The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

West Virginia’s enrollment is down by 10 percent since 2015. It’s a Mississippi tradition where politicians come to make speeches. And Emporia State in Kansas, Missouri Western State University, the University of Alaska system. And these aren’t just a few programs here and there that were dropped, Kirk, but dozens.

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Education High School Government Economics 129

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

“For the most part we are starting to see less of a strong racial divide, but there is still some work that needs to be done,” said Celestine, who is also working toward a degree in sociology from McNeese State University. That’s the number one obstacle,” said Blaine Dauzat, who became Avoyelles superintendent in 2015.

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Charter School Elementary School High School Tradition 80

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Between 2012 and 2015, more than two thirds of students in the accelerated developmental education model passed their college composition classes, compared to fewer than half in the traditional sequence. Jill Cadwell, the English placement coordinator, said pairing classes works “because there’s less chance to lose students.

Tutoring 89

Tutoring Economics Sociology High School 89

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. She sat in the front row for the sociology and biology seminars, but couldn’t concentrate in a room with more than 30 classmates. Statistics are only true until someone bucks them.

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Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

In 2015, after the school agreed to remove the state flag with its Confederate emblem from campus, students and alumni formed the Our State Flag Foundation to bring the flag back. Many in the Ole Miss community talk about tradition, she said, and often use it as a crutch. “Is Instead, it will be renamed.

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History Tradition Sociology High School 86

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Fueling the reforms and the funding behind them are a projected shortage of workers with the necessary degrees to fill the jobs of the future, a public backlash in response to budget cuts made during the recession and a concern that the state had been abandoning its long tradition of high-quality, low-cost education.

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Education Tutoring Advocacy High School 101

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

She’s a sociology professor at the University of Virginia and coauthor of the book Academically Adrift. Catherine Epstein: This is the 2015-16 catalog. Sarah Igo, the intellectual historian, says she does think we’re in a moment where a whole lot of things are conspiring to make traditional learning more difficult.

Humanities 89

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 89

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2017

Her oral confirmation testimony earlier this month was a cringe-worthy performance, featuring guns vs. grizzlies and her refusal to commit to the same accountability standards for charter and private schools as are in place for traditional public schools that receive taxpayer funds. The Idaho Virtual Academy’s 2015 rate is only 33%.

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Charter School Education Sociology Tradition 104