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. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We We need to change that.”. The homework gap isn’t new. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 114

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. Read the stories.

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Study Data Report Elementary 139

Educator Innovator

JULY 14, 2014

By engaging in the local community through her research, she proposed a local way to address the problem of Latino dropout rates at her school, asking that the school offer translation support for parents to talk with teachers at the beginning of each semester to check in on a student’s progress.

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Dropout Advocacy Groups Strategy 42

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But high schools often neglect to teach these students the soft skills that will help them in higher education — like how to study, manage their time and self-advocate. Students with other disabilities, such as autism, may have trouble knowing how to act in social situations. It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”.

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Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 90

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The professor was teaching basic math skills that the 18-year-old had already learned in high school. Who goes to college to learn what they were doing in high school?” Almost anyone can enroll at a community college in California, but each college has its own process to decide how to place students.

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Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Nearly 80 percent of students with learning disabilities had jobs, compared to 45 percent of those with autism and 55 percent of those with an emotional disturbance, the federal report found. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. He is saving money to buy his own home. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Weekly Update.

Outcomes 95

Outcomes Education Report Survey 95

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. She blamed the high dropout rates on the fact that many students have to juggle school with full- and part-time jobs, leaving little time for academics. Ortiz knew she had Pell Grant aid coming in, but didn’t know how to access it. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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Dropout Laptops Study Report 109

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

I also definitely want to be heavily involved in advocacy for young black youth, or, for youth in general, and just promoting student leadership. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. How did you gain that confidence? They don’t just want to learn physics, AP Vocabulary, and whatever else you’re teaching them.

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Common Core Advocacy Report System 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. The truth of it is, we know how to educate these kids. “We saw it as a scaffolding until things got better — a short-term, possible solution,” Agnew recalled.

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Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Jennifer Pokempner, director of child welfare policy at Juvenile Law Center, a legal advocacy group in Philadelphia, said the Seita program is “seen as a model.” On any given day, he helps students with homework, drives them to the bus station to catch a ride home for the weekend or shows them how to get a refill for a prescription. “A

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System Study Policies Report 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Then she was summoned to the financial aid office, where she learned that the university, part of the California State University System, was giving her a grant of up to $1,500 to help her get across the finish line. “I That didn’t make Deas feel any better. She considered quitting, or transferring to a community college. Those spending more?

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Education Policies Course System 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

“No matter what kind of [integration] plan you come up with, people with money are going to figure out how to take care of their kids,” he says. No matter what kind of [integration] plan you come up with, people with money are going to figure out how to take care of their kids.”. The trade-off.

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Report Policies Meeting Groups 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2022

After more than two years of pandemic learning, she wanted to finish her classes and her thesis, graduate and go. Working to deal with the potential outcomes of the court’s expected ruling both nationally and on her campus, she learned “a lot of people were afraid, but they had no idea of what to be afraid of.”.

Accessibility 26

Accessibility Training Policies Report 26

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

. “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.” ”).

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” “Life Is Complicated: Distance Learning Helps,” says The New York Times. How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” Social emotional learning !

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” Google is acquiring machine learning contest site Kaggle.

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Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46