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. We’ve been training them now for five weeks,” she said at the time.

Dropout 106

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Johnson is the principal of Mississippi’s Collins Elementary School, where the paddle remains a staple of the educational experience. I signed the paper.”.

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Elementary Handbook Report Policies 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

The basic idea behind these peer support programs is straightforward: They rely on students trained to offer a listening ear to those who reach out, provide direct mentorship and guidance, or spot struggling students and help connect them with an adult or professional resources. Related: Simulating student mental health for teachers.

Accessibility 118

Accessibility Training Dropout Survey 118

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.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs , often disappoint. Lavy modeled it after an on-the-job teacher training program. There is considerable research on the benefits of intervening early when a child is falling behind at school.

Dropout 129

Dropout Study Groups Report 129

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

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 Yet we routinely only prepare between 60 and 70 percent of kids to be successful readers.”

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How To Training Report Dropout 111

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Elementary Mathematics in Advanced Math Classes : In advanced math classes, students’ understanding of elementary concepts like multiplication tables and basic algebra is crucial for grasping higher-level concepts like calculus or trigonometry. IJ STEM Ed , 6 (33). link] Cordi, M. Schreiner, T., & Rasch, B. Sinatra, G.

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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. Helping community college students, many of whom are trained to be frontline pandemic fighters, continue their educations is a great investment for America,” Oakley said. “We

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2022

But an April 2022 report by Eskolta School Research and Design, a nonprofit consultancy that provides training and services to alternative schools in New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., Another transfer school dropout described becoming a manager at a retail store.

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Dropout Report Data Analysis 118

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. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Education Khan Academy Elementary 105

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

An experimental psychologist by training, Logue designed an experiment. Dropout rates were the same for students in both the remedial and the “corequisite” courses, as the college plus extra help version is often called. “We Department of Education. The majority of these students dropped out without degrees.

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Study Course Dropout Data 125

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.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

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.

Guidelines 144

Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The pandemic disrupted the “when I grow up” dreams of too many students, leaving fewer prepared for education and training after high school. Pathways are a way of connecting the dots among K-12, higher education and career training in a smooth continuum, rather than treating them as three separate systems.

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Education Training Industry Accessibility 125

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. Training was designed to provide pod leaders with activities they could use with students. Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff.

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Learning Report Elementary Dropout 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The organization has a warehouse and a public-facing Tech Hub that provides residents with free tech support and computer and digital literacy training, as well as refurbishment services. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 121

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools.

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 73

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. Oregon’s ESSA plan also personalizes teacher training itself.

Personalized Learning 83

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 83

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

High school dropouts are much more likely to be unemployed and earn thousands of dollars less per year than people with higher levels of education. But before that he was a student at Cottonport Elementary, which is majority black, almost entirely low-income and has struggled for years to improve its academic performance.

Elementary 82

Elementary Report Dropout Training 82

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. But communicating with each other about where to focus is just the first step, according to Craig Gastauer, the former science teacher who’s now in charge of training Vista’s teachers in personalized learning.

Personalized Learning 93

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 93

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.” All through elementary school, she’d excelled in the classroom, though she spent a lot of time in the principal’s office. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out.

Dropout 69

Dropout Policies Report System 69

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

At the time, a third of Louisiana’s adults were high school dropouts. He brought in a naval commander to lead a summer program that was part boot-camp, part academic training. Leave this field empty if you're human: When he asked how many wanted to attend college, almost every hand went up. Nearly 70 percent were white.

Dropout 99

Dropout Policies STEM Outcomes 99

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. Mabe and five teachers traveled to Atlanta, where they were trained in a program to help students control their emotions. Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

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Strategy Report Training Company 82

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

They spoke of teachers inadequately trained to support special education students. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. Yet general education teachers rarely have much training in special education. Of districts lacking the funding to provide needed supports.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Sometimes teachers lack the best training for dealing with a student’s specific disability. Rachel’s elementary school was part of Shelby County Schools. Part of IDEA’s framework requires parents to advocate hard to get what they see as their children’s needs met. Decades later, this is still the case.

Education 89

Education Assessment Report Resources 89

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

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. Kindergarten teacher Rosy Taveras, pictured left, receives feedback from reading coach, Xiania Foster.

How To 43

How To Training Report Dropout 43

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

It’s what she’s been trained in, and she’s talented at it. Her own mother intends to relocate from Texas to Oklahoma with Brittany’s oldest daughter so they can all be together. At first, Brittany hopes to get a job in IT. Longer term, her goal is to work as a resource support specialist for vulnerable women and youth.

Report 119

Report Exercises Video Education 119

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

For the last two years, Summit has set out to replicate its success, not by opening more Summit schools, but by offering other schools free tools, training and support to transform themselves. Basecamp schools then receive mentoring from and troubleshooting by Summit staff, as well as PLP access throughout the academic year.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. But communicating with each other about where to focus is just the first step, according to Craig Gastauer, the former science teacher who’s now in charge of training Vista’s teachers in personalized learning.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

.” When, or if, this doomsday scenario arises for higher education, it will be a combination of the challenges we have examined thus far – costs of “campus-based” education, failing revenue streams, and expensive dropouts. It seems that technical training is less relevant here than e-learning course design.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2023

This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary. We went in over the summer and provided Bounce Back training. Beth Cooney : My co-trainer, Maria, added a lot.

Secondary 206

Secondary Training System Elementary 206

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Members of the Long Beach Unified School District “All In” team conduct training on building a culture of attendance and brainstorming barriers to entry (Credit: Erin Simon). In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 206

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. There are gifted dropouts. Renzulli’s summer workshops for educators have trained more than 35,000 teachers over 40 years , including numerous Olmsted staff. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

Personalized Learning 109

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 109

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

She said schools could have invested in staff training, hired more counselors and generally shifted toward a more trauma-informed, restorative approach to serving students. Before the pandemic, she trained educators working with children who live in violent communities. Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.

Personalized Learning 141

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 141

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

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. But less frequent tutoring, such as having sessions once a week, was not. The biggest bang for your buck is tutoring.”

Study 141

Study Data Report Personalized Learning 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

Elementary students told Pressley they wanted more opportunities to interact with their classmates; one fourth grader suggested Zoom recess. She helped the students design the survey questions and trained them in interview methodology and the ethics involved in research on human subjects.

Survey 145

Survey Policies Groups Report 145