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DECEMBER 2, 2024

As the Watonga school system’s Indian education director, Hollie Youngbear works to help Native American students succeed — a job that begins with getting them to school. She makes sure students have clothes and school supplies. government boarding schools. It is reprinted with permission. WATONGA, Okla. —

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APRIL 29, 2019

The century-old high school — the city’s first public school for black students — boasted alumni who went on to become mayors and judges. McDonogh 35 was one of the few schools that weathered the storm mostly intact. Related: As a 6-year-old, Leona Tate helped desegregate schools. Then Hurricane Katrina hit.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images. Given that teachers are charged with imparting the contributions of women to their students throughout Women’s History Month, a special place should be reserved during March for the women teachers who go unrecognized. “You Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

She’d been one of the first graduates in a new charter school landscape that many in New Orleans believed could fix a broken education system. His was a brash mission shared by a new breed of charter school leaders who said they could succeed where traditional neighborhood schools had failed.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

Board of Education. As schools were segregated, Black and Brown teachers were displaced by the thousands as a result of racist policies that devastated communities of color and de-prioritized high-quality teaching and learning practices developed by teachers of color. Princeton School District (OH).

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Schools also must navigate distrust dating back to the U.S. government’s campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools. AP's analysis does not include data on schools managed by the U.S. Education was a weapon for the U.S.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Department of Education, only two percent of teachers are African American men, yet African American students make up at least 16 percent of the country’s student population. This reality has serious implications for the country’s educational landscape overall, as well as for the growing number of students of color.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

What if our hope that public education can erase inequality is in vain? If these things were true, how would what we ask of schools — and how we measure their success — change? Related: What if public schools never reopen? This flies in the face of common sense and human history, deBoer argued. But what if he’s right?

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APRIL 24, 2023

Hirsch, who developed the curriculum used in these schools and whose 1987 book Cultural Literacy inspired the common core standards movement in American education. For starters, the study took place at nine charter schools in Colorado, stretching from Denver to Fort Collins. However, U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

A growing chorus of education researchers, pundits and “science of reading” advocates are calling for young children to be taught more about the world around them. In 2023, University of Virginia researchers promoted a study of Colorado charter schools that had adopted E.D. It’s an indirect way of teaching reading comprehension.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2024

It was one of the most significant days in the history of the U.S. Board of Education that schools segregated by race did not provide an equal education. Students could no longer be barred from a school because of the color of their skin. Even the ‘white’ schools in L.A. Supreme Court. I dug into U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

When it comes to education spending, middle-income Americans typically don’t put their money where their mouth is. How often do we hear politicians and parents wax poetic about education being the great equalizer? It’s impossible for education to be an equalizer if budgets don’t meet every kid’s needs. It’s a long time coming.

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APRIL 29, 2021

As challenging as the pandemic has been, a common theme has emerged among the League of Innovative Schools: Embrace the innovations of the moment as designs for the future. What are the most pressing challenges facing school districts at this moment? – Dr. Jeff Hauswald, Kokomo School Corporation (Indiana). “No

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MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Credit: Photo: Shandrell Briscoe for InspireNOLA Charter Schools.

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JULY 19, 2020

Montana Department of Revenue overturned a Montana Supreme Court ruling that prohibited using funds from an education tax credit program to attend a religious school. Nearly 300,000 largely poor and minority students in 18 states currently benefit from education tax credits.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

on day four of the strike, Nadia Morales, a counselor at Los Angeles High School, and Pedro Martinez, a social-studies teacher at Eagle Rock High School, prepare their children for the day. After graduation, Morales and Martinez got married and trained for careers in education that led them back to their alma mater. At 7 a.m.,

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Education journalist Emily Hanford has argued that the failure to teach phonics in the early elementary years may be the problem.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

It seems that many considered the people who worked in public schools prior to the storm as collateral damage for the grand New Orleans experiment (another worn-out phrase). Even in death people have value; history and culture remains. Communities protect the names of schools like they would a relative.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Because students missed so much instruction during the pandemic, teachers should get extra time to fill all those instructional holes, from teaching mathematical percents and zoological classifications to discussing literary metaphors and American history. But tutoring can work equally well even when the school day isn’t lengthened.

