The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

The stereotypical library can seem like a vestige, making it an easy target when budgets are tight, according to Mark Ray, Vancouver’s director of innovation and library services, “but we want libraries to be the lynchpin of education transformation.” based education advocacy group. “It

Library 111

Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2024

I started by organizing cultural awareness sessions in my school during the in-service days, where I shared my personal stories and the significance of the hijab. The Journey Continues My journey as a Muslim teacher in a predominantly white school has been challenging, but deeply rewarding, oddly enough.

Professional Development 22

Professional Development Advocacy Cultures Humanities 22

ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Becoming an Outsider It would be hard to identify a single cause of Bradley’s school avoidance, according to his mother, Deirdre. But it began in middle school, around the seventh grade. Bradley would miss school here and there, but the growing tally of absences worried his mom.

Advocacy 126

Advocacy High School Middle School Tradition 126

ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

A middle school teacher shared how her values compete with her capacity to care for her own mental well-being while caring for her students from underserved communities in Georgia: "My values are advocacy and mental health. This integrity moves us from individual to collective or communal healing.

Education 126

Education Heritage Tradition Teaching 126

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 83

ED Surge

AUGUST 30, 2023

Price Middle School (LJPMS) families after the city of Atlanta condemned property in the Forest Cove neighborhood in 2021. There were over 300 families that resided in Forest Cove, and many of the children from these households attended our school. This was the reality for many of the students and their families at Luther J.

Community Engagement 97

Community Engagement Advocacy Middle School Cultures 97

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Many schools embrace technology in the classroom as a route to these students’ hearts. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. It all comes down to how schools introduce and make room for Summit in their classrooms.

Junior High 133

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 133

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“I myself have kind of been more fortunate in a lot of standpoints, because I feel like the public education system itself really does do the minimum,” Ta says. Still, the path was winding and not limited to school. While Ta is too young to vote in this election, they are highly engaged in politics. That’s how he got involved.

Civics 121

Civics Education Government K-12 121

ED Surge

MAY 2, 2022

She was outside supervising a group of students during a mask break at her middle school in South Berwick, Maine, when she felt a sense of overwhelming dread. Lesley Allen will never know what triggered her final panic attack last fall. Her anxiety spiked, her heart thumped out of her chest and her left arm went numb.

Teaching 143

Teaching Middle School Museum Educational Technology 143

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

When Texas’ House Bill (HB) 25 went into effect earlier this year, banning transgender students from participating in K-12 sports, I invited teachers at my middle school to stop by my classroom to help with a project to reaffirm our school’s support for trans students.

Education 127

Education K-12 Advocacy Government 127

ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2023

Getting to middle school, where I had a counselor, Mrs. Bennett — God rest her soul — she was a Black woman who told me, “You really need to be in the advanced courses.” And that was another real experience that showed me what advocacy can do. So it’s advocacy that really changed my life. And I said, “Sure.”

Advocacy 109

Advocacy K-12 Humanities Teaching 109

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

She started the Black Student Union at the middle school and formed enduring friendships with several colleagues and Lusher families. One of Talbott’s daughters graduated from Lusher in 2021; the other still attends the high school. Credit: NEA Foundation.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

ED Surge

JUNE 8, 2023

Stuck in Limbo In a recently released report , immigration advocacy organization FWD.us led with a startling figure: Most of the 120,000 high school students living in the country without legal permission who are graduating this year are ineligible for DACA. Indeed, it seems like an essential part of their advocacy.

Education 112

Education Advocacy High School Middle School 112

ED Surge

MAY 7, 2025

Though AHA researchers stress they found no indoctrination, politicization or deliberate classroom malpractice, the heavy-handed political rhetoric from the White House harms teachers, says Emma Humphries, a former history teacher and now chief education officer at the civics advocacy group iCivics. We feel so polarized right now.

History 104

History Civics Museum American History 104