The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. I managed people, built schools, designed programs and lobbied at the highest levels of government; I raised money from philanthropy and created complex strategic plans. I am a poster child for the English major.

Humanities 103

Humanities Advocacy Human Rights Social Science 103

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

The tumultuous fall highlighted the split nature of the seven-member school board and the ongoing tensions between the superintendent and a few trustees over governance policies, management styles and issues plaguing the district, such as low morale and severe staffing shortages. The new hire will be his fifth.

High School 145

High School Leadership Advocacy Government 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

(Despite promising in 1974 to cover nearly half the extra cost for schools to provide special education, the federal government has never done so.) The special education system can be “incredibly difficult for everybody,” said Ramona Hattendorf, director of advocacy for the Arc of King County , which promotes disability rights.

High School 145

High School Advocacy Elementary School Government 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2024

One out of 10 Black students in the eighth grade math scores were scoring basic or above,” saidKristen Hengtgen, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit advocacy group EdTrust, referring to last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card.

High School 144

High School Public School Leadership Tutoring 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Related: Government data single out schools where low-income students fare worst. That argument can only help propel support for young Hispanics aspiring to go to college, said Deborah Santiago, co-founder and vice president for policy at the advocacy organization Excelencia in Education. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

K-12 111

K-12 Advocacy Government Leadership 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Like McKneely, some educators, government officials and policy experts around the country say the coronavirus carries lessons for another global crisis of our time, climate change. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide.

Charter School 122

Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 122

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This focus on access to high-quality preschool was born out of a larger city-wide plan to transform schools, introduced in Cleveland in 2012. Educating officials : PRE4CLE has prioritized advocacy at all levels of the government, according to Kelly.

K-12 78

K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Government 78

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2023

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. Many students are raised by grandparents who remember the government forcing Native children into boarding schools.

Advocacy 94

Advocacy High School Elementary School Tradition 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

More than 2 million people in the United States were thought to be struggling with an addiction to prescription opioid pain relievers in 2012, according to the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control , which also found that the number of accidental overdose deaths from prescription painkillers had more than quadrupled since 1999. $4

Government 75

Government Advocacy Humanities Research 75

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

“We can’t leave behind families who need more assistance to close that financial gap,” said Ian Rosenblum, the executive director of Education Trust–New York, a nonprofit education advocacy group that published a report about the Excelsior Scholarship. Related: Just as it wants students to speed up, government won’t pay for summer courses.

Library 89

Library Tutoring Government K-12 89

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

Related: Government data single out schools where low-income students fare worst. That argument can only help propel support for young Hispanics aspiring to go to college, said Deborah Santiago, co-founder and vice president for policy at the advocacy organization Excelencia in Education. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

Research 69

Research K-12 Archiving Advocacy 69

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

That means a family of four with two children survived on $24,008, the income level at which a family is considered to be extremely poor by the federal government. When the federal government overhauled America’s welfare system 20 years ago, TANF replaced the former cash-assistance program. They are really what give you success.”.

Primary Sources 83

Primary Sources Advocacy Government Education 83

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

That’s due to a new teaching approach here called “proficiency-based education,” that was inspired by a 2012 state law. Many teachers are skeptical of yet another in what seems like a series of endless “reforms” from the state government. In lower level classes, some would have to repeat the whole course.

Education 0

Education High School K-12 Economics 0

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

They’re pulling a bait and switch on students,” said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the advocacy group Complete College America. Dropout rates rose in the fall of 2020 to their highest level since 2012, the Clearinghouse reports. They complained that such a requirement amounted to government interference in their affairs.

Government 142

Government Advocacy Tradition Research 142

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. The federal government has played a role in the growth of these charters by granting charter startup grants to schools without considering whether they will lead to increased segregation. Board of Education decision. Some black families, however, did join the school.

Charter School 112

Charter School Public School Tradition K-12 112

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

I’ll get back to you,’ ” said Marjorie Sims, managing director of Ascend at the Aspen Institute, one of a growing number of research, policy and advocacy organizations focusing on student-parents. “Ask community college presidents what percentage of their students are parents, and they’ll say, ‘That’s a really good question.

Library 130

Library Advocacy Tutoring Research 130

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Child advocacy groups and other non-profits, who often oversee the deals and sometimes serve as guarantors, say the arrangements encourage officials to embrace interventions with good track records. First, pay-for-success programs absolve government of one of its central responsibilities: paying up-front for services constituents need.

Government 79

Government Elementary School Charter School Advocacy 79

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Candy Marshall, president of the scholarship and advocacy group TheDream.US., Since the Obama Administration created DACA in 2012, more than 825,000 undocumented immigrants have successfully applied for the protection. Candy Marshall, president of the scholarship and advocacy group TheDream.US.

Civic Engagement 104

Civic Engagement Advocacy Civics Government 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2017

At those 20 institutions with 100 or more GI Bill recipients eligible to finish in 2014, the government data disclose, even the ones with the highest veteran success rates managed to graduate only one in five. And San Diego State’s figures go through 2012, while Florida State’s cover the period through 2015. Photo: Peggy Peattie.

