The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. There was nothing like this.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Using skills they’d learned in their computer science lessons, the students designed a traditional button blanket on a laser cutting machine. The program trains educators at K-12 schools whose students include Native children on different ways they can introduce young people to programming, robotics and coding.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 9, 2021

While expanding access to technology and broadband alone will not improve teaching and learning, our new K-12 Leaders’ Guide to Successful Technology Integration shares lessons learned from several Digital Promise initiatives, including seven years of implementing the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) program.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I hear frequently from those in business that younger employees, directly out of K-12 or higher education, are looking for direction. The rigid structure of the traditional K-12 education system leaves little room for students to engage in real-world problem-solving scenarios.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 29, 2020

I got started with this tradition of predictions in 2010 after reading Disrupting Class, a book by Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn. Now at the end of 2020, I’d estimate that +95% of all K-12 students took some form of an online class, and most likely this trend will continue into 2021.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 4, 2015

that’s how an after-school program for technology and arts eventually became a national model for incorporating computational thinking into a K-12 curriculum. "Every year, we embed more computational thinking in K-12.” But in South Fayette Township School District , Pa.,

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A 10th grader, above, answers a question in one of those classes, which offers black history and culture along with social-emotional lessons and academic and college advice. The post Some evidence for the importance of teaching black culture to black students appeared first on The Hechinger Report. “It shows that it works.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come. Earlier, the complete misrepresentation and misunderstanding of critical race theory signaled a disregard for the Black community and contempt for the importance of students learning about all people and cultures. Who suffers the most?

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

It seems to be making a difference for both the tutors and the K-12 students. We found that the combined effect of tutors' knowledge of both reading development and culturally responsive pedagogy was significantly correlated with students' reading development,” Sodani shared in an email. They’re hooked.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some experts worry that new generative AI models have what editors of the Journal of Learning Analytics call a notable lack of transparency in explaining how their outputs are produced, and many AI experts have worried that ChatGPT and other new tools also reflect cultural and racial biases in ways that are hard to track or address.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In today’s system, there are limited opportunities for students’ interests, experiences, hopes, cultures and perspectives to be a part of their education. The current K-12 education system often minimizes identities and creates a homogeneous group of learners with identical needs and desires.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

During my K-12 schooling experience, the story I learned about what it meant to be a Black person taught me two things: that I was less than human, a victim of America’s anti-Black violence, and in order to be seen as human, I had to be successful. As an educator, I’ve tried to offer a view of Black life that I didn’t see as a student.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

From field placement to the critical first three years, K-12 schools and teacher prep programs must implement proven strategies to improve the quantity and quality of support that new teachers receive. What this makes abundantly clear is that the future of education depends directly on our commitment to the success of new teachers.

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ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

In the United States, there are over 15,000 esports teams in K-12 schools, and many esports teams and programs emphasize access to students with disabilities. Emphasize real-world application: Make connections to real-world issues and events relatable to students to create cultural relevancy and empower students with agency and voice.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

But for Fiske, of Mysa, the popularity of alternatives to public school actually raises a concern: She fears that her approach to microschooling could be eclipsed by politics and cultural war clashes. While popular in some conservative circles, classical learning isn’t traditionally a byword for culture war politics.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

When I was a student, as the child of Mexican immigrants, I felt pressure to leave my own stories and experiences outside to fit into my classrooms’ cultures. Perhaps most importantly, we found ways to connect our lessons to students’ communities and cultures — to make learning personal. They stand out. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2016

What’s different is the culture. The sprawling property, which will eventually grow to a K-12 school, is surrounded by well-maintained mid-century homes. But these lessons are taught in the context of African, Latino and Native American traditions. Everything they do is based in culture and art that reflects them.”.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Since math classes progress in a mostly linear way, students have to get fractions to set them up for algebra; and how they do in algebra will likely influence whether they even get to try for advanced courses like calculus, a traditional weed-out metric for lucrative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. isn’t working.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

If left unaddressed, these related issues will have ramifications for generations of K-12 students. Multi-year experiences enable the student teacher not only to learn about the school and its community’s culture and history, but also to develop important relationships with other educators, parents and community members.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2023

Named Tūtū and Me after the Hawaiian word for “grandparent,” the program introduces children to early academic and social skills as well as native Hawaiian language and culture. The preschooler is now more prepared for kindergarten, Ferreira said, and has learned aspects of Native Hawaiian culture that are meaningful to their family.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

