The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2023

A student in an elementary school drops an egg wrapped tightly in paper straws and tape to test whether it can survive a high fall. These and similar scenes from public schools around the country are more than just young learners having fun with recycled materials. Adopt a curriculum that exposes students to STEM early on.

K-12 137

K-12 Elementary School Museum Critical Thinking 137

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2024

The link between education and economic opportunity has only increased. And our democracy is desperately in need of shared knowledge and understanding across cultural, racial, economic and geographic lines. But the tragic reality is that our schools are still segregated, and separate is still unequal. Just 12 percent oppose.

Economics 135

Economics Elementary School Public School Cultures 135

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2021

“It’s not once-a-week homework help,” said Jonathan Guryan, an economist at Northwestern University who has evaluated tutoring programs at schools. Far fewer studies find tutoring to be effective for older students in middle school and high school. “It

Tutoring 145

Tutoring Research Elementary School High School 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But this fall, everyone at Viewmont Elementary School is in masks, so she has to listen more intently than usual. Elsewhere in North Carolina, or in any other state in the nation, if you step into an elementary school, you might find three different classrooms teaching students three different ways to read.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Tutoring K-12 Public School 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. The researchers controlled for students’ socio-economic status, race, home language and many other other student and school characteristics.

Social Studies 145

Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 145

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Black students make up 15 percent of high school students and 16 percent of those enrolled in computer science, while Asian students are 5 percent of high schoolers and 11 percent of computer science students. The report found that disparities in participation are the lowest in K-8 classes.

K-12 140

K-12 Advocacy Elementary School Middle School 140

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

News & World Report released its first-ever rankings of public elementary and middle schools in the United States. Schools in the bottom quarter of all schools in a given jurisdiction were not ranked, but simply identified as being in the bottom quarter. The correlation is r = -.68

Middle School 145

Middle School K-12 Sociology Economics 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

About 40 percent of the families took advantage of it and chose to send their children to a pre-K program at a public elementary school. It’s still possible that the families who chose public preschool were more ambitious and motivated than their demographically and economically similar counterparts in the comparison group.

K-12 135

K-12 Elementary School High School Research 135

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2022

Who will care for our nation’s children as we seek to recover economically? Unlike testing programs operating under large school districts or health systems, child care programs are largely independent businesses. Who will care for our nation’s children as we seek to recover economically?

Elementary School 120

Elementary School Economics Government Education 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. AJ the robot is the school mascot at A.J.

Elementary School 136

Elementary School Education Middle School K-12 136

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

rose from 29th place to 28th place, still in the bottom half of economically advanced nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international organization of 38 member countries that oversees the PISA exam. Neither India nor China, which topped the rankings in 2018 , participated in the 2022 PISA.

Economics 145

Economics Elementary School History High School 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Source: “Nudging at scale: Experimental evidence from FAFSA completion campaigns,” March 2021 issue of Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Even still, educators are continuing to find productive ways to use nudges. The texts and calls succeed in limiting children’s learning loss , according to a January 2021 study.

Research 145

Research High School Economics Elementary School 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

But a large study of a million elementary school students and nearly 35,000 teachers in North Carolina found that Black teachers aren’t always better for Black students. The race of the teacher didn’t affect the academic achievement of Black students in third through fifth grade across eight school years, from 2009-10 to 2017-18.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Economics Research Teaching 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

More than 30 years ago, Rockville Centre began a gradual but determined effort to do away with gifted classes in its elementary schools as well as many of the tracked classes at the middle and high schools. This can have a long-term impact; the rigor of high school courses has been found to be the No. In Washington, D.C.,

Teaching 139

Teaching Economics High School Private School 139

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

Perhaps dismantling systemic racism is a task beyond what schools can do. Housing segregation in Louisville has declined somewhat in recent years, but the city is still divided and Black Louisvillians are left out of economic opportunities ; Black poverty in the city and its surrounding county is three times that of white poverty.

Economics 144

Economics Elementary School History High School 144

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2022

Without a significant change in the economics of education, changing the grammar of schooling is actually the most realistic approach. How could school work if teachers only taught 4 days out of a 5 day school week? At elementary schools, we’d have to get rid of the 1 teacher/1 class/5 days equation.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School K-12 Advocacy 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We’re not saying that all these activities are bad, but that the total is bad,” said Carolina Caetano, one of the study’s authors and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Georgia. She wonders what would happen if little kids were less scheduled in elementary school. One question Caetano has concerns timing.

Tutoring 144

Tutoring Psychology Economics High School 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

“Here at school, we’re trying to not put the pressure at all on the students, but I know our third grade teachers really feel it,” Knapp said. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question. Because it is just one assessment.”

Tutoring 127

Tutoring Elementary School K-12 Advocacy 127

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Her two youngest, both attending Vancouver’s Washington Elementary School, had struggled with remote learning and still lagged their peers in basic math and reading. Her older kids loved their high school sports teams and she couldn’t imagine uprooting them. Suka feared what a notice-to-vacate would mean for her children.

