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A school where character matters as much as academics

The Hechinger Report

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. Unlike algebra or world history, there is no bubble sheet by which to judge students’ soft skills, let alone evaluate their growth over time.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

Rather than being challenged, he was allowed to use a teacher-made study guide while taking exams at his California high school. One time, a teacher gave his special education world history class all of the answers to their final exam. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A.

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My First Year

Rosie the History Teacher

I found a job coordinating field trips at a museum closer to my home and taught Lego Engineering at local elementary schools on the side while I began my masters degree. Teaching positions for history and biology were rather scarce in my area, so I applied pretty much everywhere in a 50 mile radius. That was a busy time!

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When typical middle school antics mean suspensions, handcuffs or jail

The Hechinger Report

In a recent survey drawing responses from 1,219 teachers and conducted by the charter schools advocacy organization the Thomas B. That means they’re not “reading Mark Twain and Shakespeare and Maya Angelou,” taking algebra or learning world history, said Raymond Pierce, president of the Southern Education Foundation.

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One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

Its “ 1776 Curriculum ” for grades K-12 has been criticized for revisionist history, including whitewashed accounts of US slavery and depictions of Jamestown as a failed communist colony. Also in 2021 came Pennridge’s first serious battles over diversity programs. Then there was the curriculum.