Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The years between 2000 and 2015 saw the number of instructional coaches in U.S. Decades of research documents the benefits of coaching for teachers, students, and school culture. The reason emotions and the socio-cultural environment are so powerful is that they are intertwined with our cognition. schools double.

Tradition 104

Tradition Elementary School Cultures Professional Development 104

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Six schools were chosen to redesign learning for the fall of 2015, with subsequent cohorts of seven to nine schools selected each year since then. In Mesa County, a focus on improving school culture and climate has been at the core. In Henry County, the shift to personalized learning has been focused on increasing student agency.

Charter School 96

Charter School Professional Development Leadership Tradition 96

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

in 2015 were white. In response to this imbalance, universities have recognized that it is imperative to develop processes and procedures to recruit and retain diverse faculty of color. They have come to expect such diversity and want, in addition, a focus on inclusive culture and campus environments.

Social Justice 86

Social Justice Sociology Library Professional Development 86

Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2019

HP Spotlight Schools are also characterized by a school culture in which risk-taking and instructional innovation are supported by leadership. Halloran is receiving 40 hours of customized professional development on using technology to support Powerful Learning. A Closer Look at Our 2019 HP Spotlight School.

K-12 91

K-12 Leadership Professional Development Public School 91

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2019

A panel commissioned by the mayor recently released a report calling for schools to mirror the demographics of their surrounding neighborhoods and to implement principles of culturally responsive education as a way to combat the city’s persistent achievement gap. Visiting other schools is the best professional development that exists.

Cultures 111

Cultures Leadership Economics Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

Among teachers who stay on the job, about 28 percent are “chronically absent” (more than 10 school days a year), according to the most recent Department of Education statistics, which cover the 2015-16 academic year. If we want to improve our test scores, then let’s all calm down.”.

Elementary School 111

Elementary School Professional Development Classroom Management Teaching 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. Tommy Chang, Boston Public Schools superintendent.

High School 112

High School Heritage Economics Cultures 112

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Privacy and data-security themes are also woven into Raytown’s professional development workshops, curriculum planning sessions and even parent-teacher conferences. It’s become part of our school culture,” said Melissa Tebbenkamp, Raytown’s director of instructional technology. “If

Educational Technology 92

Educational Technology Professional Development Public School Cultures 92

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2017

Those included everything from counseling fees to lab fees to art studio fees to access to the recreation complex to a “professional development fee” in the school of business that turned out to pay for a subscription to the Wall Street Journal. This was why students were annoyed, and we needed to fix it,” Reinoehl said.

Library 0

Library Professional Development Cultures Education 0

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2018

According to one study , more than 635,000 students under 18 took community college classes in 2015, an increase of 122 percent from 2001. PledgeCents , an educational crowdfunding website, partnered with Teach for America in 2015 to make free crowdfunding pages for new T.F.A. million students took at least one A.P. million in 2006.

High School 81

High School Professional Development Critical Thinking Teaching 81

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2017

The same is true for literacy and math coaches, who normally visit classrooms to provide real-time professional development for teachers. schools were about 64,000 teachers short during the 2015-16 school year, with shortages most common in special education, math, science and bilingual education. I’ve never seen it this dire.”.

Library 93

Library Professional Development High School Economics 93

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

percent in 2015-16, outpaced only by special education, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics. There is no society, there is no human culture, without the arts.”. If we dug up a buried culture, we’d still find their art. There is no society, there is no human culture, without the arts.”.

K-12 105

K-12 Elementary School Middle School High School 105

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

When McWilliams first took the Praxis in March of 2015, she easily passed the reading portion but failed the math and writing sections. Yet they frequently struggle to pass sections of the Praxis or finish alternate route training programs, which are not typically offered at times or places that are convenient for working professionals.

Tutoring 96

Tutoring High School Civics Teaching 96

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

At-risk students receive support from teams of individuals who care, the schools have a strong culture of teacher-driven professional development and the result is a high level of student and staff engagement, they say.

Charter School 98

Charter School K-12 Tradition High School 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

million to train additional Alaska school districts and to create a research and development program. Nearly a decade in, the culture of competence is deeply ingrained in the district; most of today’s high schoolers have never experienced anything different. In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8 That kind of freaks me out.”.

High School 111

High School Tradition Cultures Advocacy 111

Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 20, 2023

We didn’t mention the first edition of Jen’s very popular book, The Reading Strategies Book , which was originally published in 2015. There also needs to be an increased attention paid to how language, like multi-lingual learners or culture, comes into play when discussing developing literacies.”

Pedagogy 130

Pedagogy Teaching Research Psychology 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

As of fall 2015, Coahoma County’s three private schools collectively had 7 percent African American enrollment amid public school systems that are more than 90 percent black. She liked the people and the culture and the history. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. She thinks it is no longer relevant.

Charter School 109

Charter School History Library Public School 109

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In a nod to the cultural heritage of its surrounding neighborhood, two displays feature Chinese-themed art, including pretty sprays of cherry blossoms and red and gold lanterns. Little Scholars II opened in 2015 and, so far, all of Corniel’s lead teachers have stayed put.

Public School 64

Public School Heritage Artifacts Private School 64

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Now that we have powerful, easy-to-use design tools and a capacity for worldwide publishing, we have an opportunity to restore the dignity and integrity of a work ethic by redefining the role of the learner as a contributor to the learning culture. 2015) Who believes in me? 6] “Learner‐Centered Professional Development.”

K-12 100

K-12 Professional Development Artifacts Tradition 100

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

If she remains at the high-poverty Valley High School and fulfills specific professional development goals, she will receive a $5,000 stipend in two payments during her first year; if she stays put for a total of five years, she will be eligible for up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness toward her $50,000 student-loan debt.

Professional Development 105

Professional Development High School Teaching Classroom Management 105

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In November 2015, middle-school students from Westchester County, New York, found themselves on a windswept field in Southern Sudan mingling with a crowd of refugees fleeing civil war. Photo courtesy Global Nomads Group.

Teaching 105

Teaching Middle School Humanities Professional Development 105

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

It was 2015 and Jack Silva, the chief academic officer for the public schools in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had a problem: Only 56 percent of third-graders in his district had scored proficient on the state reading test. By 2015, the district had turned the corner financially, and Silva was wondering why the reading scores were so terrible.

Elementary School 112

Elementary School K-12 Teaching Research 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2017

“Building talent pipelines that meet the demand for effective teachers and principals is arguably New Orleans’ most pressing citywide challenge in coming years,” wrote researchers in a 2015 report about the state of New Orleans public schools. For some of my students, I’m the first black teacher they’ve ever had,” he said. “As

Teaching 88

Teaching Charter School Professional Development Public School 88

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. The city’s Hispanic population was 22 percent and growing.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

Political Science Now

JANUARY 9, 2025

Join APSAs Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the professional development virtual workshop, Community College Careers: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions. He has served APSA as Chair of the TLC Program Committee (2015), and as co-Editor of the Journal of Political Science Education (2016-2022).

Political Science 58

Political Science Geography Sociology Professional Development 58

Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 1, 2024

Her course on Ovid and literary theory, which she brought from Bryn Mawr to UNC, introduced dozens of students to ideas that fundamentally challenged and enriched their thinking, and resulted in numerous publications by those students in peer-reviewed journals, as well as a two-decade retrospective she published in Classical World in 2015.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Social Justice Leadership Teaching 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

We can’t achieve equity in education without diversity — broadly defined in terms of socioeconomics and race, as well as by cultural and gender identity. Rita’s Catholic School in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Equity in education is more important than ever. I believe there are six components.

Education 95

Education Economics Educational Technology Professional Development 95