The Hechinger Report

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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Advocacy Government Public School High School 87

The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

More than 16,000 students in Greenville County Schools had at least one F on their fall report cards this year, or more than triple the number of students with Fs in fall of 2019. More than one-fifth of third graders at Ida Greene were held back at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. State education officials took notice.

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Elementary School K-12 Middle School High School 122

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 25

Cultures Library Elementary School Advocacy 25

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

The school year was so atypical, traditional measures such as attendance, behavior and course completion are skewed. “It And that having mental health providers improves outcomes for students and can improve overall school safety. This year, Superintendent Munn said it’s hard to show benefits quantitively because there is a “dearth of data.”

Tutoring 141

Tutoring Middle School Elementary School High School 141

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Last fall, in the district, nearly half of teacher absences went unfilled, compared with 26 percent in fall 2019. Teachers collected extra stipends to sacrifice their planning periods to cover for a missing colleague. They can earn a higher daily rate than traditional substitutes, or put the extra amount toward health benefits.

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. Bob Grover and Rob Catlett. 

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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. And it hasn’t been easy to sustain all of the gains.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Teachers now must use lesson plans, and they finally have a curriculum to use in English, science and math classes. A year later, the Nations Report Card found Native students in traditional public schools performed much better than those in BIE schools. The BIE hired Vides in 2019 as a kindergarten and first grade teacher.

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Education Elementary School Government K-12 105

The Hechinger Report

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. “There was a breakdown in communication in the school and the students,” said Honani, who works as a program manager for The Hopi Foundation.

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Government High School K-12 Public School 135