The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Reimagining degrees and other pathways must start early with exposure to career opportunities throughout the K-12 education experience. If students are provided with information earlier, they can better gauge their interest in certain jobs, learn about pathways to those careers and determine how to seek additional education after high school.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

To name just a few: A child’s score on a standardized test, combined with other information such as teacher observations and medical referrals, can be used to facilitate access to targeted and critical early intervention education services. Interpret test scores in conjunction with other information about individuals.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2016

Even as a higher education becomes among the biggest investments Americans make, the information available about what students and their families are getting for their money remains stubbornly sparse and often inaccurate and even misleading. Gates is among the funders of The Hechinger Report, which produced this story.).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

Kids were busting into Zoom meetings across the country at that point in the pandemic, but for Kelley, whose job is to help design California’s statewide education policy, and her female colleagues, the situation held special resonance. “We Hers is a distinctly powerful position. Credit: Tanya Lieberman. Credit: Marisol Barajas.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

The debate reignited among university professors during the pandemic with the 2021 online publication of a commentary in the journal Educational Psychology Review. Other academics took notice. Traditionalists applauded it. Students still solve problems, practice new things independently, build projects and conduct experiments.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The bill , which won bipartisan support from the state’s senate and assembly, would require the New Jersey Department of Education to develop learning standards across K-12 in media and information literacy. Media literacy is often defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information or media.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

All districts and states do; the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act requires states and school districts to publish report cards that include information on student performance, accountability ratings, per-pupil expenditures, and other information that parents and school officials deem relevant. Aaron Pallas is the Arthur I.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2021

Alejandra Acosta, a higher education policy analyst at New America and an author of the report, said: “We all knew that the internet was important before the pandemic but didn’t realize how important it was. Alejandra Acosta, higher education policy analyst, New America.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Liu, who is an assistant professor of education policy at the University of Maryland at College Park, surmises that taking a class in computer science helps some students overcome popular misconceptions about coding. “It’s not surprising in some ways,” says the lead researcher on the study, Jing Liu.

High School 144

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Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. The results are already paying off for students and the educators who serve them. Questions must be considered when developing policies.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

In turn, lawmakers lack comprehensive information about which institutions are serving students of color and low-income students well — and which ones are not.” . This is what an equity-driven higher education policy could create, not just in the Bronx but throughout the country. José Luis Cruz is president of Herbert H.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

Tutors, few of whom went to school for teaching or math, are trained on both the academic and relationship-building aspects of their jobs with two coaching sessions per week and daily informal observations that inform the coaching. The results are, as one researcher puts it, “blockbuster.”.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Overall, about 63 percent of virtual for-profit schools were rated unacceptable by their states in the latest year for which data was available, according to a May 2021 report by the University of Colorado’s National Education Policy Center (NEPC). Related : The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping. Stride Inc.,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

Related: One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies Instead of caving in, educational institutions should double down on DEI efforts. Education is meant to broaden horizons and encourage critical thinking. When paradigms are shifting, they rarely go without resistance.

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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. Our goals were not far-fetched or new.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

But the information on defaults is more striking and gives a sharper indication of who suffers most from the weight of student loans. But other measures to guide borrowers to learn about repayment options and enter into repayment plans could also help, higher education policy experts say.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

It’s time for adults to recognize and help caregiving adolescents through federal, state and local educational policies, so they do not need to choose between caregiving and school activities. They may need help managing stress, connecting with other caregiving youth or accessing information and resources.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2024

It’s historic that the law now clearly signals the way for public institutions to measure digital accessibility, says Glenda Sims, the chief information accessibility officer for Deque Systems, a company focused on digital accessibility. On the Hook Accessibility has become a major focus area in education policy.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Sacramento County Office of Education served as an outside administrator, approving plans and overseeing them. How to drive research to inform practice within schools and within classrooms is the central problem we face in education policy,” said Dee.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

Mendez says she had borrowed $36,000 to pay for her education; she had no idea that the college was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. The day news of the closing broke, Anamarc officials sent students away with nothing but promises of more information to come. Nonprofit institutions have a year to hand in their information.)

