The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2016

Two years ago, Connecticut’s governor moved to recognize the work of public school paraprofessionals. It’s possible that psychological and bureaucratic barriers add to these hurdles: if paraprofessionals don’t see further education and upward mobility as possibilities, they may never make it into those roles.

Psychology 57

Psychology Economics Education Policy Teaching 57

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2018

Noble Minds is not the only school in New Orleans that has put a greater emphasis on serving all students, including those with disabilities, in recent years. In July, the Orleans Parish School Board assumed oversight of nearly all the city’s public schools. It’s overseen by the state school board.).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2025

In each case and thousands of others, surveillance software powered by artificial intelligence immediately alerted Vancouver Public Schools staff in Washington state. The released documents show students use these laptops for more than just schoolwork; they are coping with angst in their personal lives. According to a U.S.

High School 108

High School K-12 Public School Psychology 108

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Last year, a similar data breach of the Los Angeles school district led to thousands of students’ psychological records uploaded to the dark web. In 2020, Baltimore County Public Schools was hit with a cyberattack that disrupted the district’s remote learning programs, froze its operations and cost the school system nearly $10 million.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This back-to-school-season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. Bindu Veetel, coordinator of the Bridge to Calculus program for high school students at Northeastern University.

Economics 144

Economics High School Psychology Middle School 144

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Over lunch at the CNA company cafeteria, a handful of interns chatted with T J Pavlov, a psychology teacher who oversees ChiTech’s Real-World Learning program and regularly checks in at student worksites. Classes became organized around student projects displayed in twice-annual “exhibitions” open to student families and the public.

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High School Project-Based Learning Psychology Charter School 80

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2023

At the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, 53 percent of public schools reported being understaffed, according to the Institute of Educational Sciences. While teacher shortages often get the most attention, shortages among non-teaching staff also disrupt the smooth running of schools. People were feeling trauma.

K-12 145

K-12 Junior High High School Psychology 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

I’d spent the school year reporting about New Orleans, a city whose population is one-third white but whose public schools contained nearly all children of color, most of them black. Many of those schools were led by white principals and a fleet of white teachers. Droplets hung off the ends of her curls. “I

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Charter School High School Cultures Public School 95

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Still, her second graders would sometimes fall asleep in the middle of the day, tired of staring at the screen or, she guessed, from having stayed up at night playing games or watching videos on their new, school-provided Chromebooks. But Ouyang felt that the high school students were reluctant to trust her, an accented Asian woman.

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Teaching Elementary School Middle School Lesson Plan 86

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2016

A 31-year-old Philadelphia resident listed in court documents under several aliases, his record of arrests trailed back to his 20s. Public health researchers and psychologists say exposure to violence, either direct or indirect, can leave a lasting imprint on children. My dad mostly would do drugs and hurt people,” she says.

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Elementary School Social Justice Psychology Teaching 49

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This copy includes the adoption of the bill known as SB 150, which limits the rights of LGBTQ+ youth in the state’s public schools. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report The Legislative Record from Monday, April 17, 2023, on display at the Owen County Public Library. Some families have sued.

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Library Advocacy High School Psychology 142

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2025

Being superintendent of a public school system is one of the hardest jobs in America. One hundred of the 500 largest school districts in the country turned over superintendents in the past year, amid declining student achievement. He was previously deputy superintendent for Seattle Public Schools.

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K-12 Psychology Cultures Leadership 120

ED Surge

MARCH 18, 2025

A judge denied an attempt to ban ICE from entering K-12 campuses in Denver Public Schools, where the superintendent says fear of deportation arrests has driven up the rate of absences. Cardenas, also an associate professor of clinical psychology, discussed how teachers and administrators can help students feel safe at school.

Psychology 86

Psychology K-12 Cultures Research 86

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The tsunami of laws and Executive Orders attacking public school curricula mobilize a range of doublespeak, from divisive concepts to race scapegoating to psychological stress; many include the admonition that teachers may not teach students that the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist.

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Social Justice Primary Sources History Civics 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

They are often placed in separate classrooms within public schools and spend large numbers of hours on computers using technology that is not aligned with their specific needs. There are children like Caleb and his GNETS classmates all over the country — with diagnoses including ADHD, bipolar disorder and, increasingly, autism.

Education 90

Education K-12 Advocacy Elementary School 90

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

A similar program in Ohio shows teachers how to “ frack” Twinkies using straws to pump for cream and advises on the curriculum for a charter school that revolves around shale drilling. As early as the 1940s, the industry’s largest and most powerful lobby group targeted K-12 schools as a key element of its fledgling marketing strategy. “The

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K-12 Education Elementary School Charter School 70

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Both Trump and Vance have characterized immigrant children as being burdens on schools who are overcrowding classrooms and taxing teachers with their language needs. Multiple studies have documented the sweeping psychological, emotional, and financial toll that such operations have on children and their families.

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Advocacy Psychology Research Government 99

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

PEN America said in a statement that it has documented nearly 16,000 instances of book bans nationwide since 2021. He also announced his intention to prioritize patriotic education, but it is unclear how his plans will affect public schools across the states. Kendi, South Carolina Rep.

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Library Education K-12 History 58