The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

The early results of her randomized control trial were so extraordinary that her study influenced not only CUNY in 2016 but also California lawmakers in 2017 to start phasing out remedial education in their state. These students haven’t yet matriculated at the college and don’t pay tuition, and so CUNY doesn’t count them as students.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2021

But would it be wiser for the night owl to wake up early to be taught by a human? Researchers found that online courses helped students finish their bachelor’s degrees faster, but students tended to get lower grades in their online classes — a sign that they’re learning less than they would have in a traditional class.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2023

I do miss having a social life a little bit,” she said of forgoing the traditional long summer break. The University of Minnesota Rochester is relatively small and new — it graduated its first class in 2013 and has 617 undergraduates — freeing it from some of the entrenched traditions that can stifle change in higher education.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

James Lawrence, a 2017 graduate of the Traip Academy in Kittery, Maine, holds wooden duck decoys he made for an art credit his senior year. James Lawrence planned to open his own welding business after his 2017 graduation from the Robert W. Photo courtesy of Susan Johnson. Traip Academy in Kittery, Maine. Weekly Update.

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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. They work with two students at a time in a special class that follows a Saga Education curriculum tailored to the needs of each student and aligned with their school’s curriculum for their traditional math class.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

jobs like registered nurse, human resources assistant, or help desk technician.) In a report on the “emerging degree reset” released earlier this year, the labor analytics firm Burning Glass found that just 9 percent of Accenture’s “computer support specialist” listings required a bachelor’s in 2021, down from 46 percent in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Even more disciplinary transfers likely occur when students are counseled to voluntarily switch from one traditional school to another. We truly have an array of practices that are working to address school climate and positive culture in all schools,” said Pia Escudero, the district’s executive director of student health and human services.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2020

They also aim to open traditional students’ eyes to the stigmas and systematic barriers to employment former prisoners like Omar face. Though he has experience managing fast-food restaurants, he struggled to get even lower-paying work as a cook or cashier after his release from prison in 2017.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 25, 2024

A nopheles mosquitos that carry malaria-causing parasites spread the disease to humans. In both these cultural traditions, children were believed to have been sent from the spirit world to plague their parents. However, there are variations in genes that have been linked with resistance to malaria.

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ED Surge

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Dintersmith supported a statewide education summit hosted by Governor Doug Burgum, a former software executive who is no stranger to the innovation economy. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

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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? In many places, it’s simply tradition. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Why does lunch tend to last 45 minutes?

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Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

This shift detached investors from the personal aspect of a debt relationship, allowing them to earn 20 to 30 percent annual interest—significantly higher than the 3 to 5 percent offered by traditional banks. Despite the hope for formal licensing for surviving platforms, many struggled to adapt to new rules.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

To get from design to actual product involves using advanced computer software plus a waterjet, a traditional manufacturing machine. In November 2017, Washington state’s Shoreline Community College announced a new two-year degree in mechatronics — which prepares students to work with manufacturing systems. Sign up for our newsletter.

Economics 109

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: That’s the question before the state’s authorizer board as Mississippi decides whether its first two charter schools can stay open. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Proof Points.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Related: How to save the humanities? The Teagle grant supported course-sharing and online module development at more than 35 institutions and organizations, and engaged more than 180 faculty and staff between 2014 and 2017. Here is what we learned: Student learning in hybrid and traditional classrooms is comparable.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2017

Currently, I am implementing alternatives to traditional behavior management systems, such as more frequent and open parent contact. In a traditional system, he almost certainly would have been retained, putting him on a path towards potential dropout. I also work to create a culturally relevant curriculum. Sign up for our newsletter.

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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. — Jenn Brackenbury (@jennbrac) January 18, 2017. Richard Kuder of Wyckoff School District addresses Northern Ignite at a biannual meeting in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2019

They belong to students who have come to college later in their lives than traditional undergraduates. Yet at a time when universities nationwide are aggressively recruiting students like Souza, who face a myriad of obstacles traditional-aged students don’t, the kind of help she’s gotten on this campus is more of an exception than the rule.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Two students died by suicide, in fall 2017 and summer 2018, said Beth DeJongh, an associate professor of pharmacy practice who knew both and had one in class at the time. Nor should they: “A lot of what people are calling ‘mental health struggles’ are actually figuring out this human experience and figuring out how to be an adult,” she said.

