Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. Take, for example, the growing interest in Attendance Works’ services. Research shows that attendance is key to academic success, so preventing absenteeism is critical.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 24, 2015

. – Educators believe that student engagement in the classroom is crucial to learning and that it can increase achievement and enrollment in challenging courses while decreasing dropout rates. Until recently, teachers and administrators lacked tools to measure the engagement levels of their students in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

This means aligning educational experiences in and out of the classroom, so they are structured in pursuit of that end goal. They may not realize how the decisions they make — in choosing their classes, for example — could accelerate or derail them on their journeys.

Education 113

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

“It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Enrique Ferna?ndez, Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. I’d like to stay where I was born.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. percent, compared with a district average of 10 percent.

Learning 112

Learning Dropout Report Elementary 112

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Her online coursework gave teachers no reason to take issue with her classroom behavior. The consequence was an unwelcome reminder that the pandemic isn’t the only thing that can keep her from the classroom. But in October, less than two months after returning to in-person learning in Sacramento, California, she was suspended again.

Personalized Learning 138

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 138

edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. And, the goals for students engaged in this type of learning include self-esteem, empathy, motivation, and commitment.

Differentiated Instruction 44

Differentiated Instruction Secondary Advocacy Dropout 44

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

Digital Divide 113

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 113

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2020

Early returns suggest receiving those rewards along the way is helping the so far limited number of people who have already tried microcredential programs — at edX, for example, they comprise about a tenth of all enrollment —climb more quickly. And if we lose someone, instead of being a dropout, they’ll have a certificate.

Industry 139

Industry Dropout Pearson Report 139

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

That same day, six other students across the district were written up for not wearing their masks correctly (including one who also faked using hand sanitizer), while an elementary school student was assigned three days of “private dining” for sharing food in violation of safety guidelines. Over the same period in 2019, the figure was 114.

Guidelines 144

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In a personalized classroom, students are taught how to take control of their own learning, so that they can take different pathways to gain understanding of concepts. Each year, districts and schools were rated based on whether their elementary school kids performed better than the prior year’s students in math and English.

Personalized Learning 74

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 74

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

for example, some 1. Recognizing that student success in the classroom hinges on student wellness, new campus partnerships among faculty, staff and administration — such as student success centers and campus health counseling centers — give students support when they most need it. Across the U.S.,

Digital Divide 144

Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. But first, the kids in teacher Meghan Groves’ first-grade classroom were taking a moment to share their favorite part of the day. BRISTOL, Va. — Proof Points.

Strategy 79

Strategy Training Report Company 79

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children.

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

The Starkville Foundation for Public Education, funded by donations from local residents, gave frequent grants to Starkville teachers to purchase new equipment and materials for their classrooms. But the DOJ could hold Starkville accountable for student achievement gaps — on test scores, for example, or graduation rates — if it wanted to.

Report 111

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 25, 2021

You’ll hear NYT bestselling author Dan Heath share a short case study from Chicago Public Schools that illustrates how this name-by-name approach worked for reducing dropout rates. One example was in the late ’90s and the early ’00s was the tough on discipline era — zero tolerance. Last time, they were suffering. Okay, great.

System 59

System Case Study Course Examples 59

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates. For years, it was a battle getting Guadalupe to his Phoenix elementary school in the Washington Elementary School District. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/AZCIR. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 103

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 103

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

But one day in February, after refusing to go into her classroom and allegedly cursing at her teachers, the seventh grader was sent home to learn online indefinitely. Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Our reporters are spending the year listening to people from across the country as they manage school districts, lead classrooms, parent students and attend school. Individuals are stressed with doing more to cover and to supervise children when they are not in classrooms. We just don’t have the available workforce out there.

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Elementary Broadband Assessment Dropout 143

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs , often disappoint. One such example is a remedial high school program in Israel, now defunct, that gave thousands of disadvantaged and lower achieving 16- and 17-year-olds after-school instruction in small groups, similar to tutoring.

Dropout 121

Dropout Study Groups Report 121

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

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

Wherever classrooms are open, there will likely be some form of social distancing and other hygiene measures in place that challenge traditional teaching and learning. “I’m in touch with my students two, three times a week,” by text, phone, Google classroom and Zoom meetings, Concepcion says.

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

. — Using small yellow and orange squares of paper and lengths of yarn stretched between tables and chairs, sixth-grade math students made number lines — including everything from fractions to negative decimals — in a classroom at Walsh Middle School. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Educators might then more effectively instruct kids together in one classroom, rather than separating students into accelerated and low-level courses, which can deprive Black and brown children and children from low-income families of academic opportunities. Fortunately, I think we’re far from that.”.

Data 60

Data Study Assessment Report 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2018

McMicken Heights Elementary School principal Alexandria Haas sits with second-graders during a morning activity developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Good morning, Mahlet,” says one student to another at McMicken Heights Elementary School. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. BURIEN, Wash. —

Elementary 101

Elementary Training Report Guidelines 101

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

Kristi Noem, a Republican, signed an executive order in April 2022 restricting how race and equity can be taught in the classroom, Tilsen-Brave Heart decided to enroll her daughter at Oceti Sakowin Community Academy, a newly opened private school in Rapid City. Credit: Courtesy of Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart When South Dakota Gov.

Policies 145

Policies Report Dropout Study 145

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

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In Guatemala and El Salvador, around a quarter of students don’t even make it through elementary school, according to the World Bank, while in Honduras, about 17 percent of children don’t get past primary school. Georgia, Arkansas and Florida, for example, have English-only laws , which prohibit teaching in Spanish.

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Report Course Elementary Meeting 110

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. Its residents are U.S.

Elementary 109

Elementary Report Dropout System 109

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Johnson is the principal of Mississippi’s Collins Elementary School, where the paddle remains a staple of the educational experience. I signed the paper.”.

Elementary 145

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

For example, the Pregnancy Assistance Fund, a $25 million federal grant program that supported services for young parents so they could finish school, ended in 2020. For example, the Title X Family Planning Program funds clinics that provide contraception and other care (except abortion) to millions of low-income and uninsured women.

Report 137

Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 137