The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2017

But opponents of the proposed reforms said scores were used to justify the overturning of a black-run system, to fire black teachers, disempower a traditional district and profit from a public good. In the previous survey year, 2013-14, that school had reported no use of restraints and seclusions on special education students.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

At Capital City Public Charter School, eighth grader Nia Reese delivers a 40-minute presentation aimed at convincing panelists that she is prepared to move on to the campus’ high school. Capital City Public Charter School serves students throughout the Washington, D.C. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2019

Between 2005 and 2012, a teacher-led approach to drilling down to analyze what was missing, called Strategic Inquiry, identified that students across New York City were lacking the writing strategies necessary to communicate complex ideas. Angel Rodriguez is the New York City Charter Schools’ ELL consortium manager.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

She would also lead an upcoming meeting on the school’s finances, including how to spend federal pandemic relief dollars. And she was running for the school’s governing board. The Boston Teachers Union Pilot School, where Snyder has worked since 2012, is a “teacher-powered” school. At Avalon Charter School, in St.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2016

And in New Orleans, the majority of the public schools are under the jurisdiction of the state, but charter companies make most of the educational decisions, a trend that was further accelerated after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Charter schools are tuition-free, independently operated public schools.

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Charter School Public School Government High School 75

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.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2019

Foxworth-Carter’s ties to Carver reflect a strong high-school alumni tradition in New Orleans that was basically put on hiatus for nearly a decade as the city went through high-profile school reforms. Wearing bright-orange t-shirts, they held signs reading, “Hands Off Carver! We Deserve Respect!”.

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High School History Charter School Tradition 104

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2017

When they returned to New Orleans four years later, Hales enrolled him at KIPP Believe, a middle school that was established the year after the hurricane by a national charter school chain focused on getting black and Latino students to and through college. Related: Charter schools aren’t measuring up to their promises.

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High School Charter School Public School Cultures 63

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

The burdens that come with being retained are borne primarily by those students whom already are traditionally-disadvantaged by existing schooling practices. Similarly, I said back in April 2012: Please realize that it doesn’t matter how many safeguards are put into place before retention occurs. Thinking about charter schools.

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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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Teaching Education Government Tradition 91

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex,” according to a 2012 survey. A 2012 survey found 75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex.” Between 2008 and 2012, the same survey found job satisfaction among principals decreased nine percentage points, from 68 percent to 59 percent.

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Middle School Leadership Professional Development Charter School 76

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

“If they do go to school outside of Nome, or go to work outside of Nome, they’ve had some exposure to different cultures, different places.”. Starting in 2012, an idea floated around Alaska that seemed sort of preposterous. A plan to link Alaska to the world.

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Social Studies Public School Charter School High School 103

Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

It was geared to promoting school choice in all its forms mainly through grantees who advocated for it at the policy level. I was working in the trenches of the most confrontational aspect of education reform, trying to get laws passed to authorize vouchers, charter schools, tax-credits scholarships and education savings accounts.

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Charter School K-12 Tradition Public School 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

In Colorado, rural districts have worked together to offer more AP courses by creating video conference classrooms, where kids at one high school can watch courses taught by a teacher at a neighboring school. In high schools such as ours, the future of learning is distance learning.”. Quality can vary greatly.

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Tutoring High School K-12 Charter School 92

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. Beth Raney, parent in Clinton.

Junior High 75

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

The two had spent nearly seven years designing a new kind of high school meant to address the needs of students who didn’t thrive in a traditional setting. 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.

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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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Geography High School Charter School Cultures 100

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. We wanted to deal with that first.”.

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Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 131

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

A Hispanic Heritage Month event that Grimes started in Russellville High School has now grown into a big districtwide celebration , where students learn about different cultures and traditions, perform dances, read celebrated authors and research historical figures. It has been scrapped.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Mayor Bill de Blasio is searching for a new chancellor of the New York City school system, the largest public school system in the U.S. “The mayor and his new chancellor have the power to inspire the world with our public schools. A commitment to traditional public schools and to fighting the privatization of our schools.

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Charter School Public School Economics Tradition 65

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.

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Charter School Education Private School K-12 94

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.

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Government Education Charter School High School 111

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.

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K-12 Education Elementary School Charter School 78

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.

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Charter School K-12 High School Tradition 74

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2017

Homeschool advocates and practitioners have overcome opposition from the National Education Association; they’ve cleared the restrictions, regulations and other hurdles erected by state or local school officials; and they’ve developed a network of support for parent-instructors who otherwise have little access to professional development.

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K-12 Private School Charter School Advocacy 88

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Fourth, through the bully pulpit, DeVos could challenge her own party on a few issues, just as the Obama administration challenged traditional Democratic allies like the teacher unions on charter schools and accountability. Related: Opinion: School choice shouldn’t take away our neighborhood schools.

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Charter School Advocacy Tradition Public School 83

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2017

Now, the nation’s oldest voucher program lets nearly 28,000 students attend private, mostly religious voucher schools, while another 76,000 children attend district schools and 7,000 go to public charter schools. Related: Lessons from NOLA: Ailing Mississippi district should be wary of charter schools.

Private School 85

Private School Charter School Public School High School 85