The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. In Atlanta, where Tameka lives, parents must present at least eight documents to enroll their children — twice as many as parents in New York City or Los Angeles. Slowly, she has tried to replace the missing documents.

Policies 79

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 79

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The success of home visits has been well documented for infants and has been studied at the elementary and middle school level , but it’s an open question whether these visits make a difference for older students, according to some experts. And those tend to be home visits in reaction to real problems that have come up.”.

Report 111

Report Elementary Study Conference 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Rather than being challenged, he was allowed to use a teacher-made study guide while taking exams at his California high school. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A. After she graduated high school, she enrolled in a junior college to study child development while working full time.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

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. Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM.

Analysis 123

Analysis Report Data Policies 123

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. And studies show that the majority of the students who graduate from college end up economically much better off than those who don’t go to college. They founded a venture capital firm called the 1517 Fund.

Facebook 175

Facebook Company System Dropout 175