The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

And given the former abundance of well-paying, blue-collar jobs in this corner of Indiana, the university is also up against a regional tradition that doesn’t necessarily place a high value on a college degree, she said. Debra Santiago, CEO, Excelencia in Education. But Debra Santiago, CEO of the D.C.-based

Social Justice 111

Social Justice High School Tutoring Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2017

That’s in spite of extra challenges confronting student veterans, who are usually older than traditional-aged students and more likely to be juggling college with families, jobs and service-related disabilities, and who often face significantly more red tape. Things do not appear to be improving. Chaz Painter, 25, a U.S. Photo: Peggy Peattie.

Government 79

Government Tradition Leadership Tutoring 79

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The education department defends allocating the funds to the 13 schools, saying that they incur more costs by exceeding the academic requirements of traditional high schools. The money, she said, pays for bilingual teachers for English-language learners, case managers for special education students and extra tutoring for struggling students.

High School 65

High School Leadership Tutoring Public School 65

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Those efforts allowed the district of 520 schools and educational centers to transition relatively smoothly from traditional learning to distance learning when the school system shut on March 16, Carvalho said. By mid-April, about 111,000 devices and 11,000 hotspots had been distributed, he said.

Charter School 130

Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 130

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Fueling the reforms and the funding behind them are a projected shortage of workers with the necessary degrees to fill the jobs of the future, a public backlash in response to budget cuts made during the recession and a concern that the state had been abandoning its long tradition of high-quality, low-cost education.

Education 104

Education Tutoring Advocacy High School 104

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

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. They have found help from an unlikely source — the Sisters of St.

Elementary School 99

Elementary School K-12 Teaching Middle School 99

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. A year later, the Nations Report Card found Native students in traditional public schools performed much better than those in BIE schools. She graduated valedictorian of her class.

Education 104

Education Elementary School Government K-12 104