The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Nationwide, K-12 schools are leading a fledgling “net-zero” building boom that has grown from a few proof-of-concept structures a decade ago to hundreds of buildings completed or under construction. Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Online communities include: CSforAllTeachers (a virtual community of practice, for all teachers from Pre-K through high school who are interested in teaching CS). csk8 Twitter chats (K-8 CS teachers chat about designated topics on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 5pm PT / 8pm ET). Girls Who Code clubs (grades 3-12).

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K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Middle School 92

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2024

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: The pandemic underscored the stark differences in pay, working conditions, and respect between K-12 educators and child care teachers in many communities.

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

In August 2019, she opened Miss Tiffany’s Early Childhood Education House, a child care center run in her home in Weirton, West Virginia. She got up early and stayed open late to accommodate people who worked 12-hour shifts and needed to drop kids off as early as 5 a.m. But then the permitting and construction process grew complicated.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report This year, Harpeth Valley flagged just 12 third graders as needing extra reading support, but the requirements of the expansive Tennessee law could put far more students at risk of retention. Because it is just one assessment.” Because I email, I call.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2022

This is the first time in two decades that the total number of HSIs has fallen, according to the advocacy group Excelencia in Education, which tracks colleges that are at and around the HSI threshold. At the same time, 32 new HSIs were added, leaving the list of schools with this designation 10 shorter than it was the year before.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

Yet many of them receive little to no introduction to climate science in K-12 schools. This past winter, she attended a precursor event to the camp in Philadelphia, at which students got an introduction to the Sunrise Movement and climate advocacy. This month, in Illinois, she’s part of the program’s art team.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum. She is a high school senior, a Queens native, and a K-drama fan. of all district students) enrolled in a K-12 New York City Public School in 2021-2022. In 2019, 53,291 Bangladeshis made up just 6.3 live in New York City.”.

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ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

Just as often, though, it’s not a K-12 school the educators are leaving for. The other is creating belonging at NAEYC, a professional and advocacy organization with nearly 60,000 members across its 52 affiliates. “I Kang joined NAEYC as chief strategy and innovation officer in 2019, a few months before the pandemic began.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

That plan identified preschool as an important first step to improve K-12 education. As a result, the number of high-quality preschool programs has increased, with a 32 percent increase between July 2018 and June 2019. Educating officials : PRE4CLE has prioritized advocacy at all levels of the government, according to Kelly.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Efforts that seem to be working have had a common ingredient: close ties between colleges and local K-12 school districts.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

“We don’t need to panic,” said Cory Koedel, a University of Missouri economist who presented his preliminary findings at a conference of the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) in January 2019. “If

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2019

at a March 2019 conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. The advocacy organization Attendance Works encourages schools to reward good attendance. In the California experiment, Robinson randomly assigned students in grades six through 12 to three groups: retrospective awards, prospective awards and no awards.

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Tutoring Advocacy Psychology High School 99

Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Rethinking Citizen Competence in Democratic Theory and Practice Thursday, September 5, 12:00pm – 1:30pm Roundtable Participants : (Chair) Simone Chambers, University of California, Irvine (Presenter) John S.

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Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 55

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

If approved by the Legislature, his Excelsior Scholarship plan would cost an estimated $163 million annually by 2019, when it fully phases in , and go further than any other state plan in making college more affordable. The underlying fundamental problem is poverty, just like K-12 education,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Phoenix Union received around $12 million from the first coronavirus stimulus bill, according to Gestson. White students could lose four to eight months of learning by June 2021, and students of color could lose six to 12 months, according to a McKinsey & Company report published in December. billion for K-12 education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Mothers Gwyn Hainsworth, far left, Vernee Fletcher, Jamie Zimmerman, Katy Strange and Leticia Bazemore pose at Jefferson Park in Seattle during a June 2019 soccer scrimmage. Parents from the Green Lake and Rising Star elementary schools in Seattle meet for a spaghetti dinner in late 2019. It was never about the money,” she said. “We

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Mckell James first applied for child care in October 2019, five months before her oldest son was born. For many families across the country, child care is not publicly funded, unlike K-12 education. She got on a half dozen wait lists, but it took two years to get off just one. billion annually.

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K-12 Advocacy Government Elementary School 137

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

student at the University of Chicago and one of the authors of a study released earlier this year on the privacy and security challenges facing K-12 education. School districts that have been hit say they are taking new safety precautions. We’ve been saying this is a five-alarm fire for the last two years,” he said.

