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Addressing the needs of all learners at Wolf Creek Public Schools

Hapara

“Equitable access has changed the landscape for learners at Wolf Creek, and H?para With students able to access all the courses they need during the school year and the full curriculum during summer school, there has been a positive change in learners’ ability to graduate on time and study what they’re interested in.

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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

The Washington Post reported (July 16, 2019) that a report filed by the National Center for Education Statistics, that online bullying and texting is the rise among middle and high school students. Eighty-eight percent (88) of 13-17-year-olds have access to cellphones. percent jump in those who were bullied or by text or online.

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Some evidence for the importance of teaching black culture to black students

The Hechinger Report

A Stanford University study finds that dropout rates were lower in Oakland, California, high schools that offered a special class for black students called the Manhood Development Program. The first rigorous evaluation of one of the larger programs came out in October 2019 and found some promising results.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. The report said that at one UC campus, which it did not name, the share of undergraduates withdrawing with debt doubled from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021 and the amount of debt owed tripled.

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PROOF POINTS: COVID has been bad for college enrollment — but awful for community college students

The Hechinger Report

According to a preliminary October 2020 report from National Student Clearinghouse Research Center that tallied fall enrollment figures from just over half of the nation’s colleges and universities, the number of undergraduate students has fallen 4 percent since the fall of 2019.

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More students are dropping out of college during Covid — and it could get worse

The Hechinger Report

million students who started college in fall 2019, 26.1 The dropout spike was even more startling for community college students like Izzy, an increase of about 3.5 The rising dropout rate on college campuses has consequences for individual students, their families and the economy. percentage points. Out of the country’s 2.6

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OPINION: We can and must do better to help Black students enroll in college and succeed

The Hechinger Report

Little wonder that a recent report reveals that Black public community college enrollment dropped by 26 percent, or almost 300,000 students, between 2011 and 2019 and by another 100,000 students during the pandemic, bringing Black community college enrollment levels back to where they were more than two decades ago.

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