The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Credit: Austin Anthony for The Hechinger Report Speaking comes naturally to most children, being a gift of human evolution, but reading and writing are inventions that must be consciously and painstakingly learned. Because human brains are organized in diverse ways, some people’s reading circuits end up being inefficient.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Related: Teaching among the ashes: ‘It’s not just your home that’s burned, it’s everyone’s’ In Milwaukee, where only about one-fourth of public school classrooms have air conditioning, the district took a similar approach this year.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But I somehow missed that he published a new, different kind of book in 2021 — “ The Anthropocene Reviewed ,” a collection of personal, contemplative, funny and deeply human essays. The essays start off sardonically but become increasingly earnest and reflective.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2018

In our nation’s capital, 81 percent of the public schools require a uniform; 65 percent regulate the length of skirts; 58 percent forbid tank tops; 42 percent ban tights and/or leggings; and 45 percent require students to wear belts, according to the findings of the report, which was published by the National Women’s Law Center.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Leave this field empty if you're human: “I was being put in classes that were way too easy for me. A week before the case was set to go to court, the district agreed to settle and pay for Nelson to finish up his high school career at a private school 20 miles away for students with learning disabilities. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

In the elementary school, art classes were cut. The middle school had to downsize its band program. What about the facilities, including the stellar high school? Or the human capital? Our community is so school-centered that it was really important that we stay.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Private schools, although an increasing threat to public education, are still a relatively small slice of the educational system. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. College is free.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. The school, nestled on a hill in a relatively affluent residential neighborhood, was rezoned a decade ago to draw in students from the city’s public housing.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2018

It helped that Pence had support from the business community and from Democratic lawmakers, who got on board only after legislators removed a proposal that would have made the pre-K pilot in effect another entry point into the K-12 private school voucher system. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

The guide also noted that starting in elementary school, all students take Spanish, art and music classes. The high school, which enrolls less than 200 students, has been able to offer as many as 17 Advanced Placement courses. Jackson says a coalition of Reynolds allies took over the school board in 2005. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos believes the key to improving schools in the United States is simple: Let parents choose where to send their children. Giving parents choices beyond the school closest to home would open the door to innovation and put pressure on traditional schools to improve, these advocates argue.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2018

LaFleur wanted to give him time before he went back to his elementary school, Edward Hynes Charter School. At the meeting in December, a Recovery School District staffer mentioned that a specialized room was located in the same building. How charter schools deal with students with disabilities. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

Students at Barwell Road Elementary School Photo: Alex Granados/EducationNC. Her school, Haw River Elementary in Alamance County, was offering students after-school clubs once a week. They also added a school support coach to help teachers improve their lesson plans and use more data to track students’ progress.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

But I think it’s fair for us to expect other human services professionals — whether they be in education, health care, anybody who is a mandated reporter — to use their independent judgment and discretion and understand there are consequences to making that call.”. For them, transferring schools can feel like the only way out.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This story is the third of a three-part series that examines how other countries approach the idea of school choice. Read about school choice in New Zealand and Sweden. Parents are freed from financial constraints and can pick a school in which their child will thrive, leading to improved academic outcomes for all children.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2018

I am a white father who spends two hours on the New York City subway every day with my 10-year-old so he can attend an underfunded, desegregated public elementary school with a majority of black and Latino students and a majority of economically disadvantaged students. They were private schools. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

Luis Antonio Hernandez reads a story about Cinco de Mayo to students in Christy Crotwell’s first grade class at Morton Elementary School. He’s the only full-time translator at the school, which has 152 Spanish-speaking students in its 21 classrooms. Crotwell, at rear, has been teaching at the school for 16 years.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School. Maranda Seawood, a student support specialist at Washington Elementary School in Fayetteville, Arkansas, worries about her students’ academic losses. My daughter is going to a private school this year. So it’s a juggle.

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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

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. Is it just a random person?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Trump also supports efforts to privatize the K-12 school system, including through vouchers for private schools. He has also warned schools that, if reelected, he would cut or eliminate federal funding if teachers or school employees suggest “to a child that they could be trapped in the wrong body.”

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