The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

earn-and-learn program in 2017, launching a 26-student class to its North American headquarters in Chicago. That’s where Juawana Allen found Aon, by way of a flyer in the library advertising the Aon program. Department of Labor statistics shows a 70 percent increase in paid apprenticeships during the past decade.

Government 141

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As part of a unit on the human digestive system, teams of students had engineered replicas using things like paint rollers, balloons, funnels and tissue boxes, and this was the day they would present their designs. The exception is in the two humanities classes students take every day, one in each language. and abroad.

High School 112

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2017

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Great Hall, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. This 2017 research shows among graduates of top colleges, more than half of those from families with incomes in the bottom 20 percent ended up earning wages in the top 20 percent by their mid-thirties. Leave this field empty if you're human: 5. Choose as many as you like.

Library 92

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: “A lot of it was about not only the kids’ development, and helping them to grow and develop and be ready for school and meet all those milestones, but also for the parents and teaching the parents how to help their kids, how to interact,” Hammett said. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

K-12 105

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

For the 2017-18 school year, they broke up Vista’s freshman class of almost 700 students into six self-contained “houses.” With part of the grant money, Vista turned its library into a “learning commons.” Sharing information helped them develop closer relationships with students and better tailor their lessons. Weekly Update.

History 98

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2016

This observation process, which will be carried out across the state in toddler and pre-K classrooms between September 2016 and May 2017 – and roughly 1,000 times in New Orleans alone – is Louisiana’s new way to measure the quality of early childhood programs. He set his iPhone timer for 20 minutes and started writing furiously.

Library 108

Library Private School Humanities Professional Development 108

Teaching American History

AUGUST 20, 2024

Concurrently, civil rights activists in Mississippi participated in a series of “Wade-Ins” to integrate public beaches, “Read-Ins” to desegregate public libraries, and “Pray-Ins” at all-white churches. Hamer’s speech further swayed public sympathy for the MFDP. Jackson, MS. Visited on-site June 2024. SNCC Legacy Project. Malik Ali teaching.

American History 98

American History Archiving History Museum 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

It gets people’s attention anytime you say, ‘Free,’ ” said Jimmy Kidd, the director of admissions, who spoke between in-person student orientation sessions in the library of the school’s downtown Louisville campus in late June. In late 2017, she was laid off. After her pay rose by just $1.60

Economics 144

Economics Sociology Social Justice High School 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

We limit students’ educations when we curb their access to museums, libraries, community events and other places where learning happens. Leave this field empty if you're human: If you don’t think transportation options matter, look at what happens when school systems don’t address their students’ mobility needs. Weekly Update.

Museum 92

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: While need-based aid has existed in the U.S. The $81 million Joe and Rika Mansueto Library opened in 2011. It also manages a staff that receives more than $1 billion in salary, $230 million of which is for its roughly 1,350 instructional staff and faculty, according to federal data for 2017-18.

Economics 102

Economics Library Education Humanities 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

To make sure the content is exciting and relevant to kids, classroom libraries are stocked with culturally relevant books that represent Columbus’ diversity (the principal reported that 38 percent of students are Hispanic, 27 percent are Black, 17 percent are Asian, and 12 percent are white). Credit: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report.

Elementary School 124

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Northern Cass’s reforms rely on North Dakota’s 2017 decision to let districts apply for waivers from requirements such as hours of instruction. Leave this field empty if you're human: “Teachers said, ‘If this is good for kids, why not bring it to all of them?’ ” said Steiner. Jaguar Academy is often library-quiet. Weekly Update.

Tradition 111

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In addition to employing qualified elementary, middle and high school music teachers, David Douglas offers inexpensive instrument rentals ($25 per year), a library of musical scores, connections to reduced-price or free private lessons and a closet of free marching band uniforms and orchestra dress blacks, among other necessities.

K-12 105

K-12 Elementary School Middle School High School 105

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

But after a year, Woods realized that his college experience just wasn’t the same as that of his classmates who made friends in the dorms, hung out in the dining halls and stayed late into the night at the libraries. Leave this field empty if you're human: TOPS’ windfall disproportionately goes to rich white students. Weekly Update.

K-12 76

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Since Chicago Technology Academy introduced project-based learning and real-world internships, the school’s four-year graduation rate climbed from 57 to 77 percent in 2017, and college enrollment rose from 48 to 68 percent (with about 80 percent of the 2017 class expected to enroll this fall).

