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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

In 2016, following requests from her group, the U.S. In 2016, the federal Department of Education, under Secretary Arne Duncan, released guidance that addressed the issue of shortened school days. Smith Howard has been advocating for years to have the federal government address shortened school days.

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OPINION: The Opt Out movement is gaining ground, quietly

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Indeed, in 2016, the U.S. Partly because it’s a grassroots movement without clear leadership or an elaborate organization. Moreover, the movement has yet to form an advocacy arm that calls for specific changes and a reform agenda. Other states have also experienced high rates of opting out. The answer isn’t simple.

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Using teacher-leaders to improve schools

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The model stems from an idea laid out in a paper almost a decade ago by Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan Hassel, co-presidents of Public Impact, an education advocacy organization. They’d also had a hard time supporting the many early-career teachers who dominate their staffing pool and saw Opportunity Culture as a way to do that better.

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STUDENT VOICES: Kids bring into school what they’re dealing with at home. Teachers don’t get that

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

I also definitely want to be heavily involved in advocacy for young black youth, or, for youth in general, and just promoting student leadership. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. I want to use my master’s degree to change that. Weekly Update.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

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. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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As Student Need Rises, More College Faculty Set Up Emergency Aid Funds

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. What if you were not just disseminating aid to students?” Kirtley says.

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

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Since then, the numbers have slipped to the single digits, with just 5 percent of the class of 2016 finishing within six years, according to a data analysis from the charter school network. The school also tracks college completion rates, with 59 percent of the class of 2012 finishing within six years.

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Silicon Valley aims its tech at helping low-income kids get beyond high school

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

“There’s a really tremendous gulf,” said Katie Berger, senior policy analyst for higher education at the nonprofit advocacy organization The Education Trust. Students at the Luis Valdez Leadership Academy, a charter school on San Jose’s low-income east side. “The scope of this problem is huge.”

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More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, a professor of higher education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Education.

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Rural schools join forces to make college the rule rather than the exception

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

And from 2013 to 2016, the number of its graduates enrolling in associate or bachelor’s degree programs rose dramatically, from 28 percent to 47 percent, according to school officials. 47 percent of graduates at Meadowbrook High School in rural Ohio enrolled in associate or bachelor’s degree programs in 2016, up from 28 percent in 2013.

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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Now, many worry that the district won’t rebound — and will head back into the cycle of rotating leadership, low performance and lack of public trust that existed before the turnaround. Morgan isn’t new to the district, having worked in Cleveland’s school system from 2014 to 2016 as a network leader overseeing a subset of its schools.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

While seven of those 27 schools were able to reach 70 percent student proficiency in either English or math in 2016, none had attained 80 percent. At Arise, the school whose name begins with Achievement, not even 40 percent of students were proficient in 2016, based on composite scores for English and math.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Since 2016, when the couple launched an LLC to coordinate much of their charitable giving, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has committed $142.1 And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help. million in grant support for the Summit Learning Program.

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How failing to get more Hispanics to college could drag down all Americans’ income

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

That dramatic transformation took four years of summer learning academies, college-preparation programs, scholarship coaching, and leadership workshops, all provided by area nonprofits, plus a 3.8 grade-point average and enough financial aid to cover all of her tuition for at least her first year.

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Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Supporting these efforts, the Department of Energy published a how-to report on building net-zero K-12 schools in 2016 and created a “Zero-Energy Schools Accelerator” program to give districts technical guidance.

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Measuring success at San Antonio’s public preschool program

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Baray, a former teacher and principal in the Austin schools, has also taught at Texas State University, where she conducted extensive research on educational leadership, community involvement, and school improvement. The program’s CEO, Sarah Baray, says the approach makes a big difference.

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Obama says failing to help everyone will drag down the economy. Here’s how research shows that’s true

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

That dramatic transformation took four years of summer learning academies, college-preparation programs, scholarship coaching, and leadership workshops, all provided by area nonprofits, plus a 3.8 grade-point average and enough financial aid to cover all of her tuition for at least her first year.

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College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 4

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

Massachusetts has seen nine nonprofit colleges close or merge since 2016, giving it the rather dubious honor of being first in the nation for nonprofit college closings. The college leadership has all the cards. A lot of colleges are closing around here, and in other parts of the country, hit hard by an enrollment decline.

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When the man behind the curtain is female: More women now hold key education policymaker jobs

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

She succeeded Rick Simpson, who served nine speakers, from 1991 to 2016, advising them and other Democratic caucus members on education policy. The report’s authors called on “ school systems , school boards, mayors and governors nationwide to make urgent changes to shift the gender balance at the very top levels of education leadership.”.

