The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

She transferred to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst a year later because she wanted to try the “traditional college thing” — dorms, dining halls and leafy quads. The seminar covers themes relevant to students’ lives, with topics including hip hop and “The Immigrant Experience.” Photo by Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report.

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Advocacy Government Tradition Research 87

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work). Nor are seniors.

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Tradition Charter School Cultures American History 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional language learning in the U.S. At the first section meeting in early September, 16 students — heritage speakers and language learners — chattered in Chinese and English as they crowded into a seminar room. is in trouble. Is this approach an answer? Most kids don’t want to become a linguist or get a Ph.D.

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Heritage Global Studies Advocacy Psychology 93

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

While a larger percentage of high school graduates are going on to higher educations, their actual numbers have declined dramatically, and the number of older-than-traditional-age adults on campus is also down as more are drawn back into the thriving labor market. These trends together mean that there are nearly 2.9

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High School Tutoring Education Policy Leadership 102

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Several weeks ago, for example, staff offices at Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Inclusion, Diversity Education and Advocacy in Boca Raton were vacant, with name plates blank and abandoned desks, plus LGBTQ+ flags, posters and pamphlets left behind. There is also mounting resistance to the laws. Cassanello feels compelled to object.

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Sociology Advocacy Anthropology Government 117

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In December 2023, I attended an online seminar featuring the anthropologist Ghassan Hage , a leading expert on race and migration. Protecting academic freedom and freedom of expression is crucial—especially given the widespread silencing of Palestinian human rights advocacy. But doing so does not address the full extent of the problem.

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