Elementary School 133

Elementary School Government Advocacy Public School 133

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

We wanted to see what the United States could learn from an education system that consistently receives top marks from UNICEF , the OECD and the World Economic Forum. Finland has a wide range of cognitive diversity among its own students, with a third receiving special-education services at some point in their school experience.

Education 112

Education Economics Civics Government 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Then, from the side of the school, the “big kids” came running, spilling from their modular middle school in headphones and hoodies to line up behind the younger children. Meanwhile, secondary school enrollment numbers were shrinking, while elementary enrollments were exploding, due to the postwar baby boom.

Middle School 122

Middle School Junior High Elementary School High School 122

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. This cozy suburb just outside of Boston is home to an idyllic New England downtown and schools that are good enough to draw young families in droves. Cyndy Taymore, superintendent of Melrose Public Schools. MELROSE, Mass.

Elementary School 120

Elementary School Public School Tradition Private School 120

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For example: Micro-credentials were the catalyst for 18 elementary school educators who collaborated to create a school-based program that promoted families as partners in education. In light of the racial unrest in the U.S.,

Elementary School 117

Elementary School Economics High School Cultures 117

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

In a time when technological advancements shape our daily lives and drive economic growth, focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in K-12 schools is not just a trend but a necessity. Teachers have informed me that they are forming after-school and lunchtime coding clubs.

K-12 138

K-12 EdTech Public School Elementary School 138

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

spending on elementary and high school education declined 3 percent from 2010 to 2014 even as its economy prospered and its student population grew slightly by 1 percent, boiling down to a 4 percent decrease in spending per student. One could argue that the economy is flourishing just fine with less spending on schools.

Education 107

Education Economics Elementary School Government 107

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

There are significant differences between schools where children start at or above grade level and where children start below grade level Schools where students enter at or above grade level Schools where students enter below grade level Schools where students enter below grade level, but students grow at least 1.3

Charter School 144

Charter School K-12 Archiving Middle School 144

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

School-age children should get an hour or more of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advocates for phys ed fear more cuts could be coming, as districts grapple with looming budget cuts stemming from the current economic downturn. Others are trickier.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Psychology High School Economics 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Over the past few months, Nathan Roberts has witnessed dozens of substitute teachers stumble through their first days at Penny Creek Elementary School. Nathan Roberts, a full-time substitute at Penny Creek Elementary School, teaches a class of kindergarteners how to count. Credit: Image provided by Everett Public Schools.

Elementary School 135

Elementary School High School Public School Advocacy 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2018

Students at Barnard Elementary School in Washington, D.C., one of the first schools to desegregate after the Brown ruling. Nearly 68 years ago as a third-grader, Linda Brown was denied access to an all-white elementary school in Topeka, Kansas.

Elementary School 80

Elementary School Education Economics Public School 80

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2017

Black primary-school students who are matched to a same-race teacher performed better on standardized tests and face more favorable teacher perceptions according to recent findings from the German economic research group Institute of Labor Economics.

Elementary School 62

Elementary School Economics Charter School Cultures 62

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2018

Specific compliments for newly gained skills decorate the walls in a Colorado Preschool Program classroom at Eyestone Elementary School in the Poudre School District. Yet most American children who speak a language other than English at home begin to lag behind in school by fourth grade. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

Elementary School 111

Elementary School Economics Research Education 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

” The study , still a draft paper circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research in January 2019, is titled, “An Extra Year to Learn English? But in many urban school districts, from Los Angeles to New York City , the share is much higher. Early Grade Retention and the Human Capital Development of English Learners.”

Middle School 104

Middle School Elementary School Economics Humanities 104

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

K-12 142

K-12 Advocacy Elementary School Tradition 142

Digital Promise

MAY 15, 2018

Teacher specialization, a model in which teachers specialize in certain subjects and teach them to a rotating group of students, has a negative effect on student scores, attendance, and behavior in an elementary school setting, according to a working paper by Fryer, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Teaching 84

Teaching Elementary School Pedagogy Social Studies 84

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Floyd County and Pikeville educators participated in a series of South Fayette School District classroom visits to observe students work and learn more about computing pathways. At the elementary school, the teams tinkered with the interactive digital stories children created using Scratch, a block-based programming language.

K-12 124

K-12 Middle School Elementary School Social Studies 124

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Scholars applaud New York City’s plan to stop testing 4-year olds and wait until later in elementary school to identify students. “As In New York City, the system relied on parent initiative and many Black and Hispanic parents didn’t register their 4-year-olds to take the test.

Research 145

Research Education Elementary School Critical Thinking 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

I work for Rocketship Public Schools in Washington, D.C. We’re in a city in which 75 percent of students are economically disadvantaged and 45 percent are at risk. We must value families’ humanity by making them part of the solution, rather than always making decisions for them and centering only ourselves as the experts.

Elementary School 129

Elementary School Public School Humanities Community Engagement 129