The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

The early results of her randomized control trial were so extraordinary that her study influenced not only CUNY in 2016 but also California lawmakers in 2017 to start phasing out remedial education in their state. Most importantly, it studied math, often an insurmountable requirement for many students to complete their college degrees.

Study 118

Study Course Dropout Data 118

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg, a public elementary school in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in its curriculum. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering, a school focused on STEM curriculum in Greenville, South Carolina. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report.

Industry 131

Industry Elementary Education Robotics 131

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

For an absurd example, if dropouts tended to take classes on Thursdays in their first semester at college, but students who completed their degrees didn’t, then you might worry about current students who are currently taking classes on Thursdays. The dropout problem got a lot worse in the 1990s when more people started attending college.

Data 108

Data Dropout Company Report 108

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. And another study found that intensive tutoring had major positive impacts on math gains among high school students. Read the stories.

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

The proportion of overage students — those who have been retained for at least one grade — hovers around 40 percent for New Orleans high school students, according to an analysis of 2014 data by researchers at Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, which is based at Tulane University. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

Analysis 126

Analysis Report Data Policies 126

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

My family always says, ‘If you get addicted to work, you might stop your studies,’ ” said Tasnia, who wants to become an accountant. But while New York’s efforts to stem summer melt are part of a broader trend, intensive coaching programs like CARA’s are still relatively rare, Castleman said, and “there’s a lot of promise to this approach.”.

Training 98

Training Report Accessibility Study 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. A columnist for Bloomberg who is himself a venture capitalist, Aaron Brown recently did an analysis of the 271 people who have received a Thiel Fellowship since the program began. They founded a venture capital firm called the 1517 Fund.

Facebook 176

Facebook Company System Dropout 176