The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

With school budgets already limited by a conservative-led state legislature that critics say chronically underfunds public education , the district turned to Diplomas Now, an education nonprofit whose aim is to increase graduation rates using a data-driven system of early intervention. The results have been impressive.

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Dropout Secondary Data Report 79

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

In our current education system, we continue to see gaps in graduation rates and unequal access to high-quality public schools. When schools persistently graduate less than half of their students of color and students with disabilities, we call those schools dropout factories. These basic tenets can guide our stance: 1.

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EdTech Dropout Advocacy Outcomes 299

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 19, 2017

In case it’s not clear by now that the above lines are not at all about a train journey, I must say I’m actually talking about our educational system. And we keep wondering about the high rates of dropout students. Kids don’t learn the same. Characteristics of student-centered learning. Big learning data. Technology is only a tool.

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Dropout Learning Training Blackboard 210

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2017

The effect of systemic racism and historical oppression on students of color, especially as manifested in the school-to-prison pipeline, is an issue that educators cannot ignore. Humbled, I realized that my education had occurred within a racist system that privileged Eurocentric achievements. Education is a tool for social justice.

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System Dropout Education Study 95

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

Bilingual education’s impact With 1 in every 10 students experiencing a lack of English proficiency, millions are at risk for struggles with reading and writing comprehension, reduced academic achievement, and less rigorous tracks of study, which lead to increased dropout rates, and lowered educational attainment and human capital.

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EdTech Education Policies Assessment 127

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

You’ve probably heard the stories about the millions of dropouts who are saddled with debt. “Giving them access to the SEEK program is giving them $4,000 a year,” said Friedman. ” The post How one college system pushes many graduates into the middle class and beyond appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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System Dropout Groups Data 103

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2019

Some of the other reasons why I love online tutoring are: Offers work-life balance: You might have heard that online education provides great flexibility to students as they can access information anytime and anywhere. Today, students can access high-quality education from wherever they are. Think about that!

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Dropout Digital Citizenship Laptops Trends 211

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance. Repairing the Damage Getting teachers to stay is possible, but it requires a great deal of systemic change.

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Dropout Training Survey Strategy 218

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.

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Dropout Survey Accessibility Report 124

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.

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Accessibility Dropout Elementary Trends 45

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Pathways are a way of connecting the dots among K-12, higher education and career training in a smooth continuum, rather than treating them as three separate systems. Pathways help students and families navigate complex systems and figure out how to get the skills they need for the jobs and the lives they want. We can do better.

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Education Training Industry Accessibility 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Despite mounting evidence that schools are not turning out to be major incubators or vectors of Covid-19 transmission, New York City shut down its public school system in November. Many other major school systems remain closed as well. Science in particular is extremely hands-on and almost impossible to grasp virtually.

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STEM Secondary Dropout Elementary 135

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.

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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 must not “put the blame back on learners because the systems have been broken.”

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Mobility Outcomes Accessibility Policies 109

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

Students who have been underserved by a deeply inequitable education system often undergo a remarkable transformation at an HBCU. They typically come from K-12 school systems that lack resources like state-of-the-art learning technology, curriculum and student supports. Across the U.S., for example, some 1.

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Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 141

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?

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Dropout Education System Data 106

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.

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Policies Accessibility Report Resources 127

Hapara

JANUARY 26, 2023

This included “higher student academic engagement, attendance, grades, fewer disruptive behaviors and suspensions, and lower school dropout rates.” When I was a teacher, I used our school message system to send home automated positive feedback. Learners need to believe that educators at their school understand them and care about them.

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Learning Hapara Examples Dropout 176

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The effects of mental health are not restricted to the teachers but in turn impact the students they teach, leading to poor academic outcomes, poor student discipline, and higher dropout rates. How can teaching technology help improve effectiveness in the classroom?

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Technology eBook Gamification Classroom 52

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 29, 2016

As a leader in educational media for children and students and a key partner with parents and educators across America, PBS today announced SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION, a special week of primetime programming examining the challenges facing today’s students and America’s education system. ET – TED TALKS “Education Revolution”.

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Report Dropout Education Outcomes 124

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

After all, the plummeting number of prospects makes it much harder to replace dropouts than it was when there was a seemingly bottomless supply of freshmen. While state higher education funding in Texas doesn’t consider institutions’ retention rates, the TAMU System makes them glaringly public in an online dashboard.

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Dropout Report Policies Data 99

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Researchers projected estimates for the system based on the percentage of students affected in Compton, Lake Tahoe and Peralta Community College Districts. In addition, The Hechinger Report obtained data from seven community college districts, representing 19 of the 116 community colleges in the California system.

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Dropout Policies Data Report 102

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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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Statistically, almost half of school dropouts do so because they don’t see the relevance. Here’s how it works: Sign up for a free version of Nepris (it comes with one live virtual session and access to hundreds of recorded sessions).

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Flipped Classroom Industry Dropout Common Core 150

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Why not throw in the grading system while we’re at it?”. Many proponents of un-grading say it addresses the unfairness of a system in which some students are better ready for college than others, have to balance school with work or are first generation and feel extra stress to perform well as a result of it.

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Assessment Report Dropout System 141

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

The dean’s list student ended up a college dropout, a gay 20-something cut off from his parents after coming out, and working at a UPS Store in a job he described as “retail drudgery” while running up credit card debt and stringing out his college loans. It turned out instead to be a bump in the road.

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Company Training Industry Dropout 137

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 72

Dropout Secondary Course Report 72

Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

Students have continued pursuing their studies despite prolonged lockdowns through platforms such as learning management systems (LMSs) and video conferencing software. An ILP is a hybrid learning platform that combines two already established systems — learning management systems (LMSs) and learning experience platforms (LXPs).

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LMS Gamification Learning Dropout 345

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

From the start, access has been the defining achievement of online learning. Reading initial coverage of the research, I worried that virtual access may not be accomplishing all that was it promised. Work and family obligations often undermine their studies, leading to a cascade of failures and dropouts. Or so I thought.

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Education Dropout Course Study 109

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

The American prison system has been criticized for being a place of punishment instead of rehabilitation. In states such as Alabama, where youth as young as 14 can be tried as adults, going into the system can mean a lifetime of condemnation. Most of them were dropouts.” “In They were lost in the cracks,” says Carter.

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Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Dropout 93

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.

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Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 100

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.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

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.

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Strategy Trends Outcomes Report 119

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Everybody agrees that our higher education system is broken. Thanks to one-on-one counseling like this, the dropout rate is a third lower than at conventional universities and colleges, according to figures provided by the school. Everybody agrees that our higher education system is broken,” she said.

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Report Dropout System Company 116

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Credit: James Bernal for The Hechinger Report One model gaining popularity is called “college-focused rapid rehousing,” which received $19 million in state funding during the 2022-23 school year across California’s three higher education systems. Other times, as in Johnson’s case, the organization offers a rental subsidy.

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Report Study Examples System 128

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We need to name the racist policies baked into our postsecondary system that contribute to this unequal burden. Department of Education’s Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program. Generation Hope’s experience shows how access to funding and supportive relationships can make a difference in college completion.

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Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 131

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2017

Convicted felons, former gang members and school dropouts don’t typically get scholarships to go to college. Students who have taken years to earn their high school equivalency, some while serving time in prison, don’t have access to the same level of financial assistance as students with academic or athletic achievements.

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Dropout System Report Groups 50