The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2024

Studies show that Black students, in particular, are more likely to be suspended for vague reasons, an indication that bias may play a larger role in suspensions than behavior. In all these states, there are at least 25 more clearly defined categories of suspensions, such as fighting, stalking and sexual misconduct.

Dropout 132

Dropout Data Report Guidelines 132

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Historical Context in Social Studies : When discussing the Civil Rights Movement in a history class, students draw on their prior knowledge of earlier historical events like slavery and the American Civil War to better understand the context and significance of this movement. Prior Knowledge: What Does the Research Say?

Knowledge Base 112

Knowledge Base Assessment Study Dropout 112

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 102

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 102

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

These campuses don’t always shut down physically but students aren’t necessarily able to continue their previous studies there. Most other public closures were small ones, such as the closure of a teacher training site at a local elementary school. Most of them continued to operate campuses at other locations.

Kaplan 105

Kaplan Dropout Analysis Report 105

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

While pre-Ks, elementary schools and some schools for children with complex disabilities reopened in December, there is still no plan to reopen middle and high schools. They will also likely depress high school graduation rates, cause a spike in dropout rates, and negatively impact final educational attainment.

STEM 137

STEM Secondary Dropout Elementary 137

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

Industry 133

Industry Elementary Education Robotics 133

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Studies show that the effect of having a black male teacher, especially between grades 3 and 5, decreases the dropout rate among black male students by 30 percent and increases the likelihood of black students aspiring to higher education. This story about a teaching force that better reflects the racial diversity of U.S.

Dropout 145

Dropout Advocacy Report Elementary 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2023

Studies have often found that Black students learn more from same race teachers. In other words, the decline in prospective Black teachers far exceeded the Black college dropout rate.) Defining the obstacles – as this study does – is a good first step. Teacher diversity statistics in 2020-21.

Dropout 124

Dropout Course Analysis Training 124

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

Study after study, researcher after researcher, finds the same few things about retention: No long-term achievement gains. Significantly higher dropout rates. For example, one study showed that 65% to 90% of overage children in grade 9 do not persist to graduation. Back in January 2014, I noted that.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

An Israeli study found long-term benefits from high school remedial instruction taught by the students’ teachers after school. Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs , often disappoint. Students work on a math problem in a remedial class in New York.

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Dropout Study Groups Report 122

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Redland Elementary.

Elementary 143

Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

Hapara

JANUARY 26, 2023

In fact, according to Education Week , an analysis of 46 studies found that positive classroom relationships between educators and learners resulted in school improvements. This included “higher student academic engagement, attendance, grades, fewer disruptive behaviors and suspensions, and lower school dropout rates.”

Learning 176

Learning Hapara Examples Dropout 176

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions. Reasons that Keep Kids Coming Back to School.

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Dropout Company Twitter Maker Movement 291

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2021

A recent study commissioned by the Afterschool Alliance found that unmet demand for middle school after-school programs has risen sharply. We need to invest in after-school programs for middle school students now more than ever, to stave off pandemic learning loss and dropouts. Success stories draw in more students and families.

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Dropout Report Course Groups 142

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

She is among hundreds of thousands of students around the country who disappeared from public schools during the pandemic and didn’t resume their studies elsewhere. Some students couldn’t study online and found jobs instead. She teaches dance to elementary school kids now. She plans to study choreography. on Tuesday, Jan.

Data 104

Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 104

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

An annual study of Broadway and the 16 top nonprofit theaters in New York City, put out by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, shows that from 2006 to 2016, Asian actors were hired for 3.7 Elementary schools like P.S. 124 are the “new frontier, because upper elementary is a great time to introduce kids to theater.”

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Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 78

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2018

Whether it’s sleeping or studying, or sticking with New Year’s resolutions, it often seems like there is simply never enough time. There’s a really interesting study of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which looked at grades and also performance on standardized tests in math for elementary school students.