Government 79

Government Tradition Leadership Tutoring 79

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“I think we all sometimes want to crave a benevolent dictatorship, like Singapore, where they're generally doing good stuff for the people, and it's all orderly, and no one's yelling at each other and there's a high degree of trust in the government,” Khan says. It seemed like good resume padding, Ta says. That’s how he got involved.

Civics 123

Civics Education Government K-12 123

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Grimes received a state award for his “remarkable contributions and tireless advocacy for English Learner funding in Alabama schools.” Thanks in part to his advocacy, the state now has instructional support for districts, 12 coaches and a state director of English learning.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

ED Surge

JUNE 8, 2023

It was before the Obama administration introduced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA for short) in 2012 that gave some immigrants who were brought to the U.S. Second, unbeknownst to them, Aguilar applied as soon as she could when the Department of Homeland Security initiated the DACA program in summer 2012.

Education 113

Education Advocacy High School Middle School 113

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

School leaders have solicited donations from local manufacturing plants, energy firms, even the federal government. In 2012, for instance, researchers found that only 26 percent of low-income teens attending a science and technology camp wanted to become chemical engineers. million into schoolwide technology upgrades.

K-12 94

K-12 High School Library Elementary School 94

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Ashley Harrington, federal advocacy director, Center for Responsible Lending. When students borrow directly from a college, they aren’t protected by the same government safeguards they would have if they took out federal loans. “The We’re particularly worried that we’ll see more of this as the economy gets worse.”. Hidden Debt Trap.

Advocacy 124

Advocacy Government Education 124

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The Nollie Jenkins Family Center led a fight against school-based corporal punishment here in rural Holmes County from 2012 to 2018, when a new superintendent asked for a policy change. In 2012, a group of young people affiliated with Reddy’s center launched a formal campaign to remove corporal punishment from the county’s schools.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Public School High School Government 145

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” government. and Israeli governments perpetuate the deadly falsehood that violence against some communities will create security for others. law enforcement trainings in Israel.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Internal government documents, watchdog reports and interviews with veterans’ policy advocates, government staffers and other officials suggest that little has been done to crack down on colleges accused of predatory behavior. The VA’s Office of Inspector General has estimated that, if oversight is not ramped up significantly, $2.3

Economics 90

Economics Government Advocacy Education 90

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2017

The government could use it to give larger scholarships or grants to students in state universities, colleges and technical schools. So she made what she believed was a more realistic financial choice — in 2012 she enrolled at Columbus State University. Nearly $500 million is restricted to use only in the event of a funding shortfall.

Tutoring 82

Tutoring High School Advocacy Government 82

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

State waivers under the old No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) also gave rural schools needed flexibility, said Ellerson, the associate executive director for policy and advocacy at the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). Achievement gaps have narrowed somewhat for minority students, but the differences remain glaring: 72.5

Middle School 76

Middle School High School Government Advocacy 76

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2025

Now, this work is under threat because of cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE. There are things that the Department of Education does that probably should be better left to the states, or, quite frankly, the federal government shouldn’t be involved in, he said. About that $1.4

Education 140

Education Archiving Government Charter School 140

The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2017

Related: Just as it wants students to speed up, government won’t pay for summer courses. Finally, the 2012 budget trimmed back Pell eligibility even further, to save another $11 billion over 10 years. And just this month, Congress restored year-round Pell as part of the agreement to fund the government through September.

Archiving 64

Archiving Advocacy Government Tradition 64

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Chief among her causes is school vouchers, government-funded coupons intended as an escape hatch to release students from failing public schools zoned by residence to attend a better private school of their choice. In Indiana, thanks to DeVos’ funding of advocacy organizations and her financial contributions to political campaigns, then-Gov.

Social Justice 88

Social Justice Advocacy Public School Private School 88

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

The humanities study the things humans makeour art, writings, thoughts, religions, governments, histories, technologies, and societieshelping us understand who we are, what we do, how we do it, why, and with what consequences, write the founding editors, Jeffrey R. According to Bulaitis and Wilson, thats the plan.

Humanities 145

Humanities Archiving Oral History Pedagogy 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2016

In a speech in Columbus, Ohio, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said high college costs are being propelled in part by the cost to universities of complying with government regulation, and cited a report that this expense was $150 million at Vanderbilt University alone. The details appear more nuanced.

Government 84

Government Archiving Advocacy Research 84

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The federal government plays a role in serving those students by issuing guidance, defending their right to a free appropriate public education and providing money. President Donald Trump has vowed to shrink the federal governments role in education. Nationwide, about 15 percent of students, or 7.5

Charter School 83

Charter School Education Private School K-12 83

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Americans ages 18 to 24 have historically voted in very low proportions — 15 to 20 percentage points below the rest of the population as recently as the presidential election years of 2008 and 2012 , with an even bigger gap in the 2010 midterm s, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Not all groups of students vote in equally high numbers.

Political Science 137

Political Science Civics Government Social Justice 137

Political Science Now

MARCH 25, 2025

Despite these challenges, the resilience of the Latino electorate is evident through their continued advocacy for rights and representation, even in the face of political hurdles. The political landscape for Latinos has historically been shaped by external factors such as nativist movements , which promote anti-Latino policies.

Economics 33

Economics Cultures Social Justice Political Science 33