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. The circumstances of other parachute kids vary.

K-12 111

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ED Surge

JULY 1, 2024

The lack of oversight for these alternatives means that curricula and rigor vary widely, and that students don’t experience some of the protections of public school. But in reality, there’s a sweep of reasons parents are attracted to these types of schools. Recently, the network expanded to include high school options.

Education 123

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Hirsch, who developed the curriculum used in these schools and whose 1987 book Cultural Literacy inspired the common core standards movement in American education. In this study, the researchers copied a method used by charter school researchers. Some postponed starting kindergarten that year.

Charter School 145

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We are forced to send our children to schools where these faulty products and methods are imposed on them. When our children do not learn, we are forced to seek alternative solutions, but few of us can afford tutors or private schools with curriculums seated in the science of reading, and fewer still can afford to homeschool.

Education 133

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Although Black Americans reinvented and established a unique culture, we’re eternally connected to the sub-Sahara. It opens with an explanation of its title and its connection to Black culture. 2018) Purdy’s “Transforming the Elite” shines a light on a lesser-discussed part of America’s history of segregation — private schools.

History 104

History Teaching Sociology Oral History 104

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.”

Middle School 139

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2023

Education researchers have long kept an eye on the changing demographics of public schools, some looking at the potential for those shifts to shepherd in inequity as ethnic groups migrate or fluctuate in size. Some school districts are quickly gaining Asian residents. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

Professional Development 113

Professional Development Charter School Private School Public School 113

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.

Education 90

Education Charter School Private School Advocacy 90

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In 1970, when the courts ordered schools to desegregate and controversies over busing erupted across the country, white parents in Coahoma County fled the public system for private segregation academies, calling it “school choice.”. Related: Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi? he Brown v.

Charter School 109

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

And it resonated with school district leaders, who’d come to believe the model of one teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom to many kids wasn’t working. Freshmen at Westwood High School, in Mesa, Arizona, are taught by teams of teachers. The school began experimenting with team teaching five years ago.

Elementary School 142

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2018

In our nation’s capital, 81 percent of the public schools require a uniform; 65 percent regulate the length of skirts; 58 percent forbid tank tops; 42 percent ban tights and/or leggings; and 45 percent require students to wear belts, according to the findings of the report, which was published by the National Women’s Law Center.

Teaching 87

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Related: I got to choose private schools, but will vouchers really help other kids make it? The story that our culture tells, as a result of such assumptions, is a story of personal lack on the part of all African Americans. I have often had this experience of others assuming that I have my own “up from the ghetto” story.

Private School 93

Private School Cultures Government History 93

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. and “What is the capital of Greece?”

Tradition 138

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

As a proud K-6 teacher of more than 25 years in the New South Wales public school system I have taught in both the pre- and post-professional standards eras. For aspiring leaders seeking promotion, localized agendas and school cultures had a strong impact on what was valued and subsequently rewarded.

Professional Development 87

Professional Development Private School Public School Cultures 87

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2019

Like the country itself, struggling to transition away from a straight, white, male-centered culture, campuses are laboring to find the best way to evolve. Colleges, he said, require “people of different viewpoints: religious diversity, urban, rural, economic, public school, private school.”.

Anthropology 111

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Paul Public Schools, speaks with Yusanat Tway (right), a first-generation University of Minnesota student interested in attending law school but worried that work in human rights advocacy will not pay enough to justify the cost. “I He said staff members had set up food drives in school parking lots as the pandemic hit. “We

Social Justice 130

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

If they have school-age children, the residents of the ornate homes tend to send them to private schools outside the neighborhood. David Spring, a college professor in Washington state who helped to found an organization called Coalition to Protect Our Public Schools, questions AVID’s data.

Middle School 111

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

“This is self-perpetuating,” said the superintendent, Patrick Sánchez, who is trying to change that culture and hangs out with students as a mentor and a coach. Related: Economics, culture and distance conspire to keep rural nonwhites from higher educations. “The scope of this problem is huge.”

