The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Then, he and half his team got Covid, forcing him to isolate in the basement of his girlfriend’s parents’ home nearby, disrupting his academics and prized time training with teammates. “I Becky Fein, director of training and engagement for Active Minds. It’s true that there are not enough professionals to meet rising demand.

Training 121

Training Meeting Report Policies 121

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

These programs serve a dual purpose, district leaders say: Students get career training that could help land them an in-demand job in their hometown, and industries get a pipeline of workers with the qualifications they’re looking for. But the approach has taken hold in totally different business landscapes, too.

Industry 130

Industry Elementary Education Robotics 130

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. Meetings, not so much. So many meetings.”. Coding he liked.

Company 112

Company Survey Report Training 112

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

This crucial juncture, and its far-reaching implications for those who don’t meet the mark, is why some educators are focusing their literacy efforts on the school years that come before third grade — hoping through innovation to offset what could be a terrible and lasting deficit in children’s reading skills.

How To 109

How To Training Report Dropout 109

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

One way is through acquisitions like the one his university made of the Claremont School of Theology in California, or CST, which is being moved to the Salem, Oregon, campus of Willamette, just as private companies consolidate to increase their size and cost-effectiveness.

Dropout 73

Dropout Training Industry Kaplan 73

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Mabe and five teachers traveled to Atlanta, where they were trained in a program to help students control their emotions. Keith Perrigan, Bristol school superintendent since 2017, said he gets emails from companies pitching their social-emotional curricula almost every day. Now every class begins with a “morning meeting.”

Strategy 79

Strategy Training Report Company 79

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The institute, which opened last year in borrowed space with sweeping views of Casco Bay in Portland’s fast-developing East End, is offering master’s degrees , certificates and professional training in computer science, data analytics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity and other subjects.

Report 116

Report Dropout System Company 116

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. Students who withdraw are also much more likely to default on their loans; dropouts make up two-thirds of defaults nationwide.

Dropout 90

Dropout Study Report System 90

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Algebra I is the air you breathe to be in STEM,” said Nathan Levenson, a former CEO of a crane-manufacturing company and later a school superintendent in Massachusetts. Taravella High School in Florida, hasn’t wanted to speak up in her large algebra I class that meets on Microsoft Teams. Credit: Jeffrey Coots.

STEM 128

STEM Report Course Study 128

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This crucial juncture, and its far-reaching implications for those who don’t meet the mark, is why some educators are focusing their literacy efforts on the school years that come before third grade — hoping through innovation to offset what could be a terrible and lasting deficit in children’s reading skills.

How To 43

How To Training Report Dropout 43

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year. It’s a long road of recovery.” Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools.

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

They spoke of teachers inadequately trained to support special education students. high school with a traditional diploma, proving that his disability didn’t prevent him from meeting the same standards as his peers. Yet general education teachers rarely have much training in special education. Earlier this year, the U.S.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

A nationwide survey of ELL educators by McKinsey & Company during the 2012-13 school year revealed 70 percent created their own materials. public schools and historically have some of the lowest test scores and highest dropout rates of all student groups. Those statistics recently prompted the U.S.

Instructional Materials 28

Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Beginning with the class of 2020, all Chicago Public School students who meet traditional academic requirements necessary to graduate must also present a post-graduation plan before they can cross the stage to receive their diploma. Real innovation would oblige companies and colleges to see themselves as the 13th and 14th grades.

Policies 58

Policies Study Report Training 58

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2018

The companies select them,” Sorrell said. Kuyper’s president, Patricia Harris, said the school, which already requires internships for all its degrees, wants to focus on how to meet the needs of working students. When they demonstrate they can work at a higher level, the college helps them find an off-campus job, Sorrell said.

Report 91

Report Meeting Accessibility Outcomes 91

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2016

LONDON — Taking shelter from the cold and chilly night inside a cavernous gym in a community center in the East London borough of Newham, two dozen teenagers gossip, stretch, and set up hurdles for a track-and-field training session. companies, at just under 15 percent, according to the Center for American Progress.

Outcomes 40

Outcomes Report Study Dropout 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

As manufacturing jobs are replaced by skilled-service positions, Latinx who lack training beyond high school will be increasingly stuck in low-wage and unstable jobs; the resulting lack of skilled workers could depress annual U.S. Closing this educational divide matters for individual students and for the U.S.

Dropout 108

Dropout Laptops Study Report 108

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

For the last two years, Summit has set out to replicate its success, not by opening more Summit schools, but by offering other schools free tools, training and support to transform themselves. Basecamp schools then receive mentoring from and troubleshooting by Summit staff, as well as PLP access throughout the academic year. “We

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

LAS VEGAS — Last year, before Anthony Boccia joined the teaching staff at Valley High School, his students spent hours in a windowless room in the company of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. At this point, his teaching methods may be more grounded in instinct than formal training. Photo: Sarah Gonser.

Training 40

Training Dropout Report Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2021

After 20 years as a house cleaner, she’d gotten better work as a packaging operator at local manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies, but kept losing jobs because she had trouble filling out the required forms. When that student meets with an academic adviser now, they’re not talking about, ‘Oh, are you babysitting at this time?’

Software 94

Software Report Trends Adobe 94

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

ATLANTA — Brent Agnew remembers feeling a sense of relief when he left the meeting called to discuss his 6-year-old son Caleb’s anxiety attacks. Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Photo: Jesse Pratt Lopez.

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Those blue-collar jobs – at least as we remember them in our collective imagination – went to people, mostly men, fresh out of high school, graduate and dropout alike. This, in turn, has led to more layers in the production recipes for consumer goods, and more companies (like marketers and distributors) taking a piece of the revenue.

Dropout 40

Dropout Industry Policies Robotics 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report Federal funds paid for a private company to run an afterschool academic recovery program at El Coquí this school year. Teachers across Puerto Rico say they have received little assistance in meeting their students’ changing needs. We are making a clarion call for help.”

Elementary 103

Elementary Report Dropout System 103

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

After college, Taylor started an oil company and eventually made the Forbes list of world’s richest people. ‘A At the time, a third of Louisiana’s adults were high school dropouts. He brought in a naval commander to lead a summer program that was part boot-camp, part academic training. A college education for everyone’.

Dropout 80

Dropout Policies STEM Outcomes 80

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “ DeVos rejects invitation to meet with former for-profit college students.” Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

.” Via Buzzfeed : “Republican Proposal Would Make Trump University Lawsuits ‘Almost Impossible’ ” Via The Washington Post : “ Chance the Rapper is meeting with Illinois ’ governor about education funding. ” Reminder: here are the education companies Palantir founder Peter Thiel has invested in.

Education 40

Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” “Who’s Meeting With DeVos ? News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” The Business of Financial Aid.

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” The Business of Job Training. ’s Financial-Responsibility Test.”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

No doubt, Udacity, Coursera, and edX have been moving away from “free” and “open” online education for a while now , charging fees for courses and certificates and acting much more like online program management companies – third party vendors for Internet-based courses and degree programs.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2018

The case is among a slew of enforcement actions, lawsuits and legislative proposals through which states are cracking down on for-profit colleges and universities and loan-servicing companies they say cheat or mislead students. Related: Once-high-flying private, for-profit universities seek turnaround strategies. “We

Company 69

Company Industry Advocacy Report 69