The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The allure of helping disadvantaged children has combined with an openness, on the part of government actors, to private partnerships and technocratic fixes, especially those aimed at disciplining teachers. Charter schools are the bluntest incarnation of education reform and have long enjoyed bipartisan support. The George W.

K-12 110

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 110

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We The district also invested in professional development for teachers, ensuring that it happened during work hours, said Ezzell. It has been scrapped.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2020

And yet the federal government ultimately only covers 14.6 Regarding Buttigieg’s plan for inclusive education , one of his goals is to “ensure that 85 percent of students with intellectual and multiple disabilities are in general education classrooms for 80 percent or more of the day by the end of the 2025 school year.”

K-12 124

K-12 Education Professional Development Charter School 124

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2019

Here’s how the report suggests the Magnolia state would be affected: The state would lose an estimated $29 million from the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grant, which helps districts pay for professional development for teachers and principals and enables it to hire more teachers — resulting in smaller class sizes.

Education 66

Education Professional Development Charter School Government 66

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

High school teacher Jody LeFevers jumped at the chance to attend one of Wolf’s training sessions. Over the years, a handful of his students at The MASTERS Program, a charter school housed at Santa Fe Community College, have confided their immigration problems to him. What happens if an ICE agent walks in the door of our school?

Elementary School 109

Elementary School K-12 High School Charter School 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

On June 1, the TEA took over Houston’s school district, removing the superintendent and elected board. Critics say it’s an effort by a Republican governor to impose his preferred policies, including more charter schools, on the state’s largest city, whose mayor is a Democrat and whose population is two-thirds Black or Hispanic.

Charter School 98

Charter School High School Professional Development Government 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

For most of the past two decades, those battles have been waged primarily among East Coast liberals over standardized testing and charter schools. Along with her strong support for charter schools and the Common Core curriculum, Gist was convinced that great student outcomes could be directly tied to teaching excellence.

Charter School 108

Charter School Junior High Political Science Elementary School 108

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

” Districts have used these funds for professional development and other efforts to recruit teachers and improve teacher quality. Lillian : You know, Nickie, that reminds me of another question I had about this budget, which goes to strategy… The budget says there will be $68 million for charter schools.

Charter School 44

Charter School Education Heritage K-12 44

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

When her private school told the Simmons family they would have to shell out up to $10,000 a year for once-a-week personalized reading instruction and other services, they decided to transfer their daughter to Louisiana Key Academy. Related: A lot goes on in classrooms from kindergarten to high school.

Charter School 90

Charter School Education Private School K-12 90

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2025

Maraida Caraballo Martinez has been an educator in Puerto Rico for 28 years and the principal of the elementary school Escuela de la Communidad Jaime C. She never knows how much money her school in Yabucoa will receive from the government each year because it isnt based on the number of children enrolled.

Education 124

Education Government K-12 Elementary School 124