The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Ray heads up Future Ready Librarians, part of Future Ready Schools — a network for sharing education technology solutions, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based based education advocacy group. “It Traci Chun, teacher-librarian at Skyview High School, Vancouver, Washington.

Library 109

Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Schools have to hit incremental targets every three years.

Advocacy 71

Advocacy High School Social Studies Tradition 71

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

In a survey conducted by Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led advocacy group, gun violence ranked as teachers’ No. 1 school safety concern. Lockdown instructions posted in Nivia Vizurraga’s elementary school classroom. She currently teaches K-5 special education at an elementary school in Reseda, California.

Teaching 46

Teaching Elementary School Charter School Advocacy 46

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Guadalupe says the suspensions he received for missing class in the past made him feel even more disconnected from school. For years, it was a battle getting Guadalupe to his Phoenix elementary school in the Washington Elementary School District. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/AZCIR.

Tutoring 101

Tutoring High School Middle School Elementary School 101

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Now nearly 400 schools use it across 40 states. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states. Shelby Villegas, sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix. And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help.

Junior High 119

Junior High Charter School Social Studies Elementary School 119

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The program will be piloted this fall at selected schools and fully rolled-out in over 1,800 schools by the spring. The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. A student at the N.Y.C.

History 96

History Heritage K-12 American History 96

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

He started teaching social studies at Blythewood High School in Richland 2, a school district in the Midlands, in 2005, the same year the school was founded. “I I never really wanted to go from school to school.”. One Alabama town is trying to change that. Credit: Grace Beahm Alford/Staff.

Education 131

Education Elementary School High School Leadership 131