High School 84

High School Project-Based Learning Psychology Charter School 84

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Purvis Thompson poses for a portrait at the Brooklyn Public Library after taking an anthropology class offered by Bard College on October 16, 2018. Bard College has opened a micro-college, offering associates degrees earned by attending classes at the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza. CAROLINE PRESTON. NICHOLE DOBO.

Library 66

Library Anthropology Sociology Elementary School 66

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

ATLANTA — When Keenan Robinson started college in 2017, he knew the career he wanted. A human would likely never spot such complex patterns. The human element. The ID records included when students entered classroom buildings, returned to the dorm at night, checked out library books or bought a coffee.

Library 111

Library Humanities Tutoring High School 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The suicide rate for children and young adults, ages 10 to 24, rose by 56 percent from 2007 and 2017 and is now the second leading cause of death among teenagers, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The school’s makeshift library spills from one dedicated classroom into an adjacent hallway.

K-12 141

K-12 High School Economics Psychology 141

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Lowell’s amped-up program goes a step beyond typical enrichment offerings, with coursework intended to prepare kids for continuing education and jobs in local and state industries that are actively hiring and projected to grow. By the end of 2017, Americans owed $1.38 Weekly Update.

High School 105

High School Geography Middle School Critical Thinking 105

Anthropology 365

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

After the shooting, I was invited to co-author an article on academic trauma for the American Journal of Human Biology. Lisa Henry’s 2017 study found that food-insecure students tend to suffer in silence, making it difficult to identify and intervene. Consider the financial strain course materials may impose on students.

Pedagogy 40

Pedagogy Anthropology Cultures Psychology 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

Lindsey Kimery, the coordinator of library services for Metro-Nashville Public Schools, said she has “no hidden agenda other than that reading was my favorite thing.” What I try to convey is that a library is a place for voluntary inquiry.” It just means we have books for those readers, too. This alarmed librarians.

Library 134

Library Heritage K-12 High School 134

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2020

True to form, she began studying late into the night, repeating phrases and learning new vocabulary from English language recordings she checked out from the library. You’re rounding out a portrait of a kid as a human being.”. You’re rounding out a portrait of a kid as a human being.”. hodes knew Elliott and his family.

Education 130

Education High School Library Humanities 130

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 30, 2025

Siloing across content and time have a similar problem: We as humans are designed to forget more than we are designed to remember. We then make a big list of what they do and talk about how humans are expressive, emphatic creatures who find ways to add extra energy to all forms of communication. Grammar alive! A guide for teachers.

Pedagogy 162

Pedagogy Humanities Artifacts Teaching 162

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

And in the summer of 2017, Taheem’s 16-year-old sister, Naveha Gibbs, was shot and killed in a city a 20-minute drive to the north. Leave this field empty if you're human: Despite all his struggles emotionally, he remained on track academically. Earlier this year, Taheem witnessed a shooting as he was walking to school. Weekly Update.

Elementary School 132

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2025

Nick Migliorino, the public school systems superintendent since 2017, was the first superintendent in the state to publicly oppose the Bible mandate. Bibles, he noted, are accessible to students through the library. Normans Pride organization participated, with its human angels wearing wings lit up in rainbow colors.

Public School 135

Public School High School Social Studies History 135

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

In 2017, it took in fewer than 54,000 and, in 2018, officials reduced the official cap to 45,000 and as of November had taken in about half that number. She wants a bigger library and more latrines (the school has 18 right now for 3,000 students, although an additional 16 are under construction). It was all about human beings.”.

High School 111

High School Teaching Geography Humanities 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2021

When the #MeToo movement erupted in 2017, toppling prominent men in Hollywood, journalism and academia, tradeswomen wondered if it would prompt changes within their industry. They wanted a human, and I was at their door.” It was early 2008, and there was a building boom; the union was taking just about everyone, including women. “I

Leadership 145

Leadership Cultures High School Research 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2025

She used it to buy books and computers for the library, white boards and printers for classrooms, to beef up a robotics program and build a multipurpose sports court for her students. Yabucoa, a small town in southeast Puerto Rico, was one of the regions hardest hit by Hurricane Maria in 2017. Department of Education grant for $10.5

Education 126

Education Government K-12 Elementary School 126

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The mural, which stretches the length of a football field, intersperses student artwork with text from the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was inspired by a group of eighth graders who, in December 2012, just months after Yousafzai’s shooting, had attended a human rights conference in Canada.

Human Rights 131

Human Rights Education Heritage Library 131