The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Politicians around the country have been aiming to demolish progressive policies by targeting teaching about race and ethnicity, the LGBTQIA+ community and women’s reproductive rights. These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come.

Civic Engagement 128

Civic Engagement Education Civics K-12 128

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

The tool that helped identify the gaps in the first place is called the Knowledge Map , developed at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy based on the value of content knowledge. In the United States, schools tend to focus on helping students develop concrete skills, like finding the main idea in a paragraph.

Local History 112

Local History Geography Education Policy Public School 112

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Board of Education cases actually began. I had not learned of this fascinating portion of our state’s history until after graduating from the University of South Carolina. Related: ‘We’ve failed them’: How South Carolina education policy hurts ‘Dreamers’ — and costs taxpayers. Later, I became a professional writer.

Private School 111

Private School History High School Education Policy 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

History reminds us that counterattacks have followed every advancement in equity and inclusion, from Brown vs. Board of Education to affirmative action. Related: One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies Instead of caving in, educational institutions should double down on DEI efforts.

K-12 116

K-12 Sociology Social Science Education 116

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. New Jersey legislators and policymakers have recognized that their students need this education, need these life skills so urgently.

Teaching 132

Teaching Civics K-12 Social Science 132

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History. Uneducated Guesses: Using Evidence to Uncover Misguided Education Policies. Harvard University Press. Stewart, A. First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High School. Chicago Review. Princeton University Press. Watters, A. Teaching Machines.

Pedagogy 244

Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 244

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2019

The causes of the gender wage gap in education are complex and rooted in a long history of women making less than men in every profession, even ones where women have traditionally worked. Julia Rafal-Baer is Chief Operating Officer of Chiefs for Change , a bipartisan network of state and district education chiefs.

Leadership 109

Leadership Education Education Policy Tradition 109

ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

That’s the argument made by scholar and author Freddie deBoer in his book, “The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice.” These days he’s often weighing in on education policy issues in his personal newsletter. are losing pace with those of other nations and need significant reform.

K-12 106

K-12 History Cultures Education Policy 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This flies in the face of common sense and human history, deBoer argued. Education policy over the last half century has mostly been predicated on the assumption that schooling is a singular mechanism for reducing poverty and advancing equity at scale. Related: What if public schools never reopen?

Education 120

Education Charter School Social Justice K-12 120

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

HEA policies and programs continue to help more students attend and graduate from college, even those who are incarcerated. Some colleges and universities have long histories of bringing the power of education into correctional facilities and reaching woefully underserved populations through these programs.

Sociology 82

Sociology Education Policy Leadership History 82

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2024

It is the largest state investment in teacher salaries in Arkansas history, a big deal in a state that ranked 48th in the country for starting pay up until this year. Because of the new law, in more than half of the state’s school districts , every teacher made the same salary this year, regardless of years of experience.

Elementary School 142

Elementary School High School Private School Teaching 142

The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

Students who take time off from four-year universities, opt for community colleges instead or shift to part time all could end up spending longer in school and are more likely to drop out, history and research show. That’s the inescapable lesson of history and research. Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images.

High School 129

High School Charter School Advocacy Research 129

ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

Tradition 140

Tradition EdTech Research Education Policy 140

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

In the aftermath of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA, President Barack Obama tweeted a Nelson Mandela quote: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…” The tweet became the most liked in the history of Twitter. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

Economics 80

Economics Geography Civics History 80

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Both the federal government and the state governments have known about these converging trends,” José Luis Santos, vice president of higher-education policy at Ed Trust and a co-author of the report, said in an interview. “If The government has a history of using nudges to compel states to spend more on the needy.

Government 85

Government Education Policy History Education 85

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

The downturn has pushed community colleges to broaden their approach to recruitment, resulting in an increase in the number of students requiring more support and services, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of education policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The price tag is not the same,” he said.

Advocacy 124

Advocacy Education Policy History Humanities 124

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2017

Bristol, who examines national, state and local education policies that affect the recruitment and retention for teachers of color in schools, has been much in demand lately to talk about his research. Black history will be added to standards when black teachers are given real chances to succeed.

Charter School 79

Charter School Cultures Government History 79

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The opening and operation of international satellite campuses “has flattened out from the burst of activity we saw 15 years ago,” said Kevin Kinser, department head of education policies studies at Pennsylvania State University and C-BERT’s co-founder. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

Tradition 121

Tradition Education Policy Research History 121

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

There’s no evidence to show that a one-day training for teachers and staff will foster change,” says Circe Stumbo, president of West Wind Education Policy, an Iowa-based group that provides analysis of school equity policies. This isn’t a quick fix. The effort must be ongoing. Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report.

K-12 111

K-12 Cultures Library Middle School 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2020

She drives over an hour each way to teach world history at LaGrange High School in Lake Charles. “You could look up and see the sky,” she said. Mold started to grow on the walls, and then the second storm let more water in. This story also appeared in Southerly. Her temperature is taken when she arrives, and then she heads to her classroom.

