The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 121

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 121

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. It feels like they made this policy and then we weren’t given any additional resources or anything.”.

Policies 144

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 144

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

She was sitting in the campus’s Bernhard Center, which offers a mix of fast-food dining options, quiet places to work, a bookstore and other student resources. 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

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 18, 2023

One university official said on background that, generally speaking, program staff at any university have to follow federal and state guidelines, as well as standards for who qualifies for the resources. Native advocates said some students don’t have this kind of documentation even when they are enrolled in a recognized tribe.

Groups 97

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 97

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

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. Springboard is a social enterprise that looks at families as the “single greatest resource” for helping struggling readers. But access to home support is arguably even more important.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Parents often have to take on the burden of making sure their children are getting the support they need to meet their transition goals because schools simply don’t devote enough resources to this part of special education. Some schools have a full-time coordinator focused on transition services.

Outcomes 99

Outcomes Education Report Survey 99

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

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.). is a very different question than “Are more young adults prepared for success after high school?” high schools?

Policies 40

Policies Dropout Report Course 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Briana, an alumna of our program, explained the experience at her college like this: “I don’t think I would have found any resources unless I sought them out purposely.”. While Briana attended a four-year college, we find that these barriers also exist at two-year institutions, which are attended by 42 percent of all student parents.

Policies 144

Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 144

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 141

Study Data Report Personalized Learning 141

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 She also referred Hernandez to an advocacy center at BMCC where she could apply for food, counseling and emergency funds. This story also appeared in USA Today.

Study 118

Study Report Course Dropout 118

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

They said they’d be back to set her up with resources to help her with parenting. Credit: Bianca Vázquez Toness/Associated Press “This was about balancing the number of students in schools,” says Tiffany Fick, director of school quality and advocacy for Equity in Education, a policy organization in Atlanta. Communities such as St.

Policies 104

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2022

These students are more likely than others to lack the financial resources needed to access abortions, she said. Colleges should evaluate and improve the sexual health care resources they offer on campus, including access to birth control and emergency contraceptives, STD and STI testing and treatment, and pregnancy tests, advocates say.

Accessibility 28

Accessibility Training Policies Report 28

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 states don’t necessarily have the resources to closely monitor even their local for-profit schools. That was far below the state average.

Company 89

Company Industry Advocacy Report 89

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. And there’s never enough [financial] resources … [so] the system is only going to do what families push for.”.

Education 87

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 87

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Fuller was convinced that uprooting children from their neighborhoods instead of improving their existing schools unfairly placed the burden for integration squarely on already under-resourced black communities. She acknowledges the constant struggle for resources. The trade-off.

Report 110

Report Policies Meeting Groups 110

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