Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. As I reflect on the upcoming 2016-2017 school year, I wonder how this negativity has affected my own 5th grade reading classroom.

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. In 2017, he left teaching to work in education technology at Clever, a digital platform for schools. OAKLAND, Calif.

Digital Divide 126

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 126

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The library is old — and it kind of stinks. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. Some places are really hot, like, rooms that can’t turn off the heat. Other rooms you can’t turn it on. The technology, the computers, they’re probably more than 12 years old.

Report 55

Report Libraries Meeting System 55

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The Center for Hope and Redemption can be seen from the main entrance of Pollak Library at California State University, Fullerton. In 2017, Ralston had been the one to pick up James “JC” Cavitt, who came running into her office as an undergraduate on the verge of quitting his first job on campus.

E-rate 132

E-rate Study Report Accessibility 132

MindShift

JANUARY 11, 2019

A recent study — part of a series of working papers published by the National Bureau of Economic Research — shows that having just one black teacher not only lowers black students’ high school dropout rates and increases their desire to go to college, but also can make them more likely to enroll in college.

Dropout 28

Dropout Elementary Study Analysis 28

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. For the 2017-18 school year, they broke up Vista’s freshman class of almost 700 students into six self-contained “houses.” With part of the grant money, Vista turned its library into a “learning commons.”

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Your boss is more likely to be flexible about your schedule, you’ll have more time to go to the library to study or get homework done and you won’t have to actually leave the campus. And it will look good on your resume, too. Work on campus. No long commutes! Don’t forget about yourself. You (we) can and will do this!

Study 40

Study Report Libraries System 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2020

True to form, she began studying late into the night, repeating phrases and learning new vocabulary from English language recordings she checked out from the library. But she had heard nothing by January 2017, when her FAFSA was rejected due to “incomplete information” — because she, too, had no Social Security number. “I

Strategy 128

Strategy Education E-rate Report 128

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there. “It took a burden off my shoulders,” Deas says. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. SAN JOSE, Calif.

Education 105

Education Policies Course System 105

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

A slim, poised young woman with waist-length hair, Viviana walked past the principal’s office, along the main hallway, and made a left into the building that houses the school library and the daycare. Dawn Hall has served as principal at Lincoln Park School in Brownsville, Texas since 2017. No, sweetie,” she tells them.

Kaplan 126

Kaplan Report Policies Laptops 126

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Deishangelxa started kindergarten at Ana Hernandez Usera elementary school in 2017, the year Hurricane Maria struck the island. Since 2017, natural disasters have pounded the island — decimating homes, crippling the power grid and gutting infrastructure. 2017 and 2022 children are not the same.

Elementary 123

Elementary Report Dropout System 123

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. During the 2017-18 school year, more than 69,000 students received corporal punishment almost 97,000 times nationwide. And we can say yes.”.

Elementary 145

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

Many, like Luís, came without their parents; Suffolk County received more than 1,000 unaccompanied minors in the 2017 fiscal year , according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Patchogue-Medford’s four-year graduation rate for Hispanic students was 74 percent in 2017 , compared to 93 percent for white students.

Groups 111

Groups Report Meeting Resources 111

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via The Student Loan Report : “Halfway Through 2017, Here Are the Best & Worst Student Loan Servicers.” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? The Harvard Library Innovation Lab on link rot : “A Million Squandered: The ‘Million Dollar Homepage’ as a Decaying Digital Artifact.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?). ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.” Via Campus Technology : “ Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending to Double in 2017.”

Education 40

Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

.” let PM = "signed"; if (PM "signed") { let CODING = "4 All"; } pic.twitter.com/QRKQPgbxjW — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) September 26, 2017. ’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” ” Immigration and Education. .”

Education 48

Education Company Data Report 48

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. Via Chalkbeat : “New York City’s largest school charter network, Success Academy , has won the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools.” ” More on HR changes in the sports section above. ” Contests and Awards.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” ” The University of Wisconsin at Madison plans to close 22 libraries and create six “hubs” in their stead, says The Wisconsin State Journal. link] — Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 11, 2017.

Education 51

Education Kaplan Robotics E-rate 51