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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Scholars applaud New York City’s plan to stop testing 4-year olds and wait until later in elementary school to identify students. “As The study did detect higher science scores but only for students who attended a particular gifted-and-talented magnet school.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 10, 2016
Related: What the country can learn from Boston about bringing the arts back to public schools. Research has shown that arts education can improve student achievement in reading and math, as well as increase critical-thinking skills and engage students in school. Yet access to arts education remains unequal.
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 21, 2016
On Kentucky’s previous state tests, tied to its old standards, over 70 percent of elementary school students scored at a level of “proficiency” or better in both reading and math. By spring 2015, 54 percent of Kentucky elementary school students were proficient in the English language arts and 49 percent were proficient in math.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 23, 2016
Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. On the 2012 PISA math exam , more than a third of low-income students were among the country’s top performers. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. But there’s an overlooked member of the list: Estonia.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 7, 2016
As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. Common Core demands students go beyond rote memorization and demonstrate critical-thinking skills. ARLINGTON, Mass.—As Academy in Malden.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 14, 2020
On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Edward de Bono’s six “thinking hats,” specifically the one that called on thinkers to assess their ideas and look for potential flaws. BUFFALO, N.Y. —
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 22, 2020
In between those two jobs, Cardona had the distinction of being the youngest principal in the state at age 28, was named principal of the year in 2012, and served as co-chairman of the Legislative Achievement Gap Task Force. That’s all while getting married, parenting two children and earning a doctorate at UConn’s Neag School of Education.
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