The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Related: Charter school leaders are complicit with segregation, and it’s hurting their movement. Education departments and school districts take for granted the advanced skills that many black and brown students have. In only evaluating one measure of success, schools are failing their students.

Education 90

Education Charter School Critical Thinking Cultures 90

Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2016

In Pat Deklotz’s district in Wales, Wisconsin, students can help design their own learning; they can enroll in one of the district’s four dynamic and innovative charter schools, for example, or engage in curriculum that delivers instruction differently or closes skills gaps.

Charter School 40

Charter School Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Public School 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The results from those new Common Core tests – designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills – have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep-seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.

Elementary School 75

Elementary School Charter School Middle School Critical Thinking 75

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Meanwhile, even the handful of schools that have successfully ditched grade levels, such as Waukesha STEM Academy, a charter school about 20 miles west of Milwaukee, must still keep age-based groupings in the background to sort students for standardized testing. “We Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Teachers are supposed to make children partners in the acquisition of knowledge, helping them to see that math isn’t only — or even mainly — about right answers, it’s about exploration and discovery, and the sort of critical thinking and problem-solving they’ll do in college some day. The moral imperative.

K-12 84

K-12 Charter School Elementary School Economics 84

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

Gabriella Okparaoko, a student in the Automotive Technology program, participates in indoor track after school. Gabriella Okparaoko was accepted at two high-ranking college-prep charter schools. bus for an hour-long ride to school. It activates their critical thinking — when there’s a problem, how do you react to it?”

High School 92

High School Economics Museum Charter School 92

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Legal Outreach offers an opportunity to build the critical thinking skills and self-confidence its students’ wealthier peers often accrue naturally. He would come across students who’d impressed him as eighth graders and discover they were floundering in high school.

High School 80

High School Charter School Economics Critical Thinking 80

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

It’s a good representation of what you see in the classroom,” says Jodalis Gonzalez, a senior at Boston Prep, a charter school in Hyde Park. Common Core demands students go beyond rote memorization and demonstrate critical-thinking skills. I heard similar things from students. That’s one thing I really appreciated.”.

Charter School 68

Charter School Public School Teaching Elementary School 68

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2020

president have used public charter schools as a punching bag over the past several months. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders , in particular, have called for ending federal funding for new public charter schools. ” As a parent of two public charter school students in Newark, New Jersey, I am disappointed.

Charter School 98

Charter School Public School Critical Thinking Tradition 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Civics education had just become a required part of the curriculum in Massachusetts , and I looked forward to offering my students the tools and techniques needed for honest discussions and debates, teaching them critical thinking skills, and educating them about their duties as citizens. Sign up here for our newsletter.

Civics 103

Civics Charter School Government History 103

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

Philadelphia’s tiered education system, which received a partial overhaul this past fall, has funneled high-performing students into admissions-only high schools and charter schools and concentrated those with greater needs in nonselective schools like West Philadelphia, which must work overtime with few resources to keep kids on track.

High School 131

High School Oral History Middle School Charter School 131

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 15, 2024

One teacher just quit his job at a local charter school because the board and PTO removed a bunch of books from his room. We shared a brief discussion on critical thinking and banned books across the nation. Everyone was so encouraging and supportive of the work.

Teaching 87

Teaching Library Museum Social Justice 87

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Students walk to class at a California charter school. Tribal battles around charter schools, Common Core and school vouchers are symptomatic of a sickly democracy that educators have a responsibility to heal. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. It’s hard not to notice that democracy is in deep trouble.

Civics 79

Civics Charter School Education Government 79

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Others, like charter expansion and school closures, did not live up to the promise Clinton hoped for. In 2014, Bill Clinton forecast his wife’s evolution when he said that charter schools have not held up their “original bargain.” And if they do, they don’t keep them.”

Charter School 56

Charter School K-12 Education Pedagogy 56

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2016

She’ll reset education policy to focus on skills like creativity and critical thinking, not more testing,” said Weingarten at the July convention in Philadelphia. Bush’s educational agenda of holding schools accountable for students’ test scores. How do spark their creativity and critical thinking?

Education Policy 76

Education Policy K-12 Education Charter School 76

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2025

Unsurprisingly, Walters, too, has advocated for displaying the Ten Commandments in every classroom and also has backed the conversion of a private virtual Catholic school into a charter school; the Supreme Court plans to hear oral arguments on the case on April 30. It goes without saying that Walterss crusade is multifaceted.

Public School 136

Public School High School Social Studies History 136

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

There is more critical thinking that civics teachers can encourage. . Charter school leaders are complicit with segregation, and it’s hurting their movement . In the absence of her leadership, it’s incumbent on educators like Dan Morse to share classroom strategies. policies that favored some and burdened others.

Civics 102

Civics Charter School Humanities Critical Thinking 102