The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. The only face-to-face meeting was in October 2021, when Tameka sent her kids on the bus, only to learn they weren’t enrolled. She had yet to register the youngest girl, who was entering kindergarten. He was no longer enrolled, they said.

Policies 80

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 80

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The homework gap isn’t new. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

“Frankly, students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it,” said Allison Socol, an assistant director at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. When given the opportunity, then they will succeed. And so we always talk about it as ‘unfinished learning.’ ”.

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Experts estimate that up to 90 percent should be able to graduate high school meeting the same standards as general education students, ready to succeed in college and careers. The dismal outcomes aren’t because students with disabilities can’t handle the coursework. In the end … a lot of the onus will come back on the school.

Study 88

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 88

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. “I’m in touch with my students two, three times a week,” by text, phone, Google classroom and Zoom meetings, Concepcion says. But access to home support is arguably even more important.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Pleasant View Elementary in Providence, Rhode Island, for instance, started Summit with fifth-graders in 2015, and this year introduced a few aspects of the approach to fourth-graders.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40