The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates. For years, it was a battle getting Guadalupe to his Phoenix elementary school in the Washington Elementary School District. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/AZCIR. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 104

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 104

Minga

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

TLDR PBIS in high schools builds on the same multi-tiered framework used in elementary and middle schools, but its designed to meet the unique challenges of older students and the complexity of high school life. Reduced Dropout Rates: Supports at-risk students with targeted interventions , fostering engagement, relationships, and persistence.

Secondary 52

Secondary Data Elementary System 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2021

For example, at energy companies, data scientists help reduce costs, maximize investments and improve public safety. These are just a few examples — from only one part of the economy — of the range of career opportunities the IT sector has to offer. It has long been clear that IT jobs aren’t just for Silicon Valley.

Training 121

Training Dropout STEM Company 121

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs , often disappoint. One such example is a remedial high school program in Israel, now defunct, that gave thousands of disadvantaged and lower achieving 16- and 17-year-olds after-school instruction in small groups, similar to tutoring.

Dropout 123

Dropout Study Groups Report 123

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

Longitudinal data show that students enrolled in City Connects schools performed better academically and had lower grade retention, chronic absenteeism and dropout rates. City Connects has shown strong results. The program also benefits teachers. Students with more intensive needs receive case management services. Outcomes are encouraging.

Dropout 111

Dropout Education System Data 111

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In this post, we will delve into the intricacies of prior knowledge, guided by significant research findings, discuss some of its types and examples, and explore how this understanding can transform educational practices. This type of knowledge is dynamic and context-dependent, often demonstrated through action.

Knowledge Base 112

Knowledge Base Study Assessment Dropout 112

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

“It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Examples abound of college graduates who work in retail stores and as receptionists.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2023

In other words, the decline in prospective Black teachers far exceeded the Black college dropout rate.) So that’s an extra year that they’re spending on their education, and not earning a wage.” Tuition alone for a fifth year of teacher preparation at Michigan State University, for example, runs $16,700.

Dropout 130

Dropout Course Analysis Training 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. Long Beach City College, for example, has forgiven $2.1 This story also appeared in Los Angeles Times. It turns into a self-sustaining way of dealing with this debt,” Thompson said.

Dropout 117

Dropout Policies Data Report 117

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. percent, compared with a district average of 10 percent.

Learning 112

Learning Dropout Report Elementary 112

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2020

Early returns suggest receiving those rewards along the way is helping the so far limited number of people who have already tried microcredential programs — at edX, for example, they comprise about a tenth of all enrollment —climb more quickly. And if we lose someone, instead of being a dropout, they’ll have a certificate.

Industry 142

Industry Dropout Pearson Report 142

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Sand Creek High School in Colorado Springs, for example, began its 1:1 initiative this year. When James Smith became principal at Snowy Peaks three years ago, the school was a dropout prevention program on turnaround status. Roots Elementary School in Denver, Colo.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning iLearn Learning Dropout 60

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Third-graders at Alamosa Elementary School in Albuquerque practice reading with first-graders in Carrie Ramirez’s classroom. Burnett spends half her time at Alamosa Elementary School, where about one in four students have missed more than 10 percent of school days so far this school year, according to attendance data Burnett tracks.

Elementary 96

Elementary Learning Report Data 96

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

One example is Seattle’s Teen Link , a free phone line established in the 1990s that has since expanded to online chat and text messaging. The pilot program trains 11th and 12th grade students to do basic interventions — helping with schoolwork planning and navigating new social dynamics — to reduce the risk of dropouts.

Accessibility 112

Accessibility Training Dropout Survey 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

for example, some 1. For example, when the reality of the pandemic hit Benedict, we weren’t sure how our students would get home safely. Students who have been underserved by a deeply inequitable education system often undergo a remarkable transformation at an HBCU. Across the U.S.,

Digital Divide 145

Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. Jesimiel Merida-Islas, then in fifth grade, at Think College Now elementary school in May 2021.

Digital Divide 115

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 115

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Each year, districts and schools were rated based on whether their elementary school kids performed better than the prior year’s students in math and English. High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates. It’s a philosophical shift of pretty much all aspects of your organization.”.

Personalized Learning 80

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 80

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

That same day, six other students across the district were written up for not wearing their masks correctly (including one who also faked using hand sanitizer), while an elementary school student was assigned three days of “private dining” for sharing food in violation of safety guidelines. Over the same period in 2019, the figure was 114.

