Books Dropout Elementary Groups 
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 17, 2017
While general education classrooms at Covina High School in this town in the Valley east of Los Angeles were stocked with algebra and geometry books, Parry was given a book that covered only basic math. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2022
The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. He tries to spark that same passion in students, but it’s been challenging.
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The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. We have to make space for them to access the content.”.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. Meghan Groves shows off a book in which her students have chronicled their hopes and dreams for their future. Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report. BRISTOL, Va. —
The Cornerstone for Teachers
APRIL 25, 2021
You’ll hear NYT bestselling author Dan Heath share a short case study from Chicago Public Schools that illustrates how this name-by-name approach worked for reducing dropout rates. Back in episode 197 I interviewed Dan Heath about his book Upstream. Last time, they were suffering. We got in some extra tutoring, so now he’s at a C.
MindShift
JULY 9, 2018
The repercussions of not learning to read are magnified for poor children: Research shows that low-income children who cannot read at grade level by third grade are six times more likely to become high school dropouts. Taveras headed to her desk where five children were waiting to do small group work.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Skills like knowing how to ask for help or organize a study group “are as important as anything else you’re going to learn,” said Tudisco. In high school, his teachers gave general tips on how to handle college work, such as using an assignment book to keep track of your due dates. He’d talk to his professor about not having the book.
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