The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

According to the most recent data from 2020-21 school year, two thirds of the 7 million students with disabilities who receive special education services spent 80 percent or more of their time in traditional classrooms. But a recent international analysis of all the available research on special education inclusion found inconsistent results.

Analysis 125

Analysis Education Study Policies 125

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. analysis of augmented 2021 American Community Survey data.

Analysis 136

Analysis Policies Advocacy Report 136

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

The humanities field has not recovered from that free fall, recently published data from the National Center for Education Statistics show. Many students remain completely oblivious of the elements that comprise critical thinking, from observation and analysis to problem solving and communication.

Study 120

Study Analysis Advocacy Training 120

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Edward Snowden’s revelation about the National Security Agency’s information-gathering practices alerted the public to the nefarious uses of data collection. Yet not all data collection efforts support questionable purposes that try to peep at—or profit from—a person’s online activities. Dr. Kirsten Martin.

Company 89

Company Data EdTech Policies 89

Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

CLX hopes to use the data from this report to demonstrate ways other educators and cities can “remake learning… so it is enhanced by technology, driven by learners’ interests, supported by their peers, and connected future opportunity.”. For data gathering, there are plenty of free and low-cost survey tools that will get you started.

Data 255

Data Report Survey Advocacy 255

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Brennan McMahon Parton, Data Quality Campaign ’s associate director of state policy and advocacy, recently spoke with him about data literacy for teachers. Brennan McMahon Parton: Josh, thanks for talking to me about data literacy. Parton: It makes sense that data use is more of a challenge than data access.

Data 60

Data Analysis Assessment Training 60

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. Across the countries examined in the report, data emerges as one common issue critical to laying the groundwork for creating a more transparent and connected marketplace. Whereas the U.S. says the report.

Technology 141

Technology EdTech Education Mobility 141

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As I begin the new school year, I make a list of all my priorities: Lesson planning, grading, classroom setup, data analysis and new teacher mentorship. Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts. Building relationships with parents is at the top of the list.

Advocacy 132

Advocacy Policies Analysis Report 132

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

Our research analysis revealed reasons for both optimism and concern. Even before the pandemic, multi-lingual learners lost more ground than their peers during the summer when they were out of school,” said Eric Rodriguez , SVP of Policy and Advocacy at UnidosUS. public schools.”.

Advocacy 57

Advocacy Policies Study Data 57

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Joyce : What’s different about this study and why is sharing these data so important? We actually have been working since 2017, to try to get this data project funded. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity. Deb : Using the NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) data from 2015/2016 school year to the 2018/2019.

Study 99

Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

They are an excellent medium for teaching and learning, particularly in writing, STEM, and other subjects that require critical thinking and analysis. . We need to teach students that they can pull their own data and make strategic decisions about what to focus on and what resources to seek out,” says West-Smith. Rubrics change that.

Learning 182

Learning Advocacy Assessment Meeting 182

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

classrooms to an online or hybrid model, this report also includes a supplemental analysis of existing research and literature on engagement in online learning, to provide context on how the themes discovered in the field research apply to the current distance learning environment. Because the COVID-19 Pandemic has restructured U.S.

Student Engagement 94

Student Engagement Advocacy Outcomes Report 94

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

The Afterschool Alliance – an advocacy group – was instrumental in securing the 1 percent set aside for afterschool and making sure that after-school programs would qualify for learning loss. The analysis also found no improvement in in social and emotional skills, although there was a tiny boost to student motivation.

Analysis 87

Analysis Advocacy Instructional Materials Examples 87

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 11, 2018

After I shared out my previous post , describing my confusion about making sense of certain types of data, the International Literacy Association (ILA) replied with a link to a recent report on this topic: This is perfect timing for our #ILAchat this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Data-driven decision making is hard enough for professional educators.

Data 33

Data Secondary Analysis Assessment 33

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

American schools are overwhelmingly English-only environments — and too often, this can make them hostile spaces for English learners and their families. In a spring survey in California, nearly one-third of Spanish-speaking families said that they could not understand the distance learning information sent home by their children’s schools.

Education 130

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data. All told, according to National Education Policy Center data, more than 330,000 students attended virtual schools in 2019-20, roughly 60 percent of them at for-profits. At Stride Inc., Stride Inc., formerly K12 Inc.,

E-rate 123

E-rate Pearson Company Report 123

The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2021

This kind of analysis is tricky since many colleges were becoming more diverse in recent decades, even if they didn’t adopt a test-optional policy. It will be interesting to see how the diversity of the 2021-22 freshman classes change when all the data are in. Test scores are an efficient way to reduce the applicant pool.

Policies 134

Policies Study Advocacy Groups 134

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

But there hasn’t been much data analysis until now, when one Missouri study finds that the fears might be overblown and that our statistics on student poverty rates haven’t changed much. “We If you liked the free-meal data five years ago, you probably shouldn’t start hating the free-meal data now.”.

