The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Since 2012, when the government exhorted more écoles maternelles to open their doors to 2-year-olds, the rate of participation in France’s “priority education networks”—networks of schools that serve heavily low-income, immigrant communities that are targeted for extra social support—has steadily risen.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The economic futures of African Americans without a high school diploma are especially bleak. In 2012, 57 percent of ”minority” students (almost all African American) graduated from Avoyelles Parish high schools, lower than the percentage of adults with a diploma. In Avoyelles, these trends have become deeply entrenched.

Charter School 84

Charter School Elementary School High School Tradition 84

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Related: An urban charter school achieves a fivefold increase in the percentage of its black and Latino graduates who major in STEM. A fourth-grader makes a puppet while his teammate works on writing a script at Mountain View Elementary School in Longmont, Colo. million in 2012) from the federal Education Department.

Project-Based Learning 110

Project-Based Learning Elementary School High School Charter School 110

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The Minnesota Department of Education, a charter school in South Carolina and school officials in California’s Napa Valley all received funding. These types of transactions enable private sector companies to be responsive to the requests from local/state government who have limited funding.”.

Government 83

Government Elementary School Charter School Advocacy 83

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Board of Education mandated the end of segregated schooling, Mississippi’s children still largely attend schools identifiable by race. And for Mississippi’s black children, nearly half of whom live in poverty , that usually means being stuck in schools that are subpar. A sign made out of butcher paper was left in his yard.

Junior High 75

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

It’s a good representation of what you see in the classroom,” says Jodalis Gonzalez, a senior at Boston Prep, a charter school in Hyde Park. science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) Academy in 2012, one of the first things he did was to start laying out plans for a room devoted to student data. Academy in Malden.

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Charter School Public School Teaching Elementary School 61

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. School also taught Ta to conduct research, which was helpful.

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Civics Education Government K-12 122

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone sat on the school committee, and he’d been the one to suggest they consider designing a new public school in the first place, back in 2012. Somerville schools superintendent Mary Skipper had been instrumental in keeping the approval process moving forward when prospects looked bleak.

Charter School 111

Charter School Project-Based Learning High School Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Ocon, who had been at the school since 2005, became convinced that the source of the dismal performance numbers was not the kids but a hidebound curriculum that was simply not working to their benefit. 84 percent of this Chicago high school’s students graduate on time and 52 percent of them now go to college, an 11-point increase from 2012.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2023

He suggested that it might help to change the schedule of the school day, so that it offers more opportunities for students to move around, and, he explained, to “actually communicate with somebody about how the day is going.” And making schools more flexible is a top XQ Institute priority.

High School 117

High School Leadership Public School Charter School 117

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

High school dropouts are much more likely to be unemployed than those with a diploma, and they earn thousands of dollars less per year. In Leslie County, few people think that industry or the government will help. Parents know their kids’ only shot at escaping poverty is the county’s public schools.

High School 76

High School Library Public School Charter School 76

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. At Ron Brown, boys wear white oxford shirts, khaki pants, blue blazers and gold and maroon ties, but don’t mistake the school for some kind of straight-laced military academy. Board of Education decision.

Education 71

Education Charter School Public School Cultures 71

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Credit: Photo: Shandrell Briscoe for InspireNOLA Charter Schools.

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Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Grimes had started to clash with the city’s mayor, David Grissom, who was first elected in 2012, about funding. The board has not indicated if it has plans to move ahead with improvements Grimes planned for middle and high school English learners. But discontent among other city leaders surfaced early on, several people told me.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2017

billion and posted typical annual budget surpluses of $139 million from 2012 to 2015, the most recent year for which the figures are available. So she borrowed $21,000 over the course of her education, which she’ll have to repay out of her salary working at a New York City charter school for low-income students.

Charter School 109

Charter School Economics Education Policy Government 109

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2017

Over the past decades the federal government has developed many programs to serve social needs that are fundamental to educational success. In Buffalo, a five-year-old community partnership established to boost readiness, affordability and completion for all public and charter school students has raised more than $35 million.

Government 71

Government Charter School Tutoring High School 71

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

After her husband took a job that would keep him on the road most of the time, Williams moved back in with her parents in 2012 to save money. Her daughter, 12, and two sons, 11 and 10, started school, and Williams got a job in medical billing in Jasper, 30 minutes from Birmingham. Gardendale also cited Shelby County v.

Government 111

Government Education Charter School High School 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

She wanted every middle schooler at Capital City Public Charter School in Washington D.C. Before the coronavirus shutdown, middle school Principal Laina Cox works with students at Capital City Public Charter School in Washington D.C. to remember who was standing in front of them, and what they learned, on Jan.

Charter School 145

Charter School Civics Middle School Civic Engagement 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In contrast to American private schools, Sweden’s free schools don’t charge tuition — they draw on government funds to operate — and are required to follow Sweden’s national curriculum. They’re more comparable to American charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run. In the U.S.,

Charter School 105

Charter School Private School Government Public School 105

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

When her private school told the Simmons family they would have to shell out up to $10,000 a year for once-a-week personalized reading instruction and other services, they decided to transfer their daughter to Louisiana Key Academy. Related: A lot goes on in classrooms from kindergarten to high school.

Charter School 90

Charter School Education Private School K-12 90

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

A similar program in Ohio shows teachers how to “ frack” Twinkies using straws to pump for cream and advises on the curriculum for a charter school that revolves around shale drilling. API’s vice president of communications delivered a special presentation to the board in 2012 on marketing strategies.

K-12 73

K-12 Education Elementary School Charter School 73

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

In 2012, Cleveland embarked on a plan to improve education by making high-quality early education available and affordable for all families; creating a selection of high-performing schools in each neighborhood; and developing systems to help high school graduates succeed in college or careers.

Charter School 72

Charter School K-12 High School Tradition 72

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2017

I went to Isidore Newman School, a private school where tuition and fees surpassed the $20,000-a-year mark and where, in 2006, I was one of seven black students in a graduating class of over 100. School choice also raises larger questions about why the government funds education at all. Jackson Elementary School.

Private School 80

Private School Charter School Public School High School 80

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2025

The National Center for Education Statistics is a relatively obscure federal agency, but its mission to collect data on the state of education affects every public school in the country. Now, this work is under threat because of cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE. We need to make data-driven decisions.

Education 138

Education Archiving Government Charter School 138

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Walz also required every state agency, including the department of education , to appoint tribal-state liaisons and formally consult with tribal governments. Walz spent part of his early career teaching in small rural schools, including on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. —

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K-12 Education Public School History 138