The Principal of Change

MARCH 19, 2017

Speaking to a group of principals, one of the participants, thanked me for my time, and gave a very elegant “call-to-action” to the group. It was not simply discussing what I talked about, but what they needed to do to move forward. ” It jolted me.

Dropout 43

Dropout Secondary Groups Education 43

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Northside High was previously named for Confederate leader Jefferson Davis, and it was once labeled a “ dropout factory ” in a Johns Hopkins University study of institutions with low graduation rates. As Canizales discovered on his own, the costs and benefits of various post-secondary pathways are not always obvious.

Libraries 86

Libraries Dropout Secondary Accessibility 86

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. “[O]ur Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 75

Dropout Secondary Course Report 75

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Credit: Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images For decades, a handful of individual states and schools have offered financial assistance to Native students. Limiting which Native students get financial assistance is especially significant, given the rising cost of post-secondary degrees.

Groups 84

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 84

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 goal with the first two groups was to help them earn a traditional diploma, if possible. The goal with the first two groups was to help them earn a traditional diploma, if possible.

Dropout 55

Dropout Policies Report System 55

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. But, with an eye toward local accountability and sustainability, the program demanded that the bulk of the heavy lifting, both financial and strategic, be done through a collaboration among city and education officials, community organizations, civic groups and local philanthropy.

Data 101

Data Secondary System Accessibility 101

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. I had it real bad,” he said. Nathan used to talk for me.

Report 108

Report Elementary Secondary Classroom 108

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Follow-up research by the same group showed more mixed results.

Personalized Learning 71

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 71

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The first thing the group did, Mickens said, was to start tracking the number of public school students in Oakland who already had a device and internet service, and those who didn’t. The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group that works with underserved communities, also joined the partnership.

Digital Divide 115

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 115

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Skills like knowing how to ask for help or organize a study group “are as important as anything else you’re going to learn,” said Tudisco. He’d create a study group to go over the terms with classmates or make flashcards. “It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”. Karen Salomon, a Pennsylvania parent of a son with autism.

Study 92

Study Advocacy Report Groups 92

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2016

They’re even less likely than boys from many racial minority groups to go to college. That’s now the job of people like this student, Jacob Hood, 21, who takes a small group of runners outside to a lighted track beside the noisy A13 carriageway. The root of this problem, in the U.K., Research shows it’s also universal.

Outcomes 40

Outcomes Report Study Dropout 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Even students with cognitive delays may be able to attend modified post-secondary programs if given adequate preparation and encouragement in school. Michael’s IEP allowed him to work in small groups, have extended time on assessments and use a computer for written assignments. Janae Cantu has dyslexia and thus struggles with reading.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

“It is of concern for the exact reason that we had concern 30 years ago about women not being represented in higher education in a fair way, or in the United States about ethnic groups and people of different backgrounds” not going to college, he said he tells them. It’s not a topic very high on the agenda. This is a very slow process.”.

Trends 71

Trends Report Study Dropout 71

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

A report by Richard Ingersoll has observed that new teachers are particularly vulnerable because they are more likely than more experienced teachers to be assigned to low-performing schools in urban areas, where the dropout rates reach or exceed 50 percent. Clearly, something must be done to address the teacher dropout problem.

Dropout 130

Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

He is a member of the Latino education advocacy group Nuestra Voz and a student at Cohen College Prep in New Orleans. Doe that public elementary and secondary schools couldn’t consider immigration status when a student seeks to enroll. naturalization requirements. The 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Plyler v.

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Secondary System Report 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” It’s an amazing amazing breakthrough.

Education 51

Education Kaplan Robotics E-rate 51

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

But this year’s NSVF lunch plenary focused solely on parents, a group that often gets forgotten or left out of the conversation according to Innovate Public Schools founder and CEO Matt Hammer. Greer later added: “We haven’t recognized the secondary trauma that our teachers face” as they work with students raised in challenging environments.

Education 96

Education Policies Company Dropout 96