The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Poor internet, a lack of laptops and hotspots, and instability at home are the factors most commonly cited for making participation in online learning difficult for kids. Redland Elementary Principal Adrian Montes works one-on-one with a student who wasn’t signing on for online learning. Credit: Redland Elementary.

Elementary 143

Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Tuition worries aside, many don’t have high-speed internet, their own up-to-date laptops or a quiet places to study for online learning. But the fall data show that white students are now matching these same high dropout rates. Native American college students have declined the most, down 11 percent.

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Report Dropout Survey Comparison 128

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos, used to texting quickly, was able to do simple assignments online, so at first her schoolwork was very easy.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

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.

Survey 140

Survey Laptops Dropout Report 140

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

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. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning.

Education 128

Education Course Report Policies 128

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Some students couldn’t study online and found jobs instead. During the prolonged online learning , some students fell so far behind developmentally and academically that they no longer knew how to behave or learn at school. She worked as a home health aide and couldn’t monitor Ezekiel online.

Data 102

Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 102

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98