The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. Helping community college students, many of whom are trained to be frontline pandemic fighters, continue their educations is a great investment for America,” Oakley said. “We

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Dropout Policies Data Report 106

The Hechinger Report

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. “In Yet we routinely only prepare between 60 and 70 percent of kids to be successful readers.”

How To 109

How To Training Report Dropout 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. Over the course of the 2020-21 school year, 15 graduate students worked up to 20 hours a week, with some earning $14.70

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

Connelly, who is pioneering a new course in social and emotional wellness, added: “I don’t know who thought white desks and rolling chairs were good ideas for high school students.”. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.

Personalized Learning 79

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 79

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” All through elementary school, she’d excelled in the classroom, though she spent a lot of time in the principal’s office. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out.

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Dropout Policies Report System 55

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Each year, districts and schools were rated based on whether their elementary school kids performed better than the prior year’s students in math and English. High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates. Oregon’s ESSA plan also personalizes teacher training itself.

Personalized Learning 72

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 72

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. Kindergarten teacher Rosy Taveras, pictured left, receives feedback from reading coach, Xiania Foster.

How To 43

How To Training Report Dropout 43

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

Connelly, who is pioneering a new course in social and emotional wellness, added: “I don’t know who thought white desks and rolling chairs were good ideas for high school students.”. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

They spoke of teachers inadequately trained to support special education students. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. Instead, her high school placed her in remedial courses for math and English, where she just fell further behind.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2023

This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary. We went in over the summer and provided Bounce Back training. Beth Cooney : My co-trainer, Maria, added a lot.

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Secondary Training System Elementary 179

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2021

Yet research tells us that exposure to a Black teacher in elementary school can reduce the high school dropout rate for low-income Black male students by 39 percent. In five years of training residents at NTR, we’ve found many people with the potential to become amazing teachers if given the training, support and opportunity to do so.

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Dropout Training Academic Standards System 99

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Rubio, a junior at the University of Rhode Island who attended elementary school in Central Falls, had already intervened once this quarter. Training was designed to provide pod leaders with activities they could use with students. Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff.

Learning 86

Learning Report Elementary Dropout 86

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools.

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 53

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

Elementary students told Pressley they wanted more opportunities to interact with their classmates; one fourth grader suggested Zoom recess. She helped the students design the survey questions and trained them in interview methodology and the ethics involved in research on human subjects.

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Survey Policies Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs , often disappoint. Lavy modeled it after an on-the-job teacher training program. There is considerable research on the benefits of intervening early when a child is falling behind at school.

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Dropout Study Groups Report 119

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Along with Rose, I contacted a middle and an elementary school teacher to see how they are faring. Of course, teachers want their students to master content, develop a love of learning and move on to the next grade. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. And now it’s all taken away.” How will we graduate?”

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Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 140

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In the most recent, pre-pandemic school data available, only 31 percent of elementary school students within the Promise Neighborhood zone were scoring at proficiency in English, and only 16 percent in math. Now we have employees who are dedicated to job training, interviewing and soft skills,” she said.

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Survey Outcomes Data System 99

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.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Tyler Wright congratulates one of his 4th grade students with a fist bump at Stono Park Elementary School in Charleston, Friday, Nov. During his fourth year, Thorne started teaching an African American Studies course that he designed. Credit: Grace Beahm Alford/Staff. Tyler Wright led one of his students into the hallway.

Education 135

Education Elementary Data Dropout 135

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Since 2008, it has spent almost $60 million to hire an additional 270 counselors and provide professional development training at 365 low-income middle and high schools throughout the state, via grants from the Colorado School Counselor Corps. Colorado Spring’s District 11 began enrolling teachers in AVID training in 2005.

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Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 99

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In Guatemala and El Salvador, around a quarter of students don’t even make it through elementary school, according to the World Bank, while in Honduras, about 17 percent of children don’t get past primary school. Her parents, who emigrated from Guatemala in 2000, were among those who never made it through elementary school.

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Report Course Elementary Meeting 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

Education 81

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

Starting in 2022, middle school students are supposed to be taught about birth control, but health courses will remain optional in high school. One thing the school does not offer is a comprehensive sexual education course, although Lincoln Park does have a full-time nurse trained in obstetrics.

Kaplan 113

Kaplan Report Policies Laptops 113

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big ed-tech news this week is, of course, that Betsy DeVos is considering allowing schools to use federal funds to arm teachers and staff. ” CPS is, of course, the Chicago Public Schools. ” Susan Crawrford argues “Why Universities Need ‘Public Interest Technology’ Courses.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via Raw Story : “BUSTED: Trump Treasury pick took 4-week course on Dartmouth campus and called it a degree.” Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” The Business of Job Training. Jordan sign on to Atlanta school cheating movie.”

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” Trump has, of course, proposed some $9 billion in funding cuts to the Department of Education, so this is hardly “new money.” Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” Via Open Culture : “ Martin Scorsese to Teach His First Online Course on Filmmaking.”

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” ” The Business of Job Training.

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50