The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Today, it enrolls roughly 500 students from 60 different tribes in grades K-12, bolstering their Indigenous heritage with land-based lessons and language courses built into a college preparatory model. That same year, the school officially joined the NACA-inspired network as a K-6 charter school with a dual language immersion model.

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Charter School Heritage Education K-12 138

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

“This year’s NAEP results confirm the absence of political will in the last two years to do anything revolutionary to change the trajectory for our children’s futures,” a statement from Memphis Lift and Nashville Propel, two Tennessee-based parent advocacy groups said.

K-12 115

K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Education 115

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Online communities include: CSforAllTeachers (a virtual community of practice, for all teachers from Pre-K through high school who are interested in teaching CS). csk8 Twitter chats (K-8 CS teachers chat about designated topics on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 5pm PT / 8pm ET). Girls Who Code clubs (grades 3-12).

K-12 92

K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Middle School 92

Edthena

MAY 29, 2024

According to Dr. David Baker, Professional Development Coordinator for St. Impact of AI coaching on teacher performance AI Coach significantly amplified the district’s professional development capacity. Can AI coaching help districts provide timely instructional coaching for all teachers? By leveraging AI, St.

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Professional Development Advocacy Leadership Tradition 110

ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 104

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 111

Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Students engage in creative activities on the playground at Pre-K 4 SA North Education Center in San Antonio, Texas. SAN ANTONIO, Texas — By the end of the school year, the playground at Pre-K 4 SA North Education Center looked like a dreamscape of “DIY Outdoor Learning Spaces.” Photo: Bekah McNeel for The Hechinger Report.

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K-12 Professional Development Public School Advocacy 91

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

In the past, we saw more of these local or state driven initiatives focusing on pre-K, but over the last three years, we’ve seen voters approve ballot measures to invest in child care and early learning across a handful of states, cities, counties,” she said. The program has also been a boon for the child care centers themselves.

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K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Research 133

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum. She is a high school senior, a Queens native, and a K-drama fan. of all district students) enrolled in a K-12 New York City Public School in 2021-2022. Bangladesh’s existence wasn’t even acknowledged in her history classes.

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History Heritage K-12 American History 115

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Windsor Locks parents routinely refer to these communication and self-advocacy skills in describing the impact of the model, which ties into a more systemic shift in the district. Teachers have gotten extensive professional development to change their instructional methods — they now lecture less and facilitate student-directed learning more.

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K-12 Advocacy Tradition Public School 103

ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

Just as often, though, it’s not a K-12 school the educators are leaving for. The other is creating belonging at NAEYC, a professional and advocacy organization with nearly 60,000 members across its 52 affiliates. “I Events and professional development moved to a virtual setting. This predicament is not rare.

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K-12 Advocacy Leadership Professional Development 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Yet, nationwide, there was just one school psychologist for every 1,127 K-12 students in 2020-21, a ratio well below the 500 students to one psychologist recommended by the National Association of School Psychologists. The shortages of school social workers and counselors are just as bad. Related: School counselors keep kids on track.

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Psychology K-12 High School Economics 122

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

That plan identified preschool as an important first step to improve K-12 education. Program officials have visited each center, determined what is standing in the way of these centers improving in quality, and are providing tailored “intensive” professional development, technical assistance, and materials as needed.

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K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Government 81

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The model stems from an idea laid out in a paper almost a decade ago by Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan Hassel, co-presidents of Public Impact, an education advocacy organization. Teachers essentially get real-time professional development targeted to the exact areas in which they need to improve.

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Elementary School Advocacy Cultures Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Grant Callen, president of “school choice” advocacy group Empower Mississippi, speaks before a crowd at the Capitiol at the beginning of National School Choice Week in February. The State, she said, underfunded special education in public schools in Mississippi by more than $12 million just this year. Photo: Imani Khayyam.

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Private School Elementary School Advocacy Public School 101

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states.

Junior High 134

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Schools used their professional development budgets, and were able to use federal money, for teacher training to support work toward the switch. The idea, popular among well-funded education philanthropies and education advocacy groups, is gaining ground across the United States.

High School 102

High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

These 12 students are among about 2,300 across the state who were held back in third grade this school year — out of 39,000 third graders who took the test — because they were unable to pass the statewide standardized reading test last year. The free sessions consist of two days of training in both the fall and spring. percent failed.

