The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Now a doctoral student in education leadership policy at Texas Tech University, Williams often thinks about the student loan debt she is still accruing. And for Williams, a higher education senior policy analyst at the advocacy group Education Trust, the personal is also professional. The reality of her debt finally hit her.

Economics 144

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Earlier this month, ACF announced the launch of the National Early Care and Education Workforce Center — the ECE Workforce Center, for short — to support research and technical assistance for states, communities, territories and tribal nations. The outcomes were the result of many years of effort, advocacy and coalition building, Lloyd notes.

Government 109

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

With help from Hameed, the lead instructor, and several teaching assistants, students learn how to use search engines like Google, how to research and verify information, create presentations online, answer emails in a professional manner and use Google products like Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Drive.

Project-Based Learning 145

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

The way sessions were facilitated often contradicted research-based teaching strategies. In 2017, I formed an after-school student activism and leadership club with a small group of seventh grade students. The ability to learn and grow is part of what made teaching dynamic and energizing for me.

Professional Development 141

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ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy.

Advocacy 112

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2024

One out of 10 Black students in the eighth grade math scores were scoring basic or above,” saidKristen Hengtgen, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit advocacy group EdTrust, referring to last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card. Mims has helped develop similar models in Florida and Texas.

High School 145

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

She also pointed to a research study conducted by the school — with The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education at the University of San Diego — that reported greater feelings of belonging and self-esteem among students. What does Monarch School's leadership think? But students there may not be following the typical path.

K-12 127

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Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

Dr. Holden held numerous on academic appointments and leadership positions at the American Political Science Association (APSA), serving as the APSA President (98-99), Vice President (76-77), and numerous APSA committeesincluding the Ethics Committee and the APSR Editorial Board (89-92), the Ralph J. Congressional Record.

Oral History 44

Oral History Political Science Social Justice Social Science 44

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2022

My friends without such advocacy found themselves systematically excluded from certain courses by the invisible hand of adults who did not know them and used the school schedule to cajole them toward courses and pathways that, over time, calcified and shaped their identities — and aspirations.

High School 125

High School Advocacy Leadership Teaching 125

Edthena

MAY 29, 2024

He noted that research has shown the marked impact that coaching has in helping improve teacher performance. Embracing AI to improve teacher performance Initially apprehensive about AI, David shared his journey of embracing it as a tool for educational leadership and improving teacher performance.

Professional Development 110

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Benjamin Bloom understood the value of personalization in 1967, when his research showed over 90 percent of all students could learn at high levels when provided with instruction that effectively met their particular learning needs. Personalization is a growing focus for policy development, technology applications and educational marketing.

Charter School 103

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Erin Roberts, a teacher leadership specialist. It is a research-based approach that experts say is essential for helping children — especially those who struggle — learn to read. Related: What parents need to know about the research on how kids learn to read. 1 in the nation for growth in reading.

Elementary School 145

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

About 23 percent of Latino adults between the ages of 25 and 29 have a bachelor’s degree, compared to 45 percent of their white peers, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center report. There is intentionality, there’s leadership here,” she said of the Davenport program.

Advocacy 121

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

And a slightly higher percentage of nonwhite teachers than white ones—45 percent vs. 42 percent—said that they were considering leaving their position last school year, researchers at the University of Arkansas’ College of Education & Health Professions found. identify as people of color, compared with more than half of students.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

New research shows that failing to get more Hispanics to go to college will lower incomes for all Americans. This story from the Hechinger archive lays out what researchers project will happen if there is not an increase in the number of nonwhites going to and through college. And they’ll all be hurtling toward college age.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

Students who take time off from four-year universities, opt for community colleges instead or shift to part time all could end up spending longer in school and are more likely to drop out, history and research show. That’s the inescapable lesson of history and research. Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images.

High School 129

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2018

Flagship universities are the jewels in the crown of public higher education systems — they have sought-after faculty, preeminent research facilities, the most resources and often the highest graduation rates, for all races. Related: New research shows Latinos closing the racial gap on college degrees, but still lagging far behind whites.

Advocacy 108

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 30, 2024

“We are delighted to welcome Kim Mealy to this critical leadership role. We are very excited about this new chapter in the APSA’s evolution under Kim’s leadership,” said APSA President, Mark Warren. million dollar Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) (2020-2023 and 2023-2026).

