The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Studies suggest affordability is one of the leading causes of attrition. Limiting which Native students get financial assistance is especially significant, given the rising cost of post-secondary degrees. That way, she said, they can be the ones making laws and the ones teaching their history in the classroom.

Groups 85

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 85

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. 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. It’s a crisis.

Study 87

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 87

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. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A. Her parents hired a tutor to help her.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

As a freshman, she constantly got into fights, and spent long hours in a disciplinary classroom. One study by the Louisiana board of education showed that 40 percent of retained eighth graders did not even make it to a high-school campus after being held back. She became chronically absent and lethargic when she was in class. “I

Analysis 123

Analysis Report Data Policies 123

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Conventional wisdom around when and where students learn, what knowledge they need to be successful, and who they are as learners is all rapidly changing, especially as technology becomes more prevalent in classrooms. Classrooms resemble manufacturing labs and makerspaces and students spend some of their week on-site at local internships.

Industry 40

Industry Broadband Course Elementary 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A recent study from EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit that works with school districts to help close the digital divide, found that affordability was the largest contributing factor. 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 110

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

EdNews Daily

MARCH 6, 2020

Schools cannot prepare, highly successful graduates if there are not sufficient highly effective educators in school classrooms and in school front offices. Teachers are leaving the classroom almost as quickly as colleges of education are preparing them. He handed me a roll book, the keys to my classroom and wished me good luck.

Secondary 130

Secondary Training Survey Dropout 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Two years ago, Nathaniel Albert walked into a first-grade classroom at Andrew H. It’s a rarity to see male teachers in the classroom at all on this floor,” James said. Those destined to be teachers will enter the classroom and find their purpose in the classroom, Jones believes. Teaching is tough,” she said. “If

Report 105

Report Elementary Secondary Classroom 105

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. Katrín Ólafsdóttir, an economist at the University of Reykjavik who studies gender inequality.

Trends 70

Trends Report Study Dropout 70

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. From the same study: “The current teachers’ shortage represents arguably the most imminent threat to the nation’s schools. By Franklin Schargel. Breaux and Harry K.

Dropout 130

Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Aimed at curbing dropouts, improving graduation rates and sending more kids to college and other postsecondary programs, the corps is designed to offset a growing achievement gap in this relatively affluent but increasingly diverse state. “When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”.

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 85

Dropout STEM Analysis Company 85

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Companies take it on faith that that a college degree is worth the handsome salaries graduates command; in contrast, dropouts suffer with little to show for their aborted time in school. As Harry Anthony Patrinos at the World Bank reports , “Post-secondary education graduates are at the lowest risk of losing to automation. he laments.

Dropout 86

Dropout Data Training Secondary 86