MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. “I’m in touch with my students two, three times a week,” by text, phone, Google classroom and Zoom meetings, Concepcion says. But access to home support is arguably even more important.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2019

One such student is Kassandra Montes, a senior at Lehman College , a four-year college in the Bronx, who has to take out loans to stay in school and struggles to meet basic needs like food and shelter. Native American women and Latinas earn 58 cents and 53 cents, respectively for every dollar earned by a white male.

Libraries 102

Libraries Report Advocacy Policies 102

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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Colleges and states are realizing that they won’t meet their enrollment targets or improve the proportion of their residents with higher educations if they don’t pay more attention to this part of the student population. More than 1,000 students have taken the state up on the offer since it began three years ago.

Report 87

Report Course Advocacy Policies 87

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.’ ”.

Study 140

Study Data Report Elementary 140

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 campaign was able to bring in big donors like Twitter’s co-founder and then CEO Jack Dorsey, who pledged $10 million to help meet the goal. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 114

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 114

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Tribes have to meet several criteria in their petitions for federal recognition, including proof they’ve had decades of a collective identity, generations of descendants and long-standing, autonomous political governance. That’s because the U.S.

Groups 85

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 85

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

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. She added: “It can be hard to meet people freshman year so it helps with that, too.”.

Course 69

Course Social Media Study Comparison 69

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Experts estimate that up to 90 percent should be able to graduate high school meeting the same standards as general education students, ready to succeed in college and careers. The dismal outcomes aren’t because students with disabilities can’t handle the coursework. In the end … a lot of the onus will come back on the school.

Study 91

Study Advocacy Report Groups 91

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. In high school, Peter began to take control of his IEP meetings and frequently gave input about his future goals and aspirations.

Outcomes 95

Outcomes Education Report Survey 95

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Those connections start with one-on-one mentoring, in which teachers meet with students weekly to discuss short-term goals, such as completing a certain number of units in a history course, and long-term goals that stretch into college and career. Choi wouldn’t put a target on further expansion.

Personalized Learning 40

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. By measuring those over six years, “we’re giving institutions an out, and an excuse for not meeting a four-year graduation goal.”. And that means it’s time to find new ways of measuring success.

Report 140

Report Dropout Survey Advocacy 140

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — At a late August meeting in a windowless room at Minneapolis College, a handful of students barely a week into classes sat back on couches, took a breath and marveled that they were there at all. While she was out, two student workers ensured the recovery program room stayed open, emails went out and weekly meetings happened.

Report 104

Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 104

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

” Eric Duncan, part of education advocacy organization Ed Trust’s policy team, said Thorne’s story is one echoed by Black male educators nationwide who feel perpetually overlooked. It’s a brand-new era of teaching after the pandemic, Joseph said, and so the program has had to be adjusted to meet that. “We

Education 137

Education Elementary Data Dropout 137

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

If policymakers are going to close California’s graduation gap, they’ll have to figure out how to meet the needs of students like Mora and Deas. The “Spartan Completion Grant” that Deas got is part of a program that began last year for seniors who are within two semesters of earning their degrees and meet other requirements.

Education 98

Education Policies Course System 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Later that day, she planned to study for her summer session classes, English and public speaking, and to meet with an advisor. 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.”

System 111

System Study Policies Report 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

A 2016 study of black-led, Afrocentric charter schools by Martell Teasley, dean of the College of Social Work at the University of Utah, found that two-thirds of the schools failed to meet statewide standards, while other research shows that children in racially isolated schools fare poorly. The trade-off.

Report 98

Report Policies Meeting Groups 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

ATLANTA — Brent Agnew remembers feeling a sense of relief when he left the meeting called to discuss his 6-year-old son Caleb’s anxiety attacks. 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. Photo: Jesse Pratt Lopez.

Education 82

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 82

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

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. These are the only possible two things we can come up with?”.

Elementary 145

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” “Who’s Meeting With DeVos ? 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.” Department ’s Privacy Office to Take Effect in Early 2019.”

Education 55

Education Company Report IXL Learning 55

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” More on AB 165 from the ACLU , which also opposes the proposed law.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

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. Still, a study by the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law found, they could do much more than they are now. “We That was far below the state average.

Company 72

Company Industry Advocacy Report 72