Political Science 69

Political Science Leadership Advocacy Human Rights 69

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

We know that these obstacles exist, and we haven’t addressed them,” said Wil Del Pilar, vice president for higher education policy, practice and research at the Education Trust, a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping students of color and low-income students. We give students that chance that other schools won’t give them.

K-12 145

K-12 Advocacy High School Leadership 145

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. Yet the researcher also described the program as a “band aid.”

Advocacy 124

Advocacy Economics Government Leadership 124

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. Only 26 percent of working U.S. Related: With enrollment sliding, liberal arts colleges struggle to make a case for themselves.

Tradition 131

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Executive Director provides leadership and vision; gives strategic advice to the governing officials and committees and implements their goals; communicates with members; manages the staff and budget, oversees all Association activities; and represents the Association to the outside world.

Political Science 65

Political Science Advocacy Government Professional Development 65

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

In dozens of interviews, Summit leadership, education researchers, and the people who teach and learn in schools that use Summit agreed that the platform offers a systematic way to achieve the otherwise complicated, messy objective of personalizing learning. That’s the argument Summit makes. All screen time is not the same.

Junior High 128

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 128

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

New research shows that failing to get more Hispanics to go to college will lower incomes for all Americans. That dramatic transformation took four years of summer learning academies, college-preparation programs, scholarship coaching, and leadership workshops, all provided by area nonprofits, plus a 3.8

K-12 111

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. We can’t afford not to.”.

High School 117

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Now, many worry that the district won’t rebound — and will head back into the cycle of rotating leadership, low performance and lack of public trust that existed before the turnaround. Cleveland is one of the poorest major cities in the country, and research shows that family income level predicts school achievement and career success.

Education 104

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

“No one has ever asked them that,” said Julio Garcia, a consulting senior research psychologist at Stanford who studies how assumptions people make about them — largely based on stereotypes — have as much of an impact on the success of students as their aptitude and preparation. . “Where do you want to go to college?”

High School 100

High School Charter School Economics Leadership 100

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

” The organization that we founded and run — College Access: Research & Action (CARA) — trains both high school and college students to help with all aspects of the application process: making lists, completing applications, applying for financial aid and choosing where to matriculate. ( Sign up for our newsletter.

Advocacy 86

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

When devising a definition of “reading disability” based on the population of nine- to 11-year-olds on the island, the researchers distinguished between poor readers who read at levels predicted by their IQs and those who did not, looking for evidence of dyslexia only in those in the latter group. The studies came just as the U.S.

Psychology 145

Psychology Elementary School High School Humanities 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

But when it comes to selecting ed-tech products or figuring out how to use them in the classroom, they could still learn something from the successful partnership between Leadership Public Schools (LPS), a charter network that serves the San Francisco Bay area, and Gooru , an ed-tech nonprofit.

Advocacy 70

Advocacy Classroom Management Elementary School Public School 70

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

That, in turn, contributes to the fact that more than a third of students who start college still haven’t earned degrees after six years, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports , often piling up loan debt with no payoff. It’s not just about getting them in the door. It’s harder work to retain students.”.

High School 103

High School Tutoring Education Policy Leadership 103

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2019

Research continues to show that children who participate in quality music programs go on to earn higher test scores and have a greater likelihood of postsecondary success than their peers who don’t — yet music programs across the country lack support, commitment and funding. We believe leadership support is vital.

Education 76

Education Advocacy Leadership Teaching 76

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

Despite his 15 years as a high school social worker for the district and, before that, five years working in residential treatment facilities and a local clinic, Wylie took two weeks to research the concept before accepting the position at the start of the 2021school year.

Tutoring 142

Tutoring Middle School High School Advocacy 142

Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Research has shown that students are more successful learning new content when the new information is tied to their background knowledge. Why is background knowledge important in social studies? Kydra has used her classroom experience to prepare for presentations at the Texas Council for Social Social and Fundamental 5 National Summit.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Geography Advocacy Leadership 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Meanwhile, at New York City’s first net-zero school, the Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability (P.S. Right now, we have a lot of anecdotes,” said Seydel, “but the gold-standard research is not there.”.

K-12 111

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

Geogramblings

AUGUST 2, 2024

She brings these experiences into her work, enriching her approach to education and environmental advocacy. Emma discussed her research in Peru on how English is taught as a second language. These travels have not only broadened her horizons but also deepened her understanding of global issues.

Geography 63

Geography Advocacy Teaching Research 63