The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Ohio State University launched a summer internship program for student-athletes, the University of Michigan invests heavily in student-athlete career development, and Arkansas State University created a robust job placement program that matches student-athletes with alumni mentors. They are updating traditional value statements (e.g., “We

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

When Monroe Community College in New York added an accelerated certificate in addictions counseling in January that takes about half the time of the traditional full-year version, enrollment spiked by 50 percent, the college reports. And that’s not a mode of operation in which traditional colleges and universities have thrived.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

But traditional internships are not universally accessible. “At Not everybody is a traditional 18- to 22-year-old student,” Churches said. I would think that number would be higher for those who wanted to do one but couldn’t,” Katie Nailler, director of the college’s Career and Professional Development Institute, said.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

Many Opportunity Youth have had traumatic experiences within the traditional school setting, and often these educational struggles are rooted in undiagnosed learning differences. In 2016, we had our first participant from a YouthBuild International program in Mexico City.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The new approach threw out many traditional facets of education such as the A-F grading scale and time-based learning in which students advance to a new grade level each year. to learn how to make the shift from traditional time-based systems … towards one that is truly organized around the learner.”.

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Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

In addition to teaching traditional political science courses, she serves as campaign manager for the campus-wide voter mobilization program Vote Oswego and coordinator of SUNY Oswego’s broader civic engagement efforts. Allison Rank is an associate professor of American Politics at SUNY Oswego.

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Civic Engagement Teaching Civics Political Science 68

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

It’s also important for all students to feel represented, Laura Thomas said in her Edutopia article from August 2016. Traditional Foods Fascinate your students with not only what people eat in Asian and Pacific Island countries, but how they prepare their meals.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2022

I served on the initial advisory board for ISTE’s Standards for Education Leaders (back then, they were the NETS-A) and in 2016 I received ISTE’s global Award for Outstanding Leadership. I have worked with ISTE in a number of other service and professional learning roles and currently am serving as one of ISTE’s Community Leaders.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016. . “I hope that our findings spur institutions to do some reflection on whether there is more they could do to help all students succeed,” she said. Related: Federal data shows 3.9 That helped accommodate low-income students who have to juggle work and school.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Within each subject, schools identified learning targets, clearly explaining what students would need to demonstrate in order to be considered “proficient” — a shift away from the traditional system’s emphasis on logging seat time to earn credits and progress. Related: When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk.

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High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies 100

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2019

Visiting other schools is the best professional development that exists. In 2016 the Mastery Collaborative began hosting anti-bias workshops for teachers and staff, spurred by member schools’ ongoing interest in culturally responsive education practices. This may be a missed opportunity. What they get is ‘You got it wrong.’

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Using Basecamp software has pushed my accelerated students more than I expected, because they have so much to grab onto, more than I could ever provide in a traditional classroom.”. Otherwise, all you’ll be doing is taking traditional instruction and putting it online — not particularly helpful to struggling learners.”.

Tradition 87

Tradition Educational Technology Professional Development Humanities 87

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

When traditional systems seem to be working in a highly localized educational ecosystem, leaders are sometimes hesitant to innovate in small districts. 700 attendees gathered at Ramapo College for Northern Ignite’s event, co-hosted with EdSurge, in 2016. Adam Fried Superintendent, Harrington Park School District.

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Cultures EdTech Professional Development High School 77

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In 2016, 75 percent of its ELL students graduated, a rate 14 percentage points higher than the district’s average for this group and higher even than the overall graduation rate for BPS. And the dropout rate among the first Muniz cohort, the class of 2016, was just 2.5 But not at the Muñiz Academy. That somehow.

High School 112

High School Heritage Economics Cultures 112

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 75

Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 75

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Traditional arts ensembles like marching band and big band don’t necessarily resonate,” said superintendent Paul Gausman, a musician and long-time music educator. That figure jumps to 96 percent in wealthier districts, according to the 2016 NAEP survey. There were a few hints in the 2016 NAEP survey. It’d be nice to know that.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school. million in grant support for the Summit Learning Program.

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Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 132

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. When Mississippi’s legislature voted in 2016 to let students cross district lines to attend charter schools, she was ready.

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Charter School History Library Public School 109

Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

Preschool programs are also not subject to the same limitations as the traditional public school system, so some states can fund private or faith-based pre-K programs. Preschool prepares children for the structured learning programs, social interactions, and schedules of traditional K-12 schooling. 2016, January 6). Barnett, W.

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K-12 Professional Development Economics Tradition 52

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

What distinguishes micro-credentials from traditional PD workshops is the way in which teachers and educational leaders provide evidence of learning. Traditional PD uses an attendance sheet as the primary measurement of “learning”. 2016, May). 6] “Learner‐Centered Professional Development.” 6, 2016, pp.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

Related: Inside an ‘underground lab’ for far-right education policies Nationally, takeovers are relatively rare: Between 1988 and 2016, states took control of 114 school districts, about four per year. The governor would get his wish, but it would take another four years.

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Charter School High School Professional Development Government 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Hanan was named the 2016 Global Teacher of the Year by the Varkey Foundation, and spending time with her revealed why. Everywhere I went last year — red states and blue states, urban areas and rural, traditional public schools and charters — educators were talking about social and emotional learning (SEL).

Leadership 105

Leadership Social Justice Middle School Public School 105

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

We hope students of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage share their experiences and their cultural traditions with their peers, and teachers include the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to our collective history in lessons this month. They helped shape our country into what it is today. Inc, according to ilctr.org.

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Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Voters banned it again in 1998, only reversing the latest prohibition in 2016. California has removed the official barriers to offering this type of instruction since 2016, and the state now champions bilingualism and biliteracy, encouraging all students to strive for both. Professionally, shell be able to serve everyone.

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Elementary School Education K-12 History 120

Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 1, 2024

From Boys to Men: Rape and Developing Masculinity in Terence’s Hecyra and Eunuchus” (in a 1998 special edition of Helios that Professor James also edited) broke with scholarly tradition by shifting away from the citizen masculine perspective and acknowledging sexual abuse and enslavement as an embodied experience for women.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Social Justice Leadership Teaching 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Between September 2016 and June 2017, the number of licensed work-based learning coordinators in Vermont increased from 38 to 53. Next year, the state will ramp up professional development opportunities for work-based learning coordinators, state officials said.

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High School Economics Tradition Social Studies 96

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2017

Homeschool advocates and practitioners have overcome opposition from the National Education Association; they’ve cleared the restrictions, regulations and other hurdles erected by state or local school officials; and they’ve developed a network of support for parent-instructors who otherwise have little access to professional development.

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K-12 Private School Charter School Advocacy 85

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2025

Robert Mujica is the executive director of the Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board, first convened under President Barack Obama in 2016 to deal with the islands financial morass. Mujica said Puerto Ricos current allocation of education funds is opaque. There are some encouraging efforts.

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