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Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of 52 finished on time

The Hechinger Report

She’d spent four years at a high school determined to send minority students like her to college. She’d been one of the first graduates in a new charter school landscape that many in New Orleans believed could fix a broken education system. Related: Charter schools nearly destroyed this New Orleans school.

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What happens when teachers run the school

The Hechinger Report

It was the first lesson in a school week that would take her kids through memoir writing, an introduction to division and research on Indigenous history, each activity carefully curated by Snyder. Today, Education Evolving identifies roughly 300 schools that follow the teacher-powered model. “In At Avalon Charter School, in St.

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The mystery of President-elect Donald J. Trump and his education agenda: ‘There’s not much more’

The Hechinger Report

Related: After shocking election, New York history teacher tries to alleviate despair-anxiety-indignation. ” Trump has called for a reallocation of $20 billion in federal funds and for states to contribute an additional $110 billion of their own education budgets toward education, primarily school choice programs.