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Education 139

Education K-12 High School Civics 139

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

They included traditional public schools, a magnet school and a charter school. Sometimes, the students had clear roles and rotated the leadership role. A 2015 survey of studies on group learning found that low-income students, students of color and urban students tended to see greater benefits from group work than other students.

Charter School 111

Charter School Project-Based Learning Tradition Middle School 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2019

It was launched in 2015 out of a recognition that schools adopting mastery-based principles were often doing so in isolation. “We Mastery] is something these schools have chosen to participate in,” he says, noting that such a dramatic move from traditional grading and evaluation may not be a good fit in other school communities.

Cultures 111

Cultures Leadership Economics Tradition 111

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In September 2024, EdNCs early childhood team attended The Hunt Institute's 2024 Early Childhood Leadership Summit , which included teams from all 50 states comprised of senior elected officials, gubernatorial staff, mayors, local elected leaders, and key early childhood system leaders.

K-12 65

K-12 Private School Government Advocacy 65

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

This tendency gives conservative legislators, adverse to big-government, further ammunition to deny adequate funding to traditional districts like JPS. In 2015, Reimagine Prep opened its doors to one class of 5th graders. million during the 2015-16 academic year due to funds diverted to charters. The SPLC calculates JPS lost $1.85

Charter School 108

Charter School Public School Social Justice High School 108

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. Aaryn Schmuhl, assistant superintendent for learning and leadership at Henry County Schools, said the district’s path to personalized learning is built around a philosophy rather than a model.

Charter School 95

Charter School Professional Development Leadership Tradition 95

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2016

But in short order, a whirlwind of leadership turnover — four superintendents in four years — led the partnership to a very public impasse that pitted the school district against its fundraising partner, the alliance. “We I think if you strip away the emotion, the district was saying: ‘We just want you to be a traditional school foundation.

Elementary School 74

Elementary School Library Leadership Public School 74

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. In 2015, the Idaho state legislature approved 19 incubator programs to explore the practice inside its schools.

Middle School 110

Middle School High School Tradition History 110

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

At one table, the conversation turned to the growing pains of changing course from the traditional “sage on a stage” teaching model, where a teacher holds forth at the front of the classroom while students listen, to a student-focused, personalized model. “We Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. So far, the results are good.

Education 145

Education Charter School Professional Development Tradition 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The results from our large scale field trials and two years of operational use are promising – data show more equitable results for edTPA than traditional standardized measures of teaching knowledge and skills. in comparison to the nationally recommended standard of 42. There is much work to do. There is much work to do.”.

Teaching 84

Teaching Pedagogy Tradition Leadership 84

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

For instance, a 2015 analysis of Harvard law school graduates found that women who had not become partners in a firm had fewer mentors during their first five years than either women partners, or men who had not achieved partnership status. And not having a mentor can slow career progression.

K-12 111

K-12 Psychology High School Leadership 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

He noted that many of the challenges began well before he came on in 2015. Lewis cut more than 40 positions from the district’s central office between 2015 and 2018, about a third of all central office employees. Lewis said he’s aware the leadership changes have been frustrating. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).

Charter School 96

Charter School High School Cultures Public School 96

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, dozens of taxpayer-funded public charters enroll far more white students than any of the traditional public schools in their areas. Coahoma county schools have been under interim leadership for more than a year. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

Charter School 109

Charter School History Library Public School 109

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.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Giving parents choices beyond the school closest to home would open the door to innovation and put pressure on traditional schools to improve, these advocates argue. A 2015 NZCER survey found just 18 percent of parents or guardians of New Zealand high schoolers said they looked at a school’s annual test scores when choosing a school.

Charter School 96

Charter School Leadership Library Private School 96

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Leong has seen progress in school districts that have good data systems, committed leadership and a comprehensive strategy for addressing chronic absenteeism. John Barry School (grades pre-K to 5) in Meriden, for example, reduced its chronic absenteeism rate from 21 percent in the 2014-15 school year to 9 percent in 2015-16.

Elementary School 102

Elementary School Public School Cultures Leadership 102

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

In this poster, the association highlights the fact that traditional methods of finding gifted children often miss children who are low-income, nonwhite or do not speak English at home. The district, which is 8 percent white, went from having 38 percent white gifted enrollment in 2015 to 28 percent in 2017 , according to federal data.

Middle School 131

Middle School High School Elementary School Public School 131

Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Unlike traditional trade or vocational schools that historically have prepared students for ‘blue collar’ jobs, the CAPS model immerses students in ‘white collar’ professional settings. In the process they stretch and grow and gain new skills that can’t be learned in traditional classrooms. Related Posts. Replication or empowerment?

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Government Tradition High School Teaching 68

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Fifty-five percent who started in 2015 were gone by the following year, the most recent period for which the figures are available, according to U.S. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, a professor of higher education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Education.

