The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

Will Hubbard, the interim chief policy officer at the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said a veteran is different from someone actively serving, but it’s impossible to decouple the two. in rhetoric and composition but has largely focused her research on the experiences of women veterans. “We

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

The country’s next generation of leaders is pushing for racial equity, economic equality, disability justice and gender and sexual liberation; to succeed they will need the observational and analytical skills that can be developed by studying ideas, historical events, aesthetic works and cultural practices.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

Through the local advocacy of several organizations, the community will have nine Spanish-speaking providers by this summer — including Aguilera. So we see this sort of segregation going on,” said Julia Mendez, a researcher for the center. I’m looking for another opportunity.’”

Advocacy 128

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2024

The number of college-educated women in the workforce has now overtaken the number of college-educated men, according to the Pew Research Center. Women who go to college are also 7 percentage points more likely than men to graduate , the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports. It had such a weed-out culture.

Middle School 134

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

The lack of cultural competence and consideration affects black students disproportionately — hence, the severity of racial disparities surrounding certain issues, such as the school-to-prison pipeline. Her interests include research and advocacy for children of color, children from impoverished backgrounds and children involved in athletics.

K-12 145

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways? Research indicates that Generation Z students are technologically savvy and appreciate interdisciplinary, project-based learning experiences.

Advocacy 109

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

Research repeatedly indicates that schools and students with access to high quality music education perform better in a multitude of academic, social and emotional ways. Cultural and social relevance. Music teachers need your advocacy and your help. This has been a nice shift in focus for us.

K-12 145

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2024

While some progress has been made since then, institutions can still do a better job connecting their educational and economic mobility missions; recent research indicates that college graduates are having a hard time putting their degrees to work.

Economics 114

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Our new report, Computational Thinking for a Computational World , draws from research and interviews with leaders around the country to answer the essential question: In a computational world, what is important to know and know how to do? We see these practices of computational thinking benefitting cutting-edge research and everyday life.

K-12 109

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

School administrators will have to explicitly address the racial biases and stereotyping that stifle black educators’ professional growth, argue researchers Ashley Griffin and Hilary Tackie in a new report from The Education Trust, a national nonprofit advocacy organization. We become the representative for all of those children.”.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic drove a big increase in homeschooled students, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Homeschool Hub , a collection of homeschooling research and resources. While popular in some conservative circles, classical learning isn’t traditionally a byword for culture war politics.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2019

After spending over two decades working to advance racial equity in education through advocacy and philanthropy, I took a new job last year that has allowed me to see this work from the inside out. My organization works closely with school staff to change the cultures of schools so that they are supporting achievement, not just demanding it.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

Now, a new annual report about attitudes toward Asian Americans from the advocacy organization LAAUNCH has provided some disturbing answers to some of these questions. As an Asian American, my lived experience and this research make me firmly believe that we must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. —

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

Nesbitt African American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In California, nearly two-thirds of Black students who go to college start at a community college, but nearly half quit without receiving any credential, according to a study by The RP Group, a nonprofit research organization.

High School 145

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Anthropology News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It represents a key example of how Tibetan refugees have established institutionalized, international education that preserves, advances, and shares Buddhist culture and philosophy. However, among community members, the relevance of linguistic diversity to the continuity of Tibetan Buddhist culture is a topic of considerable debate.

Heritage 98

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Recent research suggests that, by 2, toddlers can begin to reveal signs of autism: an absence of big smiles or, as in Jonathan’s case, an abrupt loss of speech and a lack of interactive gestures. They don’t speak the language; they don’t understand the culture, the routines—all of that invisible stuff that we take for granted.

Advocacy 93

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

I’m not opposed to civic action, but we can’t let the cart get ahead of the horse,” said David Davenport, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank at Stanford University. “In In science, you don’t run around doing a bunch of experiments — you start with knowledge and develop a hypothesis first.”.

Civic Engagement 142

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2022

Latino students may be grappling with heated debates on immigration policy that affect their loved ones, or the challenges of straddling two different cultures. Research shows mental health treatment is more effective when it’s in line with the client’s culture and when clients perceive their therapist to be culturally competent.

Advocacy 104

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ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. Our languages are quickly becoming in danger of being lost,” Around Him says.

