The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2020

The charter school, which serves kindergarten through eighth graders, is the second in a chain started by Lynda Resnick and her husband, Stewart. Lynda Resnick, owner of The Wonderful Company on the charter schools she and her husband have opened in California’s Central Valley. They own The Wonderful Company, the $4.6

Charter School 98

Charter School K-12 High School Private School 98

ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2023

An investigation by Chalkbeat Colorado found that the reasons for enrollment declines varied by district and were caused by a combination of issues: high housing costs pushing families farther from the metro area, charter school competition and simply fewer children being born. Source: American Community Survey.

Professional Development 113

Professional Development Charter School Private School Public School 113

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2018

Students at a charter school near Washington, D.C. In middle school, I had a dress code and they always dress coded people,” a Washington, D.C, Dress coded” is what happens when a school administrator or teacher issues someone a dress code violation. Photo: Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images. “In

Teaching 89

Teaching Charter School Middle School Public School 89

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

“This is self-perpetuating,” said the superintendent, Patrick Sánchez, who is trying to change that culture and hangs out with students as a mentor and a coach. Related: Economics, culture and distance conspire to keep rural nonwhites from higher educations. “The scope of this problem is huge.”

High School 105

High School Charter School Economics Leadership 105

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Match High School senior Aneudy Polanco celebrates his choice of UMass Amherst with his mother and girlfriend on college ‘signing day.’ This is the final story in an occasional series looking at six members of the senior class at Match High School, a college preparatory charter school in Boston. Photo: Liz Willen.

High School 92

High School Tutoring Charter School Private School 92

Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

Black youth experiences at a progressive low-fee private school in a postapartheid city illuminate the politics and limits of aspiration. Founded in 2004, Launch is a network of eight low-fee private schools serving grades eight through twelve across four of South Africa’s nine provinces.

Pedagogy 99

Pedagogy Anthropology Geography Private School 99

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

If they have school-age children, the residents of the ornate homes tend to send them to private schools outside the neighborhood. I think that kind of change in thinking has happened at the school in recent years.”. Related: Nearly 750 charter schools are whiter than the nearby district schools.

Middle School 111

Middle School Leadership Charter School High School 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Charter School 89

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 89

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Kami Aguilar, a counselor at a brick-and-mortar high school in Happy Valley, Oregon, found the electronic format limiting when she worked from 2012 to 2015 as a virtual counselor for an online charter school. “It It was very difficult to build relationships when I only saw the students in person once a term,” Aguilar recalled.

High School 111

High School Charter School Library Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The school’s budget has been impacted by its financial disadvantage as a Type 1 Charter School, or a startup, which means its charter organization is responsible for building renovations and costs. Interest in the school was also affected by its location in a dangerous neighborhood.

Economics 85

Economics Charter School Public School Heritage 85

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 12, 2024

The appeal of this idea can be backed up with data — a 2023 poll asked this question: School choice gives parents the right to use the tax dollars designated for their child’s education to send their child to the public or private school which best serves their needs. It’s certainly true for charter schools.

Charter School 245

Charter School Private School Public School Pedagogy 245

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In many struggling cities like Oakland, the answer has been no, both in the regular public schools, where resources often don’t exist to replicate programs offered at high-income suburban or tony private schools, but also among the crop of urban charter schools intent on making up for those resource deficits.

Charter School 111

Charter School K-12 Private School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This is a very culture-heavy city and the more teachers you have who know that culture, the better the schools will be,” said Walton. Administrators and charter school networks are just starting to see how important that is.”. But now a lot of those charter leaders … are talking more about sustainability.”.

Charter School 111

Charter School Public School Cultures Teaching 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

Board of Education , the historic Supreme Court decision establishing that it was unconstitutional to segregate public school children. Board question because many among us still believe in segregation, and saying otherwise would challenge our life decisions, such as where we live and where we send our children to school.

Charter School 99

Charter School Private School Public School Tradition 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

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. Gross agreed. They weren’t prepared to deal with their accent.”.

Private School 126

Private School K-12 Economics Public School 126

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We have seen an erosion [of support] and a legislature that has not only underfunded our public schools but chosen to essentially choke the life out of them,” Cooper said. Yet demand for the vouchers is such that Florida parents and schools are having trouble accessing them. Supreme Court.

