The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2018

Angel Rivera and Sara Caro, humanities teachers at the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science in the Bronx, meet to plan a lesson on World War II history lesson together. Every day he’d teach in a classroom, alone, and at night he’d go home and plan the next day’s lessons, alone. BRONX, N.Y. But he was also troubled.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Ancient Hearths of Fuente del Salín Fire has long been a cornerstone of human existence, providing warmth, protection, and a means to cook food. Sitting around a fire would have been a time for storytelling, teaching, and reinforcing group identity. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-024-02126-x Mallol et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.04.006

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We think the best kind of science that happens at that level is real-world based,” said Jeanne McCarty, CEO of Out Teach , a national nonprofit that promotes new approaches to science education and builds outdoor learning labs at schools. “We Schools that get an outdoor learning lab also get coaching on teaching science in the lab.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Research suggests that when technology is effectively used in schools, access may help to bridge educational and social gaps (Warschauer & Matuchniak, 2010; Eccles, 2009; National Science Foundation, 2017). Explore stories of powerful teaching and learning with technology on the Digital Promise blog.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

WWC refers to the What Works Clearinghouse, a library of evidence-based teaching practices. Again it worked with different types of students in different parts of the country, and BARR received a third grant to scale it up across the nation in 2017. Source: IES , February 2024.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

But now, after five years of high schools teaching to the Common Core standards (now slightly revamped and called Next Generation Learning Standards in New York), there’s a sudden spike in the high-school failure rate. English Language Learners accounted for 3,000 of the 13,000 additional students who failed the algebra test in 2017-18.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

We established district-wide instructional calendars, regularly administered formative assessments and analyzed data to pinpoint student weaknesses for re-teaching and remediation. Often that involved thinking differently about how, when and where teaching and learning actually occur. Leave this field empty if you're human: 5.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. During the 2017-18 school year, more than 69,000 students received corporal punishment almost 97,000 times nationwide.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: On a cold, drizzly morning in early May, I visited an outdoor preschool program in Baltimore, Maryland, to learn about the state’s recent efforts to expand such schools.

Humanities 138

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

York found that TeachFX listened to her very carefully, and generated a detailed feedback report on her specific teaching style. I rarely ever get feedback on my teaching style. Bubbling right under the surface is a key question: Can AI help teachers teach better? Teaching is hard.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The vast majority of the school’s students — and in 2017, all of them — are accepted into at least one college. This community in rural Lewis County made headlines in 2017 when all 43 of its graduating seniors were accepted into two- or four-year colleges. 43 — The number of students in Onalaska High School’s 2017 graduating class.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

Too many students are held back from advanced math that could provide direct pathways into college level math and STEM jobs, said Ross, a former presidential awardee for her teaching. It takes time, and money, and human capital and training,” Coleman told me in a follow-up conversation. So did the issue of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Black and Latino students were often less likely than their white peers to enroll in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and information technology classes, according to the analysis, which was based primarily on 2017-18 data. He teaches a technology class at J.W. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: Recent college graduates, working as Americorps members, serve as Saga’s tutors. For context, average education spending in the United States in 2017 was $12,201 per pupil, ranging from a low of $7,179 in Utah to a high of $23,091 in New York, according to U.S. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

Tutoring 143

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2020

The Hechinger Report: In your two books, Measuring Up (2009) and The Testing Charade (2017) , you explain how testing inevitably led to test score inflation and, instead of improving schools, it harmed children and ruined teaching. We can’t escape the need to use human judgment in evaluating classrooms.

Civics 125

Civics Psychology Education Policy Teaching 125

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

This staffing figure is through 2017, the most recent year available, and includes a 16 percent jump in the number of administrators and support personnel — a perennial target of critics — but also a 7 percent increase in the number of full-time faculty. percent from 2009 to 2017, a period during which the S&P 500 index gained 11.2

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

Nearly 30 percent of all four-year schools brought in less tuition revenue per student in 2017-18 than in 2009-10. About 700 public campuses received less in state and local appropriations in 2017-18 than in 2009-10, and about 190 private four-year institutions saw the size of their endowments fall relative to their costs.

Economics 145

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

Home plate umpire Marvin Hudson called balls and strikes during a Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants in 2017 in San Francisco, California. The good news, according to this study, is that humans can quickly reset their attention spans.