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2017

Mary Fulton, a senior project manager and policy analyst at the Education Commission of the States. Some states report information for all students, for instance, while others report information only for incoming recent high school graduates.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2021

Related: Spotlight swings to for-profit middlemen that may be driving up the cost of online higher education. The benefit to institutions seems fairly clear,” said Clare McCann, deputy director for federal higher education policy at the think tank New America. “It Outsourcing has speeded up during the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Laurie Smith, education policy advisor at the Office of the Governor, said at the SECAC meeting that the system is “designed to take a holistic approach to the life of a child.” No information was given on who the coaches will be, except one official said the coaches will not be current community college employees.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Thirty years after the World Wide Web provided a gateway for the world to access information, connect, and learn, we are still facing a digital divide that has contributed to a continually expanding digital learning gap. Why hasn’t innovation in teaching and learning cascaded to underserved populations?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2017

Most posted budget surpluses between 2012 and 2015, the last year for which the information is available, the study finds, citing federal tax documents. The 69 most selective private colleges had average annual budget surpluses of $139 million from 2012 to 2015. Nor do top private colleges appear unable to afford to help low-income students.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

I don’t think it happens on purpose,” said Hayes, who graduated in May and now works in information technology. Related: Consumers get more information about a purchase they once made on trust: college. There are more subtle impacts, too, said Nancy Kendall, a professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin.

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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. Julie Ajinkya is vice president of applied research at the Institute for Higher Education Policy and co-author of “ In Consideration of Reinstating Pell for Incarcerated Students.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Just like doctors in training, aspiring teachers need sustained clinical experiences alongside expert practitioners to build links between educational theory and practice and to develop the hands-on techniques and strategies that help children learn.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Now he’s lobbying his friends who are old enough to vote by informing them how they and their community would benefit if the Oakland Youth Vote passes. Through All City Council, Oakland students have a louder voice in local education policy than students in many cities, but young people say it’s not enough.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

. “If it does come true, we’re going to see massive changes,” said Mike Griffith, a school finance specialist at the Education Commission of the States, a think tank that aims to inform education policy. “Nobody is talking about this.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2020

Their “ social brains ” are developing quickly, and they are hoovering up information from the world around them to figure out who they are and how they fit in. Quarantine isolation “flies in the face of what their brains are telling them they need.”

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Becoming a History Teacher

JUNE 11, 2024

In addition to being effective teachers, more experienced colleagues also provide valuable conditions for the growth of beginning and early career teachers; informal, unplanned contacts with more experienced colleagues (Beutel et al. 2009; McCormack et al.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

But they will also need a new blend of skills — to speak, listen, write, be able to discern an author’s bias, and to look for evidence within books to inform their opinions. Lisa Guernsey is the Deputy Director of the Education Policy program and Director of the Learning Technologies project at New America. . Doctor’s orders!

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2016

But these conversations tend to overshadow the primary purpose of evaluation: to act as a single — albeit important — part of a robust system for supporting educators’ growth. Create a feedback loop for teachers to have a real say in informing and improving the evaluation system. Involve teachers in meaningful ways. Danielle M.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2022

Advocates for disability rights and experts in child development say withholding recess is a type of “ shadow discipline ,” informal punishments that are rarely recorded. When asked how the district enforces the policy, Lugo-Beach said reminders about the wellness policy are periodically sent to school principals.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2017

Busy educators desire information that can help them determine the likelihood a particular edtech tool will meet the needs of their teachers and students, fit with their IT environment and instructional philosophy, and meet their privacy standards.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2019

The data are based on the most recent information available from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Martha Snyder is an education policy specialist with high-level experience supporting federal and state policymakers. Who won our brackets?

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