The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Generation Hope, the nonprofit I founded in 2010 to help young parents earn their college degrees while readying their children for kindergarten, conducted a national survey of student parents this spring. Third, for students of color, the financial aid process can feel like a maze riddled with unnecessary barriers and dead ends.

Policies 144

Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Since 2010, enrollment at two-year institutions has declined by nearly 40 percent, as more people have opted to remain in the workforce or head directly to four-year colleges, among other factors. “But But this college, this club, has given me hope for the future — I know that there is one.”

Report 124

Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 124

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The California Acceleration Project, an advocacy group founded by faculty, reported that pass rates for underprepared students at Cuyamaca in college-level math jumped to 67 percent last year, up from 10 percent the year before. “We’re trying to move them from, ‘I don’t get it, I’m not good enough,’ to ‘I don’t get it yet.’”.

Report 111

Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

And since 2010, Native enrollment in higher-ed institutions also has declined by about 37 percent, the largest drop in any student demographic group. Perrantes now works as a program manager for Mother Nation , a Seattle-based nonprofit that focuses on cultural services, advocacy, mentorship and homeless prevention for Native women.

Groups 97

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 97

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund. Shortly after leaving that post, Riley planted his skeptic’s flag with an oft-cited blog post titled, “Don’t Personalize Learning.”.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. In 2010, Rhode Island won a four-year, $75 million grant from Race to the Top. Karla Phillips, a policy director at Excel in Ed, told me that both personalized learning and charter schools have “flexibility” as their aim.

Personalized Learning 109

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 109