The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In the United States today, 9 out of 10 school superintendents are white and two-thirds are white men. As a Latina, my leadership isn’t often expected, nor is it always welcome. I urge fellow superintendents from all racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to act now. teachers and principals.

Leadership 114

Leadership High School Elementary School Community Engagement 114

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: Ten years ago, Courtney Dickinson wanted to create an innovative public school. She had a teaching degree and while she never got a job as a teacher, she had a lot of ideas about how schools should operate. Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

Public School 111

Public School Project-Based Learning Pedagogy Leadership 111

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Sallie Holloway Director of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science for Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia Recently, EdSurge spoke with Sallie Holloway , the Director of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science for Gwinnett County Public Schools. Recommended Resources: What Does It Mean to Be AI Ready?

K-12 104

K-12 Public School Leadership Teaching 104

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The vast majority of Saridis’s students are Latino, and at the Margarita Muñiz Academy in Boston, a dual-language high school in Boston Public Schools, connecting the curriculum to their culture is a top priority. Tapping into students’ cultures in the curriculum fits, logically, into efforts to personalize learning.

Cultures 110

Cultures American History Tradition Lesson Plan 110

ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As a new college grad, I was lucky to work at a company that held an “up or out” culture and provided clear structures and routines for continuous professional feedback, networking and skill development. I learned about the massive scale of labor, human capital and strategic investment that go into making a successful organization.

K-12 133

K-12 Teaching Professional Development Leadership 133

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For 10 years, the states pre-employment program has languished, with leadership turnover and bureaucratic infighting rendering it largely ineffective. And the states extremely decentralized school governance system has hampered haphazard efforts to get the services into schools.

High School 127

High School Library Government Public School 127

Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

She thought she could help repair a disconnect between what some worry is happening in public schools and what she knows actually happens. Understanding the Reality of Public Education During her more than twenty years teaching government at the general and AP levels, Messick has certainly seen changes.

Government 89

Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 89

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

In New Zealand, where schools operate far more independently than traditional public schools in the United States, it would be the job of principals like Rodgers to determine how best to teach the countrys math standards. Ulrike Matthews gives a fraction lesson to her class at May Road School in Auckland, New Zealand.

Government 107

Government Professional Development K-12 Teaching 107

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Greenfield Union School District (California). Gwinnett County Public Schools (Georgia). Highline Public Schools (Washington). Hudson City School District (New York). Kansas City Public Schools (Missouri). Linden Public School District (New Jersey). Community Schools (California).

Leadership 159

Leadership Public School Tradition High School 159

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Please join us in welcoming the following new districts to the League of Innovative Schools: ASU Preparatory Academies. Brigantine Public School District. California Area School District. Clear Creek Independent School District. Cleveland City Schools. Columbus Municipal School District.

Advocacy 168

Advocacy Public School Leadership Cultures 168

ED Surge

MARCH 12, 2025

This school year is unique as we just opened a new building with over 450 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, consolidating three different elementary and middle campuses from different neighborhoods across New York. While there are always challenges in leadership, opening a new facility brings its own set of twists and turns.

Leadership 59

Leadership Public School Cultures Education 59

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

When we first visited the school that is the focus of our forthcoming book, “Navigating Conflict: How Youth Handle Trouble in a High-Poverty School,” back in 1995, students were free to move about campus during lunch and other free periods and a culture of trust prevailed. All that changed during the 1999-2000 school year.

Cultures 89

Cultures Leadership Research Government 89

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

As New York City public school students head back to school this week, the days when officers in the city’s police department could arrest students for minor misbehavior may finally be over. New York City is the nation’s largest school district , serving over 1.1 million students. Related: OPINION: 1.7

Public School 91

Public School Leadership Cultures Education Policy 91

Digital Promise

MARCH 2, 2021

During the 2019-20 school year, 10 districts from across the United States—including nine districts from the League of Innovative Schools—joined a learning cohort, convened by the Center for Global Education at Asia Society and Digital Promise, to explore this question. John Jungmann Superintendent, Springfield Public Schools.

Education 139

Education Social Justice Public School Leadership 139

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Graham Local Schools. Harrington Park School District. Meriden Public Schools. Middletown City School District. Socorro Independent School District. South Bay Union School District. Southampton County Public Schools.

Public School 134

Public School Leadership Cultures Education 134

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.

Leadership 62

Leadership Cultures Economics History 62

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Jenkins said one of the reasons she has been teaching in the Phoenix Union High School District, one of 30 public school districts here, for so long is that she doesn’t feel alone. Illinois has developed culturally responsive teaching and leading standards with the goal of attracting and retaining more teachers of color.

High School 145

High School Cultures Leadership Public School 145

Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2019

Congratulations to the Verizon Innovative Learning schools’ 2018-19 Schools of Excellence Award winners: District of the Year: Strong Out of the Gate. Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, Kentucky (Cohort 5). STEM Culture of Innovation. IT Leader of the Year.

