The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 31, 2024
“When you’re knocking on people’s doors and saying, ‘Hi, I’m a student from the University of Vermont,’ people would look at you a little perplexed at first,” said Kelly Hamshaw, a research lecturer in the university’s Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, who is working on the disaster resilience project.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 5, 2022
Today many districts that seek to desegregate have switched to using socio-economic proxies for race, such as family income. Gillani said he could adjust the map-drawing tool to optimize for socio-economic diversity instead. It would become a tiny school of fewer than 150 students – not economically practical.
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ED Surge
DECEMBER 12, 2022
This caustic combination of biased or incomplete information and a lack in public awareness very easily fuels damaging stereotypes of Asians as perpetually and dangerously foreign and “taking over” what are seen as limited resources, especially during times of social and economic instability and widening gaps in wealth and income inequality.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 10, 2023
We’re in a city in which 75 percent of students are economically disadvantaged and 45 percent are at risk. That level of change will impact not just our families, but entire communities and generations to follow. I work for Rocketship Public Schools in Washington, D.C. This means that far too many Rocketship D.C.
ED Surge
MAY 5, 2023
Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging. Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 20, 2019
Casey Foundation shows that children who read proficiently by the end of third grade are more likely to graduate from high school and to be economically successful in adulthood. It truly takes a village: Our approach needed to go even deeper on parental and community engagement. On the flip side, research by the Annie E.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 16, 2018
Additionally, students of color now make up about 40 percent of our student bodies, and we seek greater geographic and economic diversity as well. Instead of silos focused on global education — diversity initiatives and community engagement each working separately — we will connect these areas so they can work together, as they should.
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