The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In October, for instance, Louisiana announced that students entering teacher preparation in the 2018-19 academic year will be required to complete a full-year classroom residency with an experienced mentor teacher. “In Louisiana, we’re building and strengthening the role of those veteran expert educators.”. It was the No.

Classroom Management 110

Classroom Management Lesson Plan Pedagogy Elementary School 110

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

In North Carolina, where I live, teachers are paid for “show time” with students, but there is little regard—and certainly no reward—for the hours of unpaid preparation and lesson planning it takes to keep a classroom running. In 2018 and 2019, teachers in my state were ready to strike. It’s just a reality of the job.

Teaching 104

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

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. Starting in 2019, the plan is for all Discovery students to do sustainability audits, not just the Eco-Action club.

K-12 111

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Within each subject, schools identified learning targets, clearly explaining what students would need to demonstrate in order to be considered “proficient” — a shift away from the traditional system’s emphasis on logging seat time to earn credits and progress. I think that’s being answered in different ways across the state.”.

High School 102

High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies 102

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Debilitating slowdowns and districtwide outages in past years have been so common that some Nome teachers even now prepare two lesson plans per class—one to use if the internet cooperates and one that requires only textbooks. That’s not a given in rural Alaska.

Social Studies 103

Social Studies Public School Charter School High School 103

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. Most get nothing.

Advocacy 94

Advocacy Government Public School High School 94

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.”. Teachers in other schools have found the shift to project-based learning to be a massive, unwanted change from traditional instruction.

Junior High 134

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Enrollment in traditional teacher-preparation programs dropped 35 percent in the decade between 2008-09 and 2018-19, and fell further during the pandemic. Even before the bans, LGBTQ characters were underrepresented in curricula and lesson plans, according to a 2019 survey by GLSEN, an LGBTQ advocacy organization.

Cultures 26

Cultures Library Elementary School Advocacy 26

The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

Summer Rising, run as a partnership among the Department of Education, the Department of Youth & Community Development and local community-based organizations, is attempting to replace traditional summer school this year — and perhaps permanently. Related: Counting on summer school to catch kids up after a disrupted year.

Elementary School 126

Elementary School K-12 Middle School High School 126

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

In November 2018, the school district in Aurora, a suburb 10 miles east of Denver, asked the community to increase local property taxes to help schools hire more teachers, pay for seatbelts in buses and provide a big boost to the district’s mental health program. We were very actively involved in this work before we got the money.

Tutoring 141

Tutoring Middle School Elementary School High School 141

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Schools were unable to cover teacher absences some 20 percent of the time in 2018-19, according to the Frontline Research and Learning Institute , a research firm. 1 in 5 — how many classes with absent teachers went unfilled in schools in 2018-19, before the pandemic. Even before Covid, the U.S.

Elementary School 138

Elementary School High School Public School Advocacy 138

MPSA

MARCH 30, 2022

Graham and I produced our article, Teaching Active Citizenship: A Companion to the Traditional Political Science Curriculum , during my sabbatical. As with the civic engagement curriculum, the new lessons in informed voting did not replace the more-traditional material in the course. He received his Ph.D.

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement Teaching Political Science 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Experts, books, videos, detailed lesson plans — to teachers at the time, it felt like a blur of continuous learning. The school’s logo is a torch like that on the Statue of Liberty, and there’s a school tradition of holding up clenched fists to show unity and pride.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The district is among the lowest in North Carolina in per-pupil spending, at $9,263 in 2018, and the state is already one of the lowest in the country in per-pupil spending. Narivi graduated in 2018, as valedictorian, and got a full ride to the University of North Carolina. It paid off. She is now a sophomore.

High School 111

High School Elementary School Middle School Lesson Plan 111