The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Between 1989 and 2013, the percentage of students with disabilities who were in a general education class for 80 percent or more of the school day increased from about 32 percent to nearly 62 percent. At the very least, “You should have a special education class, and an English language learner class,” she said.

Middle School 98

Middle School Professional Development Teaching Advocacy 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

At Montpelier High School, in Vermont’s capital city, teachers spent years defining the school’s “proficiencies” and rewriting their lesson plans to highlight those core objectives in the lead-up to the transition in 2016, when all grades and classes switched to a proficiency-based model at once.

High School 100

High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies 100

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kristen Danusis, a former school psychologist who became the principal in 2013, tells me that many of her students live “off the grid,” in households that earn little regular income. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.

K-12 110

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 110

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Since she graduated in 2013, the name of the old high school had changed, but not much else. Back in 2013, more than a fifth of her senior class didn’t graduate. No one had left lesson plans for their substitute teacher, so most of the time, her class just filled out worksheets. The class of 2018 didn’t fare much better.

Private School 143

Private School High School Public School Charter School 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Experts, books, videos, detailed lesson plans — to teachers at the time, it felt like a blur of continuous learning. Alonzo attended Russellville schools from 2008 to 2013. Grimes received a state award for his “remarkable contributions and tireless advocacy for English Learner funding in Alabama schools.”

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Teachers now must use lesson plans, and they finally have a curriculum to use in English, science and math classes. In 2013, then-Interior Secretary Sally Jewell assembled a study group to diagnose the root causes of academic failures in BIE schools. Teachers used no lesson plans, in any subject, and the school had no librarian.

Education 109

Education Elementary School Government K-12 109