The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance,” said Aponte, who also served as U.S.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Either way, the reality is that competitiveness starts early and competition shows up in many ways in schools. As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. That was too hard to bear.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

Morales started out as an elementary-school teacher, then switched to academic counseling, which she’s done at LA High for the past eleven years; Martinez worked there, too, teaching history and social studies, until six years ago, when he was transferred to another high school in the district. Tammy Kim/Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In classrooms across the country, the first months of school this fall have laid bare what many in education feared: Students are way behind in skills they should have mastered already. Students play outside Doss Elementary in Austin, Texas. In 2019, 95 percent of Doss’ students passed the state reading assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

A long-time staple of Montessori schools, multiage classrooms spread to progressive elementary schools in the 1990s, although their use was always just one ingredient in a mix intended to provide more personalized instruction. Today, multiage classrooms remain an anomaly in America.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Excessive screen time is also linked to a decreased interest in reading among elementary school students. At a time when 40% of elementary school students cannot read at a basic level, setting students up for literacy is crucial. Economics of Education Review , 68 , 89–103. Frontiers in Psychology , 10.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Paul Morgan, an education professor at Pennsylvania State University, said that the economic disadvantage often faced by black and Latino special-needs children has been exacerbated by the way Congress funds special education. But her success was short-lived: She ended up back at Durham Public Schools in eighth grade. “The

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Elementary school students clap and spell words after school. Students’ social and economic needs don’t end in the afternoon, and neither should the safety net that public schools provide. million for schools located mostly in the mainly white, affluent northwest section of the city, according to the CAP report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2020

Or when she graduated from Texas A&M with a master’s degree in educational psychology. She loved her job in the school system. million workers nationwide, most of whom are female, according to a report by the Committee for Economic Development (CED), a Virginia-based nonpartisan public policy organization. In the U.S.,

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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. Isolation begins in school, and with black kids being hit with higher suspension and expulsion rates, it manifests in the school-to-prison pipeline.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Almost every day at the public elementary school she attended in Montgomery County, Maryland, Stephanie heard comments about her weight. In elementary school, she received the President’s Award for Educational Achievement, designed to reward students who work hard, often in the face of obstacles to learning.

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