The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2025

Once I decided to try to earn my associate degree by the time I graduate, I had to be realistic and forgo extracurriculars like my student government position, so that I could make time to succeed in my college courses. More transparency about whats realistic would have been helpful. Sign up for Hechingers weekly newsletter.

Tutoring 81

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In September 2024, EdNCs early childhood team attended The Hunt Institute's 2024 Early Childhood Leadership Summit , which included teams from all 50 states comprised of senior elected officials, gubernatorial staff, mayors, local elected leaders, and key early childhood system leaders. Alabama has the flexibility to do so.

K-12 63

K-12 Private School Government Advocacy 63

Teaching American History

MAY 21, 2024

Students will examine the writings of leading black intellectuals and activists about human equality, slavery, self-government, the rule of law, emancipation, colonization, and citizenship. In 1914 the United States was no more than a regional power, with a primarily rural demography and a relatively unobtrusive federal government.

Professional Development 111

Professional Development American History Economics Social Studies 111

Students of History

MAY 24, 2024

Toyosi’s exemplary academic performance and leadership qualities were highlighted in the glowing recommendations from her teachers. “Toyosi’s leadership, compassion, and dedication are evident both inside and outside the classroom. ” Ms.

History 98

History Psychology Leadership History Education 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

For the last six years, the American Indian College Fund has selected a group of talented students and alumni for leadership training to speak about education issues impacting Native Americans. billion in economic activity. The American Indian College Fund’s 2019-20 Student Ambassador cohort.

Sociology 145

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As education leaders continue to engage in conversations on transforming assessment and accountability for our nation, they must prioritize elevating voices excluded from past education change efforts, including voices of young learners, especially those from communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.

K-12 126

K-12 Education Policy Leadership Economics 126

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

public schools required vast support, federal and state government officials appropriated historic levels of help via elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds. We are seeing economically disadvantaged communities starting to lag in their rate of learning as measured by standardized testing. We can and must do better.

Economics 119

Economics Middle School Leadership Government 119

Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In 2006, during the United Progressive Alliance Regime under the leadership of Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh, the Government of India initiated National Tribal Policy. The primary aim of the policy was to correct several mishaps of the earlier policies centering on the Tribal population of the country.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2020

For people who have been involved with the justice system as defendants, prioritizing higher education is a necessary safeguard for social and economic success, both during and after incarceration. Education opens doors to self-confidence and leadership. Education has benefits that far exceed the tangible.

Civic Engagement 113

Civic Engagement Education Civics Economics 113

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

Recently, EdSurge spoke with John McGrath , Director of sales and strategy at Alight Solutions , where he specializes in the education and government sectors in the firm’s Workday Adaptive Planning practice. This fosters a supportive leadership culture that comprehends campus dynamics and provides enhanced support accordingly.

Government 128

Government Humanities Cultures Leadership 128

Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

DECENTRALISATION and ANTHROPOLOGY Decentralisation is the process of dispersing decision-making governance closer to the people and/or citizen. It includes the dispersal of administration or governance in sectors or areas like engineering, management science, political science, political economy, sociology and economics.

Anthropology 100

Anthropology Government Sociology Political Science 100

ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Mahajan, who was part of national leadership at the Self-Employed Women's Association , noted that her interest in early childhood education stemmed from the perspective of motherhood, through which she recognized the importance of quality childcare for women's labor force participation and economic empowerment.

Education 111

Education EdTech Leadership Government 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2021

Despite recent talk of debt relief and free college, little government help has been forthcoming, especially for working adults. With the government mostly out of the picture, employers set aside tens of billions each year for tuition benefits programs, supposedly with the hope of building the skilled workforce they need.

Education 138

Education Government High School Economics 138

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

according to Holroyd Pearce, partners with universities, colleges and governments, which typically fund the program or grant academic credit — often to students who face barriers to getting work experience. The company, whose biggest market is now the U.S.,

Government 139

Government Tradition Professional Development Critical Thinking 139

Strange Maps

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The farm will be in the Barkly Region, one of the Territory’s 17 local government areas. Additionally, government approval of the project is conditional on the continued protection and survival of the greater bilby, a locally occurring rabbit-like mammal threatened with extinction. Yet it has a population of less than 7,500.

Government 94

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2017

“The university has incurred a liability that is potentially millions of dollars,” said James Finkelstein, professor emeritus of public policy at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, who studies public universities’ presidential contracts. These are complex corporations that require real bold leadership.

Government 99

Government Leadership Economics Teaching 99

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: Automation affects workers around the world — nearly half of the employers surveyed by the World Economic Forum last year expected automation would reduce their workforce by 2022. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Related: How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet?

K-12 97

K-12 Economics Humanities High School 97

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

For students from low-income families, graduating from college is an important way to climb the economic ladder. So in her junior year in high school, she cut back on her work at the hotel to join student government and volunteer at a hospital and on two community programs. Related: University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S.

High School 143

High School History Leadership Economics 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Government Accountability Office found the percentage of all schools with racial or socio-economic isolation grew from 9 percent to 16 percent from 2001 to 2014. Because local unions can reflect the racial attitudes of the confined geographic area, leadership and involvement from the national-level group is almost always necessary.