Middle School 121

Middle School Leadership Public School Professional Development 121

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

On October 19-21, the League of Innovative Schools convened in Los Angeles, California, for their biannual League meeting, which was hosted alongside Compton Unified School District and El Segundo Unified School District. Opening panel moderated by Digital Promise’s President and CEO, Jean-Claude Brizard.

Project-Based Learning 159

Project-Based Learning Leadership Tradition Public School 159

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

The event provides leadership development skills, offers a psychologically safe space to process our experiences and nurtures the spirit of brotherhood and community needed to sustain our worth and our work. Leaders like Du Bois and Love have shaped my belief that I can lead a school where students love themselves and succeed academically.

Leadership 129

Leadership Psychology Humanities Public School 129

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 5, 2020

Beginning next week, my summer students and I will co-create our Leadership for Social Justice class together, recognizing that none of us has all of the answers but that we all can do something. I am grateful for the willingness of others to share their leadership and resources. Books: School leadership for social justice.

Social Justice 109

Social Justice Leadership Pedagogy Social Studies 109

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Minneapolis Public Schools (Minnesota) already uses data to inform decision-making in more than 70 schools across the city, but they wanted to find best practices for interoperability to link different systems together for more accurate and timely data. Abby Wolf IT Strategy Process Analyst, Minneapolis Public Schools.

Public School 163

Public School Social Studies Leadership Research 163

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2023

When 15-year-old Ka’iulani Iaea first moved schools, she struggled. Life at her new school started to change for the better when she began learning the music of her Native Hawaiian culture. “It Prop 28 also provides extra funding to schools in historically under-resourced communities. Nearly 4 million U.S.

Education 142

Education K-12 Government High School 142

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2024

The flare-up of the education culture wars in 2021 also added to the pressures on districts’ top administrators. Two years ago, the council asked Hinojosa to create an initiative to develop people for district leadership positions. percent are Hispanic, according to a 2023 survey by the School Superintendents Association.

Leadership 113

Leadership Public School Cultures Research 113

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

million gifted children are being overlooked in school — more than the 3.3 public school children already labeled as gifted. million gifted children are being overlooked in school — more than the 3.3 public school children already labeled as gifted. . — As many as 3.6 million U.S. As many as 3.6 million U.S.

Public School 145

Public School Research Leadership Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Edgecombe County Public Schools in rural North Carolina has long had trouble filling all of its open teaching positions. So far, eight of its 13 traditional schools have hired teacher-leaders who not only put their great teaching to use in front of students, but also coach their colleagues to spread their best practices.

Elementary School 111

Elementary School Advocacy Cultures Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

Schools can’t afford to lose teachers of color. And with public schools struggling to fill teacher vacancies with qualified educators, district and school leaders can’t afford to lose any more teachers,period. Related: OPINION: Black male teachers were my father figures.

Social Justice 144

Social Justice Leadership Elementary School Professional Development 144

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Lusher, like America, has long had a teacher diversity problem : Slightly more than 20 percent of public school teachers—who include those at charter schools — in the U.S. ” Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools. “A Talbott was not the only teacher of color questioning their future at the school.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2018

We must support teachers with strong preparation, appropriate compensation, quality professional development and leadership opportunities so they may fulfill their calling: to ensure that every child receives an excellent education. It is also crucial to recognize that thanks isn’t enough. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

Professional Development 111

Professional Development Leadership Public School Elementary School 111

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.

Charter School 135

Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

Our nation’s public school population is changing, fueled by growth in the number of multilingual learners. public school enrollment in 2020, up from 8.1 One Alabama town is trying to change that We can help address this problem by creating a highly trained, skilled and culturally competent educator workforce.

Tradition 117

Tradition Public School Professional Development Leadership 117

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

District of Columbia Public Schools Teacher of the Year Ashley Kearney sees it this way: “Students can drive the content with their interest. Related: OPINION: With schools closed in Minnesota, Black students again struggle with ‘hurt, heartache and trauma’ During my career with D.C. We commemorate Juneteenth.

Elementary School 132

Elementary School Professional Development History Public School 132

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 Laila Ibrahim, high school researcher.

Research 144

Research High School Public School Leadership 144

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

“Voice, agency, and influence are ours to give and receive,” says Debora Collins, assistant superintendent for student learning at Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia. Matthew Wheelock Innovation Program Director, University of Virginia Curry School of Education.

K-12 115

K-12 Public School Elementary School Cultures 115

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Huinker led a math education revolution in the district when, between 2004 and 2014, almost every teacher in Milwaukee Public Schools received this type of training. In the early 2000s, she saw a grant from the National Science Foundation as a possible solution for Milwaukee’s public schools.

Professional Development 120

Professional Development Public School Leadership High School 120

Edthena

MAY 13, 2022

Hartford Public Schools, a Connecticut district with 39 schools, uses district-wide video coaching aligned to their larger instructional vision. Using Edthena, Hartford Public Schools captured 116 teaching videos in under a year, each tied to a specific aspect of the district’s instructional vision. .

Public School 98

Public School Library Leadership Cultures 98

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.

Middle School 102

Middle School Social Justice Cultures Professional Development 102