The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students are likely to be affected the most by the most recent version of the law. Parents and teachers have been packing churches , school board rooms and legislative sessions in protest. “I’m in the school. But the older law left retention decisions up to districts.

Tutoring 109

Tutoring Elementary School K-12 Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2017

A coalition of seven charter school management organizations (CMOs) in New Orleans and the Kingsley House , a non-profit that serves low-income and vulnerable populations, have partnered to offer a “diverse by design” early childhood center. Schools should get the resources they need to be successful with any population.

Education 83

Education Charter School Private School Advocacy 83

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2019

His “quiet and relentless advocacy brought hundreds of African Americans into space industry jobs in the Deep South, helping to shift perceptions of black people in ways both subtle and profound,” wrote Michael Fletcher in the story. Related: Charter schools aren’t a radical solution and neither is blaming them. Trade Industry.

Charter School 93

Charter School Advocacy Economics Government 93

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Related: Economics, culture and distance conspire to keep rural nonwhites from higher educations. “There’s a really tremendous gulf,” said Katie Berger, senior policy analyst for higher education at the nonprofit advocacy organization The Education Trust. “The scope of this problem is huge.”

High School 86

High School Charter School Economics Leadership 86

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A Center for Public Integrity analysis of district-level federal education data suggests roughly 300,000 students entitled to essential rights reserved for homeless students have slipped through the cracks, unidentified by the school districts mandated to help them. Advocacy groups and researchers , too, have surfaced examples.

Advocacy 69

Advocacy Government Public School High School 69

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

They don’t have the choice to, say, tax real estate developers to fund their schools.” It’s very difficult to compare Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse to New York City,” said Billy Easton, executive director of the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), a left-leaning education advocacy group.

Elementary School 66

Elementary School Tradition Charter School Advocacy 66

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

Down the road at Greene County’s other public schools, 12 percent of students are white and 68 percent are black; there isn’t a piano lab and there are far fewer AP courses. Lake Oconee Academy is a charter school. Charters are public schools, ostensibly open to all. Kim Smith, a mother of three in Greene County.

Charter School 112

Charter School Tradition Public School K-12 112