The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. The program was studied in 27 schools in seven states between 2010 and 2015. One theory is that lesson plans are built around the current 180-day, six-plus hour schedule.

Tutoring 141

Tutoring Charter School Middle School Advocacy 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities. Teachers create individualized lesson plans for students during each tutoring session, employing a variety of items to help students better understand math concepts.

Tutoring 140

Tutoring Elementary School Advocacy Teaching 140

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. The district plans to build on that success. My lesson plan is: Here’s a problem. RELATED: Psst! When teachers get useful, timely data, they use it. They haven’t quite succeeded, but they’re getting close.

K-12 111

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Nineteen pilot schools participated in 2015; this year, the number skyrocketed, with 113 more joining the Basecamp ranks. Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund.

Charter School 84

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 84

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.

K-12 108

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 108

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

In early 2015, when its superintendent announced his retirement, the district recruited Heath Grimes, then superintendent of the nearby Lawrence County school system, for the job. On May 11, 2015, Grimes was voted in unanimously as Russellville’s new school superintendent. Yet their success matters: Today in the U.S.,

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. The BIE closed Havasupai Elementary for nearly a month in 2015 because of insufficient staffing. Teachers used no lesson plans, in any subject, and the school had no librarian.

Education 105

Education Elementary School Government K-12 105