The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

The strategy of adding career and technical education is being quietly rolled out by several traditional higher education institutions, including a growing number of liberal arts colleges that are responding to student and parent demands for a return on their tuition investment by adding practical training that has proven value to employers.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Around 60 percent of large school districts surveyed by the National Council on Teacher Quality, an advocacy group, increased pay for subs during the pandemic. Last fall, in the district, nearly half of teacher absences went unfilled, compared with 26 percent in fall 2019. Credit: Terra Fondriest for The Hechinger Report.

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MAY 23, 2022

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. So Kang is listening. That’s one of the two priorities weighing heavily on her mind.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

The number of institutions that have adopted this approach “is still a small group,” said Maria Flynn, president and CEO of the advocacy group Jobs for the Future, or JFF, which has announced a $5 million competition to develop more rapid-reskilling programs that reduce training time by at least 50 percent for well-paid occupations.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

But at the end of 2019, an asthma-related hospital visit and the death of several extended family members sent Williams into a depression. Among first-time applicants to the Maricopa system, 27 percent fewer ended up enrolling than in fall of 2019. During high school, he took dual enrollment courses at the two-year College of Marin.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Virtual for-profit charter schools got started in the early 2000s, as the companies that run them seized on a business opportunity in online education pioneered by traditional public schools a half-decade earlier. No ratings were issued in 2019-20 because of the pandemic.). Stride Inc., formerly K12 Inc.,

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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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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

That changed in the 2019-20 school year when the federal government for the first time made public the race and ethnicity breakdowns for individual school districts. Nationally, Black students were 15 percent of public school enrollment but 27 percent of homeless students in 2019-20. Data disclosed in U.S.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2024

I also wore my hijab, which is a symbol of my faith and tradition in the Muslim community. Then, in 2019, when I became the lead Arabic teacher at my current school, I attended my first professional development conference. When I arrived, the principal saw me and immediately frowned once she saw my appearance and the hijab on my head.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. But through research and conversations with leaders at schools and the university, she discovered that a prohibition on paying teacher-candidates was more a tradition than a rock-solid rule, and one that it could be changed.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Another net-zero elementary school, also designed by VMDO, is to open in 2019. Starting in 2019, the plan is for all Discovery students to do sustainability audits, not just the Eco-Action club.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The challenges of this rapid expansion strategy were laid bare this summer, when Chip Paucek, chief executive officer of 2U, told investors on a call that the company would slow down its rate of launches after 2019 to “support our path to profitability.”.

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MAY 2, 2020

And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help. Teachers in other schools have found the shift to project-based learning to be a massive, unwanted change from traditional instruction. But when I look at what’s there, it’s good stuff.”.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Mckell James first applied for child care in October 2019, five months before her oldest son was born. Half of after-school and summer programs surveyed in the spring of 2022 by the non-profit advocacy group Afterschool Alliance reported having a waitlist. She got on a half dozen wait lists, but it took two years to get off just one.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Worse, four in five of these maternal deaths —based on a review of those between 2017 and 2019—were preventable. She explains that her experiences as a parent whose son didn’t receive enough early care have helped to shape her advocacy. And the problem may be getting more severe. So absolutely, all this stuff is related,” she adds.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

A Hispanic Heritage Month event that Grimes started in Russellville High School has now grown into a big districtwide celebration , where students learn about different cultures and traditions, perform dances, read celebrated authors and research historical figures. And it hasn’t been easy to sustain all of the gains.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For the most part, they are sort of operating outside of the traditional system and accountability,” said Smith, now the director of the early childhood development initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank. Systems like background checks and data tracking are key safety mechanisms in any industry. “Key

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When immigration agents raided chicken processing plants in central Mississippi in 2019, they arrested nearly 700 undocumented workers — many of them parents of children enrolled in local schools. Kheri Martinez was just 13 when her mother was swept up in the 2019 Mississippi raids. Imagine that happening everywhere.”

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JUNE 27, 2020

Initially, Honani put some blame on herself as a mother, chiding herself for failing to stay on top of her son’s teachers and deprioritizing traditional schooling during a hectic time. He is growing traditional Hopi corn and beans, squash, melons and potatoes. There was no follow-up.”. Credit: COURTESY OF SAMANTHA HONANI.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), all public schools — traditional and charter — are required to provide a free and appropriate education to students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment. Private and religious schools, on the other hand, have no such obligation. In the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Elizabeth Warren at a Warren Town Hall event at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa on Sunday, October 20, 2019. Education advocacy nonprofit Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools found that “[b]etween 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S. 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Last week, Democratic presidential candidate Sen.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

But California, with a higher education budget for 2019-2020 of $18.5 That program at San Jose State to help students make it to graduation by offering them small bursts of financial aid , for instance, was pioneered at Georgia State University. Lumina is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report, which co-produced this story.).

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DECEMBER 17, 2023

Because of the pandemic and the timing of Meryl’s death, the family was not able to have a traditional funeral. Because of the pandemic and the timing of Meryl’s death, the family was not able to have a traditional funeral. Because of the pandemic and the timing of Meryl’s death, the family was not able to have a traditional funeral.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A 2019 report administered by GLSEN , an organization working to end discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people in schools, found that 40 percent of Texas LGBTQIA+ students regularly hear teachers make negative comments about gender expression. This responsibility is sacred, transcending the expectations of a traditional occupation.

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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.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2020

In fiscal year 2019, Congress appropriated $160 million to the Department of Labor to expand apprenticeship programs under the National Apprenticeship Act. Many Americans believe that attending a traditional four-year college is critical to obtaining economic success. Susan Davis (D-Calif.) Related: Where are all the women apprentices?

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DECEMBER 10, 2023

She said it was confusing, poorly written, and not vetted by the board’s legal counsel (instead it was reviewed by the anti-LGBTQ Christian legal advocacy group, Alliance Defending Freedom). I got a superintendency without having to go through the traditional process of doing it.” The policy ended up passing 4-0.

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JANUARY 13, 2019

Now it’s 2019, and after federal and state budget cuts, spiraling tuition, political distraction and increasing public skepticism about the value of a higher education, the nation is far behind schedule in realizing this goal. Higher education institutions of all kinds have two million fewer students now than they did in 2009.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2022

Traditional college-age women between the ages of 20 and 24 make up about 28 percent of those who obtain legal abortions, and women ages 25 through 29 make up 29 percent, totaling about 57 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s unclear what will happen if the Supreme Court overturns Roe. “We

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Then, when Democrats won control of the Virginia state legislature in 2019, gun rights activism soared across the state. This should come as no surprise: The National Rifle Association spends about US$3 million annually on direct gun rights lobbying that supports pro-gun political advocacy.

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