ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

We create entire units and lesson plans well before meeting them, let alone take the time to build meaningful connections with our students. The group of students decided they wanted to focus their advocacy on teacher practice. They feel connected to a community and empowered to advocate for change.

Humanities 122

Humanities Leadership Advocacy Lesson Plan 122

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. According to a March 2018 NBI report, there are 89 verified or “emerging” net-zero schools (emerging means under construction or too new to have been verified yet). My lesson plan is: Here’s a problem.

K-12 111

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The gap is often stark: In 18 states, graduation rates for students who experienced homelessness lagged more than 20 percentage points behind the overall rate in both 2017 and 2018. Lesson plans for teachers help high school students understand if they qualify. The academic cost is not equally shared.

Advocacy 90

Advocacy Government Public School High School 90

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

At Montpelier High School, in Vermont’s capital city, teachers spent years defining the school’s “proficiencies” and rewriting their lesson plans to highlight those core objectives in the lead-up to the transition in 2016, when all grades and classes switched to a proficiency-based model at once.

High School 102

High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies 102

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

I’m getting directly into interventions, targeted materials, resources, lesson plans, pedagogical skills that are tailored toward the kids I have sitting right in front of me.”. And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help.

Junior High 134

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The class of 2018 didn’t fare much better. And although white and black students make up a similar proportion of Mississippi’s student population, white students were more than twice as likely to attend one of Mississippi’s 31 A-rated school districts this year, according to 2018-19 enrollment data.

Private School 143

Private School High School Public School Charter School 143

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Jacqueline Rodriguez, vice president of research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, said she worries the bills will discourage LGBTQ individuals from pursuing teaching careers by sending the message that “this is not the profession to pursue if you want to bring your whole self to work every day.”.

Cultures 25

Cultures Library Elementary School Advocacy 25