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. Records show Tameka rarely called back.

Policies 79

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 79

techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

Students learn in different ways and have varying needs. That’s why innovative educators across the country are implementing creative programs to better meet those needs. Herndon, Virginia, July 2, 2018 —Education is not one size fits all.

Education 40

Education Dropout Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Even for students who are poor enough to qualify for free tuition, it’s been a turbulent year to submit documents and meet paperwork deadlines to receive financial aid. Tuition worries aside, many don’t have high-speed internet, their own up-to-date laptops or a quiet places to study for online learning.

Report 128

Report Survey Dropout Comparison 128

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Related: Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs. Despite what skeptics say about online courses, Altus administrators insist that their curriculum passes muster. Most Altus classes meet the University of California’s “A-G” course requirements for admission, Altus officials say.

Dropout 98

Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

Digital Divide 110

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Each of us has seen headlines about an online school providing an unaccredited program that looks like a “diploma mill,” or a completely mismanaged school administration that was not prepared for high student mobility or other realities of online learning.

Dropout 60

Dropout Competency Based Learning Differentiated Instruction Online Learning 60

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. Her coalition of advocates in Nashville now meets remotely, every Friday morning. Access to talent is their number-one competitive priority.”. Small Business Administration and as U.S.

Survey 139

Survey Laptops Dropout Report 139

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

The students in the blended version also take most of their courses online, but they occasionally meet in person for mentoring from a certified teacher or for clubs and sports. We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them. Most of them were dropouts.” “In

Personalized Learning 94

Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Dropout 94

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom. Other students faced barriers of access. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning.

Education 128

Education Course Report Policies 128

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 104

Accessibility Policies Chromebook Exercises 104

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

She (the instructor) could read my face and said I could ask her or meet after class. She (the instructor) could read my face and said I could ask her or meet after class,” Overton said. Typically, students in-person do about 10 percent better than their peers who are enrolled in online coursework, Pigg noted.

Course 105

Course System Data Strategy 105

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. She was making ends meet by working as a cashier at a local gas station, until an injury took her off the job. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. This story also appeared in HuffPost.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. Now, during morning meetings via Google classroom, Glick is the one being peppered with questions – and often she can’t answer them. All of us are going to have to just meet them where they were last spring and do our best.”. And now it’s all taken away.”

Broadband 139

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 139

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The McKenna Center functions as a home for the pods, but pod leaders and students have flexibility to decide where and when to meet to accommodate students’ schedules. Ten pod leaders serve five high schoolers each, meeting individually and as a group every week after school, said Karla Arevalo, the program coordinator.

Learning 84

Learning Report Elementary Dropout 84

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

They’ve been letting officials know that while they want to see their friends, they recognize the seriousness of the virus and hope districts prioritize student mental health and improving online learning, especially for vulnerable students. Considering that we’re going completely distance learning for the time being,” she said.

Survey 145

Survey Policies Groups Report 145

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. It helps the teachers differentiate the instruction to meet the child’s needs.”.

Blended Learning 134

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 134

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Fogel, 18, can recite a list of typical college experiences she has missed out on: study groups, small seminars, office hours with professors, parties, football games, a chance to meet new people from around the world. They need to improve the online experience if they are going to continue in this manner.”.

Study 103

Study Guidelines Strategy Report 103

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Choi wouldn’t put a target on further expansion.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

ATLANTA — Brent Agnew remembers feeling a sense of relief when he left the meeting called to discuss his 6-year-old son Caleb’s anxiety attacks. 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. Photo: Jesse Pratt Lopez.

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The federal share of Medicaid funding, for example, is capped at 55 percent (if Puerto Rico were a state, it could receive 83 percent), residents are denied certain disability benefits and there are restrictions on access to other funding, such as the child tax credit. Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students.

Elementary 104

Elementary Report Dropout System 104

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” More on the politics of online education in the politics section above.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It has shaped the administrative imaginary – and that in turn has shaped how schools have built capacity (or much more likely outsourced capacity ) and defined capacity altogether – notably in response to what’s been consistently framed as the challenge of access and the necessity of choice. ECOT refuses to pay.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55