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. That means all colleges must affirm and adopt nontraditional approaches to meeting students’ needs — including a wraparound support model that is available seven days a week and on holiday breaks.

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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.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2020

He spent more than one morning at his family’s kitchen table, staring at his laptop, his thoughts frayed. They miss their friends, their freedom and learning from a human being instead of a screen, but their chances of graduating are unlikely to change. Luis Gallardo, student, University of California, Berkeley.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2016

To increase the number of Americans with degrees by 33 percent in less than a decade, colleges will have to get much better at serving the kinds of students who have historically fallen through the cracks, and they will have to do so fast to meet that target. Graduation rates for poor students haven’t budged much in the past four decades.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

To her left, Makayla offered: “My sunshine share is the part where we learned about oak trees.” Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. And yet, the increased popularity of social-emotional learning has given rise to concern about ineffective, or even harmful, curricula entering schools. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Related: A Spanish-English high school proves learning in two languages can boost graduation rates. Public displays of student learning are also natural in arts classrooms. This is important at the Muñiz Academy, where teachers try to connect student learning with the “real world” as much as possible. Future of Learning.

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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. Meetings, not so much. Meetings, not so much. So many meetings.”. He had been at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for four months. Coding he liked.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Of course, teachers want their students to master content, develop a love of learning and move on to the next grade. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. If you don’t have a relationship with them, they won’t learn,” said Glick, who has taught many of her students for both seventh and eighth grade. “In

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

.” Via Buzzfeed : “Republican Proposal Would Make Trump University Lawsuits ‘Almost Impossible’ ” Via The Washington Post : “ Chance the Rapper is meeting with Illinois ’ governor about education funding. ” We’ve reached “ Flipped Learning 3.0 ,” so that’s exciting.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. She blamed the high dropout rates on the fact that many students have to juggle school with full- and part-time jobs, leaving little time for academics. Instead of formally withdrawing, Perez just stopped showing up. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her high school had recently closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and shifted to distance learning. She was making ends meet by working as a cashier at a local gas station, until an injury took her off the job. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. This story also appeared in HuffPost.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2018

They set up two laptops and began their weekly, three-hour class. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2016

This model demands more resources than those available to a traditional high school, but given that the typical high school dropout costs the state an estimated $300,000 over their lifetime , Cesene argues that the math is elementary. When they arrive at Bronx Arena, many need help before being able to re-engage with learning.

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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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

Some have not signed in for a single remote class, and many have not picked up the laptops and hotspots offered by Terra Linda. College counselor Brad Ward meets with school principal Katy Dunlap at Terra Linda High School. It’s been a “vertical learning curve,” she said of her transition. That’s a problem, says Dunlap.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Colleges and universities have used much of the federal HEERF money to cover extra costs associated with the pandemic — such as buying more laptops and cleaning equipment, setting up hot spots for students and making up for lost tuition revenue. “After I get her focused, I just say, ‘Ania, you can do this.’ ”.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Then she was summoned to the financial aid office, where she learned that the university, part of the California State University System, was giving her a grant of up to $1,500 to help her get across the finish line. “I That didn’t make Deas feel any better. She considered quitting, or transferring to a community college. Those spending more?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

One of the two students sharing a laptop in the echoing brick atrium of the chemistry building at the University of Michigan is white, a freshman from a rice-growing parish in Louisiana; the other, black, a senior and a native of Detroit. I’ll meet people eventually.”. Photo: Diane Weiss for The Hechinger Report. ANN ARBOR, Mich. —

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