The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

“We have kids that on our benchmark knowledge assessments are scoring what is the equivalent of second grade, first grade, fourth grade,” said Fisher, who is also a professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University.

High School 145

High School Teaching Primary Sources K-12 145

ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In this instance, like so many others in school, a counselor would be helpful for the student to process this trauma, but preventing the trauma from occurring in the first place through things like inclusive gender practices and professional development around gender identity would be more impactful.

Charter School 101

Charter School Advocacy Leadership Professional Development 101

Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

To support teachers in design, districts offered flexible professional development models offered in multiple modalities, centered in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) practices and peer-collaboration approaches to support teachers in creating and engaging students. Joel Coleman, Superintendent, Utah School for the Deaf and Blind.

Charter School 114

Charter School Educational Technology Professional Development Community Engagement 114

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Lusher, like America, has long had a teacher diversity problem : Slightly more than 20 percent of public school teachers—who include those at charter schools — in the U.S. They also wanted school officials to send a clear message to the community that Lusher supported Black Lives Matter. They encountered mostly silence.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Administrators from Henry County Schools, southwest of Atlanta; School District 51 in Mesa County, Colorado; and CICS West Belden, a Chicago International Charter School campus, discussed their efforts to personalize learning during a panel at the recent iNACOL symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Charter School 94

Charter School Professional Development Leadership Tradition 94

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

But that’s not what is easing the transition to remote learning for schools like Rhodes. Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. They share impressive results.

Junior High 131

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 131

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2018

Christopher House, a nonprofit that runs a high-performing elementary charter school and a small network of public preschools in some of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, has infused parental support into its model. Lori Baas, CEO of Christopher House.

Charter School 110

Charter School Elementary School Public School Leadership 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2016

She recently sat down with the Jackson Free Press to talk about education legislation, school funding and charter schools. Considering the financial condition of JPS and the City of Jackson, how do you think the growth of charters will affect that district? Well, the charter schools can open up anywhere.

Education 75

Education Charter School Leadership Tutoring 75

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

At some KIPP charter schools in New Jersey, teachers will receive training in suicide prevention, grief counseling and how to spot signs of distress in an online environment. Social-emotional lessons sometimes require curricula schools must purchase and professional development for teachers.

Charter School 145

Charter School Professional Development Research Leadership 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

It’s not as if the principal had particular tasks taken away from their role,” said Ellen Goldring, professor of education policy and leadership at Vanderbilt University. Related: Young and inexperienced, a new principal tries to turn around a New Orleans charter school. These new tasks were added. Training the trainers.

Middle School 76

Middle School Leadership Professional Development Charter School 76

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Andrew’s Episcopal School in Ridgeland, for instance, is $17,130—more than double this year’s undergraduate student tuition at the University of Mississippi. But education and disability-rights advocacy groups have a different opinion of special-needs voucher programs than the state’s education leadership.

Private School 98

Private School Advocacy Elementary School Public School 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2019

In exchange for a significant investment of federal funding, states like Tennessee would volunteer to enact new policies to raise standards, increase accountability, build new data systems and lift caps on the number of public charter schools.

K-12 57

K-12 Charter School Professional Development Public School 57

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

But as Grimes’ star rose statewide, according to local educators and residents, his relationship with city leadership started to unravel. Then, in mid-May 2023, a member of the school board told Grimes that it would not be renewing his contract, which was to end in June 2024.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

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 107

Charter School Junior High Political Science Elementary School 107

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2025

The department also administers Pell Grants for low-income students some 7 2 percent of Puerto Rican students apply and supports professional development efforts and initiatives for Puerto Rican children who move back and forth between the mainland and territory. There are some encouraging efforts. There is no consistency.

Education 122

Education Government K-12 Elementary School 122