And even if there were standardized measures for traits like integrity and compassion, whose cultural norms should be used to judge the results? “I In addition to traditional academic grades, student report cards include marks from 1 to 4 on qualities such as organization, timeliness and accountability. I knew this was for me.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The well-prepared students perform better at the outset of K-12 learning and the underprepared students struggle to keep up. Listen to student ideas and leverage their personal and cultural knowledge, both local and historical. Some have parents or guardians who have introduced them to foundational concepts and skills.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

He likes the self-paced curriculum that allows students to complete a course in significantly less time than at a traditional school. Part of Altus Schools, a network of K-12 alternative charter schools in Southern California, it even won recognition from the federal government for its operation.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Even more disciplinary transfers likely occur when students are counseled to voluntarily switch from one traditional school to another. According to the district, Capital City School — her destination — is “a voluntary K-12 independent study school characterized by its friendly, nurturing and safe environment.”

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It turns out my skillset helps map places and histories that are significant in Wajãpi Oral Traditions. But the work also produces knowledge relevant for the Wajãpi people: I share with them information about federal laws related to cultural heritage and environmental protection.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The discussion tackled plenty of thorny issues facing K-12 and college instructors these days, including how to respond to pressures to ban books in schools, how to make classrooms a welcoming place for debate as schools and colleges grow more diverse, and how to respond to misinformation that students bring to classroom conversations.

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Anthropology News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

SEE Learning is a K-12 curriculum developed through a collaboration between Emory University and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. However, among community members, the relevance of linguistic diversity to the continuity of Tibetan Buddhist culture is a topic of considerable debate.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

She supports students in exploring their gifts and interests through projects and encourages educators to start by substituting a traditional assignment with an opportunity to create. How can infusing creativity in the K-12 setting help them when they leave our institution?

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ED Surge

JULY 28, 2023

Out-of-school time programs have played a large role, funneling more girls and youth of color into K-12 STEM education programs that introduce them to the field. Young girls need culturally-relevant curricula and programs in their schools and communities that are accessible and affordable.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A teacher at heart who values community, I often reflect on my past experiences with students and the ways we explored, celebrated and protected our cultural identity. While there are opportunities to do this within the academic curriculum, my Black students’ cultural identity is often reflected in how they wear and style their hair.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In some schools [student/teacher conflict] would come down to … ‘This white lady doesn’t like me,’ and a cultural disconnect, but in this school absolutely not.”. million , or 6 percent, of all K-12 students received at least one out-of-school suspension during the 2011-12 school year. Over and over and over,” Lee says.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The historically majority-white district, which served 14,150 K-12 students, 61 percent of whom qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2018-19 school year, has seen a recent influx of immigrants from around the world. There is no society, there is no human culture, without the arts.”. The arts are the arts.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2024

But her motivations are also deeply personal, cultural, and, in some ways, unique to Philadelphia. Children First researchers found Pennsylvania enrolled more full-time cyber students than any other state — including ones like California, Texas, and Florida with much larger K-12 student populations.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2022

Even the standards that I am required to teach perpetuate this trend; every person named in the K-12 Texas Science Knowledge and Skills is white. Infuse your curriculum with diverse cultural perspectives and contributions to science concepts and development. The student had rightly called me out.

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K-12 Critical Thinking Humanities Teaching 101

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Students were prompted to find images that represent contemporary pop culture, and then to use Adobe Photoshop Elements to create their own Warhol-inspired work. In the remote village of Nanwalek, Alaska, the K-12 school was planning to improve its slow, satellite-provided Internet connection. By Maylin, Age 5.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But let’s hope the future doesn’t look like the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, which was Ohio’s largest online K-12 school before its operators shut it down due to a drop in enrollment, stemming from an apparent lack of the human touch.

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Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 103

Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 12, 2024

CFP: Vergil and the Greeks kskordal Thu, 12/12/2024 - 12:28 Image Vergil and the Greeks Tuesday 24 June Saturday 28 June 2025, Villa Vergiliana, Bacoli Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes ( Aen. Works Cited Carvounis, K., Later Greek Epic and the Latin Literary Tradition. and Sandro La Barbera at sandro.labarbera@unitn.it

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