The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2020

In San Antonio, Texas, elementary school principals get hands-on coaching and advice from early childhood experts during visits to pre-K classrooms. In Alabama, principals can attend a unique leadership academy to learn about how to support teachers working with young children.

Elementary School 144

Elementary School Leadership Classroom Management Education Policy 144

ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

Classroom walk-throughs and observations place undue stress on new teachers, eat into prep time and can exacerbate existing classroom management issues. School-wide PD often feels disconnected from a new teacher’s work. This resulted in an unfavorable ratio of mentor teachers to early-career and new teachers.

K-12 113

K-12 Classroom Management Professional Development Elementary School 113

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe.

Elementary School 87

Elementary School Tutoring Leadership High School 87

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

Done well, this powerful and effective professional learning model fosters teacher leadership and supports collaborative school cultures focused on improving teaching and learning. Classroom Management: This is one of the biggest struggles for incoming teachers.

Lesson Plan 74

Lesson Plan Classroom Management Elementary School Cultures 74

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 24, 2021

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020. Also, every main chapter concludes with Key Leadership Behaviors and Support Structures.

Leadership 121

Leadership Classroom Management Elementary School Tradition 121

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

But when it comes to selecting ed-tech products or figuring out how to use them in the classroom, they could still learn something from the successful partnership between Leadership Public Schools (LPS), a charter network that serves the San Francisco Bay area, and Gooru , an ed-tech nonprofit.

Advocacy 59

Advocacy Classroom Management Elementary School Cultures 59

The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2017

One Connecticut elementary school in which suspensions have dropped into the single-digits is the Robert J. O’Brien is classified as a high-poverty elementary school, with just over 60 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Schram and a first-grade student. Photo: Sarah Gonser.

Elementary School 90

Elementary School Classroom Management Leadership High School 90