Psychology 126

Psychology Tradition Humanities Cultures 126

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2019

When 16-year-old twins Mya and Deanna Cook went to Mystic Valley Regional Charter School with braided hair extensions in 2017, the school issued several infractions to both of them and asked the black girls to step out of class. It’s past time the DOE issued guidance, telling schools to leave black students’ hair alone.

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Charter School Human Rights Government High School 103

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Dan Abramoski, the school’s assistant headmaster, said the arts exposure is multi-purpose and supports more traditional academics. “If José Pinales, a 2017 graduate, credits the school’s band program with getting him off the streets and keeping him out of trouble. José Pinales, 2017 graduate, Margarita Muñiz Academy.

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High School Museum Economics Tradition 58

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: But after years working seasonal jobs sorting equipment at the local Ford plant and dealing blackjack at nearby casinos, Perez wanted to rise to a management position — and she couldn’t without a bachelor’s degree. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Social studies is typically considered the most suitable subject area for developing citizenship skills and knowledge. Guide students in understanding traditional avenues for reforming laws and speaking with legislators. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

Civics 72

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Students study the human body on skeletons, using clay to make organs. Often, students struggling in these subjects find ways around taking them in traditional high schools, and, lacking the mandatory prerequisites, are ineligible to take advanced math and science classes in college. Photo: Kathleen Lucadamo. NEW LONDON, Conn.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: But after three years of learning this way, the Teach to One students in grades six through eight scored no better on New Jersey’s annual math tests than other Elizabeth students who had learned math the usual way with the whole class on the same topic at the same time. Choose as many as you like.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

With more college students now considered nontraditional than traditional, higher education institutions have been scrambling to shift their models to better meet their needs. In 2017, the education research firm Eduventures issued a report about 175 institutions with some level of CBE, even if just a course or two.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. In late 2017, she was laid off. that pay college tuition for adults. ?

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Economics Sociology Social Justice High School 143

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

Decades of research, both about educational best practice and the way the human brain works, say these types of motivators are dangerous. In traditional schools, it’s easier to offer a steady stream of rewards and punishments to keep students in line. Students don’t take traditional classes. It’s more like I’m in charge.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Yesenia Lopez, a social-emotional paraprofessional who staffs the room, said it’s a tradition among students who use the space to leave their mark, literally, so future students can see how many of their peers came here before them. This story also appeared in The Fresno Bee.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Living with special needs is no laughing matter, but hyperactive comedian Hart, who also co-wrote the script, used his humor to humanize millions of people who are rendered invisible by our beliefs about who is smart and who should be employed. In 2017, 18.7 Lee, which brought the issues that my son faces every day to the big screen.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

“The best teacher is going to be the human teacher. A 2017 study by the RAND Corporation found that 17 percent of teachers in the personalized learning schools surveyed said they devote a least a quarter of class time to tutoring students one-on-one, compared to just 9 percent of teachers surveyed nationwide. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

At UCSF, students including Colin Baylen, Karly Hampshire and Nuzhat Islam have formed an interdisciplinary student group called Human Health + Climate Change. Traditions and longstanding education formats exert influence and by and large, institutions themselves are resistant, not impervious, to change,” she said.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2018

In this May 12, 2017 photo, registered nurse Samantha Marz checks a student at Rundle Elementary School in Las Vegas. It’s true that a school-based health center costs more to operate than a traditional health center. AP Photo/John Locher. Now here’s a better one: School-based healthcare offers this group a chance to beat the odds.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Despite the innovative ethos of its tech-world backers, the school’s approach to core subjects was “very traditional,” according to Wesley Davidson, an English teacher at ChiTech. Related: One possible solution for the future of career and technical education. Academically, however, ChiTech soon struggled.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

“Because we are a coastal community prone to hurricanes, a coastal community prone to the arrival of literally dozens of thousands of children, immigrants,” Carvalho said, “we have naturally adapted to dealing with crises whether they are human crises, environmental crises or health crises.”. Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade superintendent.

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