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Tutoring Elementary School Advocacy Classroom Management 92

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Gunn said the district provides professional development for teachers that focuses on transition and has recently begun sending a teacher each month to a regional group meeting to discuss transition topics. Putting the plan into action. She efficiently used a machine to spit out cookie dough and placed the balls on a baking sheet.

Education 102

Education High School Advocacy Professional Development 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

One of the first things the new nonprofit did was hire Beatrice McGarvey, from Marzano Research, a consulting organization that offers professional development to schools across the country, to craft a common curriculum, said Linda Laughlin, now the Maine group’s executive director.

High School 111

High School Tradition Cultures Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

The challenges in rural communities are very real—funding, teacher recruitment and retention, access to technology, poverty, ever-changing expectations, and professional development and support,” U.S. Related: How teacher-training programs are trying to get teachers into rural schools. Secretary of Education John B.

Middle School 76

Middle School High School Government Advocacy 76

ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2025

Federal dollars comprise a seemingly small percentage of the overall K-12 spending, yet it is crucial for schools ability to offer mental health services, experts say. District budgets show that they have already inked contracts and committed money for student services, she added. The pell-mell is already causing trouble.

Psychology 106

Psychology K-12 Professional Development Advocacy 106

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

student at the University of Chicago and one of the authors of a study released earlier this year on the privacy and security challenges facing K-12 education. We’ve been saying this is a five-alarm fire for the last two years,” he said.

K-12 137

K-12 Library EdTech Government 137

Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

Micro-credentials can support those goals, as educators can use the resources included within each micro-credential and submit evidence to earn micro-credentials for professional development. Emphasizing digital equity and advocacy. Learn more about earning a media literacy certification with these micro-credentials here.

Library 148

Library K-12 Pedagogy Advocacy 148

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

It was the latest big-fix trend in K-12 education, and Gist, a favored daughter of Silicon Valley philanthropists, offered up the nation’s smallest state as a laboratory mouse. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention.

Charter School 110

Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School 110

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. “For a lot of parents, students and teachers, remote learning will be completely new, and where it’s new, it’s important to set realistic goals every day,” said Susan Patrick, C.E.O.

Elementary School 97

Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School 97

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Our free weekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation and inequality in K-12 education. While dual-language programs often stop after elementary school, the bilingual advantage stretches through students K-12 years and into their working lives. Related: Widen your perspective.

Elementary School 125

Elementary School Education K-12 History 125

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

One big step forward would be universal broadband access, said Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy with the nonprofit KnowledgeWorks. Another is making sure teachers receive training on distance learning, through programs that prepare them for the profession as well as through ongoing professional development.

Charter School 131

Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 131

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Public colleges couldn’t admit students without immigration documents and, even though, under federal law, K-12 schools are required to serve students regardless of citizenship status, the Alabama legislation also called for school districts to collect information on their students’ citizenship status. But even though most are U.S.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Educare keeps quality high by offering ongoing professional development, engaging families to extend learning opportunities at home, and using data to inform classroom practice. Those numbers likely hold for toddlers because nonparental care options don’t increase significantly until age 3. And it works.

Economics 97

Economics Government Advocacy Professional Development 97

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Teaching Resources Lessons and Articles About K–12 Lessons and teaching stories on Palestine and Israel from Rethinking Schools and the Zinn Education Project website. Toolkit to Defend K-12 Educators and Librarians Against False Accusations of Antisemitism compiled by Nora Lester Murad and Alice Rothchild.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2017

Homeschool advocates and practitioners have overcome opposition from the National Education Association; they’ve cleared the restrictions, regulations and other hurdles erected by state or local school officials; and they’ve developed a network of support for parent-instructors who otherwise have little access to professional development.

K-12 89

K-12 Private School Charter School Advocacy 89

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

And it would be, P, C, K, something, no matter how many times. Keep up with our free weekly newsletter on K-12 education. Three dozen other teachers have taken an online course on dyslexia and are receiving other professional development, according to Cassidy. Spell duck, Brooke, Simmons recalled.

Charter School 95

Charter School Education Private School K-12 95

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Legislators also sought to cut professional development requirements in half for child care workers, from 16 hours a year to eight. Weeks after the House passed the Build Back Better Act — which had included $400 billion over 10 years for universal pre-K and affordable child care — West Virginia Sen.

Government 144

Government K-12 Heritage Research 144