The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

They work with two students at a time in a special class that follows a Saga Education curriculum tailored to the needs of each student and aligned with their school’s curriculum for their traditional math class. The results are, as one researcher puts it, “blockbuster.”. Census Bureau data.

Tutoring 142

Tutoring Research Education Policy Government 142

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

After all, framed that way, teachers give hundreds of standardized tests a year, even those who do learner-centered assessment, project-based learning, or otherwise collect evidence of student learning in ways that are considered alternative or non-traditional. Consider the NHRC’s use of the phrase “licit and illicit” in principle 1.

Pedagogy 225

Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 225

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

We hope students of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage share their experiences and their cultural traditions with their peers, and teachers include the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to our collective history in lessons this month. They helped shape our country into what it is today. He lost his right arm in the war.

Heritage 59

Heritage Teaching Ancestry Museum 59

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

She attended Goyco as a child and she lived just a few blocks away when, in 2013, the Department of Education shut the school down. “I Taína Moscoso Arabía, a resident and long-time activist in Santurce, said the education department told residents in 2013 that Goyco was underperforming. Dominguez had come to resist. Lee en espan ó l.

K-12 82

K-12 Middle School Tutoring Cultures 82

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Things … the government does affect us, but we can’t vote,” she said.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2016

It was even worse for those students juggling sports, debate, student government, or afternoon jobs. hours every other day, it didn’t make sense to then send them home with additional work like a traditional class. Too many students entered my class blurry eyed and exhausted after late nights spent doing work.

High School 168

High School Government Tradition Teaching 168

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Ever since enslaved blacks arrived on the shores of the English colony of Virginia in 1619 , white legislators at various levels of government have designed laws to explicitly control and suppress black people.

Charter School 145

Charter School Middle School Government High School 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

High school graduation rates have soared in recent years, hitting a new record of 84 percent for 2015-16 in the most recent federal government count, but there are still millions of Americans who didn’t get a diploma in high school. Map created by Jill Barshay/Hechinger Report.

High School 99

High School Government Economics Tradition 99

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

Larry Hogan announced in March that the state government would strip bachelor’s degree requirements from thousands of job listings. Jared Polis directed government agencies in his state to embrace hiring workers for skills , not degrees. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. requirements too. trillion in student loans.

Government 131

Government Humanities Economics High School 131

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2019

By 2013-2014, there were more than 3,000 participating. Heller isn’t sure the federal government should focus on the work-study program when reauthorizing the HEA, which determines how federal aid is distributed to students and schools. “There are 7.3 The 2019 budget for the program is $1.13 Wheaton has about 1,600 students.

Government 94

Government Tradition Education Research 94

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Scores also dropped between 2013 and 2015. Leslie Muldoon, executive director of the National Assessment Governing Board, which jointly oversees the the test along with NCES, called the bleak score report “frustrating and difficult to understand” because of all the efforts to improve education. Florida falls back.

Education 80

Education Charter School Government Tradition 80

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Kennedy School of Government, Victoria Dzindzichashvili pauses in the Harvard Square subway station and reflects on the decade it took her to get here. She transferred to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst a year later because she wanted to try the “traditional college thing” — dorms, dining halls and leafy quads.

Advocacy 87

Advocacy Government Tradition Research 87

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Federal and state governments have allocated extra money for mental health services and school districts across the country are scrambling to beef up supports. Superintendent Rico Munn made mental health a priority when he came to Aurora Public Schools in 2013. The new focus has paid off.

Tutoring 140

Tutoring Middle School Elementary School High School 140

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

At least 22 private, nonprofit four-year institutions have closed since 2013, and 16 have merged, according to the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. The bond-rating agency Moody’s says the closure rate of two- and four-year private, nonprofit institutions reached 11 per year between 2015 and 2017.

Economics 109

Economics Government Tradition High School 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Moheeb is part of a new program that is challenging the way teachers and students think about academics, and his school is one of hundreds that have done away with traditional letter grades inside their classrooms. Government policy has also contributed to its adoption. The year M.S. But Moheeb defended his school’s approach.

Tradition 108

Tradition Middle School High School History 108

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

In Illinois, District 428 awarded 73 high school diplomas in 2017, up from 65 in 2013 when there were twice as many juveniles in the system and their average stay was longer. Jones-Redmond advocates a no-computer policy on Wednesdays, when traditional teaching takes center stage and students take a break from their online work.

Social Studies 67

Social Studies Tradition American History Government 67

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Many schools rely on counting noses at traditional Back-to-School nights or parent-teacher conferences to gauge whether parents are engaged in their children’s learning. nitially, Malik relied on traditional meetings to get parent feedback. Hutchins has been working on this issue with the state since 2013.

Research 145

Research Library Community Engagement Tradition 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

And government oversight is lacking. According to a national 2015 study, on a single day in 2013, the most recent comprehensive data available, kids in those facilities numbered 55,916, 37 percent below the figure for 2004. The schools too often operate like educational black holes, failing to help kids earn relevant credits.

Education 110

Education Charter School Public School Private School 110

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

An attempt by the Los Angeles Unified School District to use a long-term bond program to buy student iPads in 2013 resulted in not only high costs for the devices, but also separate SEC and FBI investigations into the legality of the bond spending and possible corruption in the vendor bidding process. That’s what I think technology can do.”

