The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

Nonetheless, he made it through the rest of high school, and kept his GPA high enough to be accepted at Georgia State University, where he wanted to study to be a history teacher. “My Besides, his study habits were pretty poor – he hadn’t needed to study much in high school. My mom graduated a year early from high school.

Dropout 88

Dropout Study Report System 88

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Northside High was previously named for Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, and it was once labeled a “ dropout factory ” in a Johns Hopkins University study of institutions with low graduation rates. Ultimately, though, he enrolled at the University of Houston, where he now studies accounting. So Project GRAD went mobile.

Libraries 79

Libraries Dropout Secondary Accessibility 79

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Famous billionaire college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and the late Steve Jobs are prominent examples of successes who never completed undergraduate degrees. Internship and work-study programs have a long history and are common at many institutions. In some ways, this is nothing new. Or must they take a leave of absence?

Dropout 80

Dropout Digital Badges Coursera MOOC 80

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2018

The platform uses social gaming, animation, video and other tools to teach and reinforce critical math, vocabulary, reading and study skills in ways that meet students where they learn today — on mobile phones, tablets and computers.

Dropout 57

Dropout Learning Tablets Trends 57

edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential. FutureEd and Attendance Works, explained Jordan, studied evidence-based interventions that meet ESSA requirements. Chronic high school absenteeism affects grades, test scores, and graduation and college enrollment rates.

Policies 52

Policies Dropout Outcomes Comparison 52

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

In the center, students preparing for college seek help filling out FAFSA student aid applications and studying for college entrance exams. And another nonprofit group known as AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) has helped the school create study skills programs to support student retention once they are in college.

Dropout 80

Dropout STEM Data Study 80

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Each time a door opens, cigarette smoke drifts in from the mobile home his family shares next door. The success of home visits has been well documented for infants and has been studied at the elementary and middle school level , but it’s an open question whether these visits make a difference for older students, according to some experts.

Report 111

Report Elementary Study Conference 111

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” ( The Atlantic and Vox also wrote up this study.). ” George Veletsianos on the “ ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2018.” ” Edsurge profiles Imbellus : “A Test Worth Teaching To?

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A recent study from EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit that works with school districts to help close the digital divide, found that affordability was the largest contributing factor. When schools are closed, she said, students “still have to do their schoolwork; they still need access to the internet at home.”.

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Students want to be able to enroll quickly, it found; they want access to financial aid and other services immediately; they want to know if their credits will transfer; they want to be able to access course and school information via their mobile phone. A study released in June on Louisiana’s voucher program had similar findings.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Tuesday, April 22nd at 1pm CoSN - Smart Education Networks by Design , New advances in technology, including mobile devices, are making it possible for students to learn anytime, anywhere and to experience personalized learning. Is your library mobile friendly? Read more about this study here. Check out her list here.

BYOD 52

BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2016

And a new study warns that, in America, all boys at the bottom of the income ladder are losing hope of ever climbing up it, in what the authors call “economic despair.”. Francesca Ashton at the University of Liverpool, where she studies dentistry, a subject in which women now far outnumber men. In the U.S., In the U.K.,

Outcomes 40

Outcomes Report Study Dropout 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Related: The children of children who went to desegregated schools reap benefits too, study finds. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014. Over the summer, the administration worked round the clock to create more classrooms and add mobile buildings.

Report 111

Report Dropout System Elementary 111

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. And studies show that the majority of the students who graduate from college end up economically much better off than those who don’t go to college. They founded a venture capital firm called the 1517 Fund.

Facebook 175

Facebook Company System Dropout 175

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” The startup lets parents book activities for kids via a mobile app. ” Via The New York Times : “Universities Face Pressure to Hold the Line on Title IX.”

Education 46

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Is your library mobile friendly? asks educators/teachers to show how they are using Internet software or sites and mobile apps in innovative and creative ways in their teaching. Thursday, April 24th at 7am Learning Revolution Keynotes , Don''t miss Pat Farenga on "What is the role of the teacher when children learn on their own?"

Conference 51

Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

An Israeli study found long-term benefits from high school remedial instruction taught by the students’ teachers after school. Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs , often disappoint. Students work on a math problem in a remedial class in New York.

Dropout 116

Dropout Study Groups Report 116

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

But asking Kentiona to look after her younger siblings — and maintain her studies — seemed like too much. Greenville schools have some of the highest school dropout rates in the state, and Johnson also viewed staying at home as necessary to defend her children’s chances of living an easier life. “I

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Banks — all people of color — validated the need for black teachers in New Orleans schools through their studies on teachers of color. In a 2017 study , Wright and his team showed that students of color placed with a teacher of color were less likely to argue or act out than minority students placed with white teachers.

Education 145

Education Outcomes Study Assessment 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2020

Thomas told me her story while I was reviewing a study on Wednesday showing that nearly one-fifth of young people are not getting enough to eat. Thomas, who had been pursuing paralegal studies via a Tennessee Reconnect grant, was one of those students who considered leaving college. It’s a worrisome trend.

Survey 145

Survey Policies Groups System 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

In recent weeks, I’ve seen aid come in the form of deferrals of student loan payments, laptop loans, free storage or help shipping items home, grocery deliveries, pass-fail grading, help finding temporary housing and paycheck continuation for work-study students.

Laptops 145

Laptops Education Online Learning Report 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

The stakes are high for a student trying to return to school after a mental health leave of absence: thousands in tuition dollars and a college degree that could secure economic mobility for the future.

Course 88

Course Report Strategy System 88

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

And I go ‘from New York,’ and they go, ‘What?!’ ” She uses that opportunity to explain that she didn’t grow up speaking Spanish, she studied it, just like they are studying English. “I And then the next question I get is, ‘Well, where are you from?’ I did the same thing and I took the time. And you can be fluent, too.”.

Elementary 142

Elementary Report Exercises Trends 142

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2022

Related: Students in conservative states mobilize around Roe v. I think at the end of the day, it makes it a little bit easier for students to continue their work and studies,” said Massachusetts state Rep. Public colleges rely on state legislatures for funding. Lindsay Sabadosa, a Democrat who sponsored the bill.

Accessibility 26

Accessibility Training Policies Report 26