Lesson Plan 122

Lesson Plan Humanities Economics Research 122

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

In 2017, Mississippi identified four subjects and teaching specialties and 41 school districts as “shortage areas,” meaning there are not enough qualified teachers for those subjects or positions in elementary and secondary schools. Aspiring teachers must agree to teach in the Meridian Public School District for three years.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A task force studying the problem in 2017 found those layers of developmental coursework were a barrier for many students, who would become discouraged and drop out, according to Brad Fricks, director of academic affairs for the community college system. percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66 percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

A classroom using the Teach to One math program. In the fall of 2015, five schools in the industrial port city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, dumped their usual math curriculum and started teaching their middle school students through a computerized system called “Teach to One.” Photo: Nichole Dobo.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

In K-12 and college classrooms across the country, some educators are enacting at least partial device bans, some are advocating for teaching style changes (fewer lectures, for example) and still others are seeking help from the technology itself. But true multitasking is a myth. Our brains focus on one thing by shutting out others.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

One of the most popular English lessons in the instructional marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers is a unit on how to teach William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” ” Related: Scientific evidence on how to teach writing is slim. ” It costs only $14.99 Choose from our newsletters. Weekly Update.

High School 128

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ED Surge

AUGUST 31, 2023

Her family had been glad each time she’d had a non-teaching role throughout her career, but this time her husband was excited at the prospect of finally taking a vacation outside the summer months. Ripple Effects’ When it comes to years of teaching experience, federal data divides U.S. teachers into four buckets.

Humanities 131

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: Why do most middle schools have seven or eight periods of 45 to 60 minutes each? Many schools want to incorporate more innovative teaching and learning methods in their schools. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update. Higher Education.

Middle School 111

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: The five teachers participated in a paid, two-week externship at Terracon, an engineering firm in Oklahoma City. The goal was to help teachers learn more about the practical applications of what they teach, in fields like construction and environmental testing. Higher Education.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

So 2017, right? Leave this field empty if you're human: “They might not be called a fidget spinner but it’s the same thing,” said Paulo Graziano, director of the S.E.L.F.-Regulation Teaching them to build their attention spans and focus is much harder. A student plays with a fidget spinner at school.

Psychology 138

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 11, 2017

In 2017, Davis Magnet was one of the highest-performing schools in the state on the spring kindergarten readiness assessment , which is given twice each school year, in the fall and then in the spring. Leave this field empty if you're human: So what are some of the school-based elements that Grigsby credits for the school’s success?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

They don’t just want to learn physics, AP Vocabulary, and whatever else you’re teaching them. Subconsciously, we turn to our teachers to make us better human beings and we look forward to experiences that they will give us. .” Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Higher test scores could be caused by things other than the online software like great teaching. The company hired Ryan Baker, director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics , and another data scientist to mine the data and create a national snapshot of technology use for the 2017-18 school year. It’s not perfect.

Tutoring 107

Tutoring Education Humanities High School 107

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

A so-called collaborative robot, programmed to work with humans at the Prent Corporation, a packaging company, it looked cute, not intimidating. percent higher in 2017 than in 2010 , the year Governor Scott Walker won office and began pushing legislation to hobble unions and cut funding for schools. JANESVILLE, Wis. — Is it worth it?”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Six years later, according to one 2017 study , the retained kids weren’t testing any higher than their promoted peers at the same age. Leave this field empty if you're human: It’s easy to argue about this extensive and muddy body of research. Early Grade Retention and the Human Capital Development of English Learners.”

Middle School 107

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. Even fewer provide resources for teaching special education students or English language learners.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2024

Do you feel like our current approach to teaching and learning is working for either teachers or students? Since 2017, the gap between job openings and hires has been widening, with the number of educators leaving outpacing those entering the profession. Life has a funny way of teaching us lessons and making us lean on others.

Education 112

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In 2017, UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access surveyed 1,535 teachers from over three hundred geographically and demographically diverse public high schools, asking them to reflect on their experiences from January to May of that year. Sign up for our newsletter.

Civics 98

Civics Professional Development Leadership Humanities 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

However, if we do a better job teaching our students about economic inequality, we can equip them — our future leaders — with the tools to develop the empathy and the will needed to change the trajectory of the lives of people in crisis. In 2017, Ricardo lost his job due to the devastations of Hurricane Maria.

Economics 98

Economics Sociology History Humanities 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

In January 2017, the Department of Education issued guidance informing local education officials about the need to produce public “report cards,” with data about student achievement, graduation rates and other indicators in concise “language that parents can understand.” Everything is online now,” Bey said. Future of Learning.

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