The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. 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. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Research found that a $3.5

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

Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. Instead of rotating through half a dozen or so classes each day for an entire academic year, as students would at a traditional middle or high school, here they take one or two classes at a time for three to four weeks.

Dropout 98

Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

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Kaplan 99

Kaplan Study Report Academic Standards 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Photo: Michael Farrell for The Hechinger Report. million fewer college students in the spring semester just ended than at the last peak in 2011, the National Student Clearinghouse reports. Photo: Michael Farrell for The Hechinger Report. She spent her freshman year at Ithaca College and will enter Cornell this fall.

Policies 92

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 92

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. To reach the 40 percent target would require roughly $18 billion more, the report said. Photo courtesy Michelle McLaughlin. Sign up for our newsletter.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28