The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In the last few years, the American education system has been bludgeoned by changes that have upended decades of progress toward better academic, economic and social outcomes for all. We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement. Our goals were not far-fetched or new.

Civic Engagement 129

Civic Engagement Education Civics K-12 129

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Once considered a boutique form of education overly reliant on technology, competency-based education is increasingly seen as a way to solve a host of problems with traditional schooling, problems that became more apparent when learning went virtual. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks.

K-12 142

K-12 Advocacy Elementary School Tradition 142

Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 36 million adults in this country read at or below a third grade level — a staggering statistic. It has spurred the publication of white papers, launch of incubators and conferences, as well as interest amongst journalists and advocacy groups.

Economics 94

Economics Advocacy Tradition Research 94

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. Though they may not have the luxury of building from scratch, traditional universities could design degree pathways more like Minerva’s: interdisciplinary and project-based. I am a poster child for the English major.

Humanities 104

Humanities Advocacy Human Rights Social Science 104

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Adult education remains critical for workers who are looking to advance economically, including those in low-wage earning jobs, opportunity youth, immigrant-origin adults, and parent learners. The National Literacy Council’s website also has an extensive list of helpful resources for teaching and learning, programs, and advocacy.

Library 90

Library Education Advocacy Economics 90

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Related: Simpler FAFSA complicates college plans for students and families “As much staff as government has, it’s not enough for students right now,” said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the national advocacy group Complete College America. She wants colleges to do more to directly help applicants still struggling to fill out the forms.

Advocacy 142

Advocacy Library Government Public School 142

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.

Tradition 132

Tradition Advocacy Leadership Economics 132

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2017

In addition, 84 percent of students enrolled in public school were deemed economically disadvantaged in 2014. There’s a historical and cultural tradition of going where your family has been,” she said. However, without a deliberate effort to mix enrollees of free federal programs with paying students, we won’t get economic diversity.

Education 85

Education Charter School Private School Advocacy 85

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. They can earn a higher daily rate than traditional substitutes, or put the extra amount toward health benefits. Credit: Terra Fondriest for The Hechinger Report.

Elementary School 136

Elementary School High School Public School Advocacy 136

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five of adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. Related: Economics, culture and distance conspire to keep rural nonwhites from higher educations.

High School 109

High School Advocacy Economics Tradition 109

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

Fewer students equal less revenue for community colleges, which could lead to cuts at the very institutions so many depend upon as a first step toward economic mobility. Instead of spending the fall semester watching a parade of instructors on his bedroom computer monitor, he decided to keep his job at a coffee shop and wait out the pandemic.

High School 145

High School Advocacy Economics Research 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2023

For almost two years, we told families that school can look different and that schoolwork could be accomplished in times outside of the traditional 8-to-3 day. And the effects of online learning linger: School relationships have frayed, and after months at home, many parents and students don’t see the point of regular attendance.

Advocacy 94

Advocacy High School Elementary School Tradition 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

These strategies range in impact and difficulty, and some have been more practiced in the children’s advocacy world than others. In Boston, these payments augment the traditional K-12 education system and help low-income children gain access to the middle class. Therefore, it is critical that no money be left on the table.

Government 84

Government K-12 Advocacy Leadership 84

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

That argument can only help propel support for young Hispanics aspiring to go to college, said Deborah Santiago, co-founder and vice president for policy at the advocacy organization Excelencia in Education. “How well we do in providing more resources for minority students is really the key to how well all of us will do,” Murdock said.

K-12 111

K-12 Advocacy Government Leadership 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

But now the professional degree that could propel her entire family toward the economic stability they had never known was vanishing from sight. “I These declines confirm worries that poor and minority students are being left even further behind, their problems exacerbated by the economic devastation of the coronavirus.

Economics 116

Economics Junior High Advocacy Critical Thinking 116

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

And given the former abundance of well-paying, blue-collar jobs in this corner of Indiana, the university is also up against a regional tradition that doesn’t necessarily place a high value on a college degree, she said. Debra Santiago, CEO, Excelencia in Education. But Debra Santiago, CEO of the D.C.-based

Social Justice 111

Social Justice High School Tutoring Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional language learning in the U.S. Costel-Tudor Voica, a junior from Moldova majoring in economics, said that being in a class with native speakers was thrilling: “I can take my Chinese to the next level.”. is in trouble. Is this approach an answer? Most kids don’t want to become a linguist or get a Ph.D.

Heritage 94

Heritage Global Studies Advocacy High School 94

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

By traditional measures of well-being, America’s children and teens should be doing well. And then there are other social factors, such as economic precarity, a greater societal willingness to talk about mental health, so-called helicopter parenting, and the opioid epidemic, among many others. “I Subscribe today!

Tradition 58

Tradition Advocacy Leadership Economics 58

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Dozens of these ultra-green schools are going up in every sort of district – urban and rural, affluent and lower income, blue state and red state.

K-12 111

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

There is something of an annual tradition among New York City mayors and school chancellors. 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. Photo: Emmanuel Felton. SYRACUSE, N.Y.