High School 104

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Before Hurricane Katrina, just half of New Orleans public school students earned a high school diploma , and few went on to succeed at a university. She’d spent four years at a high school determined to send minority students like her to college. No one in her family had ever left home for college. I struggled with that.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2020

To ease the cultural jolts that students encounter, the Lost Hills charter has sought to engage parents, many of whom have limited English. Part of that outreach includes a 10-week, school-based program for parents that covers nutrition, language development and family communication. Children of company employees who graduate with a 2.5

Charter School 98

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

NEW ORLEANS — Six years ago, author and creative writing teacher Anne Gisleson was looking for a school for her 4-year-old son, Otto, who attended a private Lutheran preschool in her Bywater neighborhood. But for kindergarten, she wanted him to attend a public school, with kids from all backgrounds and neighborhoods.

Economics 82

Economics Charter School Public School Heritage 82

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In a nod to the cultural heritage of its surrounding neighborhood, two displays feature Chinese-themed art, including pretty sprays of cherry blossoms and red and gold lanterns. Yet not a single teacher in this private preschool in Bensonhurst has a master’s degree and nearly half do not return each year.

Public School 67

Public School Heritage Artifacts Private School 67

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. said Tufts’ Jiménez.

High School 111

High School Economics Psychology Political Science 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

Charter School 87

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 87

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 12, 2024

The appeal of this idea can be backed up with data — a 2023 poll asked this question: School choice gives parents the right to use the tax dollars designated for their child’s education to send their child to the public or private school which best serves their needs.

Charter School 245

Charter School Private School Public School Pedagogy 245

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.

Private School 125

Private School K-12 Economics Public School 125

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I’m always here,” said Echanique, whose 10th-grade daughter and fifth-grade son attend the local public schools. I was telling my daughter, even if you’ve graduated high school, I will still always come and volunteer, because I love being a mom and I love being involved in the community.” That ain’t Texas,” said Rev.

Private School 139

Private School Public School High School Political Science 139

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2023

These options include microschools like Valles’ Ellemercito Academy, homeschooling coops like Engaged Detroit , “classical” options such as Haven School (focused on nature) in Colorado and Bridges Virtual Academy in Wisconsin, among others that spoke about their work. At Harvard, the state’s education commissioner, Manny Diaz Jr.

Advocacy 141

Advocacy Public School Charter School Tradition 141

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

When the debate over teaching race-related concepts in public schools reached Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart’s home state of South Dakota, she decided she couldn’t in good conscience send her youngest daughter to kindergarten at a local public school. I want my children to know who they are,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart. “I

American History 145

American History History K-12 Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

“I say, segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever,” Alabama Governor George Wallace infamously proclaimed in 1963 during his inauguration address, making clear he would thwart any effort to integrate schools. Charter vs Private Schools by Income in Washington, D.C. It had been nine years since Brown v.

Charter School 97

Charter School Private School Public School Tradition 97

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This is a very culture-heavy city and the more teachers you have who know that culture, the better the schools will be,” said Walton. Administrators and charter school networks are just starting to see how important that is.”. Private schools have also been affected.

Charter School 111

Charter School Public School Cultures Teaching 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There was a real culture that ‘We hate school and we hate language,’” Burris said. 77 percent of public school students are economically disadvantaged. Public Schools closed its gifted and talented programs. Public Schools, believes SEM has helped D.C. Out of 29 students, 27 were boys.

Teaching 141

Teaching Economics High School Private School 141

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Mindfulness school programs have been shown to improve young people’s emotional well-being, academic performance and relationships. In one study in Chicago of almost 200 elementary public school students, listening to 10 minutes of audio-recorded mindfulness daily for eight weeks improved students’ grades in reading and science.

K-12 145

K-12 Charter School Public School Teaching 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

These factors are situated squarely in enduring cultural, social, and historical issues of race in Mississippi.”. Related: Former educators answer call to return to school. Of the 882 public schools in the state, only 422 received money from the program in 2017, and only 62 of those schools were located in the Delta.

Charter School 108

Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 108

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2016

. — Should an urban school serving black and Hispanic students try to emulate schools for affluent white kids? Urban charter schools, many of which are run by white leaders, have been stereotyped as embracing a boot camp-like environment that elevates test prep and tough discipline, while downplaying arts and athletics.

Charter School 111

Charter School K-12 Private School Cultures 111

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.

Social Justice 145

Social Justice Middle School Tradition Civics 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It’s built around a skills-based model that prioritizes student mastery, extensive community outreach and a culture that views college enrollment as an expectation rather than a long shot. And it’s made these gains without the wholesale turnover in staff that often characterizes school turnaround efforts.

Geography 100

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