The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

The challenge that rural high schools like Randolph Union now face is how to scale work-based learning so that more students like Wess see the connections between the classroom and a career, and maybe — just maybe — see a future in their graying home state. It recognized that learning can occur anywhere.”.

Report 107

Report Personalized Learning Dropout Course 107

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In a personalized classroom, students are taught how to take control of their own learning, so that they can take different pathways to gain understanding of concepts. Often, personalized learning includes technology that adapts lessons to students’ needs and provides data so that teachers can see how each learner is growing.

Personalized Learning 83

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 83

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 Still, she added, there were “just so many stories of kids using their cellphones to complete assignments, to research, or having to figure out how to get to public libraries in order to access devices.”.

Digital Divide 122

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 122

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But high schools often neglect to teach these students the soft skills that will help them in higher education — like how to study, manage their time and self-advocate. Students with other disabilities, such as autism, may have trouble knowing how to act in social situations. It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”.

Study 96

Study Advocacy Report Groups 96

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. When she dropped out at the end of ninth grade, she didn’t know how to use punctuation or do multiplication. But too often, schools aren’t providing students with the appropriate help.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Early this past December, the state released guidance to explain how to institute alternatives to retention in fourth grade, to comply with a resolution passed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in October. Students who failed LEAP suddenly have more options than pass or fail.

Analysis 138

Analysis Report Data Policies 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

For many of these students and others coming from low-income backgrounds, science knowledge gaps exist even prior to kindergarten entry but become gravely amplified in primary and secondary schools. Unsurprisingly, such foundational STEM disparities extend far beyond secondary school education.

STEM 140

STEM Secondary Dropout Elementary 140

EdNews Daily

MARCH 6, 2020

It is like reading every book there is to learn how to swim, taking a test on swimming and then being thrown into the ocean. They don’t know how to practice teaching – yet –only how to think about educational problems and answer test questions. ” Everything else is secondary! million trained teachers.

Secondary 130

Secondary Training Survey Dropout 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

He’s trying to figure out how to parcel out his meager paycheck to pay back college loans for a degree he never finished. By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. On a good day, he’s out by 9 p.m.

Dropout 97

Dropout Study Report System 97

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

“Since my parents didn’t get much education, it’s hard to talk to them about my schoolwork and applying to college, or how to plan my time and get everything done,” says Mariano Almanza, 18, pictured speaking with his Coronado High School guidance counselor, Colleen McElvogue. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Blame it on the long hours, low salaries, increased school violence, lack of training on how to handle disruptive students, insufficient administrative support and the figurative microscope through which the media and publics examine educators and blames them when schools are deemed, “low performing”.

Dropout 130

Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Working Working A panel devoted to preparing students for work asked why we so often forget about how to get students ready to work—not just be students. “If Greer later added: “We haven’t recognized the secondary trauma that our teachers face” as they work with students raised in challenging environments. Any guesses?)

Education 126

Education Policies Company Dropout 126

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

“We have to admit,” Cantor assures us,” academic success is a great way to get a job, but a poor way to learn how to do a good job.” Companies take it on faith that that a college degree is worth the handsome salaries graduates command; in contrast, dropouts suffer with little to show for their aborted time in school. he laments.

Dropout 111

Dropout Data Training Secondary 111