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. In 2014, the old GED the exam was revamped and the two new exams, TASC and HiSET, entered the market.

High School 109

High School Government Economics Tradition 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Yet, the 2014 bond sale used to buy Chromebooks for James Lick and the rest of the East Side Union High School District schools has a much different structure. By 2014 the district had won approval for $116 million in short-term bonds sales, including the $16.2 We need a coherent governing structure and we don’t have that.”.

High School 111

High School Tradition Educational Technology Critical Thinking 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2017

In their 2016 Workforce-Skills Preparedness Report, PayScale and the executive development firm Future Workplace found that CEOs and human resources professionals seek recent college graduates who possess writing and public speaking proficiency, critical thinking and leadership skills, interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Tradition 60

Tradition Leadership Government Critical Thinking 60

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

That has become increasingly crucial at a time when Americans’ faith in higher education is declining , governments are investing less money in it, and employers complain it’s producing too few graduates with skills they need. I don’t think there’s a desire to get into this space, other than that it’s not.”. CompTIA projects that 1.8

Humanities 104

Humanities History Critical Thinking Teaching 104

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2016

After a mixed review in 2014-15, P.S. 3 teachers were advised to add more dress-up options in their dramatic play area, purchase outdoor play equipment like tricycles and grow their block collection. People don’t tend to think of teaching young children as complex work as teaching older children, but in fact it is.”.

K-12 92

K-12 Public School Teaching Critical Thinking 92

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2016

Five and six year old children are inheritors of poverty’s curse and not its creators,” Johnson told his audience as he explained that the federal government would be, for the first time, funding education and health services for children living in poverty in the form of a public preschool program.

K-12 67

K-12 Public School Government Elementary School 67

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Edward de Bono’s six “thinking hats,” specifically the one that called on thinkers to assess their ideas and look for potential flaws. In 2014, a group of Buffalo parents filed a racial discrimination complaint with the U.S. The federal government does not supplement local funding for gifted programs as it does for special education.

Education 145

Education Elementary School High School Public School 145