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K-12 Library EdTech Government 132

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

When Texas’ House Bill (HB) 25 went into effect earlier this year, banning transgender students from participating in K-12 sports, I invited teachers at my middle school to stop by my classroom to help with a project to reaffirm our school’s support for trans students. But I want them to live.

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Education K-12 Advocacy Government 128

ED Surge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Monarch School, a public-private K-12 school, is an arrangement between the San Diego County Office of Education and a local nonprofit. That includes Barbara Duffield, executive director of SchoolHouse Connection, a nonprofit focused on homeless education advocacy.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Under the “Don’t Say Gay” law, Florida teachers in grades 4-12 will need to ensure that instruction in sexual orientation and gender identity is age and developmentally appropriate, as defined by the state. I guess you have spoken to the same teachers who support sexualizing children in K-12 schools,” she said.

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Cultures Library Elementary School K-12 25

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

Just before this crisis began, Arizona was poised to spend millions more on boosting its thin roster of counselors, thanks in part to the advocacy of students like Kumar. Janine Menard works as a counselor at Sheely Farms Elementary, which enrolls about 750 students from pre-K through eighth grade in the Phoenix suburb of Tolleson.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

In fact, in 2019 and 2020 some or all funds to reimburse municipalities for past projects were vetoed by Gov. In Southwest Alaska, the Yup’ik village of Newtok began relocating to a new village called Mertarvik in 2019 to escape the eroding force of the Ninglick River. Mike Dunleavy, a former educator. million students.

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High School Government K-12 Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

A study from University of California, Berkeley economist Rucker Johnson suggests exposure to integrated schools among other reforms, such as high-quality pre-K and equitable school funding, can help disrupt the cycle of poverty. Experienced teachers may also factor in: The majority of educators in Ocean Springs hold advanced degrees.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2021

Judged by annual spending in public dollars, America’s K-12 school facilities are the second largest infrastructure expense in the country — only roads, rail lines and other transportation systems cost more — and repairing or improving them may offer a clear path to broad reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. It would also cut costs.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Our free weekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation and inequality in K-12 education. While dual-language programs often stop after elementary school, the bilingual advantage stretches through students K-12 years and into their working lives. Related: Widen your perspective.

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Elementary School Education K-12 History 117

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Public colleges couldn’t admit students without immigration documents and, even though, under federal law, K-12 schools are required to serve students regardless of citizenship status, the Alabama legislation also called for school districts to collect information on their students’ citizenship status. But even though most are U.S.

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High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

In the review of the 32 textbooks, which are used in California, Florida, Oklahoma or Texas, we found that at least 12 included descriptions of climate change that were superficial or contained errors. Another four of the science books did not discuss the topic at all. Credit: Courtesy of Beatriz López.

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Teaching Middle School Humanities High School 138

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Teaching Resources Lessons and Articles About K–12 Lessons and teaching stories on Palestine and Israel from Rethinking Schools and the Zinn Education Project website. Toolkit to Defend K-12 Educators and Librarians Against False Accusations of Antisemitism compiled by Nora Lester Murad and Alice Rothchild.

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Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

But once she left the K-8 school at the top of her grade, Siyuja stopped feeling so smart. Last year, eight years after Siyuja graduated, the K-8 school still did not offer pre-algebra, a course that most U.S. But then they left, and most of the other teachers soon followed, during the 2011-12 school year, she recalled.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2019

A pre-K class at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. Another facet of these pervasive problems is a criminal justice system that imprisons more black Americans, who made up only 12 percent of the U.S. Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images).

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Charter School K-12 Economics Advocacy 90

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Students participate in a global walkout for Climate Change in downtown Los Angeles, California on March 15, 2019. Thunberg’s actions led to worldwide protests three days before the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019. Young people, inspired by Greta Thunberg, are calling on politicians to act on climate change.

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Civics Geography Advocacy Leadership 91

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Department of Education’s 2019 press release on the proposed program, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos stated: “The key element of the proposal is freedom for all involved … a student’s needs and preferences, not their address or family income, will determine the type and quality of education they can pursue.” In the U.S.

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Charter School Private School Advocacy Public School 89

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2025

Much of the Moms for Liberty agenda, including book bans and anti-trans advocacy , has been embraced by the Trump administration, in the form of executive orders and Office for Civil Rights investigations into diversity, equity and inclusion programs and related work. The pandemic left other marks too. million, expired last September.

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Education High School K-12 Advocacy 104