The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. One of the biggest problems that we have is kids that are missing and chronic absenteeism,” says Pamela Herd, a Georgetown University public policy professor. An Associated Press reporter has had to visit the family in person to communicate.

Policies 86

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 86

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: Bonnie Arbittier, San Antonio Report.

Elementary 144

Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 144

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

Significantly higher dropout rates. Retention has found to be a stronger predictor of student dropout than socioeconomic status or parental education. If you want to ensure that students don’t leave elementary school illiterate, hire a personal tutor for academically-struggling 4th graders. Retention is not a policy unknown.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2021

The job market analytics company Burning Glass reports that nine out of ten tech jobs sit outside the technology sector and that, in the utility sector alone, 35 percent of job openings in 2019 were in IT. The post OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Training Dropout STEM Company 121

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

More than two-thirds of all community college students and 40 percent of undergraduates in four-year colleges had to start with at least one remedial class, according to a statistical report from the U.S. Department of Education. The majority of these students dropped out without degrees.

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Study Course Dropout Data 119

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

Longitudinal data show that students enrolled in City Connects schools performed better academically and had lower grade retention, chronic absenteeism and dropout rates. This story about student success plans was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Dropout Education System Data 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

He’s not a politician, he admits, but he has strong opinions about public policy, bolstered mainly by vignettes and anecdotes. A good story goes a long way, and issues often rise or fall on the policy agenda as much on the basis of stories as on hard evidence. And even these lack much self-reflection.

Dropout 72

Dropout Policies Elementary Data 72

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 115

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. “My dad said, ‘I’ll just take two jobs.’ And that’s when I said no. Department of Education.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. Each year since, they have won numerous awards, including the trophy for Outstanding Production for the best overall elementary school performance three years in a row, from 2013 to 2015, and again in 2017. NEW YORK — It’s 3 p.m.

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Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 79

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Although national data on discipline for the current school year isn’t expected to be public for several years, The Hechinger Report requested data from a dozen medium and large school districts around the country and found that in some of them, exclusionary discipline is down, even way down. Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.

Personalized Learning 139

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 139

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2020

Credit: Photo: Ronda Churchill for The Hechinger Report. Among lower-income adults, who have already been disproportionately affected, one in four say they have only enough savings to cover their expenses for three months if they’re laid off or get sick, the Pew Research Center reports. But is it better than being a dropout?

Industry 140

Industry Dropout Pearson Report 140

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. Rebecca Klein contributed reporting.

Guidelines 144

Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 144

edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

Research illuminates its impact: Elementary school students who miss 10% of school show weaker social skills development, lower reading ability, and higher grade-retention rates. Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential. Evidence-Based Solutions Examples.

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Policies Dropout Outcomes Comparison 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. And it has everything to do with the policies of the states.”. Claire Voorhees, national policy director, Foundation for Excellence in Education. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Brian Stack is the principal of Sanborn Regional High School in Kingston, N.H.

Personalized Learning 74

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 74

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

Photo: Judge Evans for The Hechinger Report. In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” The YEP program makes the incentives more attainable, by incorporating several existing state policies into a brand-new framework.

Dropout 58

Dropout Policies Report System 58

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

. • House Bill 187 would provide additional funding to enable school districts to employ a professional school counselor in every elementary school , with priority going to school districts with low accreditation levels. Many students in Mississippi lack access to mental health care , which is something a counselor can often provide.

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Accessibility Dropout Elementary Trends 46

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language.

Learning 112

Learning Dropout Report Elementary 112

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. The state enforced strict policies to retain children who failed high stakes tests, ballooning the ranks of those who were held back. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. “We And that means that the retention policy should change with the times.”.

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Analysis Report Data Policies 129

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report. But in this county of fewer than 19,000 residents, just 38 percent of recent high school graduates sought more education, according to the latest available data from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report. HEMPHILL, W.Va.

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Report Elementary Study Conference 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In the civil rights era, Greenville, Mississippi was the model of desegregation for the nation, a shining example held up by the famous Coleman Report of a community doing it the right way. And yet, the Justice Department has not asked the district to report on the performance of the minority students desegregation is supposed to help.

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Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

In a forthcoming report, her organization recommends that teachers hold conferences via video with incarcerated parents when possible and send parents copies of their children’s progress reports. “We The post ‘It’s really hard to parent from behind bars’ appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Report Exercises Video Education 113

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Rachel’s elementary school was part of Shelby County Schools. Jawanda Mast with her daughter Rachel. Photo: Courtesy Jawanda Mast.

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Education Assessment Report Resources 85

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. But a first-of-its-kind analysis by The Hechinger Report and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting has found that attendance-related suspensions are pervasive, in some districts accounting for more than half of all in-school suspensions.

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Dropout Analysis Policies Report 103

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. Photo courtesy Michelle McLaughlin.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 11, 2011

The scientific management system we use in educational leadership today tends to bring us consistently to the four failures of information learning and applied action identified by the 9/11 Commission Report: failures of management, imagination, policy, and capacity. We fail to properly use our people and resources.

Industry 50

Industry Dropout Policies System 50

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In recent years, truancy policies have started shifting away from punitive measures to providing more support for students who are chronically absent. Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online.

Policies 143

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 143

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

“Everyone is talking about declining enrollment, but no one is talking about who’s leaving the system and why,” said Tom Sheppard, a New York City parent and representative on the city’s Panel for Educational Policy. “No Over months of reporting, the AP learned of students and families avoiding school for a range of reasons.

Data 107

Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 107

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

Emanuelle Sippy, a rising senior at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky, and student director of the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team, another organization involved in the campaign, views student participation in education policy as mandatory. “We There was an astounding amount of people who were scared,” she said.

Survey 145

Survey Policies Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The Hechinger Report traveled to three counties with very high numbers of adults without a high school credential to learn about the obstacles schools and families must overcome to provide and obtain this essential first step to a middle-class life. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Stanley Celestine Jr.

Elementary 80

Elementary Report Dropout Training 80

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Other districts embrace virtualization as a disciplinary measure and have started to develop official policies around using this punishment. Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out Rosalind Crawford moved her five young boys, all in elementary and middle school, to Jennings, just north of St.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2020

“The Promise Neighborhoods’ goal was to replicate the work of Harlem Children’s Zone — a federal grant program to do in neighborhoods across the country what Geoffrey Canada did for Harlem,” said Megan Gallagher, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, a social and economic policy think tank.

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Survey Outcomes Data System 100

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

. “Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. ” Ending Social Promotion. "You’re

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2018

New York City’s schools are among the most segregated in the nation, and at every level of the city’s education bureaucracy, policies and procedures may be preventing integration. The post Inside New York City’s segregated high school system appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

System 48

System Elementary Policies Report 48

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

In a 2017 study published by the Institute of Labor Economics, researchers found that low- income black male elementary school students who were paired with a black teacher in the third, fourth, or fifth grades were 39 percent less likely to drop out of high school.

Education 145

Education Outcomes Study Assessment 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Pleasant View Elementary in Providence, Rhode Island, for instance, started Summit with fifth-graders in 2015, and this year introduced a few aspects of the approach to fourth-graders.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40