Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

In our current education system, we continue to see gaps in graduation rates and unequal access to high-quality public schools. When schools persistently graduate less than half of their students of color and students with disabilities, we call those schools dropout factories.

EdTech 295

EdTech Dropout Advocacy System 295

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They can also donate equipment and serve on advisory boards to ensure that schools’ technical education classes meet industry standards. Budget autonomy allows schools to allocate funding as they see fit to meet the needs of their particular students. Meanwhile, the overall dropout rate at regional voc-techs is 0.5

Dropout 99

Dropout Industry Secondary Elementary 99

edWeb.net

AUGUST 9, 2023

In town hall meetings, the district identified basic needs and wants to meet first before addressing school issues. Relationship building, access, and enhanced school communication are primary considerations across school sites. Findings were shared with the district to identify what was working and what to prioritize.

Dropout 98

Dropout Outcomes Survey Laptops 98

EdTechTeacher

APRIL 10, 2020

Tip 1: Start the class by introducing the topic and your lesson/meeting goals. Not only is focus and concentration an issue for kids of any age studying from home, but issues with spotty Internet access or lack of a stable Wi-Fii creates dropouts in audio or video. This may seem obvious, but often it is not done.

Dropout 195

Dropout Meeting Video Study 195

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 19, 2017

And we keep wondering about the high rates of dropout students. And when their specific learning needs are met, the percentage of underachievers and dropouts shrinks, engagement rates and the likability of going to school go up, as well as student performance. Kids don’t learn the same. Technology is only a tool.

Dropout 210

Dropout Learning Training Blackboard 210

EdNews Daily

JULY 2, 2016

I grew up in my parent’s motel and attended local urban public schools, which had a dropout rate of 40 percent. A few weeks after the first meeting, Shark Tank called me with a request to send in a an eye-catching and creative video pitch. As busy as he is, he takes the time to make himself accessible through various means.

Meeting 185

Meeting Strategy Course Dropout 185

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

As we consider how to support students, we need to prioritize making sure they have enough to eat and a safe place to sleep along with providing high-quality instruction and internet access. Food and housing insecurity among college students isn’t new, but it has been exacerbated by the pandemic and accompanying economic calamity.

Dropout 129

Dropout Survey Accessibility Report 129

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2018

I pay close attention to classroom solutions that can meet these students exactly where they are. I’ve spent 16 years serving on and chairing the board of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and 25 years leading companies that serve schools and students of all kinds. “Stay out of jail!”

Differentiated Instruction 162

Differentiated Instruction Learning Dropout Assessment 162

The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

Now, just as happened in the last recession, it is likely to take them even longer and cost more, while — after years of hard-won progress — dropout rates rise and graduation rates fall. In-person events like this have proven to reduce dropout rates for first-year students, but some may be canceled this year because of the pandemic.

Dropout 118

Dropout Report Policies Study 118

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2018

The push to reach these dropouts by Mississippi and other states, including Indiana and Tennessee, reflects a growing recognition that there just aren’t enough students coming out of U.S. Go Back” campaign in Indiana, among the several states trying to get college dropouts to finish their college educations.

Dropout 74

Dropout Libraries Report Secondary 74

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I actually lower my standards,” John Hunt, who teaches history, told Tuminez at a contentious meeting of the faculty senate she attended in October, a video of the meeting shows. As for graduation rates that weren’t increasing, and dropout rates that didn’t decline, she said, “you have to ask why.”. I do it myself.

Case Study 107

Case Study Study Dropout Education 107

edWeb.net

MAY 4, 2022

Fayette County Public Schools has a Community Partnership Leadership Team that meets once a month to share information about projects and make sure they are moving the needle forward. Recently, there has been an emphasis on providing arts and athletic opportunities, which many students missed while learning remotely. Join the Community.

Education 98

Education Dropout Social Media Laptops 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Statistically, almost half of school dropouts do so because they don’t see the relevance. Here’s how it works: Sign up for a free version of Nepris (it comes with one live virtual session and access to hundreds of recorded sessions). There are also many industry-offered virtual sessions where multiple classrooms can join.

Flipped Classroom 150

Flipped Classroom Industry Dropout Common Core 150

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

During their college careers, far too many students lack reliable access to nutritious food, hampering their efforts to advance their education and skills. Drawing on these interviews, our research found that there are actions that institutions and policymakers can take to address students’ lack of access to nutritious food.

Accessibility 130

Accessibility Policies Report Resources 130

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. She was making ends meet by working as a cashier at a local gas station, until an injury took her off the job. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. This story also appeared in HuffPost. We can’t hug you’.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2023

We are calling for action in four areas: Making higher education truly accessible and affordable for Black learners and their families. To actively pursue these actions, community colleges, which serve over a third (36 percent) of all Black undergraduate students , must rethink our notions of college access.

Mobility 115

Mobility Outcomes Accessibility Policies 115

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

We appreciate President Joe Biden’s commitment to expanding HBCU funding, but believe that sustaining that effort is just a necessary first step toward creating an equitable, accessible and diverse higher education ecosystem. We also understand that the digital divide isn’t just about access, but also know-how.

Digital Divide 141

Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

There were 236 papers presented with the word “online” in their titles at this year’s meeting of the American Educational Research Association, compared to 158 the year before the pandemic — a nearly 50 percent increase. Related: How higher education lost its shine.

