The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Photo:Liz Willen/ The Hechinger Report. Loud cheering, a drum line, endless applause and a full buffet at Jackson’s convention center on Thursday night accompanied the release of a report that could herald in a top-to-bottom overhaul of the 24,000-student school system here. The report does not sugarcoat the system’s problems.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Previous Writing Experience : Students use their prior experience with writing essays, reports, and narratives to tackle more advanced writing assignments, understanding structure, thesis development, and argumentation. The implications of these findings are far-reaching for educators and researchers.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance. Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2018

As we got near each other, the young man literally grabbed and hugged me,” my colleague reported. 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. Image credit: Achieve3000.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. In the early 1990s, Kentucky districts were among those grading student portfolios and assessing performance tasks, instead of standardized tests, and they found themselves on the cutting edge of educational assessment. And not all districts want to do performance-based assessments.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. “If Among single, Black and Latino fathers, the dropout rate is about 70 percent. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2017

The recent three-part series on proficiency-based learning in Maine by The Hechinger Report’s Lillian Mongeau (which appeared in both The Report and the Portland Press Herald ) is very informative on this topic. However, as every district is creating its own assessments, this alone calls the law’s existence into question.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. “It Erika Rich for Hechinger Report Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. And many educators, both in high school and college, had trouble accurately assessing their students’ progress. Their failure is my failure.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. College dropouts cost Minnesota millions of dollars in wasted subsidies and lost revenue each year. Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. MANKATO, Minn. High cost of dropping out. Paul College.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. The repercussions of not learning to read are magnified for poor children: Research shows that low-income children who cannot read at grade level by third grade are six times more likely to become high school dropouts. “In Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BRONX, N.Y. —

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

More broadly, nearly 73 percent in the Fall 2021 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment survey reported moderate or serious psychological distress. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report ?. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report ?. Yet it could take weeks to see someone.

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Training Meeting Report Policies 126

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Over months of reporting, the AP learned of students and families avoiding school for a range of reasons. When his mother asked him about speaking to a reporter, he cursed her out. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Some are still afraid of COVID-19, are homeless or have left the country. Where did they go?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. How one district solved its special education dropout problem.

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Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 82

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Their ESSA plans detail systemic transformations of assessment methods and other practices, according to Lillian Pace, the senior director of national policy at KnowledgeWorks. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. But the state line does make a difference in the schools.

Personalized Learning 71

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 71

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. A student raises her hand in a Louisiana high school class. Mary Parish knew change was needed. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2016

It was as predictable as night following day that this week’s release of results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress would be followed by weeping and gnashing of teeth on a biblical scale. As we read NAEP’s latest report, we should focus on what truly matters. Related: When fourth-grade problems include gunfire.

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edWeb.net

JULY 23, 2021

He spends much of his time providing leadership and guidance to the National Dropout Prevention Center and the Career and Technical Education Technical Assistance Center, which are part of the Successful Practices Network. He is also the author of numerous books about learning and education, textbooks, research reports, and journal articles.

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Education Dropout Professional Learning System 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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techlearning

JULY 3, 2018

The merger combines leading formative assessment and data platforms (Illuminate Education, IO Education, SchoolCity and Alpine Achievement) with a leading formative item bank provider (Key Data Systems). Illuminate’s award-winning Education Intelligence Platform consists of a product suite featuring data, analytics, assessments and reporting.

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Personalized Learning Education Industry Dropout 40

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report. In this series, The Hechinger Report examines racial inequity in gifted classes and what schools are doing to fix it. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report. There are gifted dropouts. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report.

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Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. The post How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Your stories.

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Study Data Report Elementary 140

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

Teachers now assess students’ proficiency across four categories: basic, approaching, proficient and advanced. The question of how a proficiency-based report card will affect college admissions is a common concern for families around the country. A big part of this shift was to change the grading system. Sign up for our newsletters.

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Personalized Learning Learning Competency Based Learning Secondary 103

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2021

Confronting financial pressures during high school may ultimately leave students better prepared to manage their resources in the future: Money is the top stressor for a majority of adults, and, according to the National College Health Assessment, is the second leading cause of significant stress for college students.

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Handbook Groups Meeting Study 116

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

Pointing to the decline in the county’s dropout rate, Duncan proclaims: “It’s a model that works, and it’s been replicated across Georgia and has also been the subject of a Harvard Business School study.” (A The post OPINION: Arne Duncan, the fallible narrator appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Aaron Pallas is the Arthur I.

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Dropout Policies Elementary Data 69

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2016

This story is part of a Hechinger reporting series about how “last chance” high schools are pioneering some of the latest trends in high school reform. He realized that some students don’t succeed on the conventional academic path, and ran a school for dropouts on Arena Boulevard. Photo: Luba Ostashevsky. I gravitated toward them.”

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Dropout Report System Meeting 96

MindShift

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Left untreated, mental health concerns can contribute to high school dropout rates. She also learned how to assess for suicide risk by asking questions like, “Are you having thoughts of hurting yourself?” Wardrip completed the training in June. and “Are you in danger?”. Spreading the Word. Additional Resources.

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Training Dropout Course Assessment 76

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

Photo: Judge Evans for The Hechinger Report. In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” Kayla Patrick, an author of the National Women’s Law Center report “Let Her Learn.”. My grades were perfect,” said Hargrove.

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Dropout Policies Report System 55

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

Photo: Kelly Field for the Hechinger Report. Leave this field empty if you're human: Vermont has one of the oldest populations in the United States and, the Vermont State Data Center reports, is now tied with Connecticut for the lowest birth rate in the nation. Photo: Kelly Field for the Hechinger Report. RANDOLPH, Vt.

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Report Personalized Learning Dropout Course 106

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2017

It is features like these that have helped former high school dropouts like Rocheli Burgos — and other students who have struggled in school — get a second chance at earning a diploma. The Barr Foundation is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). There are 575,000 students in alternative schools nationwide.

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Dropout Policies Report Course 102

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

Brown says technology has made differentiating instruction based on students’ needs easier, noting how the curriculum is personalized through programs such as Odysseyware, a learning management system that allows students to move through lessons at their own pace (based on assessed content mastery). Most of them were dropouts.” “In

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Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Dropout 102

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

About half of Dallas College’s students are first-generation; a little more than 20 percent are parents; and about 22 percent are adult learners who are at least 25 with a full-time job,according to self-reported responses and data from a fall 2022 survey. Sign up for Hechinger’s higher education newsletter.

Outcomes 90

Outcomes Report Meeting Study 90

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

To do this, researchers are turning to a relatively new genetic approach called the polygenic score, which assesses a person’s likelihood for a specific future based on a combination of genetic variables. It’s a research technique that some scientists are using to assess obesity or cancer risk, for instance.

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Data Study Assessment Report 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

I’m an assessment instructor,” Mosser said. between now and 2031, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2021. The post Community college students get double the support through unusual dual-teacher program appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Mosser said Ronhaar’s presence was the most valuable part of the I-BEST model.

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Industry Training Report Course 74

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Scores for grades 2-8 in math and reading on year-to-year Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments show 140 to 240 percent growth, with the highest scores in grades 6-8—when students typically see a slight decline. Material from a press release was used in this report.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Dropout Learning Blended Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Students who routinely miss school get individual assessments and attendance success plans geared toward their unique needs and circumstances. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

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Elementary Learning Report Data 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Photo: Jacob Carroll for the Hechinger Report. Fellows receive monthly stipends that start at $450 and rise each year, up to $700, in an attempt to combat steep post-secondary dropout rates — 33 percent of black college students drop out after one year of college, often because of financial shortfalls. We have synergy.”

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