The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2021

Research indicates that this kind of learning opportunity has a lifelong impact: It can help reduce dropout rates, increase on-time graduation rates and help “students apply and extend classroom learning,” according to the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). Our shared future depends on it.

Training 114

Training Dropout STEM Company 114

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

The basic idea behind these peer support programs is straightforward: They rely on students trained to offer a listening ear to those who reach out, provide direct mentorship and guidance, or spot struggling students and help connect them with an adult or professional resources. We’re seeing much more digital remote options,” he said.

Accessibility 90

Accessibility Training Dropout Survey 90

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. Pandemic-related hardships have propelled many students to choose jobs over education and online classes have been barriers for low-income students without digital resources.

Dropout 100

Dropout Policies Data Report 100

techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

.) – for individualizing instruction using real-time data from an engaging adaptive learning tool to boost elementary classroom performance. These transformative programs are the result of strong leadership combined with creativity and resourcefulness,” said Sean P. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education.

Education 40

Education Dropout Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. They said they’d be back to set her up with resources to help her with parenting. She had yet to register the youngest girl, who was entering kindergarten. He was no longer enrolled, they said. ” “He wasn’t in school, and no one cared.”

Policies 77

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 77

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. All the information was on the internet.

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

Dropout 98

Dropout Chromebook Report System 98

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 83

Dropout Study Elementary Report 83

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

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. In order to do this, I tapped into the valuable resources available to educators free online. What offers a wealth of literary resources? Capstone Interactive. Lerner Digital. Teachingbooks.net.

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

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.” All through elementary school, she’d excelled in the classroom, though she spent a lot of time in the principal’s office. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out.

Dropout 53

Dropout Policies Report System 53

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.

Policies 52

Policies Dropout Outcomes Comparison 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. But less frequent tutoring, such as having sessions once a week, was not. So systems are really trying to figure out, ‘How do we do that?’ ”.

Study 136

Study Data Report Elementary 136

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2021

They also gained invaluable experience being resourceful when they didn’t know how to proceed. “We That left students powering through learning challenges by texting classmates for help, forming Zoom study groups and capitalizing on free internet resources to help clarify difficult material. Los Angeles high school senior.

Handbook 110

Handbook Groups Meeting Study 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

With high levels of poverty, and limited resources, the tiny rural district struggled year after year to boost test scores and offer the Oktibbeha County students a comparable education to the one received by students in Starkville. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014.

Report 111

Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

When I was in elementary school and in middle school, I always knew that I wanted to be a composer. No resources. It was just not a very helpful experience, partially because of the resources and the time. That’s how it was conceived. It was meant to be a school that was both very good academically and that supported the arts.

System 68

System Education Report Elementary 68

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

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

Digital Divide 141

Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 141

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 25, 2021

You’ll hear NYT bestselling author Dan Heath share a short case study from Chicago Public Schools that illustrates how this name-by-name approach worked for reducing dropout rates. In this article and Truth for Teachers podcast episode, I’ll share how often the solution to big problems is solving smaller ones. Last time, they were suffering.

System 59

System Case Study Course Examples 59

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2017

But it also depends on time and resources. Rachel’s elementary school was part of Shelby County Schools. Mast still had to fight for resources for her daughter. Rachel spends all day in general-education classrooms with her peers without disabilities, aside from a resource class where she gets special attention.

Education 82

Education Assessment Report Resources 82

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2023

This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Children at Robb Elementary were of course most acutely affected by the shooting in Uvalde.

Secondary 172

Secondary Training System Elementary 172

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. This partnership-oriented approach is difficult work, participants acknowledge, but they say it is precisely what makes Say Yes both a sustainable model and one that addresses the holistic needs of an under-resourced community. I don’t even talk to my [real] sister about them or cry in front of her.

Data 95

Data Secondary System Accessibility 95

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Early this past December, the state released guidance to explain how to institute alternatives to retention in fourth grade, to comply with a resolution passed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in October. Certainly, Louisiana schools still have limited resources and tools to help struggling students, White said.

Analysis 121

Analysis Report Data Policies 121

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 11, 2011

We fail to properly use our people and resources. The "Age of Reason"/"Industrial Revolution" system of scientific management system accomplishes exactly what it was intended to do one hundred and thirty years ago - high dropout rates, gender-differentiated pay, widget-learning, and Theory X leadership styles.

Industry 50

Industry Dropout Policies System 50

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates. For years, it was a battle getting Guadalupe to his Phoenix elementary school in the Washington Elementary School District. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/AZCIR. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 100

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 100

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. Parents that do know better often don’t want to deal with the hassle of months or years of court battles, or may not have the time or resources to do so. Parents that don’t know any better fall into this trap and say, ‘Fine.’ ”.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

In this series we profile vulnerable children whose education was already precarious and how the disease has exacerbated gaps in opportunities and resources for communities already on the edge. Longer term, her goal is to work as a resource support specialist for vulnerable women and youth. Read the series.

Report 109

Report Exercises Video Education 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2023

And we must differentiate between the direct work of schools — such as fostering strong student-teacher relationships and course offerings — and educational outcomes, such as dropout rates, college-going rates and standardized test scores, that are often reflections of social inequality.

Dropout 140

Dropout Outcomes Data System 140

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Have strategies for every level and the resources available to implement them. She served as President of the Broward County Chapter of the National Alliance of Black School Educators for more than a decade, fighting for equitable treatment, resources, and opportunities for students of African descent. Be restorative, not punitive.

Dropout 75

Dropout Strategy Policies Meeting 75

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

High school dropouts are much more likely to be unemployed and earn thousands of dollars less per year than people with higher levels of education. But before that he was a student at Cottonport Elementary, which is majority black, almost entirely low-income and has struggled for years to improve its academic performance.

Elementary 78

Elementary Report Dropout Training 78

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2021

And as demand is growing, participation has plummeted due to inadequate resources to support after-school programs. We need to invest in after-school programs for middle school students now more than ever, to stave off pandemic learning loss and dropouts. The pandemic is increasing that need, but not enough programs are available.

Dropout 140

Dropout Report Course Groups 140

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. “We All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

The services are out there, but a lot of times, parents of color just don’t have the information and resources they need to fight for them,” said Daisy Brown, Tyrone’s mother. How one district solved its special education dropout problem. The odds he faced, as a black boy in special education, were actually stacked against him.

Dropout 92

Dropout Report System Meeting 92

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In other words, for every dollar we invest in high-quality pre-K, dropout rates decline. We must get out of the “catch-up” business, where we’re trying to fix problems when a child reaches the end of elementary school or middle school. If we could do only one thing, I’d put my last dollar into early childhood education.

Education 167

Education Learning Dropout Blended Learning 167

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online. Chicago educator Megan Jackson, who teaches special education at a Chicago elementary school that serves predominantly low-income students, has seen these issues play out in her classroom.

Policies 141

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Purdue University’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute found in 2019 that inequity is the norm. There are gifted dropouts. BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s not just Buffalo.

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Third-graders at Alamosa Elementary School in Albuquerque practice reading with first-graders in Carrie Ramirez’s classroom. Burnett spends half her time at Alamosa Elementary School, where about one in four students have missed more than 10 percent of school days so far this school year, according to attendance data Burnett tracks.

Elementary 92

Elementary Learning Report Data 92