The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

One cataclysmic event can do it in,” said Renn, a professor of higher, adult and lifelong education at Michigan State University. Now, just as happened in the last recession, it is likely to take them even longer and cost more, while — after years of hard-won progress — dropout rates rise and graduation rates fall.

Dropout 109

Dropout Report Policies Study 109

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

MAY 7, 2019

I served as a keynote speaker at the Lumina event.). 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. The Hechinger Report receives financial support from Lumina. Related: Voting for reparations, one institution at a time.

Libraries 97

Libraries Report Advocacy Policies 97

Educator Innovator

JULY 14, 2014

While celebrating students’ academic achievement is a common focus at the end of the school year, what made this event stand out was something that was starkly missing. In each of the above examples, students’ passions led them to express themselves in some powerful way, whether that was video, blog, advocacy, or research.

Dropout 42

Dropout Advocacy Groups Strategy 42

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

But as Inside Higher Ed reports later in the week : “In the latest development in an eventful saga, Ashford University on Wednesday announced that it is closer to preserving access to Post–9/11 GI Bill benefits.” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” asks the Pioneer Press. ”).

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Longitudinal studies of corporal punishment in schools internationally, meanwhile, have found the practice is correlated with lower math scores , lower motivation and diminished academic progress , along with increased absenteeism and dropout rates. These are the only possible two things we can come up with?”.

Elementary 144

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 144

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” I can’t think of a better place to ask that question than a corporate event, can you. .” More on AB 165 from the ACLU , which also opposes the proposed law. From the SXSWedu Floor.”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46