The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

In a spring survey in California, nearly one-third of Spanish-speaking families said that they could not understand the distance learning information sent home by their children’s schools. American schools are overwhelmingly English-only environments — and too often, this can make them hostile spaces for English learners and their families.

Education 134

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 134

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

million in the same period last year, according to an analysis for The Hechinger Report conducted by the consulting firm Kantar Media. million in that period, almost quadruple last year’s spending, the analysis showed. She wants to see online learning taken out of the hands of for-profits altogether.

E-rate 125

E-rate Pearson Company Report 125

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. And so we always talk about it as ‘unfinished learning.’ ”. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year.

Study 136

Study Data Report Elementary 136

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2023

Absences were more prevalent among Latino, Black and low-income students, according to Dee’s analysis. They cost crucial classroom time as schools work to recover from massive learning setbacks. James, 12, has autism and struggled first with online learning and then with a hybrid model.

Analysis 77

Analysis Report Data Advocacy 77

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

Learning 218

Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform.

Learning 121

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Meghan Whittaker, director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. I don’t think anyone’s going to say that what we were doing worked or was equitable,” said Meghan Whittaker, the director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Here’s why they’re not.

Education 145

Education Advocacy Policies System 145