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Lessons from Boston: “no excuses” charter schools kept boosting student test scores after expansion

The Hechinger Report

Scaling Up Boston’s Charter School Sector,” Sarah Cohodes, Elizabeth Setren, and Christopher R. Research sometimes shows that charter schools are better at raising student achievement than traditional public schools. But many charter schools get about the same results and sometimes charter schools do worse.

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Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi?

The Hechinger Report

Coahoma County will be home to the first rural charter school in the state. Rural charter schools are often seen as a threat to the scant resources available for rural public schools. The first rural charter school in Mississippi will open next August in the Delta town of Clarksdale. Weekly Update.

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More charter schools means fewer early education options, new research shows

The Hechinger Report

The number of pre-kindergarten seats in New Orleans has dropped substantially since Hurricane Katrina, and researchers think it’s connected to the shift to independent charter schools. During the school year prior to Hurricane Katrina, there were 67 pre-kindergarten seats for every 100 public-school kindergarten students.

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PARENT VOICE: They call it ‘school choice,’ but you may not end up with much of a choice at all

The Hechinger Report

One Catholic school principal who did admit him quickly rescinded the offer after a teacher objected to having him in her class. The long list of general, special-ed, Catholic and charter schools that turned my son away indicate how little choice actually exists, despite the marketing of ESA proponents.

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OPINION: Why are no-excuses schools moving beyond no excuses?

The Hechinger Report

This past year has forced schools to make significant changes to their practices. It has also prompted teachers and administrators to reimagine education and to rearticulate a new vision for their schools — as I’ve seen at “ no excuses ” charter schools, which I have spent the last decade studying and observing.

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Why Schools Need a Social Worker for Teachers

ED Surge

I was offered a job at Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School as a school social worker — but with a unique spin on the traditional role. While I still have a caseload of students who I meet with regularly, my job description explicitly states that I am the mental health provider for the staff at our school.

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How fifth graders see the world in 20 years

The Hechinger Report

One idea, for when we colonize Mars, is that all of humanity could spend a few years on the Red Planet to let Earth “rest.”. Patterson Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon where they are fifth graders. Since Mars is not yet ready for human habitation, these kids agreed that cleaning up our current planet was a top concern.