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The Pedagogy of Blended Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Eric Sheninger I remember back in 2012 when we began to implement blended learning strategies at my former high school. In our case, this meant better using time during the school day to transfer the balance of power from instruction (teacher-centered) to learning (student-centered).

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

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.

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How can being bilingual be an asset for white students and a deficit for immigrants?

The Hechinger Report

In the Austin Independent School District in Texas, administrators recognize that same value for their native Spanish speakers who enter the public schools without English fluency. Nearly half of BPS students first learned a language other than English, with more than 75 languages represented across the city’s schools.

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When school districts can’t raise funds for facilities

The Hechinger Report

The nation’s school districts spend about $46 billion less per year on facility upkeep than is needed to maintain “healthy and safe” learning environments, according to a 2016 report from the 21st Century School Fund, a research and advocacy organization. million in 2012. Related: Switching sides in the teacher wars.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Ray heads up Future Ready Librarians, part of Future Ready Schools — a network for sharing education technology solutions, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based based education advocacy group. “It The Beaverton school district, west of Portland, Oregon, is a case in point.

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Unmet Needs: Children with disabilities caught in the voucher crossfire

The Hechinger Report

But she was relieved of the duty when Jacob graduated from his Head Start preschool program and enrolled in a Durant Public School District elementary school. As part of his special-education program at the new school, Jacob was still entitled to continue his weekly therapy sessions. A ‘Blessed’ Coast School.

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Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US

The Hechinger Report

Families got used to that,” said Elmer Roldan, of Communities in Schools of Los Angeles, which helps schools follow up with absent students. Since the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, Negrón, who grew up in Puerto Rico, had become convinced mainland American schools were dangerous.