The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Johnson is the principal of Mississippi’s Collins Elementary School, where the paddle remains a staple of the educational experience.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Public School High School Government 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2017

This work needs to begin in elementary school, where students’ ideas about their place in the world are shaped. Here are some ways to do that in elementary school classrooms: First and foremost, it is vital that young people have a place to process disturbing news and to be reassured that their lives matter and that they are safe.

History 75

History Elementary School Library Civics 75

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

A few months earlier, she’d heard about a family shelter inside an elementary school gym. Dafne said an elementary school gym isn’t an ideal place to sleep either. We will not fix homelessness until the federal government believes that housing is a human right,” Ronen said. But it’s something.

High School 145

High School Elementary School Middle School Human Rights 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2021

In January, Rosa Bermudez brought home a colorful worksheet from Stansbury Elementary School, meant to guide her “power plan” for a safe, healthy relationship to technology. The work was among her first in English, and in an American public school. This story also appeared in Telemundo. Credit: Sandra Vásquez. I couldn’t.

Junior High 120

Junior High Elementary School Human Rights Public School 120