The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

She struggled with online learning and began to face severe health issues. Several other community colleges and universities across the state have used their federal relief funds to forgive student debt, in hopes that students will stay enrolled or dropouts will return. Long Beach City College, for example, has forgiven $2.1

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. When you don’t have basic needs met, you can’t learn.”. “I Like the Rio Grande Valley, for example, Nashville had been seeing gains in high school graduation and college-going rates. “We

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Survey Laptops Dropout Report 140

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Meanwhile, an e-learning student got in trouble for filming another student during class without permission. Few have received much guidance from administrators on how to handle discipline issues that arise in remote learning and in school buildings where education has been reshaped by new health and safety guidelines.

Guidelines 143

Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Even as I suggest shortening the undergraduate experience, I also believe we should lengthen the time that alumni have access to their schools, so they can take advantage of lifelong learning interventions. For example, college faculty publish papers in journals with conclusions that incorporate policy and practical recommendations.

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Industry Policies Accessibility Report 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Then, like millions of other students across the country, Hernandez was forced to shift to learning online. For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom.

Education 129

Education Course Report Policies 129

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We We need to change that.”. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. Read the stories.

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

He sees some criticisms as missing the point, when, for example, critics spot bad quality in classes, but don’t notice their rapid correction (1218), a point Clay Shirky made back in late 2012. Miscellaneous notes: DeMillo sees for-pay assessment as solving the MOOC dropout problem (1253).

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MOOC Coursera Education Dropout 40

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

Dropout 60

Dropout Comparison Data Company 60

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Rensselaer Polytech language students learn Mandarin Chinese by conversing with AI avatars. Even though the biggest leap forward of the last few decades, for example — delivering courses online — appears to have lowered costs , the graduation rates of online higher education remain much lower than those of programs taught in person.

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Course Pearson Accessibility Company 106

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

But one day in February, after refusing to go into her classroom and allegedly cursing at her teachers, the seventh grader was sent home to learn online indefinitely. Students risk getting stuck in deficient online programs for weeks or even months without the support they need and falling behind in their academics.

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Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Princeton University, for example, this year admitted only 1,896 students from among 32,804 applicants; Georgetown University had its third year in a row of record-low acceptance rates. “In In the elite schools there will be growth,” he predicts.

Education 111

Education Policies System Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2017

About three quarters of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in America are mainstreamed, learning alongside hearing students in schools and classes where sign-language interpreters are often in short supply. That reading deficit slows their learning in every other subject. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

Assistive Technology 66

Assistive Technology Blended Learning Report Data 66

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2018

During her childhood of dealing with family strife, which took her to towns across rural Maine, rarely staying at a school for longer than a year or two, learning was never a priority. “It Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Cousins says she is “not a book person.”

Dropout 92

Dropout Blended Learning Report Course 92

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

These institutions are helping students find cost-free ways to leave campus, keeping dorms open for those who don’t have other options or identifying ways to enable less-wired students who can’t access online learning to still finish out the semester. It’s pretty crazy right now. I wake up like it’s a nightmare.”.

Laptops 145

Laptops Education Online Learning Report 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2017

For example, I’m really interested in languages, so I’m taking two languages right now. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. For example, Mrs. Reese, she’s like my second mother. You’re just learning to take a test. You’re not learning to actually be happy. We have about 500 kids now. Weekly Update.

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System Report Examples Study 49

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Related: Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. The report sought to gauge how the online lessons reached “struggling learners.”

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Deishangelxa, 9 years old at the time, struggled with virtual learning and fell far behind. because of climate change, and unusually ill-equipped to help children recover from the learning setbacks that come with them. Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students. Its residents are U.S.

Elementary 103

Elementary Report Dropout System 103

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

She was a high school junior when she learned she was pregnant, and didn’t receive the support she needed from school officials to continue. For example, the Pregnancy Assistance Fund, a $25 million federal grant program that supported services for young parents so they could finish school, ended in 2020.

Report 135

Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 135

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. One survey conducted this year (by Learning House) did give a boost to the argument online education is becoming more competitive.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55