The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This story also appeared in The Associated Press After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. She practices her letters and writes her name.

Policies 85

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 85

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. Some have gone to trade school, some have just gone off to get a job,” said the 20-year-old junior, who is majoring in exercise science at Virginia Commonwealth and is a mentor to fellow first-generation undergraduates.

Survey 141

Survey Laptops Dropout Report 141

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2020

Students planning to enroll at community colleges are in many cases just starting their applications, sometimes without access to the internet at home. Goulart’s district is providing Chromebooks to all students and wifi hotspots to those who don’t have access to the internet at home. Photo: AP /Rick Bowmer.

Accessibility 106

Accessibility Policies Chromebook Exercises 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online. He was never a frequent user of computers, instead playing video games on a handheld device, and has found adjusting to the school’s online learning platform challenging.

Policies 143

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 143

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. If you’re deficient in a skill — say, math — instead of providing you instruction, [many online lessons] give you a series of drills and practice exercises.”

Education 82

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 82

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

It incorporates case studies to demonstrate how the framework and its dimensions could be operationalized, and how the gaps identified in the self-assessment exercise could be addressed. Who would have ever guessed that open access publishing leads to the wider dissemination of ideas? Should it be revisited?

EdTech 170

EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170