Charter School 139

Charter School Psychology Middle School High School 139

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It’s one relevant to past research about barriers preventing students from enrolling in college, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the “non-submitters” study. But this strategy had a fundamental error.

Advocacy 139

Advocacy High School Political Science Research 139

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

One big surprise at Shasta came as the college worked with Degrees When Due , a project of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, a national nonprofit group that seeks to improve higher education access and completion. Some even earn degrees — but leave without getting them. They picked classes and planned a schedule.

Economics 143

Economics Sociology Social Justice High School 143

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2019

Hanushek, an economist, believes that the inability to close the achievement gap shows the failure of our education policies to help the poor, especially the $26 billion a year the federal government spends on Title I funding on poor schools and for Head Start preschool programs. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. .

Sociology 110

Sociology Tutoring Research High School 110

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

He had a passion for drawing that made art class his favorite, followed by math and history. As a history buff, he liked sharing what he already knew from videos he had watched on his own. Prior to his suspension, Martinez enjoyed school. He liked getting to see friends every day. And then, just like that, he was cut off.

Tutoring 109

Tutoring Middle School High School Economics 109

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

He was on the student council and debate team, took Advanced Placement classes in history and chemistry, speaks four languages, worked a corporate internship and played three sports: soccer, basketball and track. Konate graduated second in his class from The English High School in Boston with a 4.5 grade-point average.

Economics 112

Economics High School Education Policy Government 112

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

Fifteen years ago, Brenda Cassellius was an assistant principal at a Minneapolis high school when a local reporter asked her about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the brand-new congressional overhaul of federal education policy. That data has become a valuable tool for educators, policy makers and researchers.

Tutoring 65

Tutoring Education Education Policy Economics 65

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

“I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want to improve education, but our good intentions can make us unintentionally do the wrong things,” said Frederick Hess, founding director of the education policy studies program at the Washington think tank the American Enterprise Institute.

Tutoring 90

Tutoring High School Archiving K-12 90

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

This means the SAT and ACT are facing what could be the greatest challenge in their histories, which stretch back to the early 20 th century. “Standardized admission tests “have lost their luster as a common yardstick.” ” Michael Nietzel, president emeritus, Missouri State University.

Tutoring 110

Tutoring High School Education Policy Research 110

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The teenager’s classes in English and junior ROTC are taught by a district teacher, while history and math are self-paced courses via the online platform Edgenuity. For Zion, the school day starts at 9 a.m. and lasts until 3 p.m., with a break for lunch. The research paints a grim picture.

Charter School 136

Charter School High School Tutoring Public School 136

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Michael Hansen, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and director of the Brown Center on Education Policy, is among a number of experts who say minority students may be underperforming because they don’t have role models in positions of authority — people who are helping them, and who also look like them.

Social Justice 111

Social Justice Charter School High School Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

“Traditional arts ensembles like marching band and big band don’t necessarily resonate,” said superintendent Paul Gausman, a musician and long-time music educator. It’s part of our history, but as we bring kids in from other countries [we should offer] more popular ensembles in other countries.”.

K-12 101

K-12 Elementary School Middle School High School 101

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Parker Charter Essential School in Devens, Massachusetts, believe multiage education fosters cooperation and collaboration between students, like these ninth- and 10th-graders working together on a Holocaust-related history project. Photo: Stuart Miller. DEVENS, Mass. — It looks like a typical class in a suburban high school.

Elementary School 75

Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 75

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

So it and other schools in the region have started trying to recruit Hispanics, who — like Barrera Cantu — increasingly want college educations. Liberal arts colleges are in crisis,” said Doug Sofer, professor of history at another of these schools, Maryville College in Tennessee. based research organization focusing on Hispanics.

K-12 110

K-12 High School Psychology History 110

Becoming a History Teacher

JUNE 11, 2024

Photo by Frans van Heerden on Pexels.com More experienced teachers in mentoring roles are often, as demonstrated by the teacher at the beginning of this blog, able to be more speculative about the pressures of school and education policy.

Education 88

Education K-12 Leadership Lesson Plan 88

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2016

History in West Tallahatchie High School, 20 minutes south of Clarksdale, in the Mississippi Delta. He plans to work in public policy in Washington and says he is glad he did TFA because his work in the trenches will help him in the task of helping mold education policy in the future. The Horn Lake, Miss.,

Teaching 66

Teaching Leadership Education Policy History 66

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2024

Having lived through the desegregation order, Hirahara, who is now an award-winning mystery writer , wishes more people knew about the history of the city’s schools. She now serves on the board of the Pasadena Educational Foundation, a nonprofit focused on developing community partnerships to help the city’s public schools excel.

Private School 104

Private School Public School High School Elementary School 104

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Audrey Watters, author of a forthcoming book on the history of education technology. What personalization means to the Gates Foundation is a specific — it’s software,” said Audrey Watters, author of a forthcoming book on the history of educational technology. “Where there’s money, that fuels the fire,” said Barbot.

Charter School 104

Charter School Tutoring Tradition Educational Technology 104