The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

To help them succeed, the school — which last year served just over 500 high schoolers , roughly 80 percent of whom qualified for free or reduced priced lunch — provides its teachers with daily professional development and coaching on literacy instruction and other topics. It’s so nice to understand,” Omar said.

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High School Teaching Primary Sources K-12 145

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

In a time when technological advancements shape our daily lives and drive economic growth, focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in K-12 schools is not just a trend but a necessity. I was tasked with providing reading intervention services for at-risk K-8 students.

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K-12 EdTech Public School Elementary School 138

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Aliah Corona and Dakkota Ryf, both 8 in this photo, check the force it takes to move a bag of potatoes six inches using wheels during their third-grade STEAM enrichment class at Pioneer Elementary School in Quincy, Washington. Nia Keith, director of professional development for the Museum of Science. QUINCY, Wash. —

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Museum Elementary School Professional Development K-12 112

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2022

Research has shown both short and long-term benefits of high-quality pre-K. So it was surprising when a recent study found that children who attended Tennessee’s state-run voluntary pre-K program actually performed slightly worse on sixth grade tests and behavioral measures than children who were wait-listed for the program.

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K-12 Elementary School Professional Development Research 98

ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

American University Pays Tutors American University’s School of Education established the Future Teacher Tutors Program in fall 2020. It started off as a way to bring high-impact tutoring to elementary school students in northeast Washington, D.C. It seems to be making a difference for both the tutors and the K-12 students.

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Tutoring K-12 Education Pedagogy 144

ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

From field placement to the critical first three years, K-12 schools and teacher prep programs must implement proven strategies to improve the quantity and quality of support that new teachers receive. Facing a teacher shortage, Littleton Elementary School District had to hire many new teachers from outside of Arizona.

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K-12 Classroom Management Professional Development Elementary School 123

Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

Over the last 10 years policymakers have focused much of their K-12 school reform attention on making the evaluation of teachers more rigorous and tying performance results to their compensation (see recent Calder report here ). We will explore this opportunity in our next blog post.

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K-12 Leadership Education Policy Elementary School 133

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

“Our recommendation is for schools to pause for a minute to take a couple days to think about the learning experience they want to create.”. In an ideal world, schools would adhere to the standards agreed on for K-12 online learning. Related: Reframing ed tech to save teachers time and reduce workloads.

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K-12 Elementary School Middle School Charter School 142

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. In the remote village of Nanwalek, Alaska, the K-12 school was planning to improve its slow, satellite-provided Internet connection.

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Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 104

Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2019

The LVP team recently partnered with ReadWorks , a nonprofit literacy organization that provides free resources, including a library of curated nonfiction and literary articles, to K-12 teachers. Students have support when I can’t help them.”

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EdTech K-12 Library Elementary School 111

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

The conversation around math instruction suggests that not that much is really known about how to teach K-12 math. It’s common for her to hear, “Oh, you know, I decided to be an elementary school teacher because I don't want to teach math.” She’s found that teachers have high levels of math anxiety.

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K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 135

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

And indeed, 51 percent of David Douglas high school students currently enrolled in a music class qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, compared to 66 percent at the high school as a whole. Typically, high schools have lower poverty levels than elementary schools because parents are older and able to earn more.).

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Digital Promise

JUNE 17, 2016

For example, in South Fayette School District outside Pittsburgh, Pa., computational thinking and maker education are fundamental components of students’ journeys all the way from K-12. Educators in schools across the country — in every single one of the 50 states — are working to develop their own approaches to maker learning.

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K-12 Elementary School Professional Development High School 82

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Principals lack the experience and expertise in early childhood education that is needed as pre-K programs expand in public elementary schools and that could inhibit their ability to manage and support pre-K teachers, according to a new report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Elementary School Professional Development Leadership Humanities 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

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Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2019

AARP’s Experience Corps , which engages older adults in tutoring elementary-aged children in high-need elementary schools, shows similar results for older children. We need investments in teacher preparation and professional development. While we’re “rethinking school,” we shouldn’t squander this opportunity.

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Tutoring K-12 Elementary School Professional Development 95

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Students engage in creative activities on the playground at Pre-K 4 SA North Education Center in San Antonio, Texas. SAN ANTONIO, Texas — By the end of the school year, the playground at Pre-K 4 SA North Education Center looked like a dreamscape of “DIY Outdoor Learning Spaces.” Photo: Bekah McNeel for The Hechinger Report.

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K-12 Professional Development Public School Advocacy 89

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

When school districts buy laptops for students to use in the classroom, the cost doesn’t stop at the price per device. While other vendors could heavily discount their laptops or tablets, Mao said they had to bring in other companies for the warranties, professional development and software. public schools.