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JULY 28, 2024

As a Black man and leader in public education, I have grappled with the complexities of race and identity throughout my life. Schools nationwide celebrate Black History Month enthusiastically, yet voice concerns about whether Pride Month should be recognized. Related: Become a lifelong learner. Does that sound hard?

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JUNE 3, 2019

Berkeley economist Rucker Johnson, center, spoke at a May 2019 conference of the Education Writers Association in Baltimore. Jim Burger for Education Writers Association. Rucker Johnson, an economist, sees himself as a poster child for school integration. People think of segregation as a Southern story,” Johnson said.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

School districts in Mississippi received A through F grades from the state Department of Education in October based in part on new metrics that could prove to be especially difficult for some of the poorest and most rural schools in the state. The top five school districts in the state have majority white student populations.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michelle McLaughlin said Michael’s education did not prepare him for college or career. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. After high school, he did odd jobs for several years.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Alyssa in her first-grade classroom at Mott Haven Academy Charter School, where she enrolled after moving in with a foster mother who lives near the South Bronx institution. and “What can you do to help make your school feel safe?”. Related: When schools use child protective services as a weapon against parents.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

. — Before Michael Mota goes to sleep each school night, the 17-year-old lies in bed thinking through his plan for the next day. Michael is a senior at Vertus High School , an all-boys charter school in the Rochester City School District whose hallmark is a program that blends online classes with more traditional classroom teaching.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2024

In December, the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture described the predicament as “extremely disconcerting.” American schools can learn valuable lessons from Finnish education, both positive and negative. Our free biweekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation in education.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

At Capital City Public Charter School, eighth grader Nia Reese delivers a 40-minute presentation aimed at convincing panelists that she is prepared to move on to the campus’ high school. But at this school, that’s not enough. Capital City Public Charter School serves students throughout the Washington, D.C.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Schools that serve Native American students have a history of failure. Fewer than a third of students scored above average on math and reading tests compared to peers nationwide, according to a study commissioned by the Bureau of Indian Education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

“We have kids that on our benchmark knowledge assessments are scoring what is the equivalent of second grade, first grade, fourth grade,” said Fisher, who is also a professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University. Some experts and educators worry the reading reform movement has left older students behind.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2022

The surging enrollment comes with some benefits: More students mean more state funding to hire more teachers, and new homeowners pay taxes to help build new schools, like Story Creek. How do we staff schools if no one can afford to live here?” Cedar, sixth grader, Bozeman Online Charter School.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In 2016, The School for Creative Studies, in Durham, North Carolina, prevented black students from wearing traditional head wraps, or geles , a symbol used to represent the students’ connection with Africa — during Black History month, no less! Read more about education in New Orleans.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Their questions highlight a deep gulf many low-income, first generation students face as they attempt to navigate the mysterious world of higher education. Zar-Kessler and her colleagues have made it their mission to bridge that gulf for the 310 high school students at Match, who are selected by lottery and commute from all over Boston.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For Zion, the school day starts at 9 a.m. The teenager’s classes in English and junior ROTC are taught by a district teacher, while history and math are self-paced courses via the online platform Edgenuity. He follows the schedule as if he’s at school,” said Woodward. and lasts until 3 p.m., with a break for lunch.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2019

Some carry signs stating “All I Want For Christmas is a Clean White School” and “Save Segregation Vote, States Rights Pledged Electors” Bettman/Getty Images. Review: “Race & Education in New Orleans” by Walter C. Board of Education made school desegregation the law — if not the practice — of the land.

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APRIL 25, 2023

It was the first lesson in a school week that would take her kids through memoir writing, an introduction to division and research on Indigenous history, each activity carefully curated by Snyder. Today, Education Evolving identifies roughly 300 schools that follow the teacher-powered model. “In

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

She had missed a lot of school due to a medical ailment and her grades suffered as a result. “It Mingus Union reinforces an aspect of American culture that has educators believing they can teach students by punishing and shaming them. Educators often leverage the fear of rejection and isolation to motivate students to change.

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