The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Her parents wanted to get her a special education designation — and all the supports that came with it. The short answer, according to special education lawyers and advocates across the country, is no. Catherine Pearson, parent of a student in special education. But that doesn’t stop it from happening frequently.

Education 145

Education Advocacy Government Elementary School 145

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. These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come. Our goals were not far-fetched or new.

Civic Engagement 119

Civic Engagement Civics Education K-12 119

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

Charter School 127

Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 127

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

When it comes to influencing education policy and cultivating innovative schools, all eyes are on the states. But in return for this freedom, states must come up with their own ways of ensuring that their schools give all students a high-quality, equitable education. Photo: Emily Richmond for The Hechinger Report.

Education 105

Education Advocacy Leadership Education Policy 105

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

As a result, our generation’s relationship with technology and STEM education is distinct. Related: To attract more students to STEM fields in college, advocates urge starting in sixth grade Number two: Youth ambassador opportunities that develop leadership and advocacy skills. They found them every step of the way.

Advocacy 114

Advocacy Leadership High School Research 114

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2024

Yet if we broaden our focus, there are myriad more impactful ways to promote educational equity than adjusting the admissions practices of elite colleges. Widespread improvements in educational equity and economic mobility will happen only when minority-serving and broad-access institutions receive our respect and support.

Education 98

Education Advocacy Economics Private School 98

ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Recently, EdSurge podcast host Carl Hooker discussed with field experts how educators can foster creativity for college and career readiness. Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways?

Advocacy 109

Advocacy K-12 Critical Thinking Project-Based Learning 109

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2024

She became a special education teacher, and said she never stops thinking about how to create a world in which a young Black student like herself could be taught to work with (instead of against) her learning differences, to reach her full potential. And how do we create a space for all learners to thrive according to their unique design?”

K-12 138

K-12 Leadership Psychology Advocacy 138

ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2022

At least one educator, though, worries that the arrangement is more of a misfit than even proponents of the idea might realize. Advocacy is exhausting. Should schools be run like businesses? That’s a question that comes up a lot these days. See a version here, published with permission. We live in our self-selected echo chambers.

Education 112

Education Advocacy Public School High School 112

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores. Related: Reading Remedies.

Teaching 127

Teaching Advocacy Leadership Research 127

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

Young people from organizations across the city came together to learn about community organizing, build community and develop a city-wide education justice campaign. This question invited me to think critically about my experiences as a youth organizer and educator. Over 25 educators showed up and listened to these powerful stories.

Humanities 117

Humanities Leadership Advocacy Lesson Plan 117

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Now a doctoral student in education leadership policy at Texas Tech University, Williams often thinks about the student loan debt she is still accruing. And for Williams, a higher education senior policy analyst at the advocacy group Education Trust, the personal is also professional. Ivory Toldson, NAACP.

Economics 135

Economics Advocacy Leadership Education Policy 135

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

Hameed’s students are participants in various programs through Hello Future , a nonprofit organization that works with teen refugees to bridge the education gap by teaching digital and financial literacy, critical thinking and entrepreneurship. The students at the Arbat camp are Syrian refugees who fled that country’s civil war.

Project-Based Learning 145

Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Advocacy Leadership 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

By many measures, schools here made big gains under Gordon and the ambitious 11-year effort to overhaul the education system that he helped create. Now, many worry that the district won’t rebound — and will head back into the cycle of rotating leadership, low performance and lack of public trust that existed before the turnaround.

Education 106

Education Leadership Tutoring Advocacy 106

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2024

Szoo is part of a long-running rise in the number of women getting higher educations, even as the number of men has been declining — a trend beginning to hit even male-dominated fields such as engineering and business. Department of Education.

Middle School 134

Middle School Leadership Advocacy Cultures 134

ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

As a classroom teacher, I always tried to improve my practice by reading academic and practice-based articles, attending trainings and connecting with fellow educators to share resources and troubleshoot challenges. PD has a bad reputation in education circles, and it isn’t because teachers are resistant to professional learning.

Professional Development 138

Professional Development Advocacy Tradition Leadership 138

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2022

My friends without such advocacy found themselves systematically excluded from certain courses by the invisible hand of adults who did not know them and used the school schedule to cajole them toward courses and pathways that, over time, calcified and shaped their identities — and aspirations. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

Advocacy 130

Advocacy High School Leadership Teaching 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The project, designed by Tom Sugar, vice president for partnerships at EAB, the education consulting firm that will support colleges in the Moon Shot effort, is an effort to address systemic pitfalls in higher education and eliminate equity gaps in access and completion. Sign up for our higher education newsletter. .

Leadership 110

Leadership Advocacy Cultures Professional Development 110

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And the early childhood educators who remain in the field have done so despite low wages, rising inflation and high-stress working conditions. With a $30 million investment over five years, the center aims to improve conditions for the early care and education workforce, making it a more attractive field to enter, remain and advance in.