High School 104

High School Tradition Educational Technology Critical Thinking 104

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Educator preparation is moving in this direction and taking a major step to becoming a profession governed by agreed upon standards that are both enforced and regulated by a system of assessment that is reliable and valid. Performance assessment is now required for program completion, licensure or program approval in more than 20 states.

Teaching 77

Teaching Pedagogy Tradition Leadership 77

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michael McLaughlin and his mother, Michelle, at Michael’s 2013 graduation. high school with a traditional diploma, proving that his disability didn’t prevent him from meeting the same standards as his peers. The government has never reached that target, forcing school districts to make up the difference — when they can afford it.

High School 111

High School Education Government Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Kids in traditional schools sometimes act like they’re on a cruise ship, where they sit on deck and teachers bring them stuff to do,” Berger said. “We While no guidelines on classroom technology govern the network, according to Berger, there is a shared wariness of anything that might undermine EL’s collaborative ethos.

Middle School 110

Middle School Library Tradition Elementary School 110

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

And eighth-grade co-teachers Abby Jolma and Toni Giebel let kids sit on wobbly chairs — short stools with a curved base — yoga balls, or traditional chairs while they learn math and science. Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need.

Elementary School 107

Elementary School Middle School Charter School Humanities 107

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In 2007, the federal government required that at least 50 percent of Head Start teachers have a bachelor’s by 2013. ( Hagan said the scholarship also gives colleges an incentive to meet the lifestyle needs of non-traditional students, including night and weekend classes that don’t interfere with students’ day jobs.

Elementary School 106

Elementary School Professional Development Tradition Teaching 106

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

There is something of an annual tradition among New York City mayors and school chancellors. Syracuse also stands out for having the highest suspension rate among the state’s traditional school districts. Nearly half of Syracuse’s 20,000 students were suspended during the 2013-14 school year. Photo: Emmanuel Felton.

Elementary School 66

Elementary School Tradition Charter School Advocacy 66

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

The reforms have required school districts and other local government agencies to contribute more of their budgets toward paying down the pension debt, while also obligating workers to make financial sacrifices and cutting benefits for current retirees. percent that year to more than 20 percent in 2018.

K-12 97

K-12 Elementary School Economics Tradition 97

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2016

By 1992, DoD and the military services had implemented the Military Childcare Act of 1989 and rules were in place that created a premier childcare system that has received numerous positive citations and kudos from both the government and the private sector. How did the military achieve this transformation?

Economics 73

Economics Government Tradition Public School 73

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In July 2013, the Mississippi legislature mandated the consolidation of Starkville and Oktibbeha County school districts in an effort to save money and ensure a better education for students in the low-performing Oktibbeha County schools. Related: Is consolidation the answer for Mississippi’s struggling schools? Photo: Nicole Lewis.

Private School 111

Private School Elementary School Public School High School 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

In fully integrated Clinton, black students’ and white students’ scores on the seventh-grade ELA exams rose from 2009 to 2013, while the black-white gap shrank from 33 to 11 percentage points. By 2013, that gap had narrowed significantly, with 84 percent of black students “proficient,” compared to 95 percent of white students.

Junior High 73

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 73

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Of the 78 students who entered Match as ninth-graders in the fall of 2013, 16 have moved, transferred or no longer attend, 19 are repeating 11 th grade and one is repeating 10 th grade for a second time. Match’s charter network, governed by a board of trustees, spans four campuses from pre-K through high school. Elsewhere in the U.S.,

Tutoring 108

Tutoring Charter School High School K-12 108

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2016

” Helmick believes charter schools are “businesses getting taxpayers’ money” that aren’t subject to the same operational regulations as traditional public schools. MCSAB says each charter school has to have a nonprofit board to hold its contract, and that nonprofit board has a governing board of directors.

Charter School 40

Charter School Public School Government Tradition 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2018

And while new requirements in the 2015 federal law governing education, the Every Student Succeeds Act , are designed to help this population, a Hechinger Report/HuffPost survey has found that many states are not living up to the law’s promise. In this job, she has seen traditional family structures turned upside down.

Elementary School 111

Elementary School High School Tradition Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In 2013, federal officials scrutinizing the system took a second look at Louisiana, to be sure that the state’s high-school-equivalency attainment was “not masking low graduation rates and that students are not being pushed into a GED [HiSET] track.” The goal with the first two groups was to help them earn a traditional diploma, if possible.

High School 54

High School K-12 Tutoring Elementary School 54

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

2U has historically given colleges only the opportunity to partner through a traditional revenue share, in which it offers its full suite of services in exchange for a cut of the tuition. It’s a simpler, more profitable market that also has an unlimited source of debt financing courtesy of the federal government.”.

Education 58

Education Advocacy Political Science Economics 58

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

His was a brash mission shared by a new breed of charter school leaders who said they could succeed where traditional neighborhood schools had failed. Instead, in August 2013, she transferred to New Orleans’s Delgado Community College. Statistics are only true until someone bucks them. One earned $85,000 a year working for Coca-Cola.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Since 2013, when the school switched to its skills-based curriculum, Juarez has seen gains in graduation rates and college acceptance that seemed unlikely for a school that had been on academic probation since 1996. All the traditional method does is sort students. The results have been dramatic. This is an issue of equity,” he said.

Geography 94

Geography High School Charter School Cultures 94

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 12, 2024

My own understanding of school choice has been heavily informed by Diane Ravitch’s 2013 book Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools. It’s still just not even close to what the traditional public schools go through. ” But this is rarely the case.

Charter School 221

Charter School Private School Public School Pedagogy 221