The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2023

“For almost two years, we told families that school can look different and that schoolwork could be accomplished in times outside of the traditional 8-to-3 day. Families got used to that,” said Elmer Roldan, of Communities in Schools of Los Angeles, which helps schools follow up with absent students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2016

There are, of course, larger, longer term costs to consider, like the larger toll the traditional vehicle may take on the environment and the health of those living around it. Related: Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards. In Seattle alone, the cost of teacher turnover was estimated at $10.6

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

She dreamed of attending a historically black school out of state, maybe Spelman College or Clark Atlanta University.1 She watched from the backseat in August 2012 as the city gave way to the causeway, miles and miles of concrete bridge she hoped would ferry her to the future she’d been promised. Some couldn’t read at all.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

The guide also noted that starting in elementary school, all students take Spanish, art and music classes. The high school, which enrolls less than 200 students, has been able to offer as many as 17 Advanced Placement courses. Some schools spend their money on overhead. We spend it on students.”.

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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.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Educators prefer to call the new exams assessments, because they’re so different in form and format from traditional standardized tests. A federal survey released in 2012, for instance, revealed that roughly 95 percent of the highest-income high schools offered visual arts courses, while only 80 percent of the lowest-income ones did.

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Digital Promise

MAY 8, 2019

Haley Vlach and colleagues found that distributed lessons improved elementary school children’s ability to generalize their learning about food chains to new biomes. It is true that the bulk of the past research has focused on memory (e.g., I think technology can absolutely be a boon for distributed practice. Kang earned his Ph.D.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

He hired Wells to overhaul the gifted program in November 2012 even before the judge issued his ruling. In this poster, the association highlights the fact that traditional methods of finding gifted children often miss children who are low-income, nonwhite or do not speak English at home.

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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.

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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.

Middle School 76

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

BOSTON — When the Boston Public Schools opened the Margarita Muñiz Academy in 2012, it was a first-of-its kind dual-language high school meant to address issues faced by the city’s growing Hispanic population. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

High School 112

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 21, 2015

It is true that the bulk of the past research has focused on memory (e.g., How can the increased use of technology in both formal and informal settings help teachers and students leverage the benefits of distributed practice? I think technology can absolutely be a boon for distributed practice. Kang earned his Ph.D. Cepeda, N. K., & Pashler, H.

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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.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

About half of its students did not complete high school and all seven of its schools were classified by the state as “in need of improvement.” ” To turn things around, Middletown decided to go beyond the school district’s traditional role in addressing poverty, and tackle it head-on.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In addition to traditional academic grades, student report cards include marks from 1 to 4 on qualities such as organization, timeliness and accountability. To that end, Capital City’s high school counselors have made tracking students after graduation a priority. The results they cite are promising.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, dozens of taxpayer-funded public charters enroll far more white students than any of the traditional public schools in their areas. During its first year, the charter school’s student body was 70 percent white; enrollment in the local public schools was 4 percent white.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Middletown School District, a #DPLIS member, works to erase the look and feel of poverty: https://t.co/OcFbxT9ygG To turn things around, Middletown decided to go beyond the school district’s traditional role in addressing poverty, and tackle it head-on. In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2016

And parents say Highland Park’s once-proud school district has collapsed, hastened by four years under state control. In 2012, the district was in “financial freefall,” according to a news release quoting then-state Superintendent Mike Flanagan. But she said few resources were put in the schools. The Ford plant stands empty.

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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

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2016

On Monday, a petite black girl in the play yard of the Redcliffe Nursery School, a publicly funded program located on the grounds of a housing project, twisted a big wooden swing hanging from a tree, then she let it go and watched it spin. In fact, we ranked 35th among OECD countries for school enrollment for 3- to 5-year-olds in 2012.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2017

CHICAGO — Principal Macquline King-Morris stepped out of the way of two lines of students heading to the Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center gym. But the stream of elementary school kids rerouted themselves to deliver hugs, high fives and huge grins. Department of Education report on diversity among educators.

K-12 109

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2016

Steve Collins, Jackson Public Schools Parent of the Year for 2016, helps McLeod Elementary School students in the carpool line. 1st Class Steve Collins opens every third set of doors in the carpool line at McLeod Elementary School; the two other volunteers to his right get the first and second cars. JACKSON, Miss.

Elementary School 75

Elementary School Museum Tutoring Public School 75

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Between 2012 and 2016, the number of kids in foster care around the country rose by 10 percent. Her grandparents are vigilant about her school work. She attends a local elementary school, where Matt Rhoda is the principal. In the small school, Tessa’s situation isn’t so unusual. It’s their safe place.”.

Elementary School 111

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

. — Lindsey Johnson and Yesenia De La Rosa were taking different approaches to teaching the same English lesson on silent letters as they sat at opposite ends of this first grade classroom in West Elementary School. The shares are even higher in some classes at the district’s West Elementary School.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. The school district is working to raise money for more computers and technology training, hoping to better prepare its students for an increasingly digitized economy.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

He has been with the district since June 2012. Credit: Image provided by the School District of Philadelphia. Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School. “The juggle is real,” said Maranda Seawood, a student support specialist at Washington Elementary School.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Jennifer Merritt’s first-graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Pryor, Oklahoma, were in for a treat. API’s vice president of communications delivered a special presentation to the board in 2012 on marketing strategies. It was reprinted with permission. Tom Gann and state Sen. Go out there and make a difference.”.

K-12 79

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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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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 74

Charter School K-12 High School Tradition 74

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2017

All of this competition has also resulted in both public and private schools fighting for students, even as the city’s student population continues to decline. 27 percent of Milwaukee’s voucher students passed state reading tests in 2016; in district schools, 26 percent passed the test. Jackson Elementary School.

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