The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In this ongoing series, The Hechinger Report is visiting high schools that have beaten the long odds to learn what’s behind their success in improving graduation rates and sending more students to college. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. Research found that a $3.5 TULSA, Okla. —

Dropout 81

Dropout Secondary Data Report 81

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2021

Yet research tells us that exposure to a Black teacher in elementary school can reduce the high school dropout rate for low-income Black male students by 39 percent. Better preparing candidates for licensure exams and rigorous academic standards. Just seven percent of our country’s teachers are Black.

Dropout 106

Dropout Training Academic Standards System 106

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.”. What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.” . Students spend 80 percent of their time learning from home. This [place] gives you the opportunity to graduate faster,” he said.

Dropout 98

Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

At the Telstar Freshman Academy in Maine, service learning is included as part of the curriculum. Bailey Fraser, 15 (left), and her stepsister Leah Kimball, 15, volunteer with Edible Bethel during their service learning block. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning.

Kaplan 99

Kaplan Study Report Academic Standards 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Most require that the students meet minimum academic standards and earn a predetermined number of credits. “They don’t want too much focus on this,” Endlich said. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Higher Education.

Policies 92

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 92

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It includes students with specific learning disabilities (such as dyslexia and dysgraphia), hearing and vision impairments, emotional disabilities, autism and more severe cognitive delays. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A. Weekly Update.

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Education Strategy Report Training 111

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Craig Brock teaches high school science in Amarillo, Texas, where his freshman biology students are currently learning about the parts of a cell. Students who are learning English as a second language make up about 10 percent of the population in U.S. and speak little or no English, Brock often has to get creative.

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Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28