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Our governments need to be working in partnership with tech companies to put ‘the Netflix of online learning’ into action,” she said. “I In New Haven, where schools remain entirely remote this fall, Alysoun Kegel, a music teacher, has seen some students’ loneliness manifest itself with nonstop chattering. – CAYLA BAMBERGER.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Josh Walton, principal, Walton Middle School, in sAlbemarle County, Virginia. Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource — a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools — called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In addition to employing qualified elementary, middle and high school music teachers, David Douglas offers inexpensive instrument rentals ($25 per year), a library of musical scores, connections to reduced-price or free private lessons and a closet of free marching band uniforms and orchestra dress blacks, among other necessities.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2017

Aaron Thompson and Peyton Stilwell, both 4, race a car around a track in their Head Start classroom, which is housed in a public elementary school in Caldwell, Idaho. Yet, addressing that reality with government programs is anathema to the fiercely independent and often socially conservative lawmakers of the Mountain West.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

A Crew of seventh graders at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, plays a conflict-resolution game called “Is This Seat Taken?” PORTLAND, Maine — On a recent fall morning in the library of King Middle School here, four seventh-grade girls interviewed an immigrant from Peru named Luis Millones, now a Spanish professor at Colby College.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

This computing device return-and-repair ritual looks different from the end-of-year textbook and library book return that was a staple of decades past. One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2017

Many working-class families in this manufacturing city across the Wabash River from Purdue University cannot afford to send their children to private pre-kindergarten, nor can they rely on government-funded programs — like Head Start and subsidized childcare — which serve a fraction of eligible children.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. OAKLAND, Calif.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

This is one of many multisensory activities Welch uses in her reading intervention class, a 30-minute pull-out session that meets daily at the elementary school. Although the federal government sent a massive influx of money to help schools troubleshoot , it left districts to grapple with how best to use the funds.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

School leaders and some state officials worried aloud about the fiscal challenges their districts faced if these students didn’t come back. Each student represents money from the city, state and federal governments. Early in the pandemic, school staff went door-to-door to reach and reengage kids. She plans to study choreography.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Related: How one innovative school district has closed gaps on harder Common Core tests. A hallway at Franklin Elementary school lined with tiny lockers and student art. She points out, however, that they do get a period of music, art, physical education or library time every day. Photo: Emmanuel Felton.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Rhode Island also emphasized the importance of involving state government in their efforts (the Rhode Island Office of Innovation, led by former Office of Educational Technology Director Richard Culatta, has been a key partner in EduvateRI). edclusters16. Roshni Mirchandani (@roshnimirchi) September 23, 2016.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Sitting on the floor of their library, the dozens of students dressed in red and navy blue were an eager audience. Research in the United States has also found that parents look at a variety of factors in addition to academics when making a school selection. Choose as many as you like.

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JUNE 15, 2016

Teacher authority to make decisions regarding curriculum, the processes of their own learning, and aspects of school governance. In the first year, 26 teachers responded, and six years later, the school was still continuing the program. Focus on Student Learning. Continuous Teacher Learning. Lesson study.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

On the line, Kelly Rodriguez explained that she wanted to move her 6-year-old from a private school to a public one for first grade, but only if a seat opened up at Sunset Elementary School, near their house on San Francisco’s predominantly white and Asian west side. The same goes for middle and high school options.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

The state’s rugged landscape, its patchwork of state, federal and tribal land ownership, and the minimal coordination between internet providers and government agencies combine to keep New Mexico consistently near the bottom on national surveys measuring internet access in homes. How do those get addressed?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Credit: Kershaw County School District. Volunteers from Sherrelwood Elementary School in Westminster, Colo.,

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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 Libraries in those schools are being turned into centers where students considered disruptive will participate remotely.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

. — Over the past few months, Nathan Roberts has witnessed dozens of substitute teachers stumble through their first days at Penny Creek Elementary School. He’s encountered subs in the hallway, looking for the library or a place to make copies of classwork. Credit: Image provided by Everett Public Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Under a little-known state regulation , New York’s attorney general is allowed to sue students if a state public university claims they owe tuition — or overdue library fines or unpaid parking tickets. My mom was drilling into me the importance of college ever since elementary school. I was just really, really sad,” she said. “I