Advocacy 141

Advocacy Public School Charter School Tradition 141

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

These factors are situated squarely in enduring cultural, social, and historical issues of race in Mississippi.”. Related: Former educators answer call to return to school. A lack of morale and cultural competency. Related: Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi?

Charter School 109

Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In one study in Chicago of almost 200 elementary public school students, listening to 10 minutes of audio-recorded mindfulness daily for eight weeks improved students’ grades in reading and science. Doug Worthen, mindfulness director at Middlesex School. We see kids not staying up as late, getting better sleep.”

K-12 145

K-12 Charter School Public School Teaching 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

The program allows some of North Carolina’s lowest-performing schools to have more flexibility like charter schools. Related: A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college. The principles of the model are similar to those that govern charter schools. We had a plan in mind,” she said.

Elementary School 101

Elementary School Charter School K-12 High School 101

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It’s built around a skills-based model that prioritizes student mastery, extensive community outreach and a culture that views college enrollment as an expectation rather than a long shot. For fellow senior Raoul Sandoval, similar warnings came from family members who lived and worked in the school’s Lower West Side, Pilsen neighborhood.

Geography 101

Geography High School Charter School Cultures 101

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

While pundits seized upon issues like critical race theory as a driving force in recent election results, Rodrigues talked to parents who just wanted to make sure their kids had a competent bus driver and got a hot school meal. Credit: Steve Kenny. NPU now has a budget of $1.7

Advocacy 128

Advocacy Charter School Political Science K-12 128

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

“I don’t think I can think of a white family where I’ve ever seen it arise,” Chris Gottlieb, co-director of New York University’s Family Defense Clinic, which represents clients in child welfare cases, said of these types of school-driven investigations. Change can’t happen soon enough for families embroiled in school-driven investigations.

Charter School 111

Charter School Public School Advocacy Humanities 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

In early 2015, when its superintendent announced his retirement, the district recruited Heath Grimes, then superintendent of the nearby Lawrence County school system, for the job. Others worried that the English learners would drag down test scores and hurt their school district’s reputation. They love family. It has been scrapped.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

He also pitched a new, five-year strategic direction that will emphasize tribal sovereignty and cultural education both promises the bureau made in its reform agenda more than a decade ago. They led culture and language classes, and Siyuja still owns a copy of the Havasupai dictionary they gifted her as a child.

Education 124

Education Elementary School Government K-12 124

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. the Golden Rule, the Sermon on the Mount).

Public School 137

Public School High School Social Studies History 137

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

School founder Howard Fuller visits with students at the Milwaukee Collegiate Academy charter school. He’s built a long career out of advocating for the vehicles he believes are the black community’s best hope for self-determination: vouchers and charter schools. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

Charter School 111

Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

But Betsy DeVos attended private schools and sent her children to them. Scenario #1: DeVos moves quickly to implement President-Elect Trump’s plan to use $20 billion of federal funds for block grants to states to support vouchers for poor children to attend private schools.

Charter School 112

Charter School Private School Tradition Public School 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

They have used their own wealth and a robust fundraising apparatus to push lawmakers to approve school choice proposals that even some proponents of choice question: namely, public charter schools run by for-profit companies, and the use of taxpayer funds to pay private school tuition through vouchers. Catherine E.

Private School 80

Private School Charter School Cultures High School 80

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2017

My childhood included yearly trips abroad and private schools for which my parents paid full freight. One night, my senior year of high school, I found myself on campus late without a ride home. Related: What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge ? Those facts often put me in awkward situations.

Private School 93

Private School Charter School Public School High School 93

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Trump also supports efforts to privatize the K-12 school system, including through vouchers for private schools. His administration made it possible for parents to use their children’s 529 college savings plan to pay for up to $10,000 annually in private school tuition.

K-12 133

K-12 Education Private School Charter School 133

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

School choice Harris, who was endorsed by the nation’s largest public school teachers unions, has voiced support for public schools, but has said little about school vouchers or school choice.

K-12 139

K-12 Education Public School History 139

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It also orders the heads of other agencies, including the Labor Department; Health and Human Services; the Department of Defense; and the Interior Department, which houses the Bureau of Indian Education, to review how grants and funding in their control can be used to send students to private or charter schools.

Education 136

Education K-12 Charter School Government 136