The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Senior Remi Savard is part of the last class at Montpelier High School that experienced the system before the school’s switch to a proficiency-based model. Remi Savard is one of the last students at Montpelier High School who remembers what class was like before the school switched to a proficiency-based model three years ago.

High School 99

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

Freshman Kylee Elderkin works on an assignment in English class at Nokomis High School in Newport on Friday, June 2, 2017. The switch to a proficiency-based education, which focuses on making sure students can demonstrate what they know, has helped students like Elderkin. Kylee Elderkin, student, Nokomis Regional High School.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Here are the 17 words from Florida’s new social studies guidelines that lit a fire under much of America, on every side of the debate: “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” In comments that surfaced in 2011, Florida State Rep.

History 96

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Since last school year, I have been advocating on behalf of school children of a top ten, predominantly white, rich public high school. Breaking up black school boards has more to do with disrupting black power than implementing a proven strategy to improve academic achievement. And so you write to me instead.

Economics 82

Economics Geography Civics History 82

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Jeff Carver, a writing teacher at the New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School, or Sci High, made his own online modules to explain basic grammar concepts. Related: Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school. They need teachers to present multiple ways of understanding one concept.

Charter School 106

Charter School Tutoring Tradition Educational Technology 106

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

One day this spring, Victoria Trice’s high school students in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, peered through virtual reality headsets as part of a lesson on Afrofuturism. LOUISVILLE Just blocks from where hundreds of protestors gathered near the Ohio River waterfront after the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020 sits Central High School.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 27, 2024

When Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris’ running mate earlier this month, his ascendancy helped to elevate the idea of educators serving in public office. Once a Public Servant, Always a Public Servant Plenty of former educators hold public office today, including at the federal level, such as Sen. Chad King Wilson Sr.

Education 115

Education Civics Government Political Science 115

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

Stephanie Hawk, tribal state policy liaison, NIEA The state’s executive order has caused confusion among teachers who taught Native American history and culture using the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, said Roquel Gorneau, a South Dakota education specialist for the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes. “A

American History 145

American History History K-12 Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

Now red-state governors increasingly use the takeovers to undermine the political power of cities, particularly those governed by Black and Hispanic leaders, according to some education experts. “I’ve Austin Senior High School, in Houston. If ever there was a school board that needs to be taken over and reformed it’s HISD.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2022

There was always a group or two that wanted [social studies books] to stay as we had had it previously,” said Ed Richardson, who led the state department of education at the time. “No It’s not the first time Alabama officials, educators, parents and politicians have battled over school textbooks and how to discuss history.

History 102

History K-12 Library Social Studies 102

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Last spring, when the odds seemed far longer, Bob Cousineau, a social studies teacher at Pennridge High School, predicted that whatever happened in his embattled district would become a national “case study” one way or another. Bob Cousineau teaches social studies at Pennridge High School, in Pennsylvania.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Chatfield High School in Minnesota doesn’t offer sociology (or German, or criminology, for that matter), but when senior Keagan Clarke, 18, finished a fall semester class in psychology, his teacher suggested he try sociology. The program — officially called the Statewide Online Education Program — has been phased in over time.

Charter School 88

Charter School Sociology Tutoring Psychology 88