The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

For the perspective of the Heritage Foundation’s Jonathan Butcher, click here. When states choose to operate a program that involves public (or publicly governed) financing of private service providers, can the state choose to exclude religious providers? This brings us back to charter schools. The story about Espinoza v.

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Charter School K-12 Heritage Private School 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language.

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Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 115

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders (including families, local government, and nonprofits) to support innovative teaching and learning in their region. But those networks never cross over.

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Civic Engagement Heritage Civics Charter School 62

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Over the years Plessy’s namesake school has managed to achieve more diversity than most in New Orleans, but is now struggling to retain upper middle class, white families, according to Ben McLeish, the president of Plessy’s governing board. Interest in the school was also affected by its location in a dangerous neighborhood.

Economics 59

Economics Charter School Heritage Public School 59

ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

The idea is that having smaller school sizes enables students to develop much deeper relationships at school, says Siri Fiske, founder of Mysa School. Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school.

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Public School Civics K-12 Private School 120

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 12, 2024

There’s magnet schools, which are giving seats to kids outside of a zoned neighborhood school. Special admissions schools, which often have criteria like certain test scores or auditions or portfolios. It’s certainly true for charter schools. Are there other setups that fund school choice differently?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

A Hispanic Heritage Month event that Grimes started in Russellville High School has now grown into a big districtwide celebration , where students learn about different cultures and traditions, perform dances, read celebrated authors and research historical figures. It has been scrapped.

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High School K-12 Heritage Professional Development 140