The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
With schools mostly online, nearly one in four public school students in Detroit aren’t logging in or showing up , the superintendent says — many because they don’t have laptops or Wi-Fi. Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
The Roux Institute opened last year in borrowed space in this tech company building on the Portland, Maine, waterfront to teach computer science and other subjects. Thanks to one-on-one counseling like this, the dropout rate is a third lower than at conventional universities and colleges, according to figures provided by the school.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 8, 2020
He spent more than one morning at his family’s kitchen table, staring at his laptop, his thoughts frayed. An education technology company called Course Hero surveyed students last month about their financial needs; among the more than 14,000 who responded, rent and food were nearly tied for first place.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 4, 2019
On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. Trish Torizzo, chief information officer for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 11, 2018
In the foreground, music teacher Ryan Olsen operates the sound on a laptop. A two-year pilot program for a year-round, after-school theater club at Yung Wing was underwritten by Freddie and Myrna Gershon, a philanthropically minded theater-world couple (Freddie is chairman and CEO of the licensing company Music Theatre International).
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Keith Perrigan, Bristol school superintendent since 2017, said he gets emails from companies pitching their social-emotional curricula almost every day. Keith Perrigan, Bristol superintendent, said that the school district is inundated by education companies selling social-emotional learning strategies. He knows enough to be cautious.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 4, 2019
She blamed the high dropout rates on the fact that many students have to juggle school with full- and part-time jobs, leaving little time for academics. Perez said she only learned of the school’s laptop loan program through another Latina student — after she’d already purchased a new computer.
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