The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 11, 2017
This kind of experience may be common at New Jersey’s most selective and wealthiest suburban high schools, but McGee graduated from North Star Academy College Preparatory High School in Newark, where 84 percent of the students are economically disadvantaged and 98 percent are black or Latino. Sign up for our newsletter.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 7, 2017
Bobbi Macdonald, founder of City Neighbors charter schools. Efforts like these to transform high school are taking off, although hard data on how many high schools have adopted practices that harken back to preschool is difficult to come by. who attempt to replicate its project-based model.
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The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Shareece DeLeon, a teacher at Impact Public School’s Salish Sea Elementary, accepts plastic food items from one of her students during a 90-minute block of play time. Impact Salish Sea Elementary, in south Seattle, is one of three charter schools run by Impact Public Schools. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 7, 2019
The plan pulled from best practices in school innovation from all over the country. But many of its key features are more common in private or charter schools than in district ones. “We We thought our big contribution could be laying out how to do this in the traditional public school environment,” Resnick said.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 26, 2019
But what else was she learning in this maker space? With scarcely a month left in the school year, why was it worth spending time making videos rather than covering the next academic standard? It’s a daunting task, as evidenced by this past year’s pilot, which was a tale of two schools.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. But in this Colorado district, it can also mean learning by working on real jobs. When I was in high school, I wasn’t doing [projects like] this,” Garcia said.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
The collaborative is primarily funded by the Nellie Mae Foundation, which is among the supporters of the Hechinger Report, and, since its formation in 2016, regularly brings together researchers and education experts to share findings and disseminate them to schools.
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