The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

To stave off this learning loss, Miami-Dade is adding summer sessions and working to identify vulnerable kids and pair them with virtual tutors and mentors, among other steps. Half of the 20 most destructive wildfires in state history have occurred since 2015.

Charter School 122

Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 122

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In part because of an accident of scientific history, however, this essential assistance has been far more available to kids who score higher on IQ and other cognitive tests. So we have a history of being ‘okay’…(even) when we are in fact not okay or do require assistance.”

Psychology 145

Psychology Elementary School High School Humanities 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Raoul Contreras, a professor who leads the Latino studies program housed in the minority studies department, notes that in the last year, the school cut a Puerto Rican history class he taught. And some say programs that make Latinx feel welcome on campus have dried up in recent years. Debra Santiago, CEO, Excelencia in Education.

Social Justice 111

Social Justice High School Tutoring Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

While the tutoring and on-the-run support that have replaced it may smooth their paths, at least one university president wonders whether future engineers will sufficiently master the calculus they need. Eighty-four percent of students go on to attend the colleges from which they took their dual-enrollment classes, the CCRC study found.

Tutoring 89

Tutoring High School Archiving K-12 89

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Colleges and universities usually require 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree but students graduate with about 135, on average, according to data compiled by Complete College America, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. Instead of taking some random history course, you might choose “History of Science,” which counts toward both F.S.U.’s

Archaeology 82

Archaeology Tutoring History Advocacy 82

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2018

. — In front of the iconic Old Manse, the oldest building in Arkansas constructed solely for the purpose of educating black students, there’s a plaque recounting the rich and poignant history of Arkansas Baptist College. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

Tutoring 84

Tutoring Advocacy High School Research 84

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

She has worked in Mississippi for years, first as a tutor and then as an assistant teacher. Normally, when you are looking at history, the voices that are centered are those of landowning white men.”. s worry, expressed shortly before his death, that he had integrated Black Americans “into a burning house.”

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. And while struggling students still get extra academic help, such tutoring has been scaled back. “We should be spending more than any other state because we have more poverty — significantly more poverty.”.

K-12 69

K-12 Elementary School Advocacy Global Connections 69

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Experts — and history — suggest that school districts need much more than what federal and state governments have provided so far. That could mean extending the school day or school year in a way that is cost effective, or “high-dosage” tutoring integrated within the school day and curriculum. Travers said.

Public School 134

Public School K-12 High School Government 134

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Adam Stevens, a history teacher at Brooklyn Tech, has seen both sides, having taught in schools that receive the academic bonus as well as those that do not. The money, she said, pays for bilingual teachers for English-language learners, case managers for special education students and extra tutoring for struggling students.

High School 65

High School Leadership Tutoring Advocacy 65

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Kast has a long history of distrust with the district, alleging physical and verbal abuse and racial discrimination against her grandchildren by teachers there—her grandchildren are all half-black, and Kast is white. The nurse pulled out her grandson’s hospital attendance log. Public-school Failures. Photo: Imani Khayyam.

Private School 97

Private School Advocacy Elementary School Public School 97

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Because we had that history, because we knew what a well-functioning higher education system could do, we aspire to that again.”. We have a long history of not catering to these populations,” Mora said. And that dream has been fading,” said David Chiu, a member of the State Assembly from San Francisco who is active in education issues.

Education 101

Education Tutoring Advocacy High School 101

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

As Rand earned community service hours tutoring children, she wondered if teaching was in her future. The nonprofit advocacy group EdBuild’s recommendations to increase funding for students who are impoverished, have a disability or are learning English “made sense,” Wright added. “It She was named “Ms.

Private School 142

Private School High School Public School Economics 142

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. history, and knew none of the literature her peers had read years earlier. She graduated valedictorian of her class. She had only superficial familiarity with state and U.S.

Education 103

Education Elementary School Government K-12 103