The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” Until 2017, New Orleans high schools had no internal options to help students who fell so far behind a conventional diploma seemed impossible. “My My grades were perfect.

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Dropout Policies Report System 67

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Fellows receive monthly stipends that start at $450 and rise each year, up to $700, in an attempt to combat steep post-secondary dropout rates — 33 percent of black college students drop out after one year of college, often because of financial shortfalls. I had it real bad,” he said. Nathan used to talk for me.

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Report Elementary Secondary Classroom 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

Paradoxically, her job is a classified position that doesn’t require a post-secondary credential, not even a bachelor’s degree, though this varies by school and district. In summer 2017, she began a two-year term on the board of the nonprofit Western Association for College Admission Counseling. That’s a problem, says Dunlap.

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Report Meeting Training System 96

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

In 2017, he left teaching to work in education technology at Clever, a digital platform for schools. Jordan Mickens, who spent his first year as a teacher at Castlemont High School in 2014, said he vividly remembers the technology divide his students faced compared with those in the wealthy areas surrounding Oakland.

Digital Divide 126

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 126

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Aimed at curbing dropouts, improving graduation rates and sending more kids to college and other postsecondary programs, the corps is designed to offset a growing achievement gap in this relatively affluent but increasingly diverse state. billion originally authorized for the program in 2017. Still, that was short of the $1.65

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

A report by Richard Ingersoll has observed that new teachers are particularly vulnerable because they are more likely than more experienced teachers to be assigned to low-performing schools in urban areas, where the dropout rates reach or exceed 50 percent. Clearly, something must be done to address the teacher dropout problem.

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Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

So says a 2017 study published by the Institute of Policy Studies. About one-third of all black collegians earn degrees in either a STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and math) field or in business, according to my analysis of integrated post-secondary education data system (IPEDS), the national dataset of college outcomes.

Dropout 99

Dropout STEM Analysis Company 99

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

NewSchools (@nsvf) May 18, 2017. Session moderator John King, CEO of The Education Trust and former Secretary of Education (and the only high school dropout to hold that position, he noted), challenged attendees with this question: What if we held adults to the same "no excuses" standard that educators expect from students?

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Education Policies Company Dropout 115

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” How much can you afford?

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Education Kaplan Robotics E-rate 51