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Joy Oozed From My Classroom When I Was a Teacher. As a Principal, I’m Carrying That With Me.

ED Surge

When I came to Achievement First Brooklyn High School eight years ago as the ninth grade literature teacher, it was my fourth year of teaching and my first time in a school that was unapologetically rooted in the “no excuses” model , which centers a results-driven culture that prioritizes strict behavioral procedures and academic policies.

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To improve student wellbeing, Alabama invests in mental health coordinators

The Hechinger Report

During the 2018-19 school year, 11 percent of Alabama students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 18 or more days. Some student populations, including those who were economically disadvantaged, disabled, Black and American Indian, had rates higher than 12 percent. Some individual schools had absentee rates up to 48 percent.

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PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies, study finds

The Hechinger Report

The researchers controlled for students’ socio-economic status, race, home language and many other other student and school characteristics. Standard deviations are statistical units that are hard to translate but this represents a relatively small increase in test scores. Despite these issues, the research is worth watching.

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“Guided reading” launched a district into one of California’s top performers

The Hechinger Report

Iturralde has worked at Kingsburg Elementary Charter School District, a five-campus district in the rural Central Valley of California, for seven years. There, a majority of students are Hispanic, and over half are classified as economically disadvantaged, according to EdData and the California Department of Education.

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A new teacher vows to help in a classroom full of need: “Under the right conditions, they’d be stars”

The Hechinger Report

Nicole Molière entered a classroom at Harriet Tubman Charter School after she was selected to be part of an innovative local teacher training residency that aims to put excellent — and culturally competent — teachers into high-poverty schools. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Molière felt ready.

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Isn’t desegregation a measure of educational quality?

The Hechinger Report

A coalition of seven charter school management organizations (CMOs) in New Orleans and the Kingsley House , a non-profit that serves low-income and vulnerable populations, have partnered to offer a “diverse by design” early childhood center. There’s a historical and cultural tradition of going where your family has been,” she said.

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Some Christian schools are finally grappling with their racist past and segregated present

The Hechinger Report

Chen, who was hired as the school’s first principal of color in late 2017, said a better description might have been “exclusive,” and not just because of the $12,500 to $20,500 tuition, but because of the cultural rigidity that clearly delineated outsiders and insiders. Gant said he thinks about “how Jesus would do school.…