The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2019

A group of colleges has decided to stop holding students captive and allow them to get their lives back on track. Black women earn just 61 cents for every dollar earned by their white male counterparts, according to analysis by the nonprofit advocacy group Equal Pay Today. Debt is the amount of money that is owed.

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Libraries Report Advocacy Policies 102

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Yet many of those steeped in the work are convinced.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 81

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. When given the opportunity, then they will succeed. And so we always talk about it as ‘unfinished learning.’ ”.

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Study Data Report Personalized Learning 140

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 9, 2016

Duncan told Fast Company that he sees Pluralsight, which is reportedly worth more than $1 billion and is funded by Silicon Valley interests , as a way to provide more learning opportunities to a broad group of people, including those who traditionally may not have access to such courses.

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Company Dropout Advocacy Facebook 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The lessons include more hands-on problem solving and the students often work in small groups. The California Acceleration Project, an advocacy group founded by faculty, reported that pass rates for underprepared students at Cuyamaca in college-level math jumped to 67 percent last year, up from 10 percent the year before.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No I spoke with a group of students in the program, and I told them, ‘I’m not withdrawing, I’m just going to push through,’ ” Hernandez said. This story also appeared in USA Today.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 14, 2014

But the part of her research that was most meaningful was when she asked questions of a focus group of Latino parents whose children attend her high school. In each of the above examples, students’ passions led them to express themselves in some powerful way, whether that was video, blog, advocacy, or research.

Dropout 46

Dropout Advocacy Groups Strategy 46

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. This can help to develop listening skills, awareness of other points of view, and a better understanding of the text.

Differentiated Instruction 45

Differentiated Instruction Secondary Advocacy Dropout 45

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Most states have some sort of truancy laws on the books, but only about half still have policies punishing truancy with potential penal measures, according to the national policy group Education Commission of the States.

Policies 143

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

But not every student can make the leap to full-time status, said Karen Stout, president of the nonprofit advocacy group Achieving the Dream; many have neither the money nor the time. More than 1,000 students have taken the state up on the offer since it began three years ago.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Credit: Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images For decades, a handful of individual states and schools have offered financial assistance to Native students. Studies suggest affordability is one of the leading causes of attrition. “I

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Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 97

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. Skills like knowing how to ask for help or organize a study group “are as important as anything else you’re going to learn,” said Tudisco.

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Study Advocacy Report Groups 91

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 first thing the group did, Mickens said, was to start tracking the number of public school students in Oakland who already had a device and internet service, and those who didn’t.

Digital Divide 116

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 116

Educator Innovator

JULY 14, 2014

But the part of her research that was most meaningful was when she asked questions of a focus group of Latino parents whose children attend her high school. In each of the above examples, students’ passions led them to express themselves in some powerful way, whether that was video, blog, advocacy, or research.

Dropout 36

Dropout Advocacy Groups Strategy 36

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Related: How the pandemic has altered school discipline — perhaps forever The stakes of such discipline playing out in schools across the country “are fairly enormous,” said Sara Zier from TeamChild, a youth advocacy organization in Washington State that also provides legal services.

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Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. South Fort Myers High School follows a dropout prevention program called BARR, which stands for Building Assets, Reducing Risks. But access to home support is arguably even more important.

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Colleges and universities usually require 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree but students graduate with about 135, on average, according to data compiled by Complete College America, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. Related: Universities cut services for a big group of their students: those over 25.

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Course Social Media Study Comparison 81

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Gunn said the district provides professional development for teachers that focuses on transition and has recently begun sending a teacher each month to a regional group meeting to discuss transition topics. Putting the plan into action. Peter O’Halloran and his grandmother when Peter was a toddler.

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Outcomes Education Report Survey 95

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Understandably at the front of the first group is U.S. Two examples of the latter: WBEZ Chicago’s investigation into the city’s questionable methodology for tracking dropouts and in-depth reporting by the Los Angeles Times on that district’s credit recovery program.). Secretary of Education John B. high schools?

Policies 40

Policies Dropout Report Course 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund. Shortly after leaving that post, Riley planted his skeptic’s flag with an oft-cited blog post titled, “Don’t Personalize Learning.”.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

They’re pulling a bait and switch on students,” said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the advocacy group Complete College America. Dropout rates rose in the fall of 2020 to their highest level since 2012, the Clearinghouse reports. Completion rates are even worse for particular groups of students.

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Report Dropout Survey Advocacy 142

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. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 109

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

This support is available to Mayes because she’s part of a select group of Western Michigan students known as the Seita Scholars. Jennifer Pokempner, director of child welfare policy at Juvenile Law Center, a legal advocacy group in Philadelphia, said the Seita program is “seen as a model.”

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System Study Policies Report 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2024

As numerous as they are, adults with some college but no credential have no group or organization that represents them, and ReUp is trying to fill that role by working with state leaders and legislators to reengage this population. Most of our learners are, in some way, time-poor.

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Dropout Policies Trends Advocacy 110

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

These issues can have a greater impact on Black male teachers and other teachers from underrepresented groups. In recent years, a movement against teaching “critical race theory” and the rise of groups like Moms for Liberty have galvanized white parents to target Black educators and literature that centers Black characters. .

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Education Elementary Data Dropout 139

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

No racial or ethnic group constitutes a majority here; 39 percent of residents are Hispanic, 38 percent are white, 14 percent are Asian and 6 percent are black. The group provides paid fellowships for students to spend a semester lobbying politicians on college costs. More than a quarter are immigrants.

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Education Policies Course System 101

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The group has plans to grow those numbers. She credits Fuller as an inspirational figure, and has engaged him in an advisory role as the group seeks to develop a national network of funding and talent pipelines. One of the primary challenges for black-led schools is simply to create awareness that they exist. “It The trade-off.

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Report Policies Meeting Groups 109

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. Leslie Lipson, counsel to the Georgia Advocacy Office. “We saw it as a scaffolding until things got better — a short-term, possible solution,” Agnew recalled.

Education 84

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 84

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Nor in home foster care or licensed group homes. Longitudinal studies of corporal punishment in schools internationally, meanwhile, have found the practice is correlated with lower math scores , lower motivation and diminished academic progress , along with increased absenteeism and dropout rates. Johnson is the mother of three girls.

Elementary 145

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In related news: “ Right-wing groups are recruiting students to target teachers ,” says Reveal. 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

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2022

Students from historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups, students who are undocumented, and low-income students would be hurt disproportionately by reduced abortion access, said Ushma Upadhyay, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco. Related: Sex education is a hot topic.

Accessibility 28

Accessibility Training Policies Report 28

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

“ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? It’s building this little web that turns the user into a mostly passive consumer of mostly western corporate content,” says Ellery Biddle, Global Voices’ advocacy director. . “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? ”).

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.” The resulting nonprofit college group will be secular.” “New study raises concerns about impact of automated social media advocacy on education coverage,” says Alexander Russo.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

He is a member of the Latino education advocacy group Nuestra Voz and a student at Cohen College Prep in New Orleans. “It would be wonderful to get a diploma and citizenship,” said Cleveland Cordova, 16, in his native Spanish, responding to a growing movement to increase the routes to citizenship.

Advocacy 73

Advocacy Secondary System Report 73

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2018

Only about one in five of 2016 graduates got full-time jobs in legal offices, the advocacy organization Law School Transparency reported. And a former lobbyist for the for-profit college trade group Career Education Colleges and Universities, or CECU, worked for the Education Department during the DeVos team’s transition.

Company 85

Company Industry Advocacy Report 85

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.

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40