Dropout Elementary Groups Online Learning 
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Redland Elementary.
Edsurge
JULY 29, 2020
In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. In addition to causing learning gaps, absenteeism also has budget implications. The list of students contacted was based on those who did not participate in online learning activities.
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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 28, 2019
Experts cautioned that online learning programs can lead to overuse of screens, which can impact behavior, sleep, and social-emotional development. The bill states that these districts have the greatest need due to high incidences of violence, a large number of low-income students and high dropout rates.
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. A report published Thursday by the Student Borrower Protection Center , a nonprofit advocacy group focused on student debt, attempts to quantify the scope of this problem.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2022
“It’s becoming blatantly apparent that the year they spent in remote learning did not allow them to mature properly,” said Thiebeau, who teaches biology and forensics in a room decorated with animal bones and a taxidermied bear head. Online learning was challenging for many students. Then the pandemic arrived.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The first thing the group did, Mickens said, was to start tracking the number of public school students in Oakland who already had a device and internet service, and those who didn’t.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
That same day, six other students across the district were written up for not wearing their masks correctly (including one who also faked using hand sanitizer), while an elementary school student was assigned three days of “private dining” for sharing food in violation of safety guidelines. Credit: Rosamund Looney.
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