eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

In 2020, one survey found that approximately 5 million public school students were English learners–that’s over 10 percent of students. But educators still require support, and with savings in materials and time, school leaders need to make an investment in teacher training.

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EdTech Education Policies Assessment 121

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Prior to Covid-19, Temple University’s Hope Center for College, Community and Justice, surveying nearly 167,000 students at 227 institutions, found 39 percent of participants had been food insecure in the previous 30 days, and the numbers are now worse.

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Dropout Survey Accessibility Report 122

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

At Urban Assembly, we have used SEL as a way of both preventing and remediating dropouts. Our SEL-trained students are better equipped to deal with personal problems and better able to navigate the pressures of young adult life. Teaching SEL skills helps us address lack of motivation, problem behavior and academic failure.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2022

More than one in four university and college faculty nationwide are dissatisfied with their jobs; 70 percent of those have considered a career change, according to a September survey by the course materials provider Cengage, and 29 percent cite what they say is a lack of support from their institutions or a sense of pressure from administrators.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The district relied on individual schools to call families, while its department of research, assessment and data conducted surveys at individual school sites to find out whether families had an internet connection and computer access. In August 2020, they launched a “Tech Check” survey to collect that data. for only a few weeks.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

One day, a friend forwarded an email about Resilient Coders, a boot camp that trains people of color for web development and software engineering jobs. In surveying broader groups of occupations, Burning Glass found a credentials gap of 26 percent for management jobs, 21 percent for computer and math jobs and 13 percent for sales jobs.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Then, he and half his team got Covid, forcing him to isolate in the basement of his girlfriend’s parents’ home nearby, disrupting his academics and prized time training with teammates. “I Becky Fein, director of training and engagement for Active Minds. I have been struggling to keep mentally strong.”.

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Training Meeting Report Policies 119

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

New faculty at Dickinson College attend a training session about how to help students who might be foundering. Riccio fell back on training Dickinson gives faculty, who are expected to contact the college’s “early-alert” team of advisors when they spot a student who appears to be struggling. CARLISLE, Penn. Like a lightning bolt.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Colleges are also working to reduce their numbers of dropouts on the principle that it’s cheaper to provide the kind of support required to keep tuition-paying students than to recruit more. And for all of the work it’s done to reduce the number of dropouts, the higher education industry has so far barely moved the needle.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A 2019 American Council on Education survey found that student mental health had become a higher priority over the previous three years for 80 percent of college presidents. Likewise, student mental health and wellness had become a significant concern on college campuses long before the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Slightly more than two thirds of work college alumni said in a survey that their alma maters prepared them for their current jobs, compared to 55 percent of private college graduates and 47 percent of public school graduates, according to the Work Colleges Consortium. Also, Roelofs said, training supervisors is the “hardest part.”.

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Dropout Survey Outcomes Report 71

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Other universities see three-year degrees as a way to compete in the struggle for declining numbers of students, including those being lured away by faster-paced training programs such as coding schools or questioning the need to go to college at all. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

The book also calls for ending legacy admissions, ensuring that colleges enroll at least 20 percent of their students from low-income families, and treating high school, college and career training as one system. I do not want to take classes online and I don’t want to miss out on football games and the whole college experience,” Fogel said.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

A nationwide survey of ELL educators by McKinsey & Company during the 2012-13 school year revealed 70 percent created their own materials. An overwhelming majority of survey respondents (88 percent) said they have a difficult time finding teaching materials for their students. Those statistics recently prompted the U.S.

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Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

This nearly majority-Latino city began its experiment with personalized learning three years ago, after a districtwide survey revealed that thousands of high schoolers felt their education wasn’t relevant. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2017

These systems, known as predictive analytics, have the potential to reinforce disparities for disadvantaged students if used without proper training and consideration for how computers might shuffle students into categories, according to the report from New America, a Washington, D.C.-based based think tank. Really, it’s misnamed.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

This story also appeared in The Associated Press and The Dallas Morning News So when she enrolled in Dallas College after a five-year break in school, she was left to navigate a dizzying array of options and decisions solo as she sought to train for a job outside of retail management.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Mabe and five teachers traveled to Atlanta, where they were trained in a program to help students control their emotions. While nearly 90 percent of school district leaders say they are investing in social-emotional products, according to one survey , only a small share of the many programs in existence have been rigorously vetted.