High School 105

High School Tutoring Education Policy Leadership 105

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

One part of the campus is not open to all: since 2016, a small section of LA High has been occupied by a selective, STEM-focused charter school, Girls Academic Leadership Academy. The “co-location” of charters on the grounds of traditional public schools is increasingly common. Tammy Kim/Hechinger Report.

Charter School 111

Charter School Public School High School Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Kathryn Toppan switched to a 1-4 scale even before the administration required it, finding it “less arbitrary” than the traditional 1-100. Portland’s district leadership has said it plans “ to stay the course with its transition to a proficiency-based diploma,” regardless of changes in the law. Staying the course in Portland.

High School 111

High School Tradition Cultures Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Yet multiage advocates say the traditional approach of dividing students into single grades based on an arbitrary birthdate range is illogical. Advocates say the traditional approach of dividing students into single grades based on arbitrary birthdate ranges is illogical.

Elementary School 74

Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 74

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Arlington is a fast-growing district, and Discovery Elementary opened in 2015 as part of an ongoing school-building program (it shares a campus with a middle school with a trailer park to accommodate its overflowing student population). The district plans to build on that success. RELATED: Psst!

K-12 111

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Rural Alaska Native communities are grappling with the existential effects—erosion, loss of important food sources like seals, and fear that the traditions they’ve fought to sustain over centuries will slip away. New state leadership will likely shape the future of rural broadband, but in what ways is yet to be determined.

Social Studies 101

Social Studies Public School Charter School High School 101

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Read a full recap of our fall 2015 League of Innovative Schools meeting. Relationships with these world-class organizations provide students exposure to careers and opportunities a traditional classroom experience could not facilitate. Sara Schapiro ( @sschappy ) is the Director of the League of Innovative Schools.

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Museum Library Middle School Leadership 48

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

It’s not as if the principal had particular tasks taken away from their role,” said Ellen Goldring, professor of education policy and leadership at Vanderbilt University. In 2015, the University of Washington’s District Leadership Design Lab helped developed the nation’s first research-based standards for principal supervisors.

Middle School 76

Middle School Leadership Professional Development Charter School 76

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. In the fall of 2015, after Williams failed a third semester, she began to question whether college was the surest path to the life she wanted. But she was tired.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Cultivating leadership in staff, parents, and community partners.

Research 55

Research Education Professional Development Leadership 55

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

” To turn things around, Middletown decided to go beyond the school district’s traditional role in addressing poverty, and tackle it head-on. But for a traditional public school district, the breadth of its work to reduce the educational effects of poverty is extensive. is three years.

K-12 84

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Tradition 84

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Compared to their white peers, students of color are more likely to attend low-performing public primary and secondary schools with inexperienced teachers and high leadership turnover. The stubborn achievement gap between white students and students of color is at least partly due to systemic inequities.

Tutoring 91

Tutoring Economics Sociology High School 91

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

To turn things around, Middletown decided to go beyond the school district’s traditional role in addressing poverty, and tackle it head-on. But for a traditional public school district, the breadth of its work to reduce the educational effects of poverty is extensive. OcFbxT9ygG pic.twitter.com/QuZSJy3xw1. is three years.

K-12 70

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Tradition 70

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2019

Brian Beabout, an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of New Orleans, said there needs to be a balance between this kind of activism and citywide needs. All of those changes occurred because we heard from families and made it happen,” said Lewis, who has served as the district’s superintendent since 2015.

Charter School 99

Charter School Elementary School Public School Political Science 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2016

has a long tradition of deferring to the family when it comes to the education of very young children. Leadership capacity at the small local agencies that receive federal grants to run Head Start also varies. But the U.S. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. Not every Head Start program is placed within a school district like Portland’s.

K-12 67

K-12 Public School Government Elementary School 67

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

The two had spent nearly seven years designing a new kind of high school meant to address the needs of students who didn’t thrive in a traditional setting. We thought our big contribution could be laying out how to do this in the traditional public school environment,” Resnick said. Theories vary.

Charter School 111

Charter School Project-Based Learning High School Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Also, Massachusetts public schools have been relatively slow to adopt student-centered learning, perhaps in part because traditional teaching approaches seem to work so well here—last year the state’s averages topped the National As sessment of Educational Progress test scores in reading and math. This approach is dynamic.

Teaching 111

Teaching Oral History High School Sociology 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

The seeds for the HISD takeover were planted in 2015, with the passage of a state law mandating that the TEA step in if any school in a district were rated academically unacceptable for five consecutive years. HISD leadership is a disaster…. It failed on a 5-4 vote. On January 3, Gov. In Houston, some blame the district, not the state.

Charter School 98

Charter School High School Professional Development Government 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The center claims that since January 2015 the circles have saved the city’s students 1,800 instructional hours that otherwise would have been lost to suspension. There are no traditional grade levels at the Net and students may attend class at any time from 8 in the morning to 6:30 at night. The phone call came at 2:30 a.m.

High School 112

High School K-12 Charter School Cultures 112