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.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

The evidence of system failure is overwhelming: nationally, English language learners graduate from high school at a rate nearly 20 percentage points lower than their peers who are native speakers of English. What can we do about these dilemmas posed by a standardized system trying — and failing — to meet the needs of so many children?

Dropout 107

Dropout Education System Data 107

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on remedial classes. A CUNY spokesperson told me that their college system stopped placing new students into remedial classes in the fall of 2022.

Study 115

Study Course Dropout Data 115

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

school system is a “mess.” The Hechinger Report is running 10 excerpts from the project, to give our readers a sampling of what students really think. The Hechinger Report is running 10 excerpts from the project, to give our readers a sampling of what students really think. Photo: Magdalena Slapik for The Hechinger Report.

System 69

System Education Report Elementary 69

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 135

Industry Dropout Pearson Report 135

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.

Digital Divide 110

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Pathways are a way of connecting the dots among K-12, higher education and career training in a smooth continuum, rather than treating them as three separate systems. Pathways help students and families navigate complex systems and figure out how to get the skills they need for the jobs and the lives they want.

Education 105

Education Training Industry Accessibility 105

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. An Associated Press reporter has had to visit the family in person to communicate. She doesn’t feel comfortable asking and doesn’t trust the school system, especially after they called the child welfare department. “I Communities such as St.

Policies 78

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 78

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 197

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

And while peer support systems aren’t meant to replace trained adults equipped to handle severe issues, they can be a first line of early intervention and empowerment — though experts point out research on their effectiveness remains limited. Experts say it’s complicated appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Accessibility 92

Accessibility Training Dropout Survey 92

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

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 136

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 136

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

Students who have been underserved by a deeply inequitable education system often undergo a remarkable transformation at an HBCU. They typically come from K-12 school systems that lack resources like state-of-the-art learning technology, curriculum and student supports. Across the U.S., for example, some 1.

Digital Divide 141

Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 141

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

This bill would amend the state code that calls for a statewide system of assistant teachers in K-3 classrooms. 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. .

Accessibility 44

Accessibility Dropout Elementary Trends 44

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 142

Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 142

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

At the beginning of 2021, The Hechinger Report’s members (individual readers who donated money to our nonprofit news organization) asked us if we would report on the best practices for helping the nation’s public school system recover from the pandemic. So systems are really trying to figure out, ‘How do we do that?’ ”.

Study 136

Study Data Report Elementary 136

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

Her classes focus on computer systems networking; students earn certificates for jobs in fields like IT while also providing tech support to the high school. Credit: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up.

Dropout 100

Dropout Chromebook Report System 100

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

Similar to Lang’s approach, the Ariel Foundation offered support, mentoring, and paying the cost of postsecondary education for a cohort of sixth-graders at a Chicago elementary school. Then, as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, Duncan decided to close three low-performing elementary schools. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

Dropout 68

Dropout Policies Elementary Data 68

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 111

Learning Dropout Report Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2018

Eighty-five percent of students in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District receive free or reduced-price lunch. Despite these efforts, high school dropout rates remain high. In elementary school, when I brought home reading material and worksheets, she’d sit with me at great length to make sure I understood the lessons.

Dropout 84

Dropout Study Elementary Report 84

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.” YEP got its start in 2004 as a re-entry program for teens involved in the juvenile-court system. My grades were perfect.

Dropout 53

Dropout Policies Report System 53

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. New Hampshire, Oregon and Vermont are among the few states that have been building personalized learning systems for years. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates.

Personalized Learning 69

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 69

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. Almost all took action as a result.

Policies 52

Policies Dropout Outcomes Comparison 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz/The Hechinger Report. 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. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem.

Dropout 93

Dropout E-rate Education Secondary 93

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

Photo: Mike Elsen-Rooney for The Hechinger Report. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. Photo: Mike Elsen-Rooney for The Hechinger Report. “I Connelly loved the curriculum, but not the rolling furniture. They hadn’t seen that before.

Personalized Learning 76

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 76

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and robotics competitions through a career and technology center. And yet, the Justice Department has not asked the district to report on the performance of the minority students desegregation is supposed to help.

Report 111

Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. “We Laster’s presentation, based on 2010 data, reported that 28 percent of Louisiana students did not make it to fourth grade on time. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Bryant expects a similar proportion this year.

Analysis 123

Analysis Report Data Policies 123

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. I begin to ponder: Have the rigorous demands of the Nevada Academic Content Standards and my extensive evaluation system decimated my learners joy of reading? What a summer.

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 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. Special education is a notoriously weak point in the nation’s education system, despite the fact that 6.6 Credit: Melissa Lyttle for HuffPost.

Education 93

Education Elementary Meeting Study 93

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. The system, she said, “failed me.”.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. Stubbe has a counterpart in every public school in the city, yet neither she nor her colleagues are employees of the Buffalo Public School system. We’re finally dealing with the systemic challenges to success … instead of just the symptoms.”. And I do that with [Stubbe].

Data 96

Data Secondary System Accessibility 96

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Children of incarcerated parents say their families’ involvement with the justice system can complicate education in a variety of ways. 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

Report 110

Report Exercises Video Education 110

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.

Education 82

Education Assessment Report Resources 82

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.

Dropout 101

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 101

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

This story about personalized learning was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. Making changes gradually.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

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. psid=2011-04-27.1619.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

Industry 50

Industry Dropout Policies System 50

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Photo: Karen Salomon for The Hechinger Report. 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. When he got to Purdue University in 2014, he didn’t have a system for organizing his deadlines.

Study 87

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 87