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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Some educators are calling for schools to adopt a curriculum that emphasizes content along with phonics. More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

For starters, the study took place at nine charter schools in Colorado, stretching from Denver to Fort Collins. The claim of closing the achievement gap is based on only 16 students who attended this one charter school. In this study, the researchers copied a method used by charter school researchers.

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RISE UP Coalition to Address the Compound Inequity Facing Black and Brown Students

Digital Promise

APRIL 9, 2021

Today, we announce the RISE UP Coalition—school districts, charter networks, and organizations led by BILPOC—who will work together and with support of allies to design an Action Agenda to reflect and address the needs of students of color. School Districts, Charter Networks, Organizations).

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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history.

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

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. A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr.

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After years of inaction, Delta teacher shortage reaches ‘crisis’ levels

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Teacher shortage is primarily a function of race and geography,” the authors wrote. Related: Former educators answer call to return to school. Related: Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi? Between 2015 — the year the charters opened — and 2018, public school enrollment declined by about 2,400.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

But that’s not what is easing the transition to remote learning for schools like Rhodes. Fears about data privacy and screen time, along with concerns about Silicon Valley’s conflicting interests as it pushes into public schools, have battered Summit’s reputation. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Yet one student may have limited geography skills, and is not making connections between events in neighboring Laos and Cambodia. Eighty-four percent of Juarez’s students graduate on time and 52 percent of them now go to college, an 11-point increase from 2012, according to data provided by Chicago Public Schools.

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

Adults in the audience responded with knowing and affirming sounds, signaling their recognition of the persistent apartheid geography that maintains racialized access to spaces and opportunities in their city. We want them to learn how to claim space, because we grew up in Cape Town, but we don’t really know Cape Town.”

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Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For students at a new Florida-based charter school, entering the classroom means strapping on a VR headset. While plenty of schools have experimented with short lessons conducted in virtual reality, this new school, called Optima Academy Online, has embraced the technology as a primary mode of course delivery.

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It’s not about sex: Teaching young children where babies come from (and other stuff)

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Roffman said 4-year-olds want to know about geography (Where was I before I was born?); Former elementary school teacher Anil Oommen is grateful that his K-8 charter school in Eugene, Oregon, purchased the OWL curriculum and trained him to teach it. All three organizations offer teacher training on request and for a fee.

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How teachers can talk about the Israel-Hamas conflict

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

9, contains resources on how to have civil discourse on contested issues; historical information and current news on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; material on discussing war and violence in age-appropriate ways, and information on combating antisemitism and Islamophobia in schools. The guide , released Oct.

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Former Trump commissioner blasts DOGE education data cuts

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2025

Woodworth built his research career documenting the benefits of charter schools and is now a fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank at Stanford University. The data belongs to the people, Woodworth said. It doesn’t belong to the president. It belongs to the public. It is a public asset.

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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Walz, the governor of Minnesota, worked for roughly two decades in public schools, as a geography teacher and football coach. He has championed investments in public education: For example, in March 2023, he signed a bill to make school meals free to all students in public schools.

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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

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RISE UP Coalition to Address the Compound Inequity Facing Black and Brown Students

PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

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

After years of inaction, Delta teacher shortage reaches ‘crisis’ levels

The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

It’s not about sex: Teaching young children where babies come from (and other stuff)

How teachers can talk about the Israel-Hamas conflict

Former Trump commissioner blasts DOGE education data cuts

What education could look like under Harris and Walz

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