Advocacy 106

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

New research shows that failing to get more Hispanics to go to college will lower incomes for all Americans. This story from the Hechinger archive lays out what researchers project will happen if there is not an increase in the number of nonwhites going to and through college. And they’ll all be hurtling toward college age.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2018

Flagship universities are the jewels in the crown of public higher education systems — they have sought-after faculty, preeminent research facilities, the most resources and often the highest graduation rates, for all races. Related: New research shows Latinos closing the racial gap on college degrees, but still lagging far behind whites.

Advocacy 109

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2023

They also lack the self-advocacy skills necessary to navigate their new environments. Research also shows that institutions that help students gain a sense of belonging to a community and help them access support systems to navigate the college experience will see improved persistence, graduation and overall success in college and afterward.

Advocacy 115

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Anthropology News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

As anthropologists, we study what we care about, making research an intimate undertaking. Here, Dr. Mecca Howe and Ariana Gunderson discuss the effects of our food research on our personal relationships with food, while considering the role of our eating choices within the food system and our research for the communities we study.

Anthropology 52

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Researchers have shown that districts around the country dont use the same criteria when grouping students into higher or lower math classes. Performing the Autopsy Proponents of the detracking effort see themselves as fighting against the tide of the countrys education system and, even more difficult, its culture.

K-12 92

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

Tanji Reed Marshall, a former teacher and current researcher at The Education Trust, an education research and advocacy organization, recently studied how frequently teachers offer students choices in the classroom. Sidebar: Personalizing school culture with ‘preceptors’. I’m probably going to learn more.”.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning and the Latino student advocacy group Excelencia in Education have joined forces to introduce an initiative this academic year to shrink this gap by helping working, adult students. Yet, the percentage of Latino college students between the ages of 18 and 24 rose from 21.7 percent in 2000 to 39.2

Advocacy 89

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Women’s share of construction trades jobs increased from about 3 percent to 4 percent over the past five or so years, according to Ariane Hegewisch, a senior research fellow at the nonprofit Institute for Women’s Policy Research. an advocacy group in Oakland, California. “We Credit: Sarah Garland.

Advocacy 125

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. These majors were designed for cultures that the vast majority of today’s students would barely recognize, and many have outworn their usefulness. I am a poster child for the English major.

Humanities 101

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In Boston Public Schools, Superintendent Tommy Chang has placed an emphasis on culturally and linguistically inclusive schools. Extensive research shows that is not right. Since then, other studies have confirmed their findings and brain research has shown the wide-ranging benefits of being bilingual.

Multicultural Education 111

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

With EdSurge Research and the Abolitionist Teaching Network , we piloted a model for healing affinity spaces centering Black women’s healing while being in community with one another. Researchers have connected the knowledge and values of Black feminism with culturally congruent mental health resources for Black women.

Education 119

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Holloman, says the university’s “newness and brashness” made it easier to create a culture supportive of black students. We have a culture that supports you,’ ” said Holloman. I’m talking about black female instructors who are scientists and researchers. Georgia State’s dean of students, Darryl B. Photo: Terrell Clark.

Sociology 112

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

We know that these obstacles exist, and we haven’t addressed them,” said Wil Del Pilar, vice president for higher education policy, practice and research at the Education Trust, a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping students of color and low-income students.

K-12 145

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2020

His parents were overjoyed—at least initially —because they thought he would also be able to participate in the school’s dual language program, easing the child’s language and cultural transition. At Sarah Greenwood, school leaders have resisted López’s advocacy for years.

Advocacy 143

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The growth has largely been driven by advocacy from white, affluent families, as well as by districts responding to an influx of immigrant students. But research shows dual-language programs may actually enhance students’ learning in English. There are at least 2,000 of these programs in U.S.

Elementary School 111

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

And a slightly higher percentage of nonwhite teachers than white ones—45 percent vs. 42 percent—said that they were considering leaving their position last school year, researchers at the University of Arkansas’ College of Education & Health Professions found. identify as people of color, compared with more than half of students.

Leadership 144

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 144

ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. It’s not enough for a school to simply offer these students computer science classes — teachers like Noriega are working to tear down the invisible mental and cultural barriers that keep Latino students from considering the field altogether.

Educational Technology 86

Educational Technology EdTech Education Heritage 86

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

And even though many of them have moved to an online environment, you’re looking at first-generation college students that don’t come from a culture of knowing how to navigate the process.”. Davis Jenkins, Community College Research Center. Community colleges have got to get their act together.

High School 145

High School Advocacy Economics Research 145