Education 129

Education Learning Elementary Groups 129

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. When Lake Tahoe Community College District canceled pandemic debts for 457 students last year, it found that 152 of them immediately re-enrolled to resume their studies. “If

Dropout 107

Dropout Policies Data Report 107

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. A recent study from Johns Hopkins University showed that the more time a student spends working with a City Year AmeriCorps member, the better their attendance and academic outcomes.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 191

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2018

Echalé ganas, mijo,” my grandpa would often say — apply yourself and put efforts into your studies. Eighty-five percent of students in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District receive free or reduced-price lunch. Despite these efforts, high school dropout rates remain high. Cayo Gonzalez Photo: Jonathan Zhang.

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Dropout Study Elementary Report 87

MindShift

JANUARY 11, 2019

Researchers have studied disparities in areas such as test scores and discipline rates to identify ways to close the gap. According to the results, black students who have just one black teacher in elementary school are 13 percent more likely to enroll in college than their peers who didn’t have any black teachers.

Dropout 28

Dropout Elementary Study Analysis 28

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2022

They are graduating underserved students at much higher rates,” said Ali Holstein, co-author of the Eskolta study on transfer schools. Another transfer school dropout described becoming a manager at a retail store. Twenty percent of transfer schools in New York State were labeled as needing comprehensive support and improvement.

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Dropout Report Data Analysis 99

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. And another study found that intensive tutoring had major positive impacts on math gains among high school students. Another is studying inequalities.

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Study Data Report Elementary 140

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

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. Last year, researcher Mina Fazel analyzed studies from all over the world examining peer mental health programs in schools.

Accessibility 97

Accessibility Training Dropout Survey 97

techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

.) – for individualizing instruction using real-time data from an engaging adaptive learning tool to boost elementary classroom performance. Orestimba High School (Calif.) – for creating a new way for students to study and explore their interests via access to online courses at a rural school with a 100 percent graduation rate.

Education 40

Education Dropout Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Rogers Elementary Principal Lisa Lovato. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Is sameness the key to equal opportunity?

Personalized Learning 102

Personalized Learning Education Khan Academy Elementary 102

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.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

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

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Rubio, a junior at the University of Rhode Island who attended elementary school in Central Falls, had already intervened once this quarter. Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. Her math teacher had just informed her that she would have to wait and take it next year.

Learning 84

Learning Report Elementary Dropout 84

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

Blended Learning 131

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 131

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

Similar to Lang’s approach, the Ariel Foundation offered support, mentoring, and paying the cost of postsecondary education for a cohort of sixth-graders at a Chicago elementary school. Then, as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, Duncan decided to close three low-performing elementary schools.

Dropout 69

Dropout Policies Elementary Data 69

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. She had yet to register the youngest girl, who was entering kindergarten. He was no longer enrolled, they said.

Policies 83

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 83

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

NEW YORK — Social studies teacher Karen Rose stepped out of New Rochelle High School last month for what will likely be the last time. Along with Rose, I contacted a middle and an elementary school teacher to see how they are faring. And while that makes her sad, it’s not what bothers her most after 34 years in the classroom. “My

Broadband 142

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 142

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

Lassen, who Bohannon describes as “like a brother,” wants to study to become a barber and Bohannon will study nursing at College of the Desert. She was elated by the news that she’d been accepted to study nursing. She studied online her senior year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Report 144

Report Study Dropout Education 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2020

And if we lose someone, instead of being a dropout, they’ll have a certificate. But is it better than being a dropout? Watson Elementary School are also earning stackable credentials — in their case, covering topics such as communication, using data and building leadership skills. Now they understand how education works.

Industry 137

Industry Dropout Pearson Report 137

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

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. But Albert’s struggles with speech lasted all through high school. “I

Report 108

Report Elementary Secondary Classroom 108

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” The resulting program allows at-risk students to stay enrolled in high school while they study for, then take, the HiSET – at no cost to the student. She adored the principal, Mary Haynes-Smith.

Dropout 55

Dropout Policies Report System 55