Sapiens

MARCH 11, 2025

That night in Sala Patagn stuck with me as my dissertation research took shape. I had initially planned to focus on Indigenous language revitalization in public schools, but it soon became clear that spaces like Calfunaos recording studio carried just as much value for Patagonians looking to reconnect with Indigenous languages and cultures.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

In exchange, residents would qualify for in-district tuition and trigger a long-term plan to build out college facilities in this rural stretch of Texas, which is positioning itself to tap into the economic boom flowing into the smaller communities nestled between Austin and San Antonio.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

With economic segregation in the United States worsening, there is likely to be a growing number of school districts where poor children, and poor parents, predominate. Yet, economic segregation, which is more pronounced among families with children, also creates public school districts where affluent families predominate.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Laila Ibrahim and Amy Monroy, students participating in the YARI Project, give a virtual presentation of their research on “How do the racial and ethnic background of students and teachers affect student-teacher relationships within the classroom?” ” in late November. Credit: YouTube.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

I wanted to know what the research evidence says about the model that New York is discarding and how education researchers would remake gifted and talented programs. Meanwhile, Black and Hispanic students make up more than 65 percent of the public school system but win only 16 percent of the gifted seats.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

Examining Heterogeneity in High School Impacts ,” was conducted with three other researchers, including John Q. Department of Education’s Institute for Education Sciences and the current head of the University of Chicago’s Consortium on School Research. The researchers also noticed a shift in college behavior.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2021

Proposals are circulating for summer school, afterschool, remedial instruction, giving students an extra year of school and a somewhat fuzzy concept of “acceleration.”. Yet some of the strongest research evidence points to an intensive type of tutoring as a way to help children catch up. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletters.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

This past year five of the top 100 public schools in America were from NJ. Instead of celebrating and strengthening a great public education system, Governor Christie has taken a dumfounding approach with his agenda. This latest change was pushed out on Wednesday, August 31, just days before schools welcomed back students.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Second, we advocate for the development of an action plan for educating the not-so-common learners that is research-based, achievable, and reaches beyond any current educational reform initiative for school improvement. Nonetheless, we contend that a concentration on the enhancement of teaching skills and strategies is not enough.

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APRIL 7, 2014

The researchers, Chris and Sarah Theule Lubiensky, chose to look specifically at math scores, in the belief that math is a purer measurement of the influence of school because students tend to learn very little math at home. Schools that emphasize teaching to the test may demonstrate gains that are offset by great losses elsewhere.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

They can be a part of society, said Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, co-director of the George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education. Another fan of the program, Linda Mauriello, runs the transition and work-based learning program at Boonton Public Schools in northern New Jersey.

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ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2025

To right the ship, families, schools and future employers must work together to prioritize a meaningful investment and evidence-based approach in developing a diverse and technically skilled workforce who can thrive in a rapidly changing economic landscape. We were taught not to plagiarize and to cite our sources.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2020

Hotter classroom temperatures and polluted air are affecting children’s brains at school, according to a new body of education research. (AP Education researchers have traditionally focused on the obvious ingredients of teaching and learning, such as instruction, curriculum, student motivation and school funding.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2025

I challenge educators to read the recent report on dual enrollment for which I was interviewed by the Community College Research Center at Teachers College. Student voices, especially of those who arent in dual enrollment but might want to be, are a good source to hear whats working and whats not. Sign up for Hechingers weekly newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2020

Schools that aren’t getting students to improve their math and reading achievement on the standardized tests administered by each state are the ones singled out for shame, punishment and sometimes closure. Education researchers are trying to come up with different ways to measure success.

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MAY 12, 2024

Board of Education, rejecting legal racial segregation of public schools. 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. Just 12 percent oppose.

