Advocacy, Elementary School and Lesson Plan

Disabilities in math affect many students — but get little attention

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Elementary teachers report more anxiety when it comes to teaching math, which can make it harder to teach struggling learners. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities. Experts say that there are ways that all schools can make math instruction more accessible.

Tutoring

Tutoring Elementary School Advocacy Teaching

Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

. – Dressed in pastel pink and green for an early spring day, second-grader Katherine Cribbs was learning about energy on a virtual field trip – to her own school. 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. RELATED: Psst!

K-12

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy

Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

Library

Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy

The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

I’m getting directly into interventions, targeted materials, resources, lesson plans, pedagogical skills that are tailored toward the kids I have sitting right in front of me.”. Shelby Villegas, sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix.

Junior High

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies

What’s school without grade levels?

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Most states have something on the books to encourage competency-based options, but only about a half-dozen have loosened seat-time dictates enough to dispense with grade levels, according to Matt Williams, chief operating officer and vice president of policy and advocacy for the personalized-learning nonprofit KnowledgeWorks.

Tradition

Tradition Charter School High School Cultures

Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund. Most Basecamp schools make a lot of changes to the platform’s lesson plans, projects and assessments.

Charter School

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School

Teachers, deputized to fight the culture wars, are often reluctant to serve

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Jacqueline Rodriguez, vice president of research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, said she worries the bills will discourage LGBTQ individuals from pursuing teaching careers by sending the message that “this is not the profession to pursue if you want to bring your whole self to work every day.”.

Cultures

Cultures Library Elementary School Advocacy

NAACP targets a new civil rights issue—reading

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

And this past school year, dozens of elementary school administrators started training in LETRS, or Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling, which teaches them the “science of reading,” including how students learn to decode letters on the page and form meaning from words.

High School

High School Elementary School Public School Social Justice

The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

Charter School

Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School

A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Credit: Kershaw County School District. Volunteers from Sherrelwood Elementary School in Westminster, Colo.,

Elementary School

Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School

‘More than a warm body’: Schools try long-term solutions to substitute teacher shortage

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Over the past few months, Nathan Roberts has witnessed dozens of substitute teachers stumble through their first days at Penny Creek Elementary School. Nathan Roberts, a full-time substitute at Penny Creek Elementary School, teaches a class of kindergarteners how to count. Credit: Image provided by Everett Public Schools.

Elementary School

Elementary School High School Public School Advocacy

A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

. — Lindsey Johnson and Yesenia De La Rosa were taking different approaches to teaching the same English lesson on silent letters as they sat at opposite ends of this first grade classroom in West Elementary School. The shares are even higher in some classes at the district’s West Elementary School.

High School

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage

One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. If we don’t make the most of this chance,” he said, “we’re not going to get another one.” “It

Education Policy

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies

How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Her teachers at Havasupai Elementary School often asked Siyuja to tutor younger students and sometimes even let her run their classrooms. But once she left the K-8 school at the top of her grade, Siyuja stopped feeling so smart. A new principal pledged to stay longer than a school year.

Education

Education Elementary School Government K-12

As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Many of the school’s educators had difficulty keeping in touch with students because they, like many students, lack a stable internet connection at home. Teachers were required to submit weekly lesson plans, and though distance learning “started strong … there were breakdowns,” acting Superintendent Alban Naha said in an interview.

Government

Government High School K-12 Public School

Social Studies Network

Disabilities in math affect many students — but get little attention

Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

Trending Sources

Come for the computers, stay for the books

The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

What’s school without grade levels?

Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

Teachers, deputized to fight the culture wars, are often reluctant to serve

NAACP targets a new civil rights issue—reading

The messy reality of personalized learning

A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

‘More than a warm body’: Schools try long-term solutions to substitute teacher shortage

A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools

Stay Connected