The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

As a freshman, she constantly got into fights, and spent long hours in a disciplinary classroom. The state enforced strict policies to retain children who failed high stakes tests, ballooning the ranks of those who were held back. And that means that the retention policy should change with the times.”.

Analysis 122

Analysis Report Data Policies 122

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 11, 2011

The scientific management system we use in educational leadership today tends to bring us consistently to the four failures of information learning and applied action identified by the 9/11 Commission Report: failures of management, imagination, policy, and capacity. We fail to properly use our people and resources.

Industry 50

Industry Dropout Policies System 50

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. Some weren’t aware their kids could get a free device or, if they had a device, didn’t understand how to log on to Google Classroom or use Zoom.

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In some cases that means being given more time on tests or being offered the option of using technology for written assignments; in other cases it means having an aide in the classroom working with them individually. Within each disability, there is variance in severity and how the disability reveals itself in a classroom.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The many causes of this begin in primary and secondary grades, where research shows that girls are earlier to apply themselves, while boys are more likely to drop out, impatient to begin earning money and unwilling to spend further years in school. Photo: Heiða Helgadóttir for The Hechinger Report. It’s tricky,” she said.

Trends 69

Trends Report Study Dropout 69

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Teachers are leaving the classroom almost as quickly as colleges and universities prepare them. Many of those trained to become teachers never enter the classroom. By Franklin Schargel. The United States faces a serious educational crisis. What can be done to stop the hemorrhaging of these trained and certified educators?

Dropout 130

Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

David Hawkins, executive director for education content and policy for the National Association for College Admissions Counseling. Closing that gap and getting kids to continue their training after high school is especially important here: 74 percent of jobs will require post-secondary education by 2020.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

So says a 2017 study published by the Institute of Policy Studies. About one-third of all black collegians earn degrees in either a STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and math) field or in business, according to my analysis of integrated post-secondary education data system (IPEDS), the national dataset of college outcomes.

Dropout 84

Dropout STEM Analysis Company 84