Advocacy Middle School Social Studies 
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 23, 2019
It seems to work: Vertus says that 71 percent of its students pass their Regents exams, required by the state of New York for graduation, compared to 38 percent in the Rochester City School District. While this was not a study of personalized learning, per se, but student choice more narrowly, the results are illustrative.
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 My schedule is rarely the same two days in a row,” he said. “I
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Mendoza’s involvement in civic participation started in middle school, when she signed up for the All City Council Student Union, a student-led group sponsored by the Oakland school district that gives students a voice in school district decision-making. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Murphy teaches business education at a middle school in a neighboring county. In most states, schools are funded based on how many students they enroll, regardless of whether those students succeed in school or even finish the academic year. Advocates want to move toward funding virtual schools based on performance.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 5, 2022
Sometimes, Talbott says, she was the first Black teacher her students had had at Lusher, even after she began teaching sixth-grade social studies in 2013; it meant a lot to her to provide students with that self-recognition and affirmation. My hope is to center the voices of the indigenous, of women, of Black people,” Talbott says.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 1, 2021
Under a first-in-the-nation law that took full effect this year, students from across the state must take part in at least two “student-led, nonpartisan civics projects” — one in eighth grade, and another in high school. Peyton Amaral, an eighth grader at Morton Middle School in Fall River, Mass., Credit: Christopher Blanchette.
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?
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