The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
With schools mostly online, nearly one in four public school students in Detroit aren’t logging in or showing up , the superintendent says — many because they don’t have laptops or Wi-Fi. Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Demand for workers in solar is expected to nearly double by 2030, according to an industry census. The number of workers needed in the offshore wind energy industry will also nearly double, by 2025 , to 589,000, and increase to 868,000 by 2030, the consulting firm Rystad Energy estimates. “It
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eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Many students’ families could not afford computers, or even an internet connection. Blue Valley Public Schools (Kans.)
The Hechinger Report
MAY 4, 2019
On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Instead, he bounced from one unfulfilling job to the next in the hospitality and restaurant industries. To submit your question or vote on our next topic, click here.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Shawn Young, chief executive of Classcraft, a tech company that produces educational games and other products, likens the current momentum around social-emotional learning to past trends such as the push to bring laptops and iPads to every student.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 10, 2019
Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. When I asked what she thought about the criticisms of laptop-based learning, she demurred. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 28, 2021
We provided laptops and tablets as well as ‘hot spots’ to all our girls who needed them,” Hall said. “We And among those who do work, most do manual labor or work in the fast food industry. Any time a student or student’s family member got sick this year, school staff reached out and encouraged them to get treatment.
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