Elementary School 77

Elementary School Charter School Tradition Education Policy 77

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Some 2,400 districts — from regions synonymous with economic hardship to big cities and prosperous suburbs — did not report having even one homeless student despite levels of financial need that make those figures improbable. Advocacy groups and researchers , too, have surfaced examples.

Advocacy 89

Advocacy Government Public School High School 89

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

2U has historically given colleges only the opportunity to partner through a traditional revenue share, in which it offers its full suite of services in exchange for a cut of the tuition. That’s substantially less than overseas undergraduates pay to attend the London School of Economics in person.

Education 74

Education Advocacy Economics Political Science 74

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

That argument can only help propel support for young Hispanics aspiring to go to college, said Deborah Santiago, co-founder and vice president for policy at the advocacy organization Excelencia in Education. “How well we do in providing more resources for minority students is really the key to how well all of us will do,” Murdock said.

Research 71

Research K-12 Archiving Advocacy 71

MPSA

OCTOBER 12, 2021

While many students choose to tackle one of Wikipedia’s equity gaps, others focus on improving more traditional content. Students in a course on International Politics expanded the article on Complex interdependence , the idea that states are growing increasingly connected through economic relationships.

Political Science 52

Political Science Human Rights History Economics 52

Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 26, 2020

The role anthropologists play in facilitating economic growth, designing and implementation of specific policies and plans whether at the level of the state, donor agencies or indigenous social movements. There are several works anthropological in nature which focus on the social and cultural effects of economic change. Consultants 3.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Economics Cultures Advocacy 130

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Advocates argue that this will help to decouple institutional racial bias from life outcomes for children, such as their long-term physical health, economic status and educational success. “So She explains that her experiences as a parent whose son didn’t receive enough early care have helped to shape her advocacy.

EdTech 105

EdTech Education Social Justice Advocacy 105

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

It’s where districts and schools decide to spend their money,” Worth, a veteran educator who has also taught in Greene County’s traditional public schools, explained. Many charters hire teachers who don’t belong to a teachers union or haven’t gone through a traditional teacher preparation program, for example.

Charter School 112

Charter School Public School Tradition K-12 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

The Magnolia State’s road to economic recovery has been pitched as a matter of disinfecting workspaces, conducting daily temperature checks, encouraging social distancing and using masks to keep workers and customers safe — and staying patient as the state enters a painful recession. You’re stuck,” she said.

Advocacy 144

Advocacy Tradition Economics Public School 144

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2020

Metro Nashville Public Schools, a bureaucratic institution, runs the city’s traditional public schools. In traditional district schools, teachers teach the same curriculum through a one-size-fits-all approach. He is in the process of organizing an education advocacy group called P.O.W.E.R.

Charter School 144

Charter School Public School Elementary School Advocacy 144

Political Science Now

APRIL 9, 2025

In this workshop, the co-leaders will support early career researchers in considering the utility and sharpening the application of mixed methods approaches to key political economy questions including, but not limited to, such topics as redistribution, democratization, economic policy, unionization, and social policy.

Civic Engagement 34

Civic Engagement Civics Economics Professional Development 34

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Education advocacy nonprofit Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools found that “[b]etween 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S. By making the connection between educational adequacy and equity, Warren’s policy breaks from the choice-driven reform movement that ignores the economic context in which children, families and schools reside.

Charter School 75

Charter School Education Education Policy Public School 75

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Protecting academic freedom and freedom of expression is crucial—especially given the widespread silencing of Palestinian human rights advocacy. These relationships call on older traditions of religious tolerance in the region. But doing so does not address the full extent of the problem.

Anthropology 141

Anthropology Human Rights Humanities Cultures 141

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Traditional bilingual education essentially lets students use their first language while they learn English. While policymakers didnt catch on right away, well-off and well-educated white parents did, seeing the economic benefits of bilingualism for their children very clearly. And Madera Unified gives her hope.

Elementary School 116

Elementary School Education K-12 History 116

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2023

That means coordinators avoid directing too many recipients into education, said Bryce McKibben, senior director of policy and advocacy at the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice at Temple University. But experts say that a degree or credential could help achieve that while generating other economic benefits for states.

Advocacy 118

Advocacy Government Economics US Government 118

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. Keith Krueger, chief executive officer of the Consortium for School Networking, a technology advocacy group, calls the digital divide in the US “the civil rights issue” of our time.

K-12 95

K-12 High School Library Elementary School 95

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Fueling the reforms and the funding behind them are a projected shortage of workers with the necessary degrees to fill the jobs of the future, a public backlash in response to budget cuts made during the recession and a concern that the state had been abandoning its long tradition of high-quality, low-cost education.

Education 102

Education Tutoring Advocacy High School 102

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Even as many states, including politically conservative ones, have begun to invest in early learning, Idaho has resisted, with some far-right lawmakers arguing that more government intervention in education would only harm children and erode “traditional” values including the nuclear family. Yet that doesn’t reflect the reality of Idahoans.

Education 132

Education Government K-12 Advocacy 132