The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2023

In 2005, Yale researchers released a study that changed perceptions of school discipline in early grades. Not only were preschoolers in public programs being expelled at more than three times the rate of older K-12 students, but discipline was starkly divided by race: Black preschoolers were twice as likely to be kicked out as white children.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

News & World Report released its first-ever rankings of public elementary and middle schools in the United States. Schools in the bottom quarter of all schools in a given jurisdiction were not ranked, but simply identified as being in the bottom quarter. The trouble is, it doesn’t work.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. Related: Blurring the lines between K-12, higher ed and the workforce.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Darryl Williford is assistant principal of the K-8 Michael Anderson School in the Avondale Elementary School District, where district leaders have encouraged a particularly data-driven approach to tracking student absenteeism, identifying who needs support and then focusing on relationships to address families’ needs.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California through Reach University.

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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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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

. – Dressed in pastel pink and green for an early spring day, second-grader Katherine Cribbs was learning about energy on a virtual field trip – to her own school. But the K-12 schools leading the net-zero charge are uncovering major educational benefits as well. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Related: Retraining an entire state’s elementary school teachers in the science of reading In recent years, school systems have begun to make changes. Patty Topliffe (center right) and other English and social studies teachers at Woodstock High School, in Vermont. It gives me understanding of what’s going on,” Omar said.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Mineola High School student Pamela Lopez records a podcast with the help of librarian Jeffrey Appelbaum. Since 2017, students in Mineola have been introduced to coding through unplugged classes in pre-K, and by first grade, have been allowed to take the devices home. Pre-K student Elena Wagner earned a badge for knowing her ABCs.

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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 ). Grappling with these matters is not simple.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

These states provide a window into the patchwork approach across the South that allows those without traditional training to lead a classroom. In addition, 10 percent were teaching out of field, which means, for example, they may be certified to teach high school English but assigned to a middle school math class. .

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

billion in the hopes of closing achievement gaps in K-12 math education. But this latest investment coincided with a new feeling of urgency after NAEP, according to Robert Hughes, director of the foundation’s K-12 education program in the U.S. Part of this, she also argues, might be because K-12 educators in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2024

If a student excels at word problems, it’s a good sign that they’re generally excelling at school. Word-problem solving in lower grades is one of the better indicators of overall school success in K-12,” said Lynn Fuchs, a research professor at Vanderbilt University. Posters displaying the terms — sum, minus, fewer, etc.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A recent Gallup Poll revealed that K-12 workers have the highest rate of burnout in the American workforce, with more than 44 percent of K-12 workers in the U.S. Most teachers at my elementary school had been there nearly a decade by the time I started school. I’m still grieving.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

I became a teacher because of the influence and mentorship of Mr. Murray and Mr. Simms, two elementary-school teachers in Detroit. Today, more than half of K-12 students in the United States are students of color , yet four out of five teachers are white. More than 75 percent of teachers are women.

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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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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. Improved methods of new teacher support Providing adequate support for new teachers has long been a top priority for schools.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

This story about teacher pensions is part of the series Districts in Debt , which examines the hidden financial pressures challenging American schools. Glenn Gustafson, CFO of the Colorado Springs School District, talks to Christina Butcher, the interim principal of Queen Palmer Elementary School. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In five of those cases, schools hiked tuition by more than 20 percent – much higher than even the steep inflation that hit the Phoenix metro area and well beyond what an ESA could cover. Another 14 states offer vouchers, which allow families to direct most or all of their students’ per pupil funding to a private school.

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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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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2019

These Native American children are learning to play double ball , a traditional indigenous game, or at least that seems to be the focus of their activity. In general, Native students in K-12 public schools in the United States experience higher-than-average rates of suspension, expulsion and school-related arrests.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The discussion tackled plenty of thorny issues facing K-12 and college instructors these days, including how to respond to pressures to ban books in schools, how to make classrooms a welcoming place for debate as schools and colleges grow more diverse, and how to respond to misinformation that students bring to classroom conversations.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2018

Two studies on elementary schools published in June 2018 point to the importance giving teachers and students plenty of time to form relationships. Fryer convinced the Houston school district to randomly assign 23 elementary schools to adopt specialized teaching for two years, from the fall of 2013 to the spring of 2015.

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Elementary School Economics Project-Based Learning Tradition 112

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Since math classes progress in a mostly linear way, students have to get fractions to set them up for algebra; and how they do in algebra will likely influence whether they even get to try for advanced courses like calculus, a traditional weed-out metric for lucrative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. isn’t working.

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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. At no point in recent memory has Melrose Public Schools been failing.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Audrianna Lesieur, age 11, smiles after demonstrating the strength of “Confidence” with encouragement from classmate William Maestas as her teacher Val Seamons moves on to assist Billy Sabo at Lake Canyon Elementary School. They’re among the 10 “talent themes,” or strengths, used to underpin learning in the school district here.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Gay is the purchasing manager at Baltimore County Public Schools , a member of the League of Innovative Schools. This blog post is part of a series that highlight different stakeholders' perspectives on purchasing practices for K-12 personalized learning tools. participating in a glyph-making activity.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2017

The charter school, serving mostly children of color and students from low-income families, received one of the city’s highest ratings for preschool quality. WASHINGTON — Each morning at Van Ness Elementary School, the staff takes turns welcoming children just inside the front doors. “Do Photo: Alan Richard. A high-five?”

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K-12 Charter School Elementary School Public School 71

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 29, 2019

What didn’t come up at “ Public Education Forum 2020: Equity and Opportunity for All ” is that a part of any educational equity platform should be eliminating the politics that give K-12 public-school parents who know how to work the system preferred access to good teachers. a parent’s) political support.

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Public School K-12 Charter School Elementary School 64

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

million students go to public schools in rural areas , more than the combined total of the nation’s 85 largest school districts. Rural students tend to do well in elementary school, but something changes as they get older. The Campo school district’s small classrooms let teachers get to know their students well.

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World History Civic Engagement High School Elementary School 141

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For her son’s 12-month appointment, Eakins took Corbin to a different pediatrician, who immediately agreed with her concerns. The goal of the program is to give kids with disabilities the services they need and a head start in school. There is also wide variability within pre-K programs. They know how to navigate the classroom.

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K-12 Elementary School Education Tradition 111

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. Some schools spend their money on overhead. We spend it on students.”.

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Charter School Public School Tradition K-12 112

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

After 18 years of running her business out of a small, 10-foot by 12-foot room off the back of her house, she used federal funds to double the size of the classroom and add a bathroom. Cisneros has run a child care program out of her home by herself for 12 years. It hasn’t been easy, though. There was no break,” she said.

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K-12 Elementary School Government Research 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In addition to traditional academic grades, student report cards include marks from 1 to 4 on qualities such as organization, timeliness and accountability. The four- and five-year high school graduation rates of 86 percent and 98 percent, respectively, exceed city averages , as does attendance in both the middle school and high school.

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Charter School K-12 Middle School High School 108

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Erin and Sean Jett, whose house is so nearby they hear the school bell ring, did not have school-aged children at the time.

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Education Charter School K-12 Library 106

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2019

I was trained and licensed to be a music teacher in the traditional American way. Almost all of what I just described was traditional. Incredibly traditional. I first was assigned to an elementary school in a middle-class suburb of Philadelphia. My classes included all varieties of instruments.

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Cultures Education Middle School Tradition 111