Guidelines 144

Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In the civil rights era, Greenville, Mississippi was the model of desegregation for the nation, a shining example held up by the famous Coleman Report of a community doing it the right way. But the DOJ could hold Starkville accountable for student achievement gaps — on test scores, for example, or graduation rates — if it wanted to.

Report 111

Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Finding out that frustrating behavior is developmentally appropriate changes the framing for teachers, helping them step back and craft lessons around problem-solving, for example, instead of disciplining a child for making irrational or damaging decisions.

Personalized Learning 139

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 139

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 24, 2015

. – Educators believe that student engagement in the classroom is crucial to learning and that it can increase achievement and enrollment in challenging courses while decreasing dropout rates. Until recently, teachers and administrators lacked tools to measure the engagement levels of their students in the classroom.

Student Engagement 40

Student Engagement Dropout Elementary Data 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children.

Study 139

Study Data Report Personalized Learning 139

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

They may not realize how the decisions they make — in choosing their classes, for example — could accelerate or derail them on their journeys. Rhode Island’s PrepareRI initiative , for example, includes paid internships alongside academic and technical skills training for high school students in high-demand career fields.

Education 119

Education Training Industry Accessibility 119

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

When the kids are academically on target, for example, you don’t want them to lose that momentum, and we allow [virtual] as an option.” Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out Rosalind Crawford moved her five young boys, all in elementary and middle school, to Jennings, just north of St.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. He will be replaced by Kyle Ruggles, a former elementary school principal who most recently oversaw academic and behavioral support programs for the Vista school district.

Personalized Learning 89

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 89

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. Many of the ideas seemed simple, like small tweaks to language (using “expectations” instead of “rules,” for example). Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

Strategy 80

Strategy Training Report Company 80

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. Harvey Austin Elementary is located on Buffalo’s east side, where high unemployment results in 92 percent of its students receiving free or reduced-priced lunch. I may have three out of 10 kids doing well,” he said as an example. And I do that with [Stubbe]. Photo: Amadou Diallo.

Data 99

Data Secondary System Accessibility 99

edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

SEL also decreases behavioral issues, dropout rates, drug use, and teen pregnancy, so the advantages of including it in elementary and secondary classes are clear. Recent research has shown that SEL increases high school graduation rates, and post-secondary enrollment and graduation rates, as well as employment rates and wages.

Differentiated Instruction 45

Differentiated Instruction Secondary Advocacy Dropout 45

The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2018

For example, middle schools in many parts of the city are allowed to “screen” their students. Black and Hispanic students are concentrated in elementary schools with lower test scores and lower attendance rates, and there are no requirements that middle schools reflect the racial diversity of the city, or even their neighborhood.

System 53

System Elementary Policies Report 53

MindShift

JANUARY 11, 2019

A recent study — part of a series of working papers published by the National Bureau of Economic Research — shows that having just one black teacher not only lowers black students’ high school dropout rates and increases their desire to go to college, but also can make them more likely to enroll in college.

Dropout 28

Dropout Elementary Study Analysis 28

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

In pre-pandemic times, it offered a series of hourlong workshops to family members, mostly in low-income communities, coaching them to set goals and practice specific reading concepts with elementary school-age children. In just five weeks, on average, 3 out of 4 of their participants get to the next reading level or even further.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 25, 2021

You’ll hear NYT bestselling author Dan Heath share a short case study from Chicago Public Schools that illustrates how this name-by-name approach worked for reducing dropout rates. One example was in the late ’90s and the early ’00s was the tough on discipline era — zero tolerance. Last time, they were suffering. Okay, great.

System 59

System Case Study Course Examples 59

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Pleasant View Elementary in Providence, Rhode Island, for instance, started Summit with fifth-graders in 2015, and this year introduced a few aspects of the approach to fourth-graders.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Once genetic variants are better understood and enough data is in hand, for example, it might be possible to identify children with a predisposition to learning disabilities and intervene early. “Fortunately, I think we’re far from that.”. There could be other ways of using this genetic information.

Data 63

Data Study Assessment Report 63

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. He will be replaced by Kyle Ruggles, a former elementary school principal who most recently oversaw academic and behavioral support programs for the Vista school district.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School. An example of that is in the mornings before school actually starts, we allow students to come in early for those parents that may have to get to work. Valente’ Gibson , fifth grade teacher at Jackson Creek Elementary School.

Elementary 144

Elementary Broadband Dropout Assessment 144

edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

Research illuminates its impact: Elementary school students who miss 10% of school show weaker social skills development, lower reading ability, and higher grade-retention rates. Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential. Evidence-Based Solutions Examples.

Policies 52

Policies Dropout Outcomes Comparison 52