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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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. Both Obimma and VonSeggen tutored remotely, but some tutors have come back into the classroom along with the students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Conventional wisdom around when and where students learn, what knowledge they need to be successful, and who they are as learners is all rapidly changing, especially as technology becomes more prevalent in classrooms. It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

As a freshman, she constantly got into fights, and spent long hours in a disciplinary classroom. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In some cases that means being given more time on tests or being offered the option of using technology for written assignments; in other cases it means having an aide in the classroom working with them individually. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school.

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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.

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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. And even though the district made it easier to apply for gifted classes, Olmsted gifted classrooms still don’t look like the rest of the district. There are gifted dropouts.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Two years ago, Nathaniel Albert walked into a first-grade classroom at Andrew H. It’s a rarity to see male teachers in the classroom at all on this floor,” James said. Those destined to be teachers will enter the classroom and find their purpose in the classroom, Jones believes. Teaching is tough,” she said. “If

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

“How a Faculty Trip to Silicon Valley Changed the Classroom Experience,” according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” Via the Google blog : “ VR Labs open doors of opportunity for STEM students.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

They added resources in an existing dual-language program at the elementary school level, created a sheltered English learner program for newcomer students in the middle school, and overhauled high school offerings, placing native English speakers and English learners into more of the same classrooms, so they can learn from each other.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” ” “More Than Half of School Expenditures Spent on Classroom Instruction ,” says the Census Bureau. ” Via NPR : “How To Apply The Brain Science Of Resilience To The Classroom.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

“ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” (National) Education Politics. ” Immigration and Education.

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