Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

They wrote about Abena—and Akaina, a young girl in Eastern Africa living 3,000 years from today—to help teach K–12 students about possibilities for a sustainable future. In addition, colonial economics created food shortages in Banda and across West Africa. Logan does not shy away from the political implications of her work. “If

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Enter the age of standardization and computerized assessments that will test the living daylights out of students in the United States over the course of their lifetime in K-12 education. Where there still is forced change turmoil, economic instability, and mistrust run rampant. This is a great example of forced change.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2025

Keep up with our free newsletter on K-12 education. The problem, Lloyd said, is most K-12 industry credentials have little use to employers. Only 18 percent of CTE credentials earned by K-12 students in the U.S. Americans are questioning the value of the return on their investment: Is it worth my money?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

I was struck by how professors in fields as diverse as theater, economics and architecture were participating in the “living lab” model. According to the nonprofit group Second Nature, only about 12 universities are carbon neutral. “A lot of projects are kind of like simulations,” Madeleine Biles, a graduating senior, told me.

Psychology 117

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Public schools are attended by students from various cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds, having different assessed levels of cognitive and academic ability. Common Core for the not-so-common learner: English language arts strategies grades K-5. Who Are the Not-So-Common Learners? References Dove, M. Honigsfeld, A., &

Leadership 274

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 25, 2013

OER ranges from highly structured college courses (MOOCs) to less structured curricula from colleges and other institutes of learning (OpenCourseWare a/k/a OCW), to free online textbooks, and everything in between. I work in K-12 education, Nicole with college students, and Philipp primarily with adult learners.

Education 261

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

We were able to get more families and children access to quality early learning, while supporting families to get back into the workforce, providing that economic benefit and the need that businesses in our community have, Jones said. The governor tapped into leftover K-12 funds to match New Orleans recent large investments.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2025

In the years to come, schools at all levels reliant on per-pupil funding for K-12 and on tuition dollars for colleges and universities will begin feeling the squeeze. A raft of college closures over the past five years, exacerbated by the pandemic, has for many observers been the canary in the coal mine.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

If we don’t act now, working-class Americans will keep slipping economically. . We need to focus on investing more resources in designing innovative solutions that provide job skills for working-class adults, connecting these Americans to better economic opportunities. Related: Out of poverty, into the middle class.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In one Philadelphia-area public school district, a K-8 teacher recalled, “We had an online morning meeting every day, and still, nothing was said in that morning meeting. and marched to Chinatown on March 12, 2021. When they look back on that day, many remember feeling very alone. schools in recent years.

K-12 143

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Digital Promise

MARCH 29, 2022

The Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative (KVEC) provides free, competency-based flexible, professional learning opportunities for rural K-12 educators via micro-credentials. Funding is being used to develop a digital badging and pathway system that will interface with the K-12 digital badging and pathways system.

K-12 156

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

At the K-12 level, we have seen how school ratings can boost or depress property values and shift who seeks to enroll in a given school. At the K-12 level, we have seen how school ratings can boost or depress property values and shift who seeks to enroll in a given school. The trouble is, it doesn’t work.

Middle School 145

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

COVID-19 has laid bare a long-standing challenge to America’s economic landscape: an underpaid, underappreciated, and underprepared workforce that has recently faced the harshest of economic blows. Individual anxiety may have also swelled over time, weighing heavily on their current ability to learn.

EdTech 152

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 17, 2024

economic and climate policies that have turned so many people into refugees. Social Justice Books offers a list of recommended books for pre-K–12 on immigration. Politicians are fear-mongering about an “invasion” at the Southern border. Mexico relations and current border and immigration issues.

Teaching 132

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Pathways are a way of connecting the dots among K-12, higher education and career training in a smooth continuum, rather than treating them as three separate systems. In these places, historical divisions between K-12 school districts, two- and four-year colleges and employers have begun to dissolve.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2021

Yet the role schools can play — both in economic recovery and in addressing climate change — is often overlooked. The role schools can play — both in economic recovery and in addressing climate change — is often overlooked. The K-12 Climate Action commission co-chaired by former Secretary of Education John B.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While data science isn’t a new subject, there’s been growing interest recently in helping students — in both K-12 and higher ed — gain data science skills. In the last three years, 17 states have added some sort of data science education course to their K-12 offerings, Drozda said. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

states have adopted laws or policies requiring personal finance education before students graduate from high school, bringing the total number to 30 states, according to the Council for Economic Education. Less than a quarter, or 24 percent, of millennials demonstrate basic financial literacy, according to the Council for Economic Education.