Government 105

Government K-12 Leadership Advocacy 105

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

Her tenure began just a few months into the pandemic when coronavirus cases were surging across the nation and education officials were grappling with whether and how to reopen schools. The collective scramble for new leadership comes at a tense time for school boards. 28, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new hire will be his fifth.

High School 145

High School Leadership Advocacy Government 145

ED Surge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Even though federal law requires states to provide public education to homeless students, delivering on this has proven troublesome. Monarch School, a public-private K-12 school, is an arrangement between the San Diego County Office of Education and a local nonprofit. Monarch School argues that it provides a quality education.

K-12 121

K-12 Advocacy Leadership Tradition 121

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2024

“One out of 10 Black students in the eighth grade math scores were scoring basic or above,” saidKristen Hengtgen, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit advocacy group EdTrust, referring to last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card. Related: Widen your perspective.

High School 145

High School Public School Leadership Tutoring 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Already bilingual, he felt comfortable tackling the second half of his education in English. education system.

Advocacy 114

Advocacy Leadership High School Humanities 114

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

Troy Alim, who has been a social justice activist for the past several years, said he is inspired by the leadership of young Black students and agrees that most of the university statements are window dressing. “I Troy Alim, Midwest engagement manager for the Young Invincibles youth advocacy group. said Anyanwu, who is a pre-med major.

Advocacy 145

Advocacy Social Justice History Cultures 145

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 4, 2015

’ It’s not that you don’t have enough money due to four historic years of inadequate education funding , it’s that you don’t spend it wisely… I completely agree. All sports, all clubs, all leadership opportunities… Why are you angry? That bonus you didn’t get at work (aka Iowa education reform in 2015).

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Social Studies Leadership Education Policy 111

Edthena

MAY 29, 2024

During the Colorado Association of School Executives’ Winter meeting, David discussed the district’s challenges, his experience deploying Edthena’s AI Coach platform to improve teacher performance, and why he’s now an advocate for AI in education. This is all, leading to improved educational outcomes for students.

Professional Development 110

Professional Development Advocacy Leadership Tradition 110

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2024

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: The pandemic underscored the stark differences in pay, working conditions, and respect between K-12 educators and child care teachers in many communities.

K-12 131

K-12 Advocacy Leadership Tradition 131

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. This is a pivotal moment for early childhood education,” Robinson notes. “We

Advocacy 106

Advocacy Government Leadership Library 106

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

The switch to a proficiency-based education, which focuses on making sure students can demonstrate what they know, has helped students like Elderkin. That’s due to a new teaching approach here called “proficiency-based education,” that was inspired by a 2012 state law. Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

Education 0

Education K-12 High School Economics 0

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Erin Roberts, a teacher leadership specialist. Some teachers in Hickory Public Schools, where Viewmont Elementary is located, have been focusing more on the science of reading in recent years, spurred in part by the influence of a local education college. She pointed to the “p” again. Puh,” he enunciated. READ THE SERIES.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Tutoring K-12 Public School 145

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

A few folks know that I was one of the three finalists to be the next Director of the Iowa Department of Education. I shared some big ideas about where I thought Iowa education could / should go. I blogged in March that it was really tough to feel positive about education politics in Iowa this year and I was proven right.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Leadership Education Policy Teaching 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

. Imagine hundreds of thousands of parents protesting the ways in which schools educate their children. Department of Education warned 11 states that their opt-out rates exceeded five percent. Partly because it’s a grassroots movement without clear leadership or an elaborate organization. Indeed, in 2016, the U.S.

K-12 110

K-12 Advocacy Public School Leadership 110

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2019

That’s why it is time to change the conversation around music education. With funding cuts across all sectors of education, not just in the arts, it’s vital that we take a different approach to showcase the value of music and focus on the greater impact it could have across an entire school community.

Education 76

Education Advocacy Leadership Teaching 76

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.

Leadership 144

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 144

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Related: Eliminating funding that supports educators? Subscribe today! That’s no way to cut the federal budget.

Elementary School 111

Elementary School Advocacy Cultures Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Personalization is a growing focus for policy development, technology applications and educational marketing. Today’s education and cognitive scientists affirm that every learner has a dynamic profile of strengths and challenges that impacts their learning journey. The idea itself is not new. Foundation.

Charter School 91

Charter School Advocacy Leadership Humanities 91

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Jellicorse has autism, which can put up even more obstacles in college than those faced by students who aren’t on the autism spectrum — and which few higher education institutions have historically accommodated, despite a huge jump in the number of people diagnosed with it. But there was something bigger behind this brief exchange.

Advocacy 144

Advocacy High School Leadership Public School 144