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OPINION: Pennsylvania’s school funding is a case study in the future of inequality

The Hechinger Report

After all, Pennsylvania has a long history of refusing to fund public schools adequately. They do not have the necessary funding to offer professional development to boost culturally relevant and responsive teaching. Related: “Kids who have less, need more”: The fight over school funding. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Celebrating ConnectED’s Achievements Toward Transforming Education

Digital Promise

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. High school students create story maps to deepen their own learning and help others, in history, science, and even English literature.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Today, courses at all grade levels include Indigenous history, numeracy, land-based science and language classes in Keres, Lakota, Navajo, Tiwa, Spanish and Zuni. Discussions of tribal culture were limited to a few isolated craft projects during a history unit and inaccurate portrayals of Indians at the “First Thanksgiving,” he recalled.

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OPINION: Separating ‘gifted’ children hasn’t led to better achievement

The Hechinger Report

For instance, after San Francisco Unified de-tracked math, the proportion of students failing algebra fell from 40 percent to 8 percent and the proportion of students taking advanced classes rose to a third, the highest percentage in district history. Until 10th grade, students take the same mathematics classes.

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To increase and maintain teacher diversity, listen to teachers of color

The Hechinger Report

Over the past two years, the district has hired six teachers from among its non-teaching staff, including a Black bus driver who recently earned his teaching credentials and now teaches history. The new professional development specialist will identify employees with potential and help them work through the process of obtaining certification.

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OPINION: Separating gifted children hasn’t led to better acheivement

The Hechinger Report

For instance, after San Francisco Unified de-tracked math, the proportion of students failing algebra fell from 40 percent to 8 percent and the proportion of students taking advanced classes rose to a third, the highest percentage in district history. Until 10th grade, students take the same mathematics classes.

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As small private colleges keep closing, some are fighting back

The Hechinger Report

Colleges are closing or merging at an accelerating rate, from about eight per year between 2004 and 2014, to an estimated 20 per year moving forward, with small private colleges particularly vulnerable.