K-12 122

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2021

These partners were selected as part of our landscape research on how micro-credentials may be used to promote economic recovery among rural learners impacted by poverty, particularly for Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities. Industry : Nonprofit Education Service Agency; K-12 Educator Professional Development.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

A recent online meme had a striking message: “A year at an HBCU can undo a K-12 experience.”. They typically come from K-12 school systems that lack resources like state-of-the-art learning technology, curriculum and student supports. These approaches are critical to supporting students moving forward.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Four-year-old children who attended public pre-K in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2005-06 were far more likely to go to college within a couple years of graduating high school than children who did not attend, according to a 15-year study of 4,000 students. The advent of universal preschool for all children is more recent. It is a path,” said Gormley.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2020

percent less than other workers with comparable education and experience, according to the nonprofit think tank the Economic Policy Institute. percent less than other workers with comparable education and experience, according to the nonprofit think tank the Economic Policy Institute. Teachers earned 11.1 Teachers earned 11.1

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

Ward is unusual, too, because she had made the leap from college admissions to private school to public school, and she is trying to bring the individualized approach of private college counseling to large, economically diverse public schools where she can make a bigger difference. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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Teaching Civics

MAY 15, 2023

…Using Children’s Literature to Teach Economics and Civics Tuesday, June 20 | 8:30AM-2:30PM CST | Gr. K-5 Join us as we consider how economic and civic concepts and skills foster reasoned decision-making for ourselves and our community. Copyright (C) 2023 Minnesota Council on Economic Education. Integration!…Using

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Broad access to computer science resources is a critical enabler positively impacting the economic mobility of students. students in grades 5-12 reveals that access to school-based learning opportunities and role models is highly correlated with students’ persistence on their career journey. The study of U.S.

K-12 143

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

A National Bureau of Economic Research study by researchers from Arizona State University found that first-generation college students are 50 percent more likely to have delayed graduation due to Covid-19 than students who have college-educated parents. But the benefits of a higher education are not simply economic.

Civic Engagement 141

Civic Engagement K-12 Education Economics 141

Digital Promise

APRIL 15, 2021

Mathematics achievement is a national challenge, with persistent inequities across K-12 student subpopulations. As a foundation for all STEM disciplines, low math proficiency limits access to economic opportunity, and the failures of the current K-12 education system disproportionately impact students of color.

Middle School 118

Middle School K-12 Professional Development Economics 118

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Unfortunately, the pandemic exacerbated this issue, with many students grappling with losing loved ones, economic instability and the social isolation imposed by remote learning. Sadly, what we discovered was not surprising. But it’s not just a Mississippi trend.

K-12 133

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

When the constitution of the state was written, there was no idea that such an exemption could apply to two of the top landlords in New York City,” said Assemblyman Zohran K. Assemblyman Zohran K. Then, voters would have to approve them on a statewide ballot. Mamdani, a Queens Democrat who is introducing the bill in the Assembly.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2020

How about resuming with fairness as well, realigning pre-K to ease racial disparities in early learning? New York City’s expansive pre-K network ­— universal and free ­— is not immune to organized inequality. Average pre-K quality overall, after climbing initially, has remained at a plateau in the past two years.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Some universities and some K-12 school systems have developed media literacy courses and standards to help. At the K-12 level, states have begun incorporating media literacy into their standards and programs have begun cropping up aimed at training students to be better consumers of news. It touches everything.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

While the end of the pandemic is likely still months off, the White House has called for most K-8 schools to reopen by May, with in-person instruction at least one day a week, prolonging the possibility of distance learning. Grades K-5 in the district are in person, but middle and high schools are mostly hybrid. The district put $1.6

K-12 145

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2021

This year, it was 47 percent — a 68 percent increase that disproportionately impacted Black and Hispanic students, according to a report by Amplify , a national K-8 curriculum and assessment company that analyzed data from 400,000 students across 1,400 schools over the last two years. This year, it was 47 percent.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Imagine if every student learned how to apply creative thinking to every subject throughout their educational experience, from K-12 through college. Even though 65 percent of students learn more effectively by doing and creating , the opportunities to do so are too rarely available.

K-12 135

K-12 Economics Teaching Education 135

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

TNTP , a nonprofit based in New York that advocates for improving K-12 education, wanted to identify schools that are the most effective at helping kids recover academically and understand what those schools are doing differently. Everybody is trying to find ways to help students catch up after the pandemic.

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Charter School K-12 Middle School Archiving 144

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Squinting at my 16” laptop screen 12 hours every day while communicating with students and grading their papers was growing painful, so I bought a 34” curved ultra-wide external monitor ($570). I bought paint ($170) to re-do the walls. Related: Covid-19 has been bad for college enrollment — but awful for community college students.

Teaching 142

Teaching K-12 Pedagogy Economics 142

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Economic uncertainty apparently has this side effect.) Fertility rates have continued to decline since, despite the economic recovery, and WICHE predicts the number of first graders will fall by more than 330,000 to 3.6 Grades eight through 12 are larger cohorts who were born before 2008. million in 2019. That’s a 8.5

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