The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

These and other challenges mean that, at a time when growing proportions of high school students have been successfully encouraged to go on to college, more than one in five full-time freshmen nationwide fail to return for a second year, according to the data. That’s the conundrum we still haven’t gotten figured out yet.”.

High School 105

High School Tutoring Education Policy Leadership 105

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2024

These connections can also be made in course catalogs, on department websites and through student seminars. However, there are hundreds of jobs, such as public policy research and advocacy, with which students may not be as familiar. Raise awareness of realistic careers.

Economics 122

Economics Advocacy Critical Thinking Research 122

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

In a lone building flanked by farmland, the Northern Cass School District is heading into year two of a three-year journey to abolish grade levels. By the fall of 2020, all Northern Cass students will plot their own academic courses to high school graduation, while sticking with same-age peers for things like gym class and field trips.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Kennedy School of Government, Victoria Dzindzichashvili pauses in the Harvard Square subway station and reflects on the decade it took her to get here. But not every student can make the leap to full-time status, said Karen Stout, president of the nonprofit advocacy group Achieving the Dream; many have neither the money nor the time.

Advocacy 100

Advocacy Government Tradition Research 100

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Young people who are on the autism spectrum are less likely to go to college or find a job after high school than their peers with other disabilities. One study found that only 36 percent participated in any type of postsecondary education, compared to more than two-thirds of all high school graduates.

Advocacy 144

Advocacy High School Leadership Public School 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Feliza Ortiz-Licon, chief policy and advocacy officer at Latinos for Education, a nonprofit group, said that administrators and educators who want to address racial disparities in college completion need to look at the entire system and take responsibility for their part in it. Difficulty catching up and feeling included.

K-12 145

K-12 Advocacy High School Leadership 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Her first two years of high school, she cycled through three different schools. Nationally, just 50 percent of foster youth graduate high school by age 18, according to estimates, and 2 to 9 percent obtain a bachelor’s degree. He graduated from JW Sexton High School, a STEM-focused magnet school, in 2016.

Tutoring 111

Tutoring Government Advocacy High School 111