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. A greater percentage, 29, said that they were filing on behalf of concerned parents or a local residents group. Building relationships with parents is at the top of the list.

Advocacy 136

Advocacy Policies Analysis Report 136

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In 2017, a New York Times analysis found the institution had the highest median parent income of 27 higher selective public colleges, at $154,000. Low-income students really feel out of place at Michigan,” says Camille Mancuso, a junior and the vice president of the Michigan Affordability and Advocacy Coalition student group.

Laptops 123

Laptops Analysis Advocacy Social Media 123

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

Our research analysis revealed reasons for both optimism and concern. Taken collectively, these studies can help education leaders and policymakers identify interventions needed for these student groups to help address the inequitable learning patterns in U.S. public schools.”.

Advocacy 56

Advocacy Policies Study Data 56

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 97

Analysis Advocacy Instructional Materials Examples 97

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

While a striking amount of uncertainty remains, experts largely agree on one thing: Pandemic education has exacted the greatest tolls from the children of historically marginalized groups. It also appears that English learners are being particularly adversely impacted by Covid-era schooling.

Education 142

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 142

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. However, the desire to prove that the quality of such distributed offerings is equal to the quality of on-campus programming often results in comparisons of achievement between the two groups of student participants. That’s a pretty tall order.

OER 159

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 159

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. Some of the conclusions may not come as a surprise in the Omidyar Network’s report on what works in scaling education technology in different regions worldwide. says the report.

Technology 155

Technology EdTech Education Mobility 155

Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

CLX now has substantial, informative data they can use as a foundation or justification when making decisions around funding, advocacy, partnership, and expansion. Take a step further than asset mapping and use Digital Promise’s toolkit for planning a social network analysis to see who in your network is already working together.

Data 266

Data Report Survey Advocacy 266

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2017

School leaders must work to provide data in a format that makes it easy to understand and act upon, the group says. “We We think that’s the hardest work left,” said Brennan McMahon Parton, director of policy and advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign. “We We know spreadsheets and 30-page PDFs are not the most useful.”.

Data 94

Data Advocacy Policies Blended Learning 94

The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2021

Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Credit: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Her earlier research on a group of selective liberal arts colleges, which had adopted test-optional policies before 2011, didn’t find any diversity improvements on those campuses.

Policies 135

Policies Study Advocacy Groups 135

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Josh Golin, executive director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a nonprofit advocacy group, said many apps have been “falsely marketed as educational” for years, even though there is no evidence that the apps actually help children learn.

Report 111

Report Android iPhone Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The analysis comes a month after APM Reports produced a radio documentary called Hard To Read that told the stories of families fighting school districts to make sure their dyslexic children are properly taught to read. Katie Greving, president of Decoding Dyslexia Iowa, said her group is dealing with its frustration by taking action.

Advocacy 102

Advocacy Training Report Analysis 102

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 63

Student Engagement Advocacy Outcomes Report 63

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Black parents hold more student debt than parents or nonparents of any other racial or ethnic group. 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 142

Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 142

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2019

A group of colleges has decided to stop holding students captive and allow them to get their lives back on track. Black women earn just 61 cents for every dollar earned by their white male counterparts, according to analysis by the nonprofit advocacy group Equal Pay Today. Debt is the amount of money that is owed.

Libraries 101

Libraries Report Advocacy Policies 101

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

million in the same period last year, according to an analysis for The Hechinger Report conducted by the consulting firm Kantar Media. million in that period, almost quadruple last year’s spending, the analysis showed. Stride spent about $1.8 million on TV ads in just the first quarter of 2021, up from $1.2

E-rate 135

E-rate Pearson Company Report 135

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2017

Urban Institute analysis from 2015. The regional research group Southern Education Foundation found that in 2013, poor students accounted for 51 percent of the public school population. According to a 2015 analysis by the Washington D.C. The majority of students currently in public schools in the U.S.

Education 83

Education Analysis Advocacy Trends 83

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

Data 99

Data Analysis Advocacy Policies 99

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

And young people seemed to be the hardest-hit of any group. A new analysis of the latest CDC data, just released by the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, found that the rate of specifically firearm suicides increased 51% for 15-24 year olds in the decade ending in 2018.

Survey 52

Survey Advocacy Study Data 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Importantly, they hold considerable influence over others in their age group and those just behind them. Through the specific college knowledge and self-advocacy skills they are gaining in their training and work, peer leaders are themselves succeeding in college at higher rates and being positioned for multiple career pathways.

