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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
For decades, education policy has lurched from one test score panic to the next, diverting resources from what we know matters building students socioemotional skills, fostering strong relationships with teachers and peers and supporting enriched home environments that drive long-term success.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
In the last few years, the American education system has been bludgeoned by changes that have upended decades of progress toward better academic, economic and social outcomes for all. These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come.
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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Black and Latino students also often encounter more financial hardship in college and drop out for economic reasons. Students with weaker academic preparation might be more likely to fail classes and drop out of college. This is where the Urban Institute analysis gets really interesting.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 11, 2016
Related: In one country, immigration is seen not as a burden, but as an economic gain. 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.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Their parents’ lack of familiarity with higher education in the United States, combined with language and economic barriers, make it challenging for Hispanic students to pursue degrees, she said. Their parents think education is key, but don’t always know how to make that happen.”. Photo: Jesse Pratt. Photo: Jesse Pratt.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 9, 2017
Fannie Lou Hamer is a small public high school that utilizes several progressive educational philosophies; the school’s innovations have led to it being named a “Gold” School of Opportunity by the National Education Policy Center in 2015 and a “model school” by the Center for Reform of School Systems in 2016.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Black males exhibit risk-taking behaviors more frequently than their female peers according to findings in the Journal of Black Psychology and Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. Related: Don’t ever conflate disaster recovery with education reform. The isolation is not without consequence.
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