The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

The word just hasn’t gotten out about the ability to do this,” said Todd Ziebarth, a senior vice president of state advocacy and support at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Barraza teaches Native literature at the Native American Community Academy in Albuquerque. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. Oakland schools have made significant investments in teaching computer science and engineering.

Education 119

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

In schools across Mississippi, teachers are focusing more on teaching basic reading skills in early grades to make sure students are ready to pass the third-grade reading exam. At Finch, those measures took the form of one-on-one instruction, tutoring, daily monitoring, a new third-grade teacher and smaller third-grade classes.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Jennifer Pokempner, director of child welfare policy at Juvenile Law Center, a legal advocacy group in Philadelphia, said the Seita program is “seen as a model.” Peter, a math whiz, tutored her in pre-algebra; Mallory and Elise helped with her writing assignments. There’s a lot of support,” she said. He ended up with a B in the course.

Tutoring 111

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During a pandemic, when there’s no uniform way of counting attendance, Hedy Chang, director of the advocacy group Attendance Works, has seen districts rethinking some of these rules, with their ability to do so varying on state flexibility. Seaver notes her appreciation for a recently rolled out virtual tutoring program.).

Elementary School 144

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

While the tutoring and on-the-run support that have replaced it may smooth their paths, at least one university president wonders whether future engineers will sufficiently master the calculus they need. But with the dramatic growth of dual enrollment, many high schools can’t find teachers with credentials like those.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

There are also tutoring centers and a program called Personal Achievement Through Help, or PATH, to keep black male students on track. They have all these safety nets — tutoring, advising,” said Camryn Davis, a TAMU-Texarkana sophomore majoring in biotechnology. “We “Not sure you’re on the right track for graduation?”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

So college has become more like the K-12 experience, where we are teaching them how to be adults in the world.”. Undergraduates, on average, end up taking 15 credits more than they need to get degrees — a full semester’s worth — according to the advocacy group Complete College America. All of this takes a toll on graduation rates.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

“We can’t leave behind families who need more assistance to close that financial gap,” said Ian Rosenblum, the executive director of Education Trust–New York, a nonprofit education advocacy group that published a report about the Excelsior Scholarship. She qualifies for grants and tutoring from Metropolitan’s Welfare to Careers Project.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. Employees are the biggest expense for a school or district, but officials say it’s difficult to cut teaching staff without hurting the quality of instruction. Not anymore. We’re in … survival mode,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. In 2017, he left teaching to work in education technology at Clever, a digital platform for schools. And a lot of times [my child] has tutoring.

High School 126

High School K-12 Public School Library 126

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The vast majority of teaching has been remote since last March. The communities that need the most will face the biggest hits,” said Zahava Stadler, special assistant for state funding and policy at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. “If Credit: Phoenix Union High School District.

Public School 138

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

By 2021, it had committed to its most ambitious goal yet: overhauling the way Fairfax County Public Schools teaches students to read and supports struggling readers. So, Hampton taught herself how to teach phonics, and devoted much of her time to tutoring her students in reading. “As

High School 145

High School Elementary School Public School Social Justice 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

By the end of 2020, the 44-year-old was agonizing over whether the school year might be her last teaching there. And they leave at higher rates largely because of poor working conditions—including a lack of input in key decisions affecting their classrooms—not because of dissatisfaction with teaching more broadly.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Rand is new to teaching at Holmes Central, but she spent three years here as a student. Rand, like nearly one in five members of the district’s teaching staff, has a temporary license. It’s still teaching kids there’s a black school and there’s a white school.”. Rand took a job teaching fifth grade at Goodman-Pickens Elementary.

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Private School High School Public School Charter School 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

In others, schools use PBS’s “Nova” program to help teach science. Public Schools offer on-demand online tutoring sessions. of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. This story also appeared in The New York Times. The Richmond (Va.)

Elementary School 95

Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School 95

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

But for grandparents raising grandchildren, that’s not possible, said Jaia Peterson Lent, deputy executive director of Generations United, a nonprofit advocacy group. Jaia Peterson Lent, deputy executive director of Generations United, a nonprofit advocacy group. Critical Condition. The Students the Pandemic Hit Hardest.

Advocacy 131

Advocacy Tutoring Psychology High School 131

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

This nine-part series explores how we’re teaching through climate change. To stave off this learning loss, Miami-Dade is adding summer sessions and working to identify vulnerable kids and pair them with virtual tutors and mentors, among other steps.

Charter School 131

Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 131

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2020

The sample schedule called for students to switch back and forth between independent work and real-time teaching streamed on their devices. There’s always an equity issue in the United States, even in non-Covid times,” said Elizabeth Bartholet, professor of law at Harvard Law School and faculty director of Harvard’s Child Advocacy Program.

Tutoring 144

Tutoring Advocacy Public School Private School 144

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

Crotwell, at rear, has been teaching at the school for 16 years. When Hispanic students first began attending schools in Mississippi, many school districts refused to enroll them if they didn’t have immigration papers, said Bill Chandler, executive director of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, or MIRA, a nonprofit advocacy group.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Her teachers at Havasupai Elementary School often asked Siyuja to tutor younger students and sometimes even let her run their classrooms. Kambria Siyuja, right, plans to teach in Supai, like her mother, Jackie Siyuja, middle, who teaches at the tribes preschool program. But what are they teaching here?

Education 114

Education Elementary School Government K-12 114

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2025

Much of the Moms for Liberty agenda, including book bans and anti-trans advocacy , has been embraced by the Trump administration, in the form of executive orders and Office for Civil Rights investigations into diversity, equity and inclusion programs and related work. We have to teach kids how to read, we have to worry about their safety.

Education 112

Education High School K-12 Advocacy 112