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Strategy Training Report Company 78

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The higher employment rate is likely partially attributable to the fact that former special education students are less likely to be spending that time in college; 21 percent of special education students surveyed were enrolled in college compared to 41 percent of general education students. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Outcomes Education Report Survey 91

MindShift

JUNE 3, 2015

But at some point, students are going to notice that everyone keeps sending text messages to their mom or asking them to write a letter to their future selves in a survey. million K-12 educators, and training these teachers across 15,000 school districts to implement new ideas with fidelity is a Herculean task. 2 standard deviations.

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Survey Dropout Study Course 28

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No Yet our reporting has discovered just how difficult it is to educate and train the next generation of nurses. This story also appeared in USA Today. Becoming a nurse. Second chance.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2020

Related: Why aren’t more counselors trained in college admissions ? In a survey of 300 students released March 19, a quarter said the coronavirus had prompted them to rethink their college choices. This is a really crucial time because they have to make a decision,” she said. Marie Bigham, executive director, ACCEPT.

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Accessibility Policies Chromebook Exercises 103

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Even now, curricula in some cutting-edge tech fields exists online (not on campus), making Silicon Valley a driver of high-level training. But the surveys put parent satisfaction in the 88th to 96th percentiles. And it will follow them into the workplace and throughout their careers. But does personalized learning work?

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MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

This nearly majority-Latino city began its experiment with personalized learning three years ago, after a districtwide survey revealed that thousands of high schoolers felt their education wasn’t relevant. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.

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Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

Myriad focus groups and public opinion surveys point to other reasons for the dramatic downward trend. Fewer than one in three adults now say a degree is worth the cost , according to a survey by the Strada Education Network. Related: Another million adults ‘have stepped off the path to the middle class’.

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Education Survey Report Trends 143

EdNews Daily

MARCH 6, 2020

I had graduated from college and was convinced that my college professors had transmitted all of the knowledge and training that they possessed. I had graduated from college and was convinced that my university professors had trained me with the skills I needed to thrive in the educational system. million trained teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

Meanwhile, Ben Kim, a senior at the recently re-named Unity Reed High School nearby, conducted a quantitative survey of around 2,500 Prince William County students. The students teamed up with researchers at the University of Kentucky to conduct a survey of almost 9,500 students representing nearly every Kentucky county. “My

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Survey Policies Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Training was designed to provide pod leaders with activities they could use with students. Pod leaders, who are paid $20 an hour for 15 hours of work a week, must have a high school diploma or a GED, some connection to the city, and be willing to attend weekly training sessions. They’ve been through a lot,” said Rubio.

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Learning Report Elementary Dropout 81

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In an effort to understand the needs in the community, Promise Neighborhood programs are required to conduct door-to-door surveys of families in their catchment area. Before the survey was conducted, Lepore said, her partners did not have a strong workforce development system in place.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

But Fernandes argues that workshops on improving teaching don’t draw in as many faculty as ones that stress adapting to 21st century tools, which she says students are calling for (as evidence, she points to a recent survey of students conducted by Educause). The rate of dropout or failure is down from 13 to 5 percent.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

What can be done to stop the hemorrhaging of these trained and certified educators? Many of those trained to become teachers never enter the classroom. Teachers today are inadequately trained or prepared for the students, parents, and conditions they face. The overriding question is, who will teach the children?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Community colleges can help lift students into the middle class, but their enrollment has plummeted and their dropout rates are high. Even if they do, a new survey finds that most employers don’t believe they’re ready for the workforce. grade-point average. Now these failures are coming home to roost.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2021

In July it hired its first-ever director of online and distance education to give faculty members more training in virtual teaching. Almost a third of students at New Jersey’s Union County College work full time and nearly another third part time, according to a 2020 student survey.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2018

A national survey released in July found that principals in rural school districts are even less likely than their urban and suburban counterparts to stay at their school the following year and more likely to leave the profession altogether. Rural school leaders have some of the most complex, multifaceted jobs in education.

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Elementary Training Report Policies 112

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” There’s more news from the White House in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. ” Just grand that Facebook is running a bunch of media literacy and digital training courses for community colleges. job training company) has raised $117.2 job training company) Hack Reactor.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. ” The Business of Job Training. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” The Business of Job Training. Via Detroit Free Press : “More Michigan schools are failing: Most are charters.” ” This is my shocked face. .”

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