The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2023

In stories detailing inequities, from post-graduation income gaps to programming that places Black students in less upwardly mobile career tracks , the news consistently demonstrates that our higher education system is not equitably serving Black learners. We also need to tailor our student supports for Black students.

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Mobility Outcomes Accessibility Policies 108

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

As we consider how to support students, we need to prioritize making sure they have enough to eat and a safe place to sleep along with providing high-quality instruction and internet access. We know from exhaustive research that hunger seriously impairs learning outcomes and that financial insecurity drives dropout rates.

Dropout 123

Dropout Survey Accessibility Report 123

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

But new research suggests colleges’ policies around unpaid balances may also be contributing to the decline while creating lasting financial harm for the institutions and students. Researchers projected estimates for the system based on the percentage of students affected in Compton, Lake Tahoe and Peralta Community College Districts.

Dropout 101

Dropout Policies Data Report 101

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. This inequality compounds systemic economic disparities. Students also need better access to and knowledge about nutrition and food preparation to achieve lasting food security.

Policies 126

Policies Accessibility Report Resources 126

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“One of the biggest problems that we have is kids that are missing and chronic absenteeism,” says Pamela Herd, a Georgetown University public policy professor. She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. But it was also about race and class.” Communities such as St.

Policies 78

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 78

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2021

In Texas — where the energy system failed those who depend on it — and elsewhere, our infrastructure is only as good as the technology that supports it. We need to ensure we’re continuing to expose more Americans to the jobs, opportunities and resources that will help modernize our country’s IT systems. Our shared future depends on it.

Training 114

Training Dropout STEM Company 114

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Black students who are raising children borrow an average of $18,100 for college, compared with an average of $13,500 among all students. We need to name the racist policies baked into our postsecondary system that contribute to this unequal burden.

Policies 131

Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 131

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

This bill would amend the state code that calls for a statewide system of assistant teachers in K-3 classrooms. The bill states that these districts have the greatest need due to high incidences of violence, a large number of low-income students and high dropout rates.

Accessibility 44

Accessibility Dropout Elementary Trends 44

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

It’s about making sure they come back from one year to the next,” said Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, a professor of higher education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Education. Dropouts cost colleges a collective $16.5 “It’s not just about getting them in the door.

Dropout 98

Dropout Report Policies Data 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

The evidence of system failure is overwhelming: nationally, English language learners graduate from high school at a rate nearly 20 percentage points lower than their peers who are native speakers of English. What can we do about these dilemmas posed by a standardized system trying — and failing — to meet the needs of so many children?

Dropout 106

Dropout Education System Data 106

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2023

A core feature of the strategy is to invite state higher education system leaders to create ASAP replication programs in their states’ community colleges. For state higher education system leaders looking to improve degree attainment, address persistent equity gaps and prove the value of higher education, the decision is easy.

Strategy 119

Strategy Trends Outcomes Report 119

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

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Too often, our education system sends the one in five children with learning and attention issues into the world without the skills they need to succeed. Related: How one district solved the special education dropout problem. The Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Related: Special education’s hidden racial gap.

Advocacy 72

Advocacy Dropout Policies Training 72

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. Why not throw in the grading system while we’re at it?”.

Assessment 142

Assessment Report Dropout System 142

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 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. That is not who we serve today.”. Free tuition, mentoring.

Dropout 71

Dropout Secondary Course Report 71

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. What a brilliant stroke!

Dropout 68

Dropout Policies Elementary Data 68

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

higher education system is fair had evaporated. The book also calls for ending legacy admissions, ensuring that colleges enroll at least 20 percent of their students from low-income families, and treating high school, college and career training as one system. Education as the great equalizer ?

Education 110

Education Policies System Survey 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

They replaced the hodgepodge of learning platforms and apps with more uniform systems, eliminating multiple passwords and making them easier to navigate. Responding districts cited family, health and trauma issues and internet and device access as the biggest obstacles to student participation in online learning, according to the study.

Elementary 143

Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Other students faced barriers of access. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning. And during the 2020-21 academic year, UT adopted a policy allowing students to designate up to three of their courses to be graded as pass/fail , rather than with letter grades, Patterson said.

Education 128

Education Course Report Policies 128

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. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 110

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

The same is true for the University of California system, the University of Arizona and other institutions across the country. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage. I know that sounds so cliche, but how are we going to be educated enough to cite policy, to fight for recognition?

Groups 84

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 84

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As school presidents agonize over how to reopen their campuses, student affairs and enrollment management leaders are working feverishly to make their services accessible to all students, wherever they are. But now, we must take them on with a renewed sense of urgency.

Survey 101

Survey Report Accessibility Trends 101

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2022

I do think there are lessons to be learned from what’s going on in Maine right now,” said Jerome Lucido, executive director of the Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts.

How To 112

How To Report Training Comparison 112

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2021

She has advised university presidents, system chancellors and state and federal policy leaders on strategies to expand access to higher education, address costs and promote completion for students of all backgrounds. We’ve learned a lot about what works for students — now, we have to develop the capacity to spread it.

Education 98

Education Mobility Report Examples 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As of 2016, Louisiana and 23 other states had alternative diploma or certificate options specifically for students with disabilities, each state with its own system. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. How one district solved its special education dropout problem. Here’s why they’re not.

Dropout 79

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 79

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

MARCH 7, 2017

Colleges and universities that use sophisticated data systems to analyze and guide students must be careful to avoid ethical dilemmas that can arise, like pigeonholing students unfairly or underestimating their abilities, according to a new report that analyzed common pitfalls of these systems. Really, it’s misnamed.”.

Outcomes 47

Outcomes Report Data Blended Learning 47

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This shouldn’t be news,” said Damon Yarnell, Dickinson’s dean of academic advising, after leading an orientation for new faculty about its early-alert system in a quiet classroom on the college’s distinctive campus of grassy quads bounded by historic limestone buildings. Financial and other realities are forcing this to change. That’s $13.3

Training 79

Training Report Dropout System 79

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2019

Right now, the system feels like it is crafted to keep low-income students like us out of college,” wrote Enoch Jemmott, a student at Queens College who is featured in the documentary “Personal Statement,” which we’ve partnered with at Hechinger. Related: Fixing a higher education caste system that screams inequality.

Report 92

Report Policies Outcomes System 92

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.”. One reason seems to be that it gives them access to grade-level content that otherwise might be unavailable for months or years as they learn English but end up falling behind in other subjects.

Learning 111

Learning Dropout Report Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Instead of enrolling, for example, they might subscribe to college; for a monthly fee, they could take whatever courses they want, when they want, with long-term access to advising and career help. beginning with the White House, whose American Workforce Policy Advisory Board has called for a prototype by this summer.

Course 104

Course Pearson Accessibility Company 104

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Alana Wolf was accepted to Cornell University, which told her to go somewhere else as a freshman and come back as a sophomore under a little-known policy called conditional admission. She spent her freshman year at Ithaca College and will enter Cornell this fall. Photo: Michael Farrell for The Hechinger Report. campus as sophomores.

Policies 79

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 79

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No More than one in five college students are parents , according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and some 42 percent of them attend community colleges.

Study 97

Study Report Course Dropout 97

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

DECEMBER 1, 2016

million since 1995, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research reports. Only 40 percent of older students with children manage to get degrees or certificates within six years, a lower proportion than their traditional-age classmates, and dropout rates are higher among older students with kids. million to 4.8 40% of U.S.

Groups 40

Groups Dropout Report Examples 40

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 65

Online Learning Blended Learning Pearson Learning 65