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APRIL 16, 2019
begin language study in middle or high school. Only 58 percent of middle schools and 25 percent of elementary schools offer a foreign language in 2008, according to a 2017 report by the Commission on Language Learning, which was formed in response to a request by Congress to look deeper into foreign language learning in the United States.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 10, 2018
“Charter schools can do more with less” is a common refrain of school choice advocates, who criticize traditional public schools for wasting money. The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy found that local governments provide nearly half of the funds for local school districts.
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The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
In the Austin Independent School District in Texas, administrators recognize that same value for their native Spanish speakers who enter the public schools without English fluency. We talk about [our dual-language school] as a revolution. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 29, 2017
Patterns for middle and high school teachers are similar. According the 2017 Living Wage Calculator out of MIT, a family of 3 to 4 individuals necessitates a minimum annual salary of $46,000. Increase the investment by Arizona legislature in public schools? There is support for public financing of education.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2021
The push for equity among PTAs in those cities hit sometimes fierce resistance before advocates found ways to calm fears that wealthy parents might disinvest from — or leave — public schools. Research suggests the practice has no significant impact on overall giving to schools.). Less than a quarter of public schools in the U.S.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Census, we had taught them how to plumb demographic data and to understand why the census was key to both political apportionment and allocating federal funds for institutions like public schools. They fanned out across historically undercounted communities like Harlem and reported on the 2020 census. Still, we were taking a risk.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 18, 2017
Education is a tool for social justice.”. Education is a tool for social justice. Sydney Chaffee, 2017’s National Teacher of the Year, is ninth-grade humanities teacher at Codman Academy Charter Public School of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Sign up for our newsletter.
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