Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 11, 2020

Thank you, Mary Beth Bazzanella and Kala Munguia , for sharing how the Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado have been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. Coronavirus Chronicles 001 – Greene County Public Schools. Coronavirus Chronicles 002 – American International School of Guangzhou.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 5, 2020

Thank you, Patrick Larkin and Dennis Villano , for sharing how the Burlington Public Schools in Burlington, Massachusetts are adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of check-ins with educators all over. Episode 029 is below.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Spokane Public Schools issued a new districtwide policy that bans the use of smartphones or smartwatches in classrooms during instructional time. Adam Swinyard, the superintendent of Spokane Public Schools, acknowledges that there are trade-offs to the new ban when it comes to the use of tech in instruction. “We

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

. There is a widespread view in education that poor parents are trouble: They don’t spend enough time reading to children, monitoring their homework, attending school events or helping teachers. This can lead to trouble in schools, but of a distinct kind.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 3, 2020

Thank you, Mike Berry , for sharing how the Montpelier-Roxbury Public Schools in Vermont are adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, get in touch ! Coronavirus Chronicles 001 – Greene County Public Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Representatives of Austin Community College speak with community members to help them learn about the institution at an event in early October in Lockhart, Texas. A flier provides information in Spanish about Austin Community College during a community event in early October in Lockhart, Texas.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With our approach to classical education,” the school’s website says, “students learn about historical events, characters, stories, fables, myths, scientific facts, and mathematical proofs in the locations where these educational advances were made.”

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 14, 2025

These pilot experiences were invaluable we observed firsthand how students engaged in compelling questions, analyzed primary sources, and developed their own interpretations of historical events. Encouraged by these successes, we decided to expand IDM to every K-6 classroom in the district.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

In a survey of more than 1,000 public school teachers done through Samsungs partners at DonorsChoose a whopping 96 percent said AI will become an intrinsic part of education within the next decade. You look at the results and say, That doesn't even match up with reality of what I know about this historical event, Just says.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 25, 2020

Thank you, Ben Johnson and Tanna Kincaid , for sharing how the Bismarck Public Schools in North Dakota have been adapting to our new reality. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, get in touch ! Coronavirus Chronicles 001 – Greene County Public Schools.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 14, 2012

For more information on this event check out the summary provided by ISTE. The event began with an introduction and panel discussion moderated by the Executive Director of Learning First Alliance, Cheryl Williams, who discussed the pertinent value of integrating technology into our 21 st century classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

High school students from Jackson Public Schools gather to discuss ways to improve district schools at Jackson Convention Complex in Mississippi last week. Phil Bryant, who did not attend the event, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and school officials. Photo:Liz Willen/ The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The start of the school year is an exciting time for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community, as schools are rolling out devices to students. For the 31 Cohort 10 schools that are just beginning their Verizon Innovative Learning journey, rollout is the beginning of new learning opportunities.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

She thought she could help repair a disconnect between what some worry is happening in public schools and what she knows actually happens. Understanding the Reality of Public Education During her more than twenty years teaching government at the general and AP levels, Messick has certainly seen changes.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Name : Jami Rhue Age : 48 Location : Chicago Title : School librarian and media specialist Current age group : PreK-8 Years in the field : 23 EdSurge: How did you get here? Jami Rhue : I never thought of librarianship until I went to a job fair for Chicago Public Schools, and they were looking for school librarians.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

My father was an elementary school principal at Alpha Public School and Hatchery Hill School for a total of 30 years. Being present and on time for my job as well as at meetings and events really sends a positive message. I grew up in a very rural area of Northwestern NJ.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2020

HP Teaching Fellows also receive opportunities for networking, presenting, and sharing thought leadership at national conferences and through virtual events. Sasha Behm, grades 6-8 Computer Science and Yoga teacher at Broward County Public Schools, Florida. Katie Felix, kindergarten teacher at Tacoma Public Schools, Washington.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

EdSurge: What experiences laid the foundation for your role as a leader in STEM education in NYC Public Schools? Since 2015, CS4All has worked diligently to ensure that all public school students in New York City learn computer science, emphasizing students who identify as girls, Black and LatinX.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

Linda Brown was a third grader in Topeka, Kansas, when her father, Oliver Brown, tried to enroll her in the white public school four blocks from her home. Meanwhile, from 2000 to 2022, the percentage of white students attending a school that is 90 percent or more white fell from 44 percent to 14 percent. One legacy of Brown v.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2021

