned about graduating,” said Rachel Fishman, deputy director for research on education policy at New America, a Washington, D.C., Working more than 15 hours a week can lead to worse academic outcomes , including higher dropout rates. think tank.

Dropout 91

Dropout Analysis Policies Study 91

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Part of the disparity starts in home countries where access to education is often limited. For students who aren’t fluent in English, some state policies put them at a further disadvantage. Race and ethnicity play a complicated and evolving role in educational outcomes in the county.

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Report Course Elementary Meeting 108

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. “We saw it as a scaffolding until things got better — a short-term, possible solution,” Agnew recalled. The state of Georgia filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in October.

Education 79

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Federal policies still disadvantage the island, the result of a “quasi-colonial relationship,” said King. Academic outcomes in Puerto Rico are poor and have been on a steady decline since Hurricane Maria. The poor outcomes are super frustrating,” said Díaz. Its residents are U.S. On the math test that children all over the U.S.

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Elementary Report Dropout System 104

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.

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Dropout Policies STEM Outcomes 80

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

Partly as a result, educational outcomes for these students are bleak. 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. Credit: Jimena Peck for The Hechinger Report.

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Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 130

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2022

Yael Benvenuto Ladin, a recent graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio, is working to improve access to abortions for young people who live in states where the procedures would be banned or significantly limited if the Supreme Court overturns Roe, effectively removing the federal right to a legal abortion.

Accessibility 27

Accessibility Training Policies Report 27

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. The Flatiron School has released its latest “outcomes report.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Task Force Seeks Comment on Higher-Ed Outcomes Reporting Standards.” Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. ” Fox.

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44