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Let Evidence Guide the Solutions to Student Absenteeism

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Panelist Phyllis Jordan, editorial director at FutureEd, pointed to the results of the organization’s analysis of states’ 2017 ESSA plans, which require one non-academic indicator for school assessments. Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential. Todd received his Ph.D.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

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Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

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Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report. Each time a door opens, cigarette smoke drifts in from the mobile home his family shares next door. Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report. We’re not coming to judge you, not coming to address a problem that you’re having, not coming to report you. HEMPHILL, W.Va.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

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In the civil rights era, Greenville, Mississippi was the model of desegregation for the nation, a shining example held up by the famous Coleman Report of a community doing it the right way. And yet, the Justice Department has not asked the district to report on the performance of the minority students desegregation is supposed to help.

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Buffalo shows turnaround of urban schools is possible, but it takes a lot more than just money

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I would have been a dropout.”. At the outset a survey was conducted to assess the needs of schools, families and communities. As a result of Say Yes Buffalo partnerships, 11 district schools currently have on-site full-service health clinics; a mobile health clinic program is set to launch next fall. And I do that with [Stubbe].

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Students who drop out for mental health struggles are turning to pricey programs to find their way back

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Credit: Yunen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. The stakes are high for a student trying to return to school after a mental health leave of absence: thousands in tuition dollars and a college degree that could secure economic mobility for the future. The Lumina Foundation is among the numerous funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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The educational value of a black teacher

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Wright, a professor of economics at Western Washington University, behavioral assessments of black students in the classroom significantly improve when they have a black teacher rather than a white teacher. The post The educational value of a black teacher appeared first on The Hechinger Report. According to 2015 research by Adam C.

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