The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The district handed out its existing stockpile of loaner devices and hot spots to as many students as possible, said Preston Thomas, OUSD’s chief systems and services officer. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

Digital Divide 113

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 113

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. My grades were perfect.

Dropout 58

Dropout Policies Report System 58

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

“Never in the modern history of our education system has the importance of family engagement been more apparent,” says Alejandro Gibes de Gac, the founder of Springboard Collaborative. South Fort Myers High School follows a dropout prevention program called BARR, which stands for Building Assets, Reducing Risks.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. I begin to ponder: Have the rigorous demands of the Nevada Academic Content Standards and my extensive evaluation system decimated my learners joy of reading? What a summer.

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. Stubbe has a counterpart in every public school in the city, yet neither she nor her colleagues are employees of the Buffalo Public School system. We’re finally dealing with the systemic challenges to success … instead of just the symptoms.”. And I do that with [Stubbe].

Data 98

Data Secondary System Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Mast and her family decided to leave their home in Tennessee for Kansas, where they could put Rachel into a school system that offered a better education and would include her in an integrated classroom. Rachel’s elementary school was part of Shelby County Schools. For Mast’s daughter, those two factors were important.

Education 84

Education Assessment Report Resources 84

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and robotics competitions through a career and technology center. This economic divide was mirrored in the school system. Every fall, each student is tested to assess any gaps in skills and knowledge.

Report 111

Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

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. The system, she said, “failed me.”.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2023

This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Children at Robb Elementary were of course most acutely affected by the shooting in Uvalde.

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Secondary Training System Elementary 180

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient. Instead, she’s surrounded by friends, including elementary-school classmate Rory Williams, who also will be 20 when he graduates.

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Analysis Report Data Policies 128

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

When he got to Purdue University in 2014, he didn’t have a system for organizing his deadlines. Districts recognized the need to assess how the student would do in college or work or the community and then provide services in accordance with what they find.”. There would be times that I would forget I even had an assignment,” he said.

Study 89

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 89

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette : “More than $300,000 spent on high-tech parking management system at UA.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Writing assessment company Writable has raised $3.2 Via AZ Central : “ Primavera charter CEO gets $8.8M

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Everyone is talking about declining enrollment, but no one is talking about who’s leaving the system and why,” said Tom Sheppard, a New York City parent and representative on the city’s Panel for Educational Policy. “No Everyone is talking about declining enrollment, but no one is talking about who’s leaving the system and why.”

Data 107

Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 107

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School. The school system operated on a hybrid schedule for most of last year, ranging from virtual learning to full in-person attendance depending on the spread of Covid-19 in the community. Valente’ Gibson , fifth grade teacher at Jackson Creek Elementary School.

Elementary 143

Elementary Broadband Assessment Dropout 143

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. There are gifted dropouts. White and middle-class students attracted to the magnets stayed in the school system, and mixed with Black and low-income students in the same schools.

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2016

It’s a decision, studies show , that carries long-term negative consequences, such as a high likelihood of involvement in the criminal justice system and a lifetime of lower earnings. He realized that some students don’t succeed on the conventional academic path, and ran a school for dropouts on Arena Boulevard.

Dropout 101

Dropout Report System Meeting 101

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Third-graders at Alamosa Elementary School in Albuquerque practice reading with first-graders in Carrie Ramirez’s classroom. Burnett spends half her time at Alamosa Elementary School, where about one in four students have missed more than 10 percent of school days so far this school year, according to attendance data Burnett tracks.

Elementary 94

Elementary Learning Report Data 94

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

To do this, researchers are turning to a relatively new genetic approach called the polygenic score, which assesses a person’s likelihood for a specific future based on a combination of genetic variables. It’s a research technique that some scientists are using to assess obesity or cancer risk, for instance.

Data 60

Data Study Assessment Report 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

In a 2017 study published by the Institute of Labor Economics, researchers found that low- income black male elementary school students who were paired with a black teacher in the third, fourth, or fifth grades were 39 percent less likely to drop out of high school. According to 2015 research by Adam C.

Education 145

Education Outcomes Study Assessment 145

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. More than two-thirds of them are district-run schools.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 102

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

Education 82

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 82

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

This story also appeared in The Guardian The flooding last fall that devastated the home of Deishangelxa Nuez Galarza, a fifth grader in this coastal area of southern Puerto Rico, also closed her elementary school, El Coquí, for three days while staff cleaned out a foot of muddy water from every first floor room.

Elementary 109

Elementary Report Dropout System 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Pro-life has to mean someone’s whole life, and that would mean increases to state support systems and your schooling options.”. And perhaps even more worrisome are the outcomes for the children of teenage mothers, who score lower than children of older parents in health, intellectual and behavior assessments.

Report 137

Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 137

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

They added resources in an existing dual-language program at the elementary school level, created a sheltered English learner program for newcomer students in the middle school, and overhauled high school offerings, placing native English speakers and English learners into more of the same classrooms, so they can learn from each other.

Groups 111

Groups Report Meeting Resources 111