The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2016

Five and six year old children are inheritors of poverty’s curse and not its creators,” Johnson told his audience as he explained that the federal government would be, for the first time, funding education and health services for children living in poverty in the form of a public preschool program. Former President George W.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. Common Core demands students go beyond rote memorization and demonstrate critical-thinking skills. ARLINGTON, Mass.—As

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Edward de Bono’s six “thinking hats,” specifically the one that called on thinkers to assess their ideas and look for potential flaws. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. It provides real life applications for reading and math and develops critical thinking skills that help students solve problems in other subjects. But science has long been given short shrift in the first few years of school. Plus, it’s interesting.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They shared stories of wolves in sheep’s clothing, covered by titles of police officer, government official, social worker, friend, or teacher, who had in some way or another sabotaged their family’s safety or livelihood. Several of them bravely brought their own familial and personal experiences into class discussion.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2025

On March 10, the Oklahoma Supreme Court dealt a blow to Walterss plans: It issued a temporary stay prohibiting the states department of education from purchasing 55,000 Bibles with certain characteristics and from buying Bible-infused lessons and material for elementary schools. Stuff like that is so normalized, she said.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

The Steel Valley School District operates two elementary schools in a shoulder of the Monongahela River. One school enrolls mostly black students. When Terrance Frey learned that his son’s school, Barrett Elementary, is 78 percent black and Park Elementary is 84 percent white, he was shocked.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2017

The country needs your critical thinking when the term “school choice” is used as code for breaking up black and brown school districts. A 6-year-old Ruby Bridges integrated the all-white, public William Frantz Elementary School in the face of death threats and teacher boycotts.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

And I think most people know that, at the macro level, you’re better off going and getting a bachelor’s degree. Jon] So how can the government help control that? Ted Mitchell] I think that the good news for higher education is that this is what we do. But that might not be true institution by institution.

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