Training 83

Training Policies Advocacy Accessibility 83

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. The first group of tutors was placed in Title I middle schools, in which low-income families make up at least 40 percent of enrollment.

Study 139

Study Data Report Elementary 139

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

At a time when parents, teachers and advocacy groups are increasingly concerned about the uses of educational data, these researchers want to send a clear message about the differences between commercial and research data. We don’t put up signpost when early education becomes a priority, saying this is brought to you by research from.”

Company 96

Company Data EdTech Policies 96

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

A Hechinger Report/inewsource analysis of California community college data yielded stark results. Although whites and Asians also have poor pass rates in these low-level remedial classes, the inewsource/Hechinger Report analysis found that Latino students are twice as likely as whites to end up in the lowest level of remedial English.

Report 111

Report Course System Data 111

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

She previously operated an independent education consulting group in North Georgia focused on achieving and maximizing student success. She helped pilot, manage, and successfully grow the company’s first expansion project in Las Vegas as part of a national development plan. Meredith has an extensive background in the education vertical.

Learning 92

Learning Training Advocacy Strategy 92

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 43

Learning STEM Advocacy Secondary 43

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

The “mastery” focus means that students are grouped by ability, and so a single student can be in one group for reading level and a different group for writing level. Students tend to get grouped in at least three different levels at once, Fiske says. “But we're just doing it in really, really different ways,” she adds.

Groups 142

Groups Common Core Advocacy Analysis 142

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 7, 2016

The SIIA group will now represent about 230 member companies that provide educational software applications, digital content, online learning services and related technologies to the K-20 sector, according to Karen Billings, vice president and managing director of the network. Terms of the agreement were not released.

Industry 40

Industry Technology Education Software 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2024

He said this analysis might help colleges that want to understand the diversity of their applicants; how certain home contexts and hardships might affect how competitive students appear in the application process; and how to support students from all different backgrounds. Caring for siblings?

Analysis 119

Analysis Advocacy Report Data 119

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

a managing member of the Broadband Law Group, said there is “a lot going on at the state level with digital equity and getting the right connectivity.” She is a past board member and chair of CoSN and is Vice President of Advocacy and Programs for LACUE. Application processes vary, based on the state, as do disbursements.

E-rate 43

E-rate EdTech Broadband Digital Divide 43

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

The National Head Start Association, a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, convened an Opioid Working Group in spring 2018 after hearing from educators that children in areas hardest-hit by the opioid epidemic were exhibiting an unusually high frequency and intensity of challenging behaviors.

Training 181

Training Classroom Report Groups 181

Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2017

For example, as I described in my book, one group of students at Roosevelt Middle School in River Forest, Ill., For example, providing warm clothing for the homeless can grow into advocacy for more essential programs to end homelessness. Have students work in small groups to create draft surveys.

Advocacy 69

Advocacy Examples Survey Groups 69

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2017

As many as 150 schools belonged to 24 groups that met each spring to compare notes in this way, according to the advocacy organization The Institute for College Access and Success. That prevented those applicants from playing financial aid offices against each other for a better deal.

Policies 74

Policies Survey Industry Advocacy 74

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Over her 25 year career in education research, she has conducted research and evaluation examining blended and online professional development, global education, dual language immersion, and STEM curriculum initiatives, including analysis of international, federal, and state education policy.

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

MindShift

JULY 15, 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. The first group of tutors was placed in Title I middle schools, in which low-income families make up at least 40 percent of enrollment.

Study 42

Study Advocacy Training Groups 42

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Undergraduates, on average, end up taking 15 credits more than they need to get degrees — a full semester’s worth — according to the advocacy group Complete College America. All of this takes a toll on graduation rates. And that, in turn, is why nearly 60 percent take longer than four years to finish , or never do.

Course 130

Course Report Policies Study 130

MindShift

AUGUST 14, 2017

There is also new research indicating that school-based interventions to promote social and emotional skills have large, and long-term, positive impacts: an average of $11 for every dollar invested, according to an analysis by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (which is a supporter of NPR). 21st Century Skills.

Advocacy 75

Advocacy Analysis Trends Examples 75

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

“We’re happy fewer kids are being held back, but they should track that data to see how well kids are doing [after they are held back],” said Monty Neill, executive director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (also known as FairTest), the advocacy group that has long fought against the widespread use of standardized tests. “In

Elementary 82

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 82