The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2018

We have STEM careers, we have trades and everything in between,” said Ed Hidalgo, the chief innovation and engagement officer in the district and co-developer of the World of Work initiative. They’ll collect surveys and other data, looking for patterns in how students see themselves and their futures thanks to the career exposure.

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Dropout Meeting Report Survey 109

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

P-TECH partnered with IBM back in 2011 to design a six-year high school where students receive associate's degrees in STEM majors and sometimes job offers from IBM by the time they graduate. However, problems with completion do not primarily stem from dropouts, which were recorded at 2 percent in 2016.

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Dropout STEM Data Study 85

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The inexperience of modern-day faculty with helping students who have non-academic problems stems in part from the evolution of American higher education, said Adrianna Kezar, a professor of higher education at the University of Southern California who studies this. Sign up here for our higher-education newsletter.

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Training Report Dropout System 82

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

That seems to match overall results from the National Survey of Children’s Health, which includes a question for each household asking how many students ages 6 through 17 have ever been retained. A 2011-12 survey found an average of 9 percent of students nationwide had repeated at least one grade; in Louisiana, the average was 23 percent.

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Analysis Report Data Policies 125

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2017

Sixty percent of employers feel that the primary barrier in hiring for entry-level roles resides in the skills gap, according to a survey by PayScale. In the United States alone, jobs website Indeed reports that reduced productivity stemming from open positions accounted for $160 billion of lost revenue in 2014. At almost $1.3

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Dropout iPhone Outcomes Course 98

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

In our community’s next webinar, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center will share the results from Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America, a report from a national survey of over 1500 parents of children ages 2-10. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts.

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The school has struggled to stem sliding enrollment and to address poor safety ratings by parents and test scores that were among the worst in the city. That year, on the annual schools survey, only 13 percent of teachers said that order and discipline were maintained. No children from those luxury condos have enrolled in P.S. 67.

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