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K-12 Professional Development Lesson Plan Elementary School 79

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Each school that embarks on creating an Opportunity Culture does so in a unique way, based on its needs. One of Edgecombe’s elementary schools created three teacher-leader positions to focus on improving literacy among students in third grade and younger.

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Elementary School Advocacy Cultures Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A male educator works with students at a pre-K center in the Bronx. The report’s authors also suggest increasing pay at lower-paying sites and paying all early childhood educators like elementary school teachers (which is something the report acknowledges should happen for a variety of important reasons).

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Elementary School Professional Development Tradition Cultures 130

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2016

Indeed, the Brooklyn school, which added two public prekindergarten classes last year under New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s expansion of pre-K, earns high marks on reviews from independent evaluators — but it’s not alone. The pre-K age is crucial to their development,” she said. They are sponges now.”.

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K-12 Elementary School Library Middle School 74

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

New York City’s Department of Education is the latest public school system to require that U.S. history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum. The program will be piloted this fall at selected schools and fully rolled-out in over 1,800 schools by the spring.

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History Heritage K-12 American History 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. This cozy suburb just outside of Boston is home to an idyllic New England downtown and schools that are good enough to draw young families in droves. Cyndy Taymore, superintendent of Melrose Public Schools. MELROSE, Mass.

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Elementary School Public School Tradition Private School 126

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

A few years ago, Amy Lopes, a veteran fifth-grade teacher in Providence, Rhode Island, learned that teachers at her school could try a mindfulness and yoga training along with their students. I said, ‘OK, I’ll try it, but it’s not going to work,’ ” recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School.

Elementary School 111

Elementary School Professional Development Classroom Management Teaching 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Maybe they have to watch younger siblings at home, or there’s something happening at school — there’s a bullying issue or they’re particularly stressed out about one of their classes,” Terech, a former elementary school teacher, told lawmakers at a House Education Committee hearing this year.

Elementary School 98

Elementary School K-12 High School Professional Development 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Notably: In reviews of 17 middle school math programs , just one was deemed standards-aligned across grades six to eight. Of the 14 elementary school math programs, only two products were found to be standards-aligned across grades K-5, again both published by nonprofits.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Middle School 108

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2018

We must support teachers with strong preparation, appropriate compensation, quality professional development and leadership opportunities so they may fulfill their calling: to ensure that every child receives an excellent education. It is necessary to lift up and thank teachers. It is also crucial to recognize that thanks isn’t enough.

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Professional Development Leadership Public School Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The United States spent $11,319 per elementary school student in 2014, compared with the OECD average of $8,733, and $12,995 educating each high school student, compared with an average of $10,106 per student across the OECD. “In the U.S., ” By contrast, the U.S.

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Education Economics Elementary School Government 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2019

In states across America, especially in Mississippi, the racial and gender gap in the computer-math workforce starts in schools. In 2018, 65 female students – 12 of them African American – took the exam. But only two of the 12 black female students who took the exam had a passing score. Overall, 29 black students took the exam.

Elementary School 103

Elementary School Professional Development Middle School High School 103

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. Coming back from remote instruction, many of the 575 students at Hardwick Elementary School in Lubbock were lagging in reading, said Principal Kim Callison.

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Elementary School K-12 Economics Tutoring 120

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Eight Bay Area school districts found similar results when they de-tracked middle-school mathematics and provided professional development to teachers. In 2014, 63 percent of students were in advanced classes, whereas in 2015 only 12 percent were in advanced classes and everyone else was taking Math 8.

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Professional Development Elementary School Middle School History 97

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plan Elementary School 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

Border Crossers trainers Ben Howort and Ana Duque are both former elementary school teachers. Back at the Border Crossers training, Erica Davis, a workshop participant and assistant principal at a small New York City public elementary school, said she signed up for the workshop because it felt like important work.

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Social Studies Civics Controversial Topics Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

That limits the salary she can earn at a community center like the Y and prohibits her from working in the higher-paying public pre-kindergarten sector, where the qualifications required of a preschool teacher are similar to those needed to teach elementary school. Now we know it’s best practice [to get a bachelor’s],” said McNulty.

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Elementary School Professional Development Tradition Teaching 110

Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

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K-12 Professional Development Economics Tradition 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 11, 2024

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Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Now the middle school, along with two of the district’s other elementary schools and its high school, have makerspaces. On the infrastructure side, Havre’s schools got switches and servers, but they also got a week of strategizing and support.

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Project-Based Learning Public School Elementary School Professional Development 102