Education 81

Education Survey Learning Dropout 81

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

Equal treatment — giving the exact same service to everyone — isn’t the same thing as equitable treatment, which is providing what each child needs to meet a particular goal. What can we do about these dilemmas posed by a standardized system trying — and failing — to meet the needs of so many children?

Dropout 107

Dropout Education System Data 107

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

The dean’s list student ended up a college dropout, a gay 20-something cut off from his parents after coming out, and working at a UPS Store in a job he described as “retail drudgery” while running up credit card debt and stringing out his college loans. A meeting with an Aon recruiter changed her course. pursuing bachelor’s?and

Company 140

Company Training Industry Dropout 140

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 29, 2016

The “Teach Boldly” teacher support initiative will include a series of virtual and community training events and the launch of the new PBS Teachers’ Lounge, a creative digital space where teachers can share ideas, learn from peers, find daily inspiration and access the tools and resources they need to enhance their work in the classroom.

Report 124

Report Dropout Education Learning 124

techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

That’s why innovative educators across the country are implementing creative programs to better meet those needs. Southwest Plains Regional Service Center (Kan.) – for giving dropouts and at-risk students an opportunity to earn a high school diploma and expanding access to online courses to hundreds of students across the state.

Education 40

Education Dropout Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Students come here from miles around to meet—first-come, first-served—with advisers for help navigating all things higher education, from admissions tests to majors to meningitis shots. At cafécollege Houston, “parking is accessible and it’s a comfortable and warm environment,” Martinez says. The advice is free.

Libraries 86

Libraries Dropout Secondary Accessibility 86

The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2018

A single mother with a 5-year-old daughter, the student told me she works 22 hours each week to make ends meet for her small family. As things stand, existing on-campus child care centers meet only about 5 percent of actual need. Another approach to improve access to child care is to modify the federal financial aid system.

Dropout 80

Dropout Outcomes Handbook Survey 80

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

Not everyone is convinced that sending gang members to college is the best way to meet their needs or better their communities. At the same time, politicians and the public are more sympathetic to the students who are victims of school shootings, not the dropouts who are much more likely to be killed by gunfire.

Dropout 100

Dropout Report Data Policies 100

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Even for students who are poor enough to qualify for free tuition, it’s been a turbulent year to submit documents and meet paperwork deadlines to receive financial aid. But the fall data show that white students are now matching these same high dropout rates. Native American college students have declined the most, down 11 percent.

Report 134

Report Survey Dropout Comparison 134

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Among single, Black and Latino fathers, the dropout rate is about 70 percent. He and his then-wife would meet on the subway platform to hand off their daughter as they both went to and from class. Jesus Benitez meets his son, Mason, after school at a pizzeria in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood.

Policies 139

Policies Report Dropout Study 139

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Most Altus classes meet the University of California’s “A-G” course requirements for admission, Altus officials say. They email and telephone parents and call families in to meet with the instructors, a social worker, case manager or other support staff if a student is struggling.

Dropout 98

Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. It impedes access to institutions they might be qualified for, because it’s not being accepted.”. How is it going to be accessible?

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Only one in four students with learning disabilities disclose their disabilities to their colleges, leaving them without access to critical accommodations and putting them at greater risk of leaving school without a degree. Related: How one district solved the special education dropout problem. So why does this happen?

Advocacy 72

Advocacy Dropout Policies Training 72

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

When teachers at Cable Elementary in San Antonio couldn’t reach four siblings who attended the school this spring, Monica Williams of Communities in Schools was able to arrange a meeting with them at their grandmother’s house. Williams arranged to meet the children at their grandmother’s. Credit: Monica Williams.

Elementary 143

Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

Newcomb High School is a public school located in the Navajo Nation, around 70 miles south of the Four Corners Monument where New Mexico meets Arizona, Colorado and Utah, in a school district that spans almost 3,000 square miles. Jake, who, like Curley, is Navajo, lived up a remote mountain road with no cell phone service. racial group.

Dropout 143

Dropout Report Groups Laptops 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2018

The platform uses social gaming, animation, video and other tools to teach and reinforce critical math, vocabulary, reading and study skills in ways that meet students where they learn today — on mobile phones, tablets and computers. ” High school dropout rates, workplace readiness, and inter-generational trends reflect a vicious cycle.

Dropout 57

Dropout Learning Tablets Trends 57

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 115

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 115

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. Her coalition of advocates in Nashville now meets remotely, every Friday morning. Access to talent is their number-one competitive priority.”. Small Business Administration and as U.S.

Survey 142

Survey Laptops Dropout Report 142

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

The students in the blended version also take most of their courses online, but they occasionally meet in person for mentoring from a certified teacher or for clubs and sports. Most of them were dropouts.” “In This is very different,” says Brown, the new principal at Renaissance who came from a traditional middle school last May. “We

Personalized Learning 102

Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Dropout 102

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

She blamed the high dropout rates on the fact that many students have to juggle school with full- and part-time jobs, leaving little time for academics. Ortiz knew she had Pell Grant aid coming in, but didn’t know how to access it. She couldn’t rely on her mother, who has never attended college and was just as confused.

Dropout 109

Dropout Laptops Study Report 109