The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2024

More than 27,700 school-age youth live in Pasadena , Altadena and Sierra Madre , the communities served by the district, but only about half of them attend public school. Pasadena High School. In Pasadena, Dufford said, it has been tradition for established families not to send their children to public schools. “So

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2022

This can lead to difficulties with retention, but can also affect the quality of teachers in public schools. Not only do teachers earn less than other professionals, but in most school districts their salary increases are not dependent on performance. Public Schools have been using their “ IMPACT plus ” model for over a decade.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Weight bias is part of American culture, said Rebecca Puhl,deputy director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health at the University of Connecticut, who has studied childhood obesity and bias. Studies have found that teachers often perceive children with obesity as emotional, unmotivated, less competent and non-compliant.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Adopting a theme like sustainability, the arts, or math and science can cement a middle school’s culture, give coherence to its curricula, and boost student engagement at a time when many students are losing interest in school. Operating in a public school system, you can’t go as deep or be as innovative as BUGS.”

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ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2023

When I came to Achievement First Brooklyn High School eight years ago as the ninth grade literature teacher, it was my fourth year of teaching and my first time in a school that was unapologetically rooted in the “no excuses” model , which centers a results-driven culture that prioritizes strict behavioral procedures and academic policies.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 2, 2023

Before we get into the educator perspectives shared below, there’s something I have to explain about Latino culture. There’s a belief in Latino culture that we should be grateful for whatever our boss is willing to give us and never ask for more, no matter how bad things get. Read the first part here and the second part here.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

These experiences provide a framework for learning that uses surroundings, communities, and cultures to invite inquiry, investigate biases, and deepen understanding. What happens when this same approach is applied to school districts? Compton Unified School District. The School Board of Broward County, Florida.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

But Boaler’s popularity and influence have made her a focal point in the current math wars, which also seem to reflect the broader culture wars. In the last few months, tabloids and conservative publications have turned Boaler into something of an education villain who’s captured the attention of Elon Musk and Texas Sen.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In one Philadelphia-area public school district, a K-8 teacher recalled, “We had an online morning meeting every day, and still, nothing was said in that morning meeting. We talked with folks who strongly identify with their heritage ancestry, language and culture and others who navigate the complex nuances of diasporic reality.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2022

In Chicago Public Schools, for example, data shows that attendance dropped precipitously, especially among Black students. That’s why my district is reimagining high schools with a strong focus on helping students become leaders in their own learning and the learning of others — a pathway to future success and economic mobility.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2021

In Chicago, only 42 percent of public school graduates enrolled in four-year colleges in 2019. If we can help these students reframe their relationship to the process of learning in high school, we have the opportunity to enhance their social mobility — and, quite possibly, ensure the survival of higher education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2020

This period of social distancing is giving us a glimpse of what it’s like when a school is shuttered permanently, a tragedy tens of thousands of families have had to deal with over the last two decades. Like the coronavirus, the impact of permanent school closures disproportionately hit Black and urban neighborhoods.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

State trust lands, on and off Indian reservations, make up millions of acres across the Western United States and generate revenue for public schools, universities, jails, hospitals and other public institutions by leasing them for oil and gas extraction, grazing, rights of way, timber, and more. Sign up for our newsletter here.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2023

This support, through a program set up to promote rural economic development and from the federal agency that works the most with rural places, underscores how important local universities and colleges are to those communities — and the vulnerability of a growing number of them. Rural universities are also often cultural oases, Huisman said.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2022

The reason that so many children learn separately is that their families reside in different school zones. where fewer than 10 percent of public school students are white , there aren’t enough white children to spread around the city to create more racial balance in classrooms. In many cases, such as in Providence, R.I.,

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

Chen, who was hired as the school’s first principal of color in late 2017, said a better description might have been “exclusive,” and not just because of the $12,500 to $20,500 tuition, but because of the cultural rigidity that clearly delineated outsiders and insiders. Gross agreed. were established shortly before or after the U.S.

