The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. “[O]ur Students study over lunch at St.

Dropout 74

Dropout Secondary Course Report 74

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The district’s class of 2010 had a 73 percent graduation rate for students in special education and a 13 percent dropout rate — double the dropout rate for the student body overall. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. Covina-Valley has seen its efforts pay off.

Dropout 94

Dropout E-rate Education Secondary 94

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

It’s all part of a statewide push to “personalize” learning, giving students more of a say over what — and where — they study. Leave this field empty if you're human: Vermont has one of the oldest populations in the United States and, the Vermont State Data Center reports, is now tied with Connecticut for the lowest birth rate in the nation.

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Report Personalized Learning Dropout Course 103

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.” The resulting program allows at-risk students to stay enrolled in high school while they study for, then take, the HiSET – at no cost to the student. I started clicking out,” Hargrove said.

Dropout 55

Dropout Policies Report System 55

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Often, personalized learning includes technology that adapts lessons to students’ needs and provides data so that teachers can see how each learner is growing. Sanborn Regional High School student Jailee Thibeault does research during her social studies class. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report.

Personalized Learning 72

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 72

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

The proportion of overage students — those who have been retained for at least one grade — hovers around 40 percent for New Orleans high school students, according to an analysis of 2014 data by researchers at Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, which is based at Tulane University. percent national average.

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Analysis Report Data Policies 126

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. Jen Bender, the data tech lead at Castlemont High School, gives a new student her #OaklandUndivided Chromebook and hot spot in May 2021.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

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. But in nearly every iteration of these programs — old and new — only some Indigenous people benefit. That’s because the U.S.

Groups 87

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 87

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

For those that enroll in two-year schools, the outcomes aren’t much better: 41 percent, according to federal data. 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. It’s a crisis.

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Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 88

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 88

Dropout STEM Analysis Company 88

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. That’s because the actual data would undermine his case. Soon after results were in, Silver studied all 981 U.S. Cantor smirks about the U.S.

Dropout 86

Dropout Data Training Secondary 86