The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

I also definitely want to be heavily involved in advocacy for young black youth, or, for youth in general, and just promoting student leadership. Many times, I find, some of my friends go into a classroom, and they’re dealing with things at home. I want to use my master’s degree to change that. Sign up for our newsletters.

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Common Core Advocacy Report System 100

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During a pandemic, when there’s no uniform way of counting attendance, Hedy Chang, director of the advocacy group Attendance Works, has seen districts rethinking some of these rules, with their ability to do so varying on state flexibility. Remote learning had given her a look into their classrooms, and she didn’t like what she saw.

Policies 144

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 144

edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. Additionally, Bobbi served as a learning facilitator, encouraging students to take ownership of their learning.

Differentiated Instruction 46

Differentiated Instruction Secondary Advocacy Dropout 46

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

But one day in February, after refusing to go into her classroom and allegedly cursing at her teachers, the seventh grader was sent home to learn online indefinitely. Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

She credits the Breaking Free club with creating the community she and her peers need to beat back their insecurities and succeed in the classroom. That’s what I see the most, and what I feel the most,” she said. In the years leading up to her incarceration, Ward said she was living each day simply to survive.

Report 124

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Related: Millions of kids are missing school as attendance tanks across the US Thousands of students went missing from American classrooms during the pandemic. Contact logs provided by the district show social workers from three schools have sent four emails and called the family 19 times since the pandemic closed classrooms in 2020.

Policies 101

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 101

Educator Innovator

JULY 14, 2014

By engaging in the local community through her research, she proposed a local way to address the problem of Latino dropout rates at her school, asking that the school offer translation support for parents to talk with teachers at the beginning of each semester to check in on a student’s progress.

Dropout 46

Dropout Advocacy Groups Strategy 46

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

“Frankly, students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it,” said Allison Socol, an assistant director at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. Both Obimma and VonSeggen tutored remotely, but some tutors have come back into the classroom along with the students.

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Study Data Report Personalized Learning 140

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. They settled on four skills to focus on in the classroom and for students to practice in internships.

Study 92

Study Advocacy Report Groups 92

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group that works with underserved communities, also joined the partnership. The homework gap isn’t new. for only a few weeks.

Digital Divide 117

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 117

Educator Innovator

JULY 14, 2014

By engaging in the local community through her research, she proposed a local way to address the problem of Latino dropout rates at her school, asking that the school offer translation support for parents to talk with teachers at the beginning of each semester to check in on a student’s progress.

Dropout 36

Dropout Advocacy Groups Strategy 36

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

Wherever classrooms are open, there will likely be some form of social distancing and other hygiene measures in place that challenge traditional teaching and learning. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. Virtual learning will continue.

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Perrantes now works as a program manager for Mother Nation , a Seattle-based nonprofit that focuses on cultural services, advocacy, mentorship and homeless prevention for Native women. That way, she said, they can be the ones making laws and the ones teaching their history in the classroom.

Groups 97

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 97

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

who used a press call with reporters to showcase some of the Obama administration’s flagship efforts, such as investing in high-quality early childhood programs, offering competitive grants for school improvement, and boosting classroom technology capabilities , particularly in high-need urban and rural communities.

Policies 40

Policies Dropout Report Course 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

. — Using small yellow and orange squares of paper and lengths of yarn stretched between tables and chairs, sixth-grade math students made number lines — including everything from fractions to negative decimals — in a classroom at Walsh Middle School. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kids work alone and in small groups; they sit at tiny desks and on beanbags and sofas scattered around the classroom. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. It looks unlike any school I ever attended.

Personalized Learning 109

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 109

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2024

That falling number comes on top of enrollment declines from the pandemic and difficulties related to last year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid , said Charles Ansell, vice president for research, policy and advocacy at Complete College America. Close to tears, Mims said, Ive just been trying to do this for so long.

Dropout 112

Dropout Policies Trends Advocacy 112

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Their absence in classrooms is deeply felt, especially in states like South Carolina where almost a fifth of students are Black. While teacher vacancies are affecting all educators, experts say if South Carolina wants its Black students to succeed, it can’t afford to lose any more Black men in the classroom.

Education 140

Education Elementary Data Dropout 140

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Inside, the walls of the commons area are covered with college pennants, and on the door of each classroom is a sign displaying the teacher’s alma mater, a collegiate emphasis typical of urban charter schools. Milwaukee Collegiate Academy is housed in a former warehouse in the city’s North Side. The trade-off.

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Report Policies Meeting Groups 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. They are often placed in separate classrooms within public schools and spend large numbers of hours on computers using technology that is not aligned with their specific needs.

Education 85

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 85

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Superintendents then leave it up to principals and often parents to decide whether to use corporal punishment on a given student, creating unequal systems of discipline within the same communities and even the same classrooms. PBIS emphasizes preventing bad behavior rather than only responding to it. That mindset has gone away.

Elementary 145

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via Vox : “Brazilian media report that police are entering university classrooms to interrogate professors.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.”

Education 55

Education Company Report IXL Learning 55

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via The Salt Lake Tribune : “Lawmaker: Utah ‘s veteran educators may need to ’die off ’ before technology fills classrooms.” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill offers some data on Google Classroom adoption in higher ed. ”).

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” “New study raises concerns about impact of automated social media advocacy on education coverage,” says Alexander Russo. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots hate the Common Core.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Via the Education Law Center : “Several New Jersey civil rights and parent advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to new high school graduation regulations recently adopted by the State Board of Education. ” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40