The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In 2017, a group of four educational nonprofits partnered with two local universities, Xavier and Loyola, to land a $13 million federal grant that will produce 900 “highly effective, culturally competent teachers from diverse backgrounds” by the year 2020, according to one of the partners, New Schools for New Orleans.

Elementary School 109

Elementary School Public School Teaching Cultures 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2018

“I called and got the information and a few weeks later I was back in the classroom.”. Thompson, 70, is among a small cadre of retired educators who returned to Jackson classrooms for the 2017-18 school year to teach science, math and English, the courses for which the school district has the direst need.

Education 82

Education Middle School Public School Teaching 82

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The economic futures of African Americans without a high school diploma are especially bleak. In 2017, he graduated from the Louisiana School for Agricultural Sciences, a charter school with one of the highest graduation rates in the parish. It’s like a legal segregation.”. Liza Jacobs, principal of Marksville High School.

Charter School 82

Charter School Elementary School High School Tradition 82