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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. schools in recent years. We at EdSurge Research are shining a light on Asian American educators to uplift their unique stories and experiences.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Public school choice appeared to increase overall arrests and days incarcerated for young men in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to a study by three economists, “ Does School Ch o ice Increase Crime? circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research in February 2023.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

school children with blurry vision. Beginning in 2016, a team of education researchers, vision specialists and philanthropists sought to rectify this problem in Baltimore, one of the poorest U.S. Vans retrofitted as mobile optician clinics parked outside schools. Only a third of them, about 40 schools, could be served each year.

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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

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Families in Arizona can now withdraw their children from public schools and receive state funding to cover private school tuition. Franklin/Associated Press A Hechinger Report analysis of dozens of private school websites revealed that, among 55 that posted their tuition rates, nearly all raised their prices since 2022.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

We are two American public-school dads who just returned from a fact-finding trip through Finland. 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. Singapore has launched a series of Finnish-style school reforms.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Those are four of the top five emotions K-12 teachers reported feeling back in 2017 — well before the pandemic and 18 months of unfinished learning, trauma and economic instability. Research shows that fostering SEL improves students’ academic achievement by an average of 11 percentile points. There are different approaches.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It has resulted in more than a billion dollars leaving the public school system and actually not serving additional kids in private schools, Jones said. It's just serving the same kids in the private schools whose parents are higher incomes and who had already chosen to send their kids there.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Maritime High School in Des Moines, Washington—a collaborative project between the Port of Seattle , the Northwest Maritime Center , Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition , and Highline Public Schools —welcomed its inaugural freshman class this month. You can also read more about Highline Public Schools in their Innovation Portfolio.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In the past decade, the population of elementary, middle and high school students in Massachusetts dropped by 42,000 while the number of school employees grew by 18,000. In Connecticut, public school enrollment fell 7 percent while staffing rose 8 percent. Follow the money.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Students take a weekly sustainability class and participate in monthly field study days that send them into the community to conduct research on topics like land use, pollution and food equity. Sometimes there will be a name on a school that has nothing to do with what’s happening in the building. Buyer beware,” she advised.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2017

Now that the debate on Question 2 has been decided for the foreseeable future — the ballot initiative was defeated, meaning that the current cap on charter schools will remain in place — it’s time to shift the focus to how we can improve opportunities for all Massachusetts students, whether they attend charters or traditional public schools.

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APRIL 27, 2023

This story also appeared in The Washington Post It wasn’t the Department of Education that made the loan, or the Treasury or Interior departments, or any of the many government departments that support academic research. Credit: The Gazette Rural colleges and universities have significant economic value to their surrounding communities.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 5, 2015

Public schools conflict with all of those, don’t they? Citizens and communities generally like and strongly support their schools. ignore legal requirements to timely establish school funding levels that would allow districts to adequately plan and budget. So you’ve got a challenge.

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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. Earlier research has also found long-term benefits from preschool.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

citizenship, according to recent research by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Unfortunately, many Americans, especially white Americans, have rejected public initiatives to address the growing cultural and economic divides between how we invest in and educate our kids.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

I am a Harvard graduate, nationally recognized advocate for homeless youth and an education professional supporting family engagement in a network of charter public schools. I work for Rocketship Public Schools in Washington, D.C. But instead of failing, I became an “exception.” My story as an exception is celebrated.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

These and similar scenes from public schools around the country are more than just young learners having fun with recycled materials. Early exposure to STEM education primes students to take advantage of these career opportunities — and the economic benefits that come with them.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2022

The reason that so many children learn separately is that their families reside in different school zones. where fewer than 10 percent of public school students are white , there aren’t enough white children to spread around the city to create more racial balance in classrooms. In many cases, such as in Providence, R.I.,

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

states roll out the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act under an administration hostile to public education, these states must support the development of excellent, nurturing teachers who provide a rich learning experience. Residents receive significant financial support, completing fieldwork with a consortium of New York City public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2020

Economic disparities across education systems mean some students have access to laptops, to regular internet access, to printers. Public school students who are poor depend on schools for regular meals, for health/counseling services, for safe spaces. Related: Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools.

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