The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Feliza Ortiz-Licon, chief policy and advocacy officer at Latinos for Education, a nonprofit group, said that administrators and educators who want to address racial disparities in college completion need to look at the entire system and take responsibility for their part in it. “To What are you going to do?” Ortiz-Licon said.

K-12 145

K-12 Advocacy High School Leadership 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work). Still, it has been hard enough to schedule just one weekly seminar, he said.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Three years later, the center boasts assets many parents can only dream of: teachers who have bachelor’s degrees, Mandarin classes twice a week, cooking and yoga lessons and seminars for parents on topics like financial literacy and how to extend learning at home.

K-12 80

K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Government 80

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

Advocacy groups like Competency Works promote a paradigm shift that includes customized schedules. Demonstrations of competency : Support portfolios , which are tangible exemplars of work ( mostly written or spoken ) such as exploratory essays, infographics and recorded clips from a Socratic seminar or podcast.

Education 93

Education Pedagogy Advocacy Humanities 93

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Jennifer Pokempner, director of child welfare policy at Juvenile Law Center, a legal advocacy group in Philadelphia, said the Seita program is “seen as a model.” They are required to live on campus during their time at Western Michigan and take a first-year seminar together. “We

Tutoring 111

Tutoring Government Advocacy High School 111

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.

Tutoring 90

Tutoring Elementary School Advocacy Classroom Management 90

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Charter School 86

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 86