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.” YEP got its start in 2004 as a re-entry program for teens involved in the juvenile-court system. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out.

Dropout 53

Dropout Policies Report System 53

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2018

From 2004 to 2014, Los Angeles (which in 2013 became the first school district to ban suspensions for “defiance ”) shaved its suspension rate from 9 percent to 1 percent , but black students were still suspended at higher rates than other racial and ethnic groups. Highline isn’t the only district facing backlash over new discipline policies.

Elementary 95

Elementary Training Report Guidelines 95

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There are gifted dropouts. By that, the students knew, their teacher meant one of the psychologist Dr. Edward de Bono’s six “thinking hats,” specifically the one that called on thinkers to assess their ideas and look for potential flaws. Black hat,” Valenti-Barone instructed them, “add a few more details.”.

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Now known as the Alpine Program, it was where 13-year-old Jonathan King, a child diagnosed with ADHD and depression, hanged himself in 2004 after being placed in a windowless “seclusion room.”

Education 78

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 78