As the coronavirus crisis and racial justice protests intensified last year, a group of nine Rhode Island students deeply impacted by these events channeled their reaction to the turmoil in an unusual way — research. How can historically marginalized students pursue meaningful paths and healthy careers after high school?” “How

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Originally designed as an academic conference to share research, the event brought together Florida K-12 and college teachers and students, national journalists and professionals from libraries and museums whose work focuses on history and civics. Robinson noted that these events took place even before Florida’s recent laws went into effect.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 2, 2021

According to Dr. Daryl Diamond, director of innovative learning for the Broward County (Florida) Public Schools , “That’s what I’m starting to hear now in the national conversations. If we want to live in a society where everyone can flourish, what role does the school system play?” Ensure that equity is owned at all levels.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In the 1970s and 80s, groups of primarily white, Christian fundamentalists drove a surge in the number of home-schooling families around the country. As they pulled their children out of public schools, they also worked to dismantle state and local regulatory hurdles that kept kids in brick-and-mortar institutions.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

School Psychologist Dani Roquett greets Anne and James Hutt with their daughters, Ellison, 5, and Quinn, 10 months, at the “Zone Check-In” at the GET Together family educational event in January. Ellison and her dad picked green; Ellison’s mom took yellow, signaling to her daughter it was okay to be a little nervous at the big event.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Device rollout—when students in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive their initiative-provided iPads or Chromebooks—is an exciting time in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools community, especially for schools new to the program. Haynes added the importance of still celebrating the event in its new format. “We

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ED Surge

JULY 1, 2024

The lack of oversight for these alternatives means that curricula and rigor vary widely, and that students don’t experience some of the protections of public school. But in reality, there’s a sweep of reasons parents are attracted to these types of schools. Recently, the network expanded to include high school options.

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ED Surge

MAY 9, 2022

Ready, Set, Summer Last year, Tulsa initiated “Ready, Set, Summer” a joint effort between Tulsa Public Schools and the Opportunity Project, to offer summer learning opportunities to all Tulsa Public School Students. After summer, campers stay connected through citywide year-round events.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2024

I participated in an online completion event recently with the aim of supporting students with the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form so I could gain new insights for the counselors I work with at New Visions for Public Schools. Although it was 3.5 hours long, I only managed to work with four families.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Other school districts are also trying to elevate student voices in education policy and avoid “tokenism,” as Cristina Salgado puts it. She was hired as the student voice specialist at Chicago Public Schools in 2012 to oversee the district’s newly created “student voice committees.”.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 27, 2020

Kristina also mentioned her new project, Recovery Mode , which is focused on leadership behaviors and support structures during rapid change events like the COVID-19 pandemic. Coronavirus Chronicles 001 – Greene County Public Schools. Coronavirus Chronicles 007 – Mendon-Upton Regional School District.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

Every few days, I get a calendar notification reminding me of a musical event no longer happening for students in Metro Nashville Public Schools in Tennessee. Sarah Robinson is a former public school music educator. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The events of the last few months have provided all of us in this country with a tremendous opportunity. As a first step, public schools need to be funded equally statewide. Schools with majority Black and brown student populations need and deserve the same funding as schools with majority white student populations. “I

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In November 2016, over 250 school district leaders, researchers, thought leaders, and other partners came to Baltimore, Maryland to learn from one of the nation’s most forward-thinking school districts, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

Colleges are holding professional development online events for educators on how to reimagine education with racial justice in mind. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race. In June, with Sarah Frayer, an elementary school teacher and instructional coach in Washington, D.C.,

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Ames, Iowa is more than 1,500 miles from Parkland, Florida, but the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School felt too close for comfort. Critics of ALICE say it can cause undue anxiety among students, in preparation for an event that few will ever have to confront.

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Digital Promise

JULY 21, 2020

Over six months, the cohort dove into the partnerships and strategies needed to support equitable real world learning opportunities for students, both in and out of school. The playbook contains snapshots from more than 20 school districts and organizations that have successfully implemented real world learning initiatives.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2023

Public schools are online just as much as their students, it seems, with profiles across social media. Their Facebook pages contain not just announcements but photos from events on campus—graduations, Christmas band concerts, chess team tournament victories, spirit week—where students take center stage.

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