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

Lindsey Kimery, the coordinator of library services for Metro-Nashville Public Schools, said she has “no hidden agenda other than that reading was my favorite thing.” What I try to convey is that a library is a place for voluntary inquiry.” It just means we have books for those readers, too. She recalled receiving the letter.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

They have not been able to borrow books from the library, take field trips or participate in hands-on learning activities. It will take a combination of summer school and at least the first six weeks of the school year for students to readjust and get back to “normal.” As an elementary school teacher in Washington, D.C.,

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Two students share a computer as they prepare for their geometry final at Northridge High School, in Greeley, Colo. — Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Elementary school students clap and spell words after school. In 2016, the online education news outlet Chalkbeat reported that only 18 percent of children nationally are served by before- and after-school programs. The federal government could help. Photo: Imani Khayyam. With the U.S. In 2004, the parents of 15.3

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Related: How AI could transform the way schools test kids “We’re basically trapped in this bubble, and they’re deciding what we can and can’t see,” said 18-year-old Ali Siddiqui, a senior at a San Francisco Bay Area high school. The Markup requested records from 26 school districts. schools censor the internet.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Taheem Fennel poses for a picture with his mom and stepdad after his fifth-grade graduation ceremony at Bancroft Elementary School. The staff at Bancroft Elementary School suggested counseling, and his mother eagerly accepted the help. Photo: Nichole Dobo / The Hechinger Report. WILMINGTON, Del. He had angry outbursts.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Anti-trans policies were passed, school staff were ordered not to use “terms related to LGBTQ,” and a full year of social studies was cut from graduation requirements to make room for supposedly more patriotic instruction. One elementary school principal declared it was as if Adams had “asked Alexa to ‘Show him curriculum.’”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Jennifer Merritt’s first-graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Pryor, Oklahoma, were in for a treat. The programs occupy a gray area between corporate sponsorship and promotion at a time when climate science has increasingly come under siege at the highest levels of government. It was reprinted with permission.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2025

On March 10, the Oklahoma Supreme Court dealt a blow to Walterss plans: It issued a temporary stay prohibiting the states department of education from purchasing 55,000 Bibles with certain characteristics and from buying Bible-infused lessons and material for elementary schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2025

It was a couple hours after perhaps half the tribal community had packed into Havasupai Elementary School for its eighth grade promotion ceremony. Credit: Matt Stensland for The Hechinger Report Run by the federal government, Havasupai Elementary is the only school in Supai. Indian fry bread had been served.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

Construction had pushed back the new school year at her Vermont high school. The intercom and phones weren’t set up yet, so a teacher came to Patrie’s room to tell her everyone was gathering in the library. She is currently a library media specialist at South Saint Paul Public Schools, in Minnesota.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

The Steel Valley School District operates two elementary schools in a shoulder of the Monongahela River. One school enrolls mostly black students. When Terrance Frey learned that his son’s school, Barrett Elementary, is 78 percent black and Park Elementary is 84 percent white, he was shocked.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Families should never have to live in fear of being separated while simply trying to access an education, Ceniceros, 20, the youngest elected official in Arizona and a member of the Littleton Elementary School District Governing Board, told me, calling Trumps recent actions deeply concerning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2022

Granbury ISD recently held a “public inspection” of eight books that are now banned from campus libraries after a small committee met behind closed doors and determined they were inappropriate for schools. It’s part of a broader conservative crackdown on the ways schools discuss LGBT issues. It’s not porn.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

This story also appeared in The Guardian The flooding last fall that devastated the home of Deishangelxa Nuez Galarza, a fifth grader in this coastal area of southern Puerto Rico, also closed her elementary school, El Coquí, for three days while staff cleaned out a foot of muddy water from every first floor room.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2025

Maraida Caraballo Martinez has been an educator in Puerto Rico for 28 years and the principal of the elementary school Escuela de la Communidad Jaime C. She never knows how much money her school in Yabucoa will receive from the government each year because it isnt based on the number of children enrolled.

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