The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Edgecombe County Public Schools in rural North Carolina has long had trouble filling all of its open teaching positions. Edgecombe is still a rural district with a high-poverty student body, but a new staffing model has made its schools newly desirable for teachers who want to be school leaders without leaving the classroom.

Elementary School 111

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

Through the local advocacy of several organizations, the community will have nine Spanish-speaking providers by this summer — including Aguilera. She started a daycare on her own after being a paraprofessional at the public school district’s preschool for 19 years. I’m looking for another opportunity.’”

Advocacy 134

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States.

Inclusive Curriculum 106

Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 106

ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In this instance, like so many others in school, a counselor would be helpful for the student to process this trauma, but preventing the trauma from occurring in the first place through things like inclusive gender practices and professional development around gender identity would be more impactful.

Charter School 102

Charter School Advocacy Leadership Professional Development 102

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

High schoolers at NACA graduate at much higher rates and tend to outperform their peers in Albuquerque Public Schools — which authorizes the charter — and throughout New Mexico. Those conversations prompted Albuquerque Public Schools to authorize NACA as its first charter.

Charter School 135

Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Windsor Locks Public Schools parent Cheryl Picard. Windsor Locks parents routinely refer to these communication and self-advocacy skills in describing the impact of the model, which ties into a more systemic shift in the district. Margaret McCabe Engelmann, Windsor Locks Public Schools parent.

K-12 99

K-12 Advocacy Tradition Public School 99

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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

New York City’s Department of Education is the latest public school system to require that U.S. The program will be piloted this fall at selected schools and fully rolled-out in over 1,800 schools by the spring. of all district students) enrolled in a K-12 New York City Public School in 2021-2022.

History 107

History Heritage K-12 American History 107

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Lusher, like America, has long had a teacher diversity problem : Slightly more than 20 percent of public school teachers—who include those at charter schools — in the U.S. Early in the summer of 2021, she started a job with a company working to build a new social studies curriculum for public schools and districts. “My

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This was having an impact on kindergarten readiness: Less than 20 percent of students entering Cleveland Public Schools were testing as fully prepared to start school. Educating officials : PRE4CLE has prioritized advocacy at all levels of the government, according to Kelly.

K-12 78

K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Government 78

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Faced with the unprecedented challenge of lengthy school closures because of coronavirus, the nation’s roughly 13,000 public school districts are scrambling to cope. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020.

Elementary School 86

Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School 86

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Related: School counselors keep kids on track. Rural districts tend to have a harder time recruiting school psychologists, said Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, director of policy and advocacy for the National Association of School Psychologists. Why are they first to be cut?

Psychology 112

Psychology K-12 High School Economics 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The school district, NOLA Public Schools, provided some Chromebooks and hotspots that the school operator distributed to families. One big step forward would be universal broadband access, said Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy with the nonprofit KnowledgeWorks.

Charter School 123

Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 123

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

million annually in grants to other pre-K providers and school districts to help expand full day pre-K and teacher certification. The program also spends over $2 million per year on professional development and coaching, which it makes available to any pre-K through third grade teacher in San Antonio.

K-12 82

K-12 Professional Development Public School Advocacy 82

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. There have been highly publicized problems in some districts that have adopted the program.

Junior High 128

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 128

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Many districts rely on formal assessments to help schools create viable plans for students. a district official said that public schools give some students a questionnaire that covers items such as, “Do you prefer to work alone or with others?” She needed extra attention everywhere.”. In Washington, D.C.,

Education 96

Education High School Advocacy Professional Development 96

ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2024

‘Game-Changing’ Operational Grants Child care providers who work in home-based and center-based settings are able to use their C3 funds on costs such as payroll and benefits, professional development, supplies and curriculum, rent or mortgage payments, utilities, and facility upgrades. It all has to come together for it to work.”

Education 142

Education Advocacy Library Government 142

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Last year, a similar data breach of the Los Angeles school district led to thousands of students’ psychological records uploaded to the dark web. In 2020, Baltimore County Public Schools was hit with a cyberattack that disrupted the district’s remote learning programs, froze its operations and cost the school system nearly $10 million.

K-12 133

K-12 Library EdTech Government 133

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But she was relieved of the duty when Jacob graduated from his Head Start preschool program and enrolled in a Durant Public School District elementary school. As part of his special-education program at the new school, Jacob was still entitled to continue his weekly therapy sessions. Public-school Failures.

Private School 97

Private School Advocacy Elementary School Public School 97

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: Personalized learning argues that the entrepreneurial nature of the knowledge economy and the gaping need, diversity and unmanageable size of a typical public school classroom are ill-served by the usual arrangement of a teacher lecturing at a blackboard.

K-12 109

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The school district, like many around the country, struggled early on to accommodate the rising numbers of English learners, who were dropping out at high rates, being pushed into special education classes and showing little academic progress. Alonzo attended Russellville schools from 2008 to 2013. Related: Become a lifelong learner.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

public school educators — see press release Petition to Encourage Jackson Reed High School (in Washington, D.C.) “We endeavor to stimulate public debate about the price paid for a reality in which young soldiers face a civilian population on a daily basis, and are engaged in the control of that population’s everyday life.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2017

The movement has grown despite a lack of the resources available to public schools, without the air of exclusivity of private schools, and absent the brand of the college prep education of parochial schools. On the ACT, they score above the public school average but below that for private schools.

K-12 82

K-12 Private School Charter School Advocacy 82

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. Related: How teacher-training programs are trying to get teachers into rural schools. These issues, though national, are often felt first, deepest and longest in rural schools.”.

Middle School 76

Middle School High School Government Advocacy 76

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Educare keeps quality high by offering ongoing professional development, engaging families to extend learning opportunities at home, and using data to inform classroom practice. We currently spend $634 billion total on elementary and secondary public education. (Of And it works. million of them do.).

Economics 90

Economics Government Advocacy Professional Development 90

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Most attend traditional public schools, but a growing number are enrolling at specialized charter schools like Louisiana Key Academy. The federal government plays a role in serving those students by issuing guidance, defending their right to a free appropriate public education and providing money.

Charter School 83

Charter School Education Private School K-12 83