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Unmet Needs: Children with disabilities caught in the voucher crossfire

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Grant Callen, president of “school choice” advocacy group Empower Mississippi, speaks before a crowd at the Capitiol at the beginning of National School Choice Week in February. But education and disability-rights advocacy groups have a different opinion of special-needs voucher programs than the state’s education leadership.

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Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

They’re constantly looked over for promotions and leadership opportunities, or pigeonholed into disciplinarian roles. After the 2016 presidential election in which Donald Trump was declared winner, that feeling has gotten more intense for educators, he said. Tackling Teacher Shortages.

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Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In 2016 not a single child at “North,” as locals call it, tested proficient in math according to the state’s education department. Fuller launched his chief advocacy arm for school choice, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning, housed at Marquette University, more than two decades ago. The trade-off.

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Reluctance to require suicide prevention education could cost lives, but it’s complicated

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

We’ve run into challenges where legislators are reluctant to pass an unfunded mandate,” said Nicole Gibson, the senior director for state policy and grassroots advocacy at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Birkholz believes state leadership is necessary.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

His time in elementary school preceded both Johnson’s leadership at Collins Elementary and Duty’s in the district. Johnson started at Collins in 2016 as an assistant principal and took the top job in 2020. In the end, a leadership change paved the way to victory in Holmes County.

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Students take their future into their own hands on climate change activism

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Her efforts led the state to revoke the permit in 2016. People thought of our fight to stop the incinerator cute after school hobby,” Watford told Time magazine in 2016. “It Watford mobilized her impoverished neighborhood of Curtis Bay, canvassing the area for four years. That was a real civics lesson she will never forget.

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Support Betsy DeVos, shoot yourself in the foot

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump looks on as Betsy DeVos, his nominee for Secretary of Education, speaks at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In Indiana, thanks to DeVos’ funding of advocacy organizations and her financial contributions to political campaigns, then-Gov. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Credit: Matt Stensland for The Hechinger Report Siyuja, who graduated from the school in 2016, remembered cooks and janitors stepping in as teachers and then having to leave class midday to check on school lunch or plumbing problems. Under his leadership, the BIE has secured some financial wins for its schools.

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Hillary Clinton’s preschool revolution?

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

As a young attorney, she worked for the Children’s Defense Fund, an advocacy group. Her leadership will matter because she’ll elevate it in conversations. Her leadership will matter because she’ll elevate it in conversations,” Perry said. Related: Read Hechinger’s full interview with Clinton.

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2024 Post-Election Reflection Series: Cultural Values and Economic Priorities: The not-so-shocking Rise of Latino Support for Trump

Political Science Now

MARCH 25, 2025

Cultural Values and Economic Priorities: The not-so-shocking Rise of Latino Support for Trump by Andrea Silva , University of North Texas Trends in Latino Voting Behavior What factors explain the increasing support for Trump and other Republican candidates among Latino voters from 2016 to 2024?

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OPINION: I’d love to predict what a Kamala Harris presidency might mean for education, but we don’t have enough information

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Donald Trump’s administration was known for its advocacy of school choice, but that wasn’t something he talked much about on the campaign trail in 2015 or 2016; it only came into focus with his selection of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education. Anything is possible.

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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

OPINION: The Opt Out movement is gaining ground, quietly

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Using teacher-leaders to improve schools

STUDENT VOICES: Kids bring into school what they’re dealing with at home. Teachers don’t get that

Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

As Student Need Rises, More College Faculty Set Up Emergency Aid Funds

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

Silicon Valley aims its tech at helping low-income kids get beyond high school

More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

Rural schools join forces to make college the rule rather than the exception

One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

How failing to get more Hispanics to college could drag down all Americans’ income

Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

Measuring success at San Antonio’s public preschool program

Obama says failing to help everyone will drag down the economy. Here’s how research shows that’s true

College Uncovered, Season 2, Episode 4

When the man behind the curtain is female: More women now hold key education policymaker jobs

Unmet Needs: Children with disabilities caught in the voucher crossfire

Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

Reluctance to require suicide prevention education could cost lives, but it’s complicated

‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

Students take their future into their own hands on climate change activism

Support Betsy DeVos, shoot yourself in the foot

How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

Hillary Clinton’s preschool revolution?

2024 Post-Election Reflection Series: Cultural Values and Economic Priorities: The not-so-shocking Rise of Latino Support for Trump

OPINION: I’d love to predict what a Kamala Harris presidency might mean for education, but we don’t have enough information

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