ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

When it started, Fiske claims Mysa was the first school to call itself a microschool. But these days, microschools — loosely defined as schools with relatively few students that function as private schools or learning centers for homeschool students — seem to be everywhere. And she isn’t the only one with that worry.

Public School 130

Public School Civics K-12 Private School 130

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Some parents are really worried about Covid and their child getting sick, but one of the main reasons is about culture. We want them to know a lot about their culture.”. The recent Census data only tracked five racial groups, without exploring home-school participation by religion. They’re average.”. You’re stronger minded.

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Lesson Plan Private School Cultures Public School 142

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

For generations, intelligence tests have played an outsize role in America, helping at times to control who can join the military and at what rank; who can enroll in the nation’s most elite private schools, and even who can be executed under federal law. It even happens in preschool, this withholding of academic supports.”

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Tradition Psychology Government Public School 133

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There was a real culture that ‘We hate school and we hate language,’” Burris said. Just 15 percent of the roughly 1,000 students at the school receive free or reduced lunch , a federal marker of poverty. 77 percent of public school students are economically disadvantaged. Its students weren’t fooled by the elegant name.

Teaching 141

Teaching Economics High School Private School 141

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

When Williams and her classmates began considering colleges, Marcovitz wanted the teenagers to have the same experience he’d had at Maret, a prestigious private school he’d attended on scholarship in D.C. psychology class. That fall, Williams switched her major from music business to psychology in hopes of becoming a counselor.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Many among this small number are the children of higher-income families who can afford to pay for private schools or to hire college consultants, exacerbating a level of income inequality that economists at Puerto Rico’s Census Information Center say is third-highest in the world, after South Africa’s and Zambia’s. It’s not a thing.

High School 111

High School Economics Psychology Political Science 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Though grounded in complex positive psychology research, the strength-based approach boils down to a simple rule: Focus on what students do well. Others use strength systems designed by the British Centre of Applied Positive Psychology or by Thrively, a California-based startup. Is strength-based instruction feasible in most schools?

Psychology 97

Psychology Elementary School K-12 Private School 97