The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. Home to the state’s largest school district, with nearly 60 percent of students considered economically disadvantaged, Manchester has consistently performed well below average on state achievement tests.

K-12 143

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. No more simply “sitting on your butt in class,” as one educator put it. Why are we so stuck in an age-based, grade-based era?

Advocacy 108

Advocacy K-12 Tradition Economics 108

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2022

Without a significant change in the economics of education, changing the grammar of schooling is actually the most realistic approach. Elementary schools could have “one day where younger kids engage with experiential learning with partner organizations,” suggests Scott Goldstein, founder of a teacher advocacy organization in Washington, D.C.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School K-12 Advocacy 145

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.” But the older law left retention decisions up to districts.

Tutoring 135

Tutoring Elementary School K-12 Advocacy 135

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

That’s about $1,000 more than the national average per pupil spending in K-12 , as calculated by the National Center for Education Statistics. . But,” she added, “what if higher-income kids are needed to make pre-K more productive for disadvantaged kids?” . Department of Health and Human Services deems “affordable.”

K-12 94

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In June, the city of Memphis, Tennessee, lost funding for 1,000 pre-K slots due to an expiring federal grant. Under pressure to invest in education, Mayor Jim Strickland announced the city would commit $6 million toward pre-K funding, though that amount would not completely offset the lost federal funds.

Government 94

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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.

K-12 111

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

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. There was enough space — three units and one house — for four classrooms, and as soon as renovation was completed on the first room, she enrolled 12 more kids. The timeline for renovation grew longer.

K-12 125

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2020

The 41-point gap between the percentage of students living in poverty in Claiborne and Hinds County isn’t just one of the largest in the state, it’s the fourth widest in the country, according to an update of a 2016 report from the nonprofit EdBuild released this week that highlights economic segregation.

Economics 122

Economics Advocacy Humanities Education 122

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Educators can be good at teaching and bad at teaching reading, said Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), an advocacy group that studies teacher preparation. About 30 percent of students are white, 26 percent are Black, 24 percent are Hispanic and 12 percent are Asian.

Elementary School 145

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Yet, nationwide, there was just one school psychologist for every 1,127 K-12 students in 2020-21, a ratio well below the 500 students to one psychologist recommended by the National Association of School Psychologists. The shortages of school social workers and counselors are just as bad. Related: School counselors keep kids on track.

Psychology 122

Psychology K-12 High School Economics 122

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2016

Half a million, or about one in four, show up on campuses each fall not ready to take college courses in math or English, according to the advocacy organization Education Reform Now. That’s a feat a surprising number of high school graduates fail to accomplish.

High School 76

High School K-12 Advocacy Middle School 76

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. Related: How do we stop the exodus of minority teachers?

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Cultures Economics Research 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2020

NEW YORK — Countless ideas about getting students to and through college have come from policymakers, lawmakers and any number of advocacy groups. But what if a solution comes from students themselves?

Advocacy 114

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Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 23, 2024

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

Norphlet-Thompson said that in Mississippi’s rural, under-resourced, economically challenged communities, Head Start is critical for providing child care as well as medical care that children may not otherwise receive.

Advocacy 84

Advocacy Economics Humanities Research 84

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

Maine is the pioneer,” said Chris Sturgis, co-founder of CompetencyWorks , a national organization that advocates for the approach in K-12 schools. “I There was a sense that we needed to swing for the fences to make the economic transition the state needs to make.”. “In Kylee Elderkin, student, Nokomis Regional High School.

Education 0

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2017

Hoffman Early Learning Center , which opened in 2015, currently hosts federally funded Head Start programs that provide free pre-K programs to qualifying low-income families with 3- and 4-year-olds. In addition, 84 percent of students enrolled in public school were deemed economically disadvantaged in 2014. This effort does that.

Education 92

Education Charter School Private School Advocacy 92

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2019

Bob Casey (D-PA) tweeted , “No child should have to imagine the horror of being ripped away from their parents because their family is struggling economically.” Although 12 percent of public school students attended a high-poverty school in 2000, this figure rose to 20 percent by 2011. percent of their white counterparts.