Data 89

Data Analysis Advocacy Policies 89

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Because of this outdated notion, very few colleges even keep data on whether their students are parents. But we know from an analysis of federal data that nationally, one in five college students is parenting, more than a third of Black college students are parents, and nearly half of all Black female undergraduates are mothers.

Policies 131

Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 131

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Our overall objective was to expand access to literacy and use real-world data in curating and individualizing collections to better serve the needs of the district’s highly diverse student population. Our mission within the Office of Information and Analysis is to provide solutions that support more effective teaching and learning.

Data 109

Data Advocacy Libraries eBook 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2019

His “quiet and relentless advocacy brought hundreds of African Americans into space industry jobs in the Deep South, helping to shift perceptions of black people in ways both subtle and profound,” wrote Michael Fletcher in the story. Data suggests that this trend will continue, particularly in comparison to non-STEM positions.

STEM 93

STEM Industry Data Survey 93

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. According to data in the most widely cited survey , 26.5% The analysis found no difference in outcomes for students in Biology and Earth Science. But that’s no reason not to share it.

OER 147

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2020

Related: An analysis of achievement gaps in every school in America shows that poverty is the biggest hurdle. Arrest data reveals that juveniles who are exposed to the criminal justice system are more likely to drop out of high school and even less likely to attend college than their peers who aren’t.

Advocacy 104

Advocacy System Policies Resources 104

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

Last year alone, more than 900,000 low-income students who applied for and were found eligible for state financial aid for college never received it, because states ran out of money, according to a new analysis of state data by The Hechinger Report. Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy, National College Access Network.

Advocacy 98

Advocacy Policies Report Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. One tutor, Kingsley Esezobor, 38, is a graduate student in computational data science and engineering at North Carolina A&T State University.

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

“We still have quite a few people who are out of work who are looking at opportunities to get back into the labor market,” said Karen Elzey, associate executive director of the advocacy organization Workcred, which pushes for improvements to the workforce credentialing system. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

Kaplan 125

Kaplan Training Report Survey 125

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2017

Urban Institute analysis from 2015. According to a 2015 analysis by the Washington D.C. Diverse by design is the latest jargon that describes a concerted effort to create racial and socioeconomic diversity in schools. Students in low-income families are over six times more likely to attend a high-poverty school.”.

Education 81

Education Analysis Advocacy Trends 81

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Data collection for several studies on teen mental health during the pandemic is currently underway. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people ages 10-24, after accidents, as it has been for many years, according to the most recent data available from the CDC.

Survey 52

Survey Advocacy Study Data 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This story was produced jointly by inewsource San Diego, a data-focused investigative news organization, and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. A Hechinger Report/inewsource analysis of California community college data yielded stark results.

Report 111

Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Peer-to-peer approaches have been proven effective in a range of contexts and, our data show, increased postsecondary matriculation and success at schools and universities that use peer leaders to support their students. In the policy world, there are few programs that don’t involve some kind of cost-benefit analysis.

Training 74

Training Policies Advocacy Accessibility 74

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

While effective, these methods were unsustainable, because teachers had to do much of the data tracking and analysis manually, according to the paper. Even though the use of Learning Lists produced positive results, inputting data and updating the system was still too labor-intensive and time-consuming for teachers, the paper said.

Technology 40

Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2024

New research from Common App shows that expanding the definition of first-generation expands enrollment data, and thus can tell a different story about who is ready for college. But the reality is that different contexts kind of require different identification methods.” Related: Sick parents? Caring for siblings?

Analysis 91

Analysis Advocacy Report Data 91

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

U-46 was one of 53 districts across the United States that spent a statistically significant amount less state and local money on high-poverty schools than on lower-poverty schools, according to a new Hechinger Report analysis of how districts disburse funding. Tony Sanders, superintendent of Illinois School District U-46. That’s a problem.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Analysis of Data for Planning and Redesign: Again, for young students, this might happen quickly or after many iterations, but it’s important for the teacher to talk to students and ask them what they think about their design. Exploring Materials and Methods: This is a great hands-on activity for preschoolers and kindergartners.

Learning 42

Learning STEM Advocacy Secondary 42

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 7, 2016

“Strategically, this means—in our advocacy work—that we are representing an even larger set of vendors and education providers, and a growing diversity of types of education companies that are moving to digital in some way,” Billings said in a phone interview. Terms of the agreement were not released. and GSV Advisors, she said.

Industry 40

Industry Technology Education Software 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

That’s according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, which tracks these things. It’s an app that collects publicly available data so that you can compare and contrast colleges across the country. Over the past 20 years, more than 1,900 colleges have closed. Kirk: Come on.

Report 72

Report Trends Accessibility Advocacy 72

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Data shows that their trauma symptoms, including anxiety, anger and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are reduced by nearly half over the course of one school year. Alexa Bihner with sons River, left, and Ryder, center, in their home. There is also a national effort seeking to research—and fund—promising models and solutions.

Training 180

Training Classroom Report Groups 180