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ED Surge

MAY 1, 2024

The program didn’t want to spend to bring fiber along the same path to tribal schools and libraries and the local school district, says John Chadwick, the digital equity coordinator for the New Mexico Department of Education. Without it, students can struggle to turn in or even access school assignments.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2021

“How can historically marginalized students pursue meaningful paths and healthy careers after high school?” “How How can the Providence public schools improve education for high school ESL/ELL Latinx students?” “How And all come from groups that are marginalized because of race, gender or low socio-economic status.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This can have a long-term impact; the rigor of high school courses has been found to be the No. In Rockville Centre, tracked classes also led to racial and economic segregation in a high school where a fifth of the nearly 1,100 students are Black or Latino and the rest of the student body is nearly entirely white.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Second, we advocate for the development of an action plan for educating the not-so-common learners that is research-based, achievable, and reaches beyond any current educational reform initiative for school improvement. Nonetheless, we contend that a concentration on the enhancement of teaching skills and strategies is not enough.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

Housing segregation in Louisville has declined somewhat in recent years, but the city is still divided and Black Louisvillians are left out of economic opportunities ; Black poverty in the city and its surrounding county is three times that of white poverty. The Black community also has to have economic opportunities outside of education.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

According to the 2016 World Economic Forum report, “ The Future of Jobs ,” a majority of employers say creativity is one of the most valued qualities they seek in their employees, along with critical-thinking skills and the ability to solve complex problems. This summer, the Bloomberg Arts Internship program expanded to Boston.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

That starts with acknowledgment that our culture enforces gender norms that can hurt boys and girls. And visibly working hard in school does not conform to our cultural definitions of masculinity, which instead define coolness for boys more in terms of athletic prowess. Unearned confidence can get in the way of hard work.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report Gates was among the scores of high school students who accepted an invitation to visit Malcolm X College, a community college in Chicago, as part of a program run jointly with the Chicago Public Schools. He’s supposed to be strong and not show weakness,” Sanders says. “If

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

People who speak another language score higher on tests and think more creatively , have access to a wider variety of jobs , and can more fully enjoy and participate in other cultures or converse with people from diverse backgrounds. Knowledge of foreign languages is also vital to America’s national security and diplomacy. Timing is Crucial.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

BOSTON — When the Boston Public Schools opened the Margarita Muñiz Academy in 2012, it was a first-of-its kind dual-language high school meant to address issues faced by the city’s growing Hispanic population. The Muñiz Academy is an open-enrollment school, so administrators can’t restrict who attends.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? Leveraging such changes long term could be a matter of public school survival.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Nicole Molière entered a classroom at Harriet Tubman Charter School after she was selected to be part of an innovative local teacher training residency that aims to put excellent — and culturally competent — teachers into high-poverty schools. Molière also grew up in the New Orleans area and was educated in its public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Ryan’s situation is unusual, both because he is attending public school and because he arrived here alone. for middle or high school because their parents had been planning for it from before their birth. A small, but growing, number attend public schools. My reaction was, ‘That’s weird.’ I didn’t understand.’”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2019

The United States cannot maintain its status as an economic powerhouse if we fail to focus properly on basic skills. Montessori schools have a distinguished record of placing the focus on a student’s overall development. Public school teachers should observe a high-fidelity Montessori classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Here, we are the proud educators of the next generation of strivers in a school that is 89 percent Latino, the majority of whom are English language learners. More than 50 percent are economically disadvantaged. Jordan Weymer is principal of the Donald McKay K-8 School , winner of the 2018 Thomas W. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2017

But the increasing power and cultural influence of black women don’t equal protection. The successes of the recent movies Girls Trip and Hidden Figures and the economic and cultural power of the Essence Music Festival are testaments to the power of black women. That may be because schools are also guilty of harassment.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2017

Teachers and school personnel who work with low-income students are more likely to trust their own work and don’t see students as liabilities or risks. If teachers commit to sending their own children to public schools maybe people who pay tuition to alleviate their fears will follow. This effort does that.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

To address diversity issues, Anderson is pursuing partnerships with local preschool programs that are more representative of the cultural identity of the Albuquerque metro area, which has sizable Hispanic, Latino and American Indian populations. The school also prioritizes economic equity. When many U.S.

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2017

Leaders from the League of Innovative Schools, a network of the country’s most forward-thinking educators, recently convened in Mentor, Ohio, for the League’s Spring 2017 meeting hosted by Mentor Public Schools. These factors influence the rate, path, and process of school district innovation.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 5, 2015

Public schools conflict with all of those, don’t they? Citizens and communities generally like and strongly support their schools. ignore legal requirements to timely establish school funding levels that would allow districts to adequately plan and budget. So you’ve got a challenge.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

School administrators will have to explicitly address the racial biases and stereotyping that stifle black educators’ professional growth, argue researchers Ashley Griffin and Hilary Tackie in a new report from The Education Trust, a national nonprofit advocacy organization. We become the representative for all of those children.”.

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