The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In Louisiana, state officials have gotten students excited about what seems like a tedious task by turning it into a competition among high schools. In addition to offering typical FAFSA workshops and seminars, the state took FAFSA-form-filling tables to social events. But the real prize? Money for college. More than 1.7

High School 104

High School Economics Government Education 104

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

The pandemic has dealt additional economic blows to colleges during a time when they were already worried about declining enrollment and the fiscal health of their institutions. Ayana Smith, high school senior applying to Tulane University. Pérez, chief executive officer, National Association for College Admission Counseling.

Sociology 143

Sociology Economics High School Education 143

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Saied Beckford, an 18-year-old majoring in economics and computer science, lives on the seventh floor of a residence hall that houses many HLLC students. After moving with his mother from Jamaica three years ago, he graduated from a 1,600-student public high school in nearby East Orange.

Social Justice 96

Social Justice Economics Public School Library 96

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

In a darkened classroom in Essex Technical High School, Anna Maria Miller takes careful notes while watching a subtitled video sampling from Rwanda’s infamous “hate radio,” which helped fuel the genocide of the minority Tutsi population in 1994. There are only so many hours in the school day, and we fill every one of them.”.

High School 92

High School Economics Museum Charter School 92

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2019

These initiatives have been around for quite some time, but now there seems to be more of a concerted effort, because there is low enrollment in graduate school and there is a growing number of potential students from underrepresented groups,” said Canales. “It’s It’s an untapped market, and economically it makes sense.”.

High School 96

High School Research Economics Education 96

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan. Amanda Peters, a 2023 MAHG graduate, teaches AP Government and AP Human Geography at Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas. Peters agreed. It’s a microcosm of the larger society.

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

Learning of a Social Studies opening in an intriguing, “alternative” public high school, Hawkins considered giving teaching another go. As he sat in the principal’s office of Sioux Falls’ two-year-old New Tech High School, waiting to be interviewed, a student walked up to him and introduced herself. My name is Susan.

Teaching 52

Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Now, she spends four days a week in an unusually small seminar-style calculus class with 31 other aspiring mathematicians and engineers. “I And more underprepared high school graduates are likely to be coming right behind them, putting unprecedented pressure on faculty, counselors and advisers. Their failure is my failure.”.

High School 137

High School Education K-12 Economics 137

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Students in Bruce Hecker’s twelfth grade English class at South Side High School all study the same advanced curriculum regardless of their skill level. and Bruce Hecker’s 12th grade English class at South Side High School had the focused attention of a college seminar, with little chitchat or sluggishness despite the early hour.

Teaching 141

Teaching Economics High School Elementary School 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2021

DENVER — Brandon Navejas earned a nearly perfect grade-point average at his inner-city high school, even as he simultaneously racked up a year’s worth of credits at a community college in subjects including physics, astronomy, trigonometry and algebra. This story also appeared in KUNC. “It That’s how it works. It’s that simple.”.

Economics 145

Economics High School Education Policy Middle School 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It not only scuttled our trip, but both the pandemic and the economic fallout hit our majority minority students hard. Last April, as the coronavirus swept through the city, our students and their relatives, many of whom work front-line jobs, were especially vulnerable to the health and economic devastation befalling New York.

Civic Engagement 145

Civic Engagement Social Justice Economics Civics 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2016

And the confluence of language, history and economics on the Seaway provided an ideal – not to mention local – lens through which to view the liberal arts. The confluence of language, history and economics on the Seaway provided an ideal – not to mention local – lens through which to view the liberal arts.”.

Economics 108

Economics History Humanities Critical Thinking 108

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In high school, Cante Skuya Lonehill-Stover, who is Oglala Lakota, decorated her bedroom wall with a photo of her dad waving goodbye to his grandparents from below their porch as he left for college. Then the pandemic hit, throwing up additional obstacles on the high school-to-college path.

Tradition 138

Tradition High School Cultures Middle School 138

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Yet we want our babies to be bilingual and our grade-schoolers to be surrounded by second languages — and one signal of a quality high school is how many languages it offers (and how exotic). Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jon Reis for The Hechinger Report. That is also true for Maya Wilson.

Heritage 99

Heritage Global Studies High School Advocacy 99

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Amherst enrolls about 1,900 students and offers more than 850 courses, many of them small seminars. Some students just aren’t going to college straight out of high school. And I didn’t take a lot of that in high school. Kirk: Epstein is dean of the faculty at the small liberal arts college.

Critical Thinking 105

Critical Thinking Humanities History Cultures 105

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Carlos Vega, an admissions recruiter from MIT, sets up a table for a college fair at Stone Memorial High School in Crossville, Tennessee. Rural students graduate from high school at a higher rate (90 percent) than their counterparts in cities (82 percent) and suburbs (89 percent). Department of Education.

High School 117

High School Political Science Economics Elementary School 117