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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Launched in 2017, Calling BS became an instant hit at the University of Washington; it fills its 150-student capacity quickly each year. Elsewhere, the course has been incorporated into classes in multiple fields including engineering, statistics, English, economics and business. “It It touches everything.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district’s two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017. Much like how town librarians stepped in to save the school libraries in 2017, they also provided crucial space, books, Wi-Fi, and activities to students during the pandemic.
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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
Indeed, a recent study in the 2017 Mississippi Economic Review found that districts with the worst teacher shortages have a weak local property tax base, a high percentage of black students and are disproportionately located in the Delta. In 2017, more than $20 million was allotted for pay raises to these schools.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 4, 2019
In the fall of 2017, he moved to Boston and enrolled in a community college, planning to transfer to a four-year program. But now some workforce organizations, researchers and regional civic leaders are pushing back — persuading companies to look beyond academic credentials and to instead hire people based on their skills.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 22, 2019
Then, in May 2017, a friend told her about a new Delta-based nonprofit, Regional Initiatives for Sustainable Education (RISE), which offered tutoring for the Praxis. William Carey University in Hattiesburg joined RISE’s efforts to help teachers become certified in October 2017. Her eyes welled with tears as she recalled the struggle.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 18, 2016
Instead of attending neighborhood schools with students of the same race and economic status, as most children do in Mississippi, Osborn went to school with an even mix of black and white classmates, some from the town’s wealthy subdivisions and others from Clinton’s poorer areas. They’re also extremely successful.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 30, 2020
A grassroots coalition of business and civic leaders came together with a resolve to fix these problems by alternately helping and compelling educators to greatly improve their results. The economic development people had written the check. Mobile did more than just bemoan its grim statistics. Now we needed to cash it.”.
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