The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In a new study published this summer, pre-K educators in New York City saw clear benefits to students speaking multiple languages but found that more professional development and support was needed to fully embrace those languages and cultures in the classroom. Educators agreed that there were gaps in their understanding.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Some counties and school districts are also adding professional development opportunities for counselors, amid a push to boost graduation and college enrollment rates. In 2018 it had the second highest rate among California’s ten largest counties. Felicida Barajas, school counselor, Jurupa Valley High School.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Beginning in the fall of 2018, North Salem partnered with Digital Promise to provide professional learning opportunities for teachers in the district. Over the course of three years, two cohorts of teachers received CT professional learning. The course first supports district leaders in assembling a leadership team.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

I was always completing tasks for other people—school leadership, district leadership, state officials—at the expense of the students in my care. Teachers have been accosted with endless professional development training, increased testing, and frequent surveys. In 2018 and 2019, teachers in my state were ready to strike.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The day’s professional development for these Chicago Public Schools teachers, alumni of the program, was a refresher, a way to strengthen their teaching practice, share ideas and return to the classroom newly inspired. LEAP is a nonprofit organization that trains schools and teachers to use personalized learning in their classrooms.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The job description emphasized professional development as a key focus area. We’re sensing that adding micro-credentials as an option in an array of approaches to professional learning and growth is contributing to our district’s positive culture of continuous learning and improvement. Bruce Duncan Burlingame School District.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

There’s something here for everyone: whether you’re a teacher, a school leader, a district administrator, or a learning coach; if you’re exploring what personalized learning, competency-based education, or innovation in the classroom; if you are working on developing leadership, professional development, or strengthening communication and collaboration; (..)

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

I would think that number would be higher for those who wanted to do one but couldn’t,” Katie Nailler, director of the college’s Career and Professional Development Institute, said. Web story: Looking for an internship? Students must apply for internships, ideally completing two in person and for pay before they graduate. “We

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2019

The school saw 90 percent of its inaugural class graduate in 2018 while surpassing the citywide average in measures of college readiness. Visiting other schools is the best professional development that exists. The results are promising.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

New EL schools must first go through several months of professional development, classroom observation and co-teaching — both at the schools and at three-day intensive “institutes” off-site. The sentiment is echoed by Jason Krause, principal of Denver’s Columbine Elementary School, which joined the EL network in 2018.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. She and her leadership team quickly convened all-staff meetings to talk about collaboration and student discourse.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Department of Education in 2018 pushed for the expansion of high-quality charter schools meant to serve Native communities, among other groups it deemed educationally disadvantaged and underserved by the existing charter sector. As the state of education for these children continued to languish, the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

Attendance is nearly 95 percent, the number of students meeting or exceeding academic standards in English is on par with statewide levels and the school reported zero suspensions in 2018. “I From the start of his tenure, Cambridge Street’s professional development sessions were peppered with cultural proficiency topics and activities.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Both the Clarksdale and Coahoma systems were rated F on the state’s 2018 school report cards and are eligible for state takeover. Coahoma county schools have been under interim leadership for more than a year. Dupree, who retired from Clarksdale schools at the end of the 2018-19 school year, declined several requests for an interview.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Baray, a former teacher and principal in the Austin schools, has also taught at Texas State University, where she conducted extensive research on educational leadership, community involvement, and school improvement. In 2018, only 62 percent of district third graders passed the state reading tests, up from 55 percent in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2016

Starting in the 2018-2019 academic years they’re going to score (tests) above the two lower achievement levels, which is a much higher bar than they currently have right now. I want them to be able to experience leadership positions that don’t require them to leave the classroom. When you’ve got the right leadership.

Education 73

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

This approach is supported in the ISTE whitepaper: Technology, Coaching, and Community Power Partners for Improved Professional Development in Primary and Secondary Education. Boise State University Theses and Dissertations. 10.18122/td/1379/boisestate.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

The teachers wanted to discuss the need for more anti-racist professional development at Lusher and the possibility of increasing diversity among Lusher’s leadership, including on the board of directors, whose seven members include two people of color, according to school administrators. Talbott denied this, as did Gleghorn.

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Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

Domingo Morel, New York University professor and author of a book on state takeovers By 2018, four of Houston’s 274 schools, all of them in the city’s economically distressed north and east sides, hadn’t met the standards for four years running, putting the district at risk of a takeover. HISD leadership is a disaster….

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

They said that giftedness could also be creativity, and found that a high IQ score did not necessarily correspond with leadership, professional accomplishment or even success in school. Psychologists later poked holes in that definition. There are gifted dropouts. They were open to talking about their stumbles.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Russo himself has embodied the sixth: “effective school leadership.” He’d initially intended to tackle the school’s many challenges by focusing on curriculum, instruction and professional development. By the 2018-19 school year, the program had expanded to $195 million for 258 schools.).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

But as Grimes’ star rose statewide, according to local educators and residents, his relationship with city leadership started to unravel. The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. “The In the fall of 2018, Tulsa opened its first district Montessori school.

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Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 1, 2024

Her work as Placement Officer set a new model for the field for professional development, and she created the gold-standard format for a Classics c.v.—one She established the Placement Service at UNC, committed to seeing all graduated students fully employed. one can always recognize a c.v. in the James lineage.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2025

One of the biggest complaints Soto said he heard was how rigid and bureaucratic the Puerto Rico Department of Education was, despite a 2018 education reform law that allows for more local control. If you have permanent governance, then even when the leadership changes, the work continues. There are some encouraging efforts.

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