Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

middle school curricula. high school curricula. Nearly all of the options listed have professional development available. Advocate to bring CS to your school. See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. Start a club. You could: Teach a unit or course.

K-12 92

K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Middle School 92

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Although she earned a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate in math instruction for both elementary and middle school, she never had to take a class about students with disabilities. Christina Rodriguez teaches a math lesson at Bloomfield Middle School. No one taught her these strategies. Photo: Jackie Mader.

Middle School 100

Middle School Professional Development Teaching Advocacy 100

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Ray heads up Future Ready Librarians, part of Future Ready Schools — a network for sharing education technology solutions, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based based education advocacy group. “It Often, she backs up these introductions by co-teaching a class or two. “It

Library 111

Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school.

Junior High 134

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Lab High School for Collaborative Studies, Li sees a noticeable difference between the predominantly Asian elementary school he attended in Manhattan’s Chinatown, and middle school and high school, where the student population is predominantly white. A student at the N.Y.C.

History 112

History Heritage K-12 American History 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Martin Middle School in Dillon dates to 1896 and was still in use when then-Senator Barack Obama visited in 2007 during his presidential campaign. Martin Middle School, part of which dated to 1896 and was still in use. Related: How teacher-training programs are trying to get teachers into rural schools.

Middle School 76

Middle School High School Government Advocacy 76

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. I found that, in Rhode Island, personalized learning seemed to exist only at schools with a one-to-one student-to-Chromebook ratio. This ratio, though, translated into a surprisingly wide range of pedagogical approaches.

Charter School 107

Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School 107

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

APRIL 28, 2016

Classes have also discussed self-advocacy, including if, when and how to disclose a disability. She recalled a mentor at La Guardia Community College who developed a dictionary of sorts for one student, who, like many people on the spectrum, understood things very literally and would get confused by some professors’ use of language.

Psychology 76

Psychology High School Advocacy Professional Development 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

At Hall Middle School, in nearby Marin County, science teacher Rebecca Newburn said the disruptions to learning have forced her to streamline lessons and prioritize the content and skills that are most important. Rebecca Newburn, middle school science teacher.

Charter School 130

Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 130

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

While dual-language programs often stop after elementary school, the bilingual advantage stretches through students K-12 years and into their working lives. Dual-language students have been found to score higher than their peers on both math and English language arts exams by middle school. And Madera Unified gives her hope.

Elementary School 116

Elementary School Education K-12 History 116

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We The district also invested in professional development for teachers, ensuring that it happened during work hours, said Ezzell.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145