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.

Elementary School 92

Elementary School Charter School K-12 High School 92

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Ocon, who had been at the school since 2005, became convinced that the source of the dismal performance numbers was not the kids but a hidebound curriculum that was simply not working to their benefit. 84 percent of this Chicago high school’s students graduate on time and 52 percent of them now go to college, an 11-point increase from 2012.

Geography 94

Geography High School Charter School Cultures 94

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kristen Danusis, a former school psychologist who became the principal in 2013, tells me that many of her students live “off the grid,” in households that earn little regular income. At East Orlo Avenue Elementary, in the East Providence School District, children switch between group activities and individualized assignments.

Charter School 110

Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School 110

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Experts, books, videos, detailed lesson plans — to teachers at the time, it felt like a blur of continuous learning. The board has not indicated if it has plans to move ahead with improvements Grimes planned for middle and high school English learners. It has been scrapped.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

Most of those gains were lost, however, in 1877 when the federal government pulled troops out of the South. Once the federal government left, a backlash began. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Many states require lessons on the Civil War as part of U.S. Board of Education decision.

Teaching 107

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 107

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Last year, eight years after Siyuja graduated, the K-8 school still did not offer pre-algebra, a course that most U.S. public school students take in seventh or eighth grade, if not earlier. So far, the settlements have brought new staff to Supai, and the BIE had to reconstitute the school board. But what are they teaching here?

Education 105

Education Elementary School Government K-12 105

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

A similar program in Ohio shows teachers how to “ frack” Twinkies using straws to pump for cream and advises on the curriculum for a charter school that revolves around shale drilling. Hundreds of oil-and-gas-centric lesson plans are now available at the click of a mouse. The idea caught on.

K-12 71

K-12 Education Charter School Elementary School 71

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Hillsdale boasts a national network of affiliated charter schools, and one of its former professors helped revise South Dakota’s social studies standards along the lines of the 1776 Curriculum. They led a letter-writing campaign requesting Pennsylvania government officials investigate “school board overreach in Pennridge.”

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Sarah Swanson-Hysell, a teacher at Lighthouse Community Charter School in California’s Oakland Unified School District, sympathizes with students like Benjamin. government and making clear that President Barack Obama will remain in his position until January. They wanted to talk about the next president.

Charter School 111

Charter School Middle School Government Civics 111