The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In this ongoing series, The Hechinger Report is visiting high schools that have beaten the long odds to learn what’s behind their success in improving graduation rates and sending more students to college. The system uses attendance, behavior and course-grade data to identify ninth- and 10th-grade students who are at risk of dropping out.

Dropout 79

Dropout Secondary Data Report 79

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.”. What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.” . Students spend 80 percent of their time learning from home. This [place] gives you the opportunity to graduate faster,” he said.

Dropout 98

Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Most require that the students meet minimum academic standards and earn a predetermined number of credits. “They don’t want too much focus on this,” Endlich said. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Higher Education.

Policies 83

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 83

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Leave this field empty if you're human: In interviews with 45 parents and students and more than 50 other experts, advocates and lawyers across 34 states and the District of Columbia, families and advocates described systemic problems with special education in high school. Weekly Update.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2021

Yet research tells us that exposure to a Black teacher in elementary school can reduce the high school dropout rate for low-income Black male students by 39 percent. There is also a related but largely unseen crisis: the number of underemployed and underpaid educators who can’t become full-time teachers because of systemic barriers.

Dropout 100

Dropout Training Academic Standards System 100