Economics 84

Economics Geography Civics History 84

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Two national studies out this year similarly find that poor students become more racially or economically isolated from middle-class peers, at small levels of magnitude, when their districts allow charters to proliferate unchecked. Wise governments reward families who strive to propel their children.

Charter School 94

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: There are a number of changes that must be made immediately to offset this growing crisis: College governance is weak and ineffective and must be immediately adapted to meet new oversight demands, with the faculty playing a more important role in creating an innovative educational enterprise.

Leadership 90

Leadership Economics Government Tradition 90

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Despite the heroic efforts of bloggers and school advocates, many educators STILL continue to be unaware of how think tanks, private foundations, corporations, astroturf groups, and government actors work together – often behind the scenes – to formulate harmful laws, policies, and advocacy campaigns. Related Posts. My son is 8.

Advocacy 99

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Right now, I am focused on the economic instability and jobless rate that roil the country, and the value of the education that is provided by the public colleges and universities of Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia and Wisconsin. The mixed funding model can work, but only if all the sources of funding can be sustained.

Economics 120

Economics High School Critical Thinking Research 120

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

That’s driving institutions to beef up career services staffs and budgets, promote career directors to the highest levels of leadership and start offering career advising to students from the time they put down their first-year deposits. “If Washington University in St.

Humanities 141

Humanities Professional Development Critical Thinking Leadership 141

ED Surge

JUNE 27, 2023

So it really resounded across the partisan divide, the geographic divide, the economic divide. It's a little harder at the national level because you get into the slightly more ideological discussion of what the federal government should or shouldn’t be involved with. It obviously didn't. You mentioned your time in Congress.

Education 104

Education K-12 Government Economics 104

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In high school, I competed in statewide competitions with the Business Professionals of America , a student organization focused on career and leadership development, through which I learned how to receive feedback and how to lose with grace and maintain pride. The pressure and collaboration taught me the beauty of teamwork.

Middle School 109

Middle School Elementary School Psychology Teaching 109

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

“When you look at college mission statements, they’re loaded with grand pronouncements about the skills and habits of mind they’re going to inspire in their students,” said Alexander McCormick, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

Civics 111

Civics Leadership High School Economics 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Albuquerque Public Schools is a member of Mission: Graduate, an initiative of the United Way of Central New Mexico that brings together schools, government agencies, businesses, nonprofits and community members to collectively work toward common education goals. And a core element of its initiative is raising awareness about the problem.

Elementary School 102

Elementary School Public School Cultures Leadership 102

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

Jesse Hagopian , Rethinking Schools editor, co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives, and Zinn Education Project leadership team member Astoundingly, today, almost half of all children in the public schools are in a jurisdiction that has passed a law or policy that bans honest education , about race, about gender, about sexuality.

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

As a prelude to discussing leadership, peer pressure and conflict, a Crew of seventh graders at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, played a game called “Instigator.” While no guidelines on classroom technology govern the network, according to Berger, there is a shared wariness of anything that might undermine EL’s collaborative ethos. “I

Middle School 111

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Instead of attending neighborhood schools with students of the same race and economic status, as most children do in Mississippi, Osborn went to school with an even mix of black and white classmates, some from the town’s wealthy subdivisions and others from Clinton’s poorer areas. They’re also extremely successful. I just went right on.”.

Junior High 75

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Rhode Island also emphasized the importance of involving state government in their efforts (the Rhode Island Office of Innovation, led by former Office of Educational Technology Director Richard Culatta, has been a key partner in EduvateRI). Aubrey Francisco (@aubreyfrancisco) September 22, 2016.

K-12 79

K-12 Government EdTech Economics 79

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s unfair, it’s discriminatory, and it disadvantages already economically disadvantaged kids,” said Jack Fletcher, co-founder of the Texas Center for Learning Disabilities in Houston and one of the first scientists to question the discrepancy model’s validity. Guidelines put out by the U.S.

Psychology 145

Psychology Elementary School High School Humanities 145

Political Science Now

JULY 23, 2024

Robiadek, Xavier University (Discussant) Natasha Piano, UCLA Session Description: Contemporary democracies confront a range of well-known challenges: mounting political and economic inequality, the decline of effective leadership, the consolidation of oligarchic power, and the usurpation of sovereignty by unelected officials.

History 52

History Leadership Economics Government 52

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Her school is located in Houston’s Fifth Ward neighborhood and serves a student body that is nearly 100 percent classified as economically disadvantaged. A former superintendent of nearby Spring Branch Independent School District, he is now a professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Houston.

Library 145

Library Heritage High School Elementary School 145

Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Drawing on Ascend , the Aspen Institute’s two-generation approach toward economic security, CSIU formed a task force which they called “Team ASCENT” (Advancing Social Capital through Enhanced Networks and Training) to take a cross-sector, data- and human-centered approach.

Government 90

Government High School Professional Development Leadership 90

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The country’s Education Review Office publishes reports on the quality of education at each school, which includes information about student performance, curriculum and leadership, about once every three years. The New Zealand government explicitly warns families against picking schools based on only national standard results.

Charter School 100

Charter School Leadership Library Private School 100