Advocacy 102

Advocacy High School Middle School Economics 102

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2016

The cuts endanger the school’s unique mission of equipping its students with the language skills and self-advocacy that enriches their Deaf identity, the school’s administrators and teachers say. The rest of MSD’s 238 children are K-12 students. Related: How Mississippi got an award for education.

Elementary School 75

Elementary School K-12 Advocacy Economics 75

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. The final two papers focus on the equity implications of municipal boundaries and political fragmentation in the U.S. Trojahn et al.

Political Science 55

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 55

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. She enrolled her daughter, Nevaeh, in pre-K at Greensboro Elementary School just as Lake Oconee Academy was getting off the ground.

Charter School 112

Charter School Public School Tradition K-12 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” says a new report published by the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. “Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

Advocacy 85

Advocacy Public School Government Economics 85

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The majority of that money went to K-12 schools — institutions serving primarily non-Indigenous people. Kunesh, a descendant of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, has authored two bills that returned state land to tribes, each with a decade or more of advocacy behind it. The state of Montana, for example, manages 5.2

Government 102

Government Public School K-12 Cultures 102

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

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. They don’t have the choice to, say, tax real estate developers to fund their schools.”

Elementary School 81

Elementary School Charter School Tradition Education Policy 81

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.

Public School 138

Public School K-12 High School Government 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

Social Studies 143

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 143

Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

Staying connected to students is especially critical for those whose families may be feeling the pandemic more acutely, whether family members are first responders or socio-economic factors make them particularly vulnerable. Emphasizing digital equity and advocacy. Connecting with families.

Library 148

Library K-12 Pedagogy Advocacy 148

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The most dramatic place to see this is in kindergarten through grade 12, where Hispanics make up nearly a quarter of enrollment nationwide, up from 16 percent in 2000. The number of Hispanics of all ages will more than double while the number of whites will decline by 8 percent.

K-12 111

K-12 Advocacy Government High School 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

Nearly 200,000 Mississippians with children between ages of 6 to 12 work. Through the Families First Corona Response Act federal aid package, some workers staying at home to care for their children can receive up to 12 weeks of paid leave. Stapleton stayed at home with Kvian as state officials rolled out the next phase of reopening.

Advocacy 144

Advocacy Tradition Economics Public School 144

ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2023

That little girl went on to study math and economics in college, then became a math teacher and a teacher-coach. And that was another real experience that showed me what advocacy can do. So it’s advocacy that really changed my life. It seemed to her that Nicole, a Black girl, was being ignored by her teacher, a white woman.

Advocacy 109

Advocacy K-12 Humanities Teaching 109

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Fourth graders in the state from almost every racial and economic background improved their scores on the exam. 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.

Private School 143

Private School High School Public School Charter School 143

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

The most dramatic place to see this is in kindergarten through grade 12, where Hispanics make up nearly a quarter of enrollment nationwide, up from 16 percent in 2000. The number of Hispanics of all ages will more than double while the number of whites will decline by 8 percent.

Research 79

Research K-12 Archiving Advocacy 79

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

The 10-year moratorium on even partial reimbursements could create a backlog of more than a billion dollars’ worth of capital projects across state schools by 2025, according to a March analysis of Alaska’s K-12 capital spending by Bob Loeffler, a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research.

High School 123

High School Government K-12 Advocacy 123

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

They were among 450 students, teachers, preachers, child advocates and social justice activists from across the country who gathered for the Children’s Defense Fund’s 23rd Annual Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry. They get a deeper understanding of advocacy,” she said.

History 85

History Teaching Social Justice Advocacy 85

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Area Educators for Social Justice has secured the following co-sponsors for this year, in addition to the co-host, the African American Civil War Museum and Memorial.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Area Educators for Social Justice has secured the following co-sponsors for this year, in addition to the co-host, the African American Civil War Museum and Memorial.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52