The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Another potential answer is offered in a second new book, How to Educate a Citizen: The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation , by E.D. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But two recent academic papers, synthesizing dozens of reading studies, are raising questions about the effectiveness of these expensive education policies. The American Institutes for Research, a nonprofit research group, found no statistical benefits for these multisensory interventions in a 2018 report. Science evolves.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2021

After a spirited welcome and a reminder to stay hydrated at this elevation (5,675 feet), she plays a video with peppy music, scenes of happy undergraduates enjoying fun traditions and the inevitable soaring drone footage of majestic campus landmarks. Credit: Sara Hertwig for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2022

As young people, families and educators near the end of yet another hectic pandemic school year, new research studying the early impact of remote learning offers a sobering look at experiences and outcomes, including interrupted and incomplete learning. million students across the country.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

It appears, however, that the primary concern among charter supporters is the moratorium, which isn’t a call to eradicate charter schools, as other African American social justice organizations have demanded. Education reformers have built their platform and careers on the value of accountability.

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