The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. In Mississippi, she said, there is debate about how much more resources schools require, but few dispute that there is a need. “We Brown plans to study elementary education with a focus on middle schools.

K-12 65

K-12 Elementary School Advocacy Global Connections 65

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

On the Friday before spring break at Meigs Middle School, special education teacher Matt Coe was busy preparing new lessons for his students now that schools were set to close due to the coronavirus crisis. Related: Should schools teach anyone who can get online — or no one at all? This story also appeared in NBC News. “A

Library 145

Library Advocacy Middle School High School 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

But critics say the bill’s language is so vague that it will lead many schools and teachers to over-correct, avoiding anything that might anger a parent. Anita Carson, a middle school science teacher in Lake Alfred, Florida, said she’ll keep talking to the LGBTQ students who come to her for support, even if it costs her a job.

Cultures 25

Cultures Library Elementary School K-12 25

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

When Texas’ House Bill (HB) 25 went into effect earlier this year, banning transgender students from participating in K-12 sports, I invited teachers at my middle school to stop by my classroom to help with a project to reaffirm our school’s support for trans students. In sports, they are often denied the right to participate.

Education 128

Education K-12 Advocacy Government 128

ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2023

Getting to middle school, where I had a counselor, Mrs. Bennett — God rest her soul — she was a Black woman who told me, “You really need to be in the advanced courses.” And that was another real experience that showed me what advocacy can do. So it’s advocacy that really changed my life. And I said, “Sure.”

Advocacy 110

Advocacy K-12 Humanities Teaching 110

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

She started the Black Student Union at the middle school and formed enduring friendships with several colleagues and Lusher families. One of Talbott’s daughters graduated from Lusher in 2021; the other still attends the high school.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Simply being able to post the sign-up sheet in school was a victory of sorts. For two years, the club, known as PRISM (People Respecting Individuality and Sexuality Meeting), gathered in the town’s public library, because its dozen members couldn’t find a faculty adviser to sponsor it. courses in middle school and high school, he said.

Library 143

Library Advocacy High School Psychology 143

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The teachers learned about the Tougaloo Nine , a group of students from historically black Tougaloo College in Jackson, who staged read-ins at the white-only Jackson Municipal Library in 1961. In the Canton Public School District, Howard Hollins teaches sixth-grade world geography and citizenship.

K-12 97

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 97

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

WILDWOOD, Missouri — A middle school student in Missouri had trouble collecting images of people’s eyes for an art project. The Markup requested records from 26 school districts. schools censor the internet. Though banned books get more attention than blocked websites in schools, some groups are fighting back.

Library 103

Library Advocacy Humanities High School 103

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

His favorite books are in the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series, about a kid who’s starting middle school. School staff passed out cake with fluffy white icing. But after Taheem began sixth grade at Bayard Middle School this year, everything began to fall apart. She was with a 26-year-old man thought to be in a gang.

Elementary School 131

Elementary School Middle School K-12 Charter School 131

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. Meanwhile, according to documents published by WHYY shortly after the election, school administrators were imposing new restrictions.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143