The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Magilke qualified for a government grant to go back to school, she was told, at a place the center suggested: an online company called MedCerts. MedCerts, which offers short-term training in industries like health care and information technology, is a large workforce training provider enrolling thousands of students annually.

Government 108

Government Tradition Economics Education 108

Digital Promise

JULY 17, 2017

Like the Ark of the Covenant at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, this report was lost in the vast government archives, but I saved a copy and it has influenced the way I currently see efficacy research and behavioral science research writ large. References: Lane, Norman E.

Humanities 225

Humanities Archiving EdTech Tutoring 225

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Through annual ritual traditions, local people communicate with and care for Mount Everest, or Jomolangma as she is called in the local Sherpa language. Featuring images of their namesake wind horses , lungta prayer flags are a significant symbol in Indigenous Bõn and Buddhist traditions. Affordability poses another challenge.

Tradition 99

Tradition Humanities Cultures Government 99

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

These forces can come in the form of mandates from the federal and state government or broad needs defined by the districts we work in. My observations of the inherent problems with traditional PD have informed my thinking about my own new role at the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) ?

Leadership 352

Leadership Professional Development Tradition Cultures 352

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 26, 2024

We tackled the Boston Tea Party with Number Mania to dig into key details and wrapped up with an inquiry lesson on “having a voice in government.” It’s a fun and creative way to get them thinking beyond the text, and I was hoping it would engage their imaginations a bit more than traditional worksheets. Onward to the next lesson!

Primary Sources 91

Primary Sources History Government Critical Thinking 91

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

Without fully informing his mother, the school district pulled him out of the regular education program and assigned him to classes focused on life skills. In the late 1960s, San Francisco school educators labeled a young African American boy named Darryl Lester mentally retarded (what we now call intellectually disabled) after an IQ test.

Tradition 120

Tradition Psychology Government Research 120

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2017

ExCEED Network Schools Charter Management Organization, a new group led by principals and Orleans Parish school district staff, has withdrawn its applications to convert New Orleans’ last five traditional schools to charters. They must answer to government bodies for academic, financial and organizational performance.

Tradition 40

Tradition Charter School Government Elementary School 40

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Simulations have the opportunity to bring a historical topic to life in a way that more traditional activities cannot. Simulations can also present information in a new way that can be more exciting and engaging than traditional teaching methods.

Archaeology 130

Archaeology Artifacts Historic Sites Geography 130

Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2024

We argue that parental leave for fathers—a policy reform that disrupts traditional gender roles and promotes less stereotypical ones—has the power to decrease attitudinal gender bias. In contrast, informational, indirect exposure to the reform among the general public produced no attitudinal change. Read the full article.

Political Science 57

Political Science Government Tradition Research 57

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

Recently, EdSurge spoke with John McGrath , Director of sales and strategy at Alight Solutions , where he specializes in the education and government sectors in the firm’s Workday Adaptive Planning practice. We implement a forecasting and reporting tool that aggregates data to inform solutions,” says McGrath.

Government 120

Government Humanities Cultures Leadership 120

ED Surge

DECEMBER 8, 2022

And some state governments are applying this system to help their residents directly. It’s crazy that it’s easier to search for, compare and select a hotel room or a used car online than it is to make an informed decision” about which postsecondary credentials to pursue.

Government 84

Government Tradition Research Education 84

ED Surge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Feed it a typical job description or help-wanted ad—that is to say, one that’s likely either vague or full of jargon—and its artificial intelligence-informed system spits out a new version of that text translated into the language of skills. The traditional resume? That’s the bull’s-eye.” This is why job skills are having a moment.

Government 114

Government Tradition Humanities Library 114

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We already have good evidence that school and college rankings can distort normal educational processes , reinforcing social hierarchies that govern who enrolls in a school , how those students are treated and what happens to them thereafter. Even “global authorities” can screw up! The trouble is, it doesn’t work.

K-12 143

K-12 Middle School Sociology Economics 143

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

When students enroll in a traditional college, they know they are attending an institution that has met certain standards set by the federal and state governments and accrediting agencies. Make School didn’t have to disclose any ongoing information about its financials to the federal government or the accreditor.

Government 99

Government Tradition Teaching Education Policy 99

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A position announcement , including information on how to apply, is available here. To ensure a successful and diverse pool of candidates, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply. We also encourage members to share this announcement widely and to nominate or recommend colleagues for the position.

Political Science 65

Political Science Advocacy Government Professional Development 65

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

One of the draws to credentialing programs is that they afford learners unparalleled flexibility while requiring a considerably smaller investment of time than traditional degree programs. Because the credentials are standardized, we can make that flow of information much more seamless across different systems.

Social Justice 89

Social Justice EdTech Tradition Government 89

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

The rocky rollout of the new FAFSA has caused extraordinary delays this year in transmission of essential financial data from the federal government to colleges and universities. Related: The Fafsa fiasco could roll back years of progress it must be fixed immediately Meanwhile, the traditional college decision date looms: May 1.

Economics 112

Economics Government Tradition Education 112

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

To name just a few: A child’s score on a standardized test, combined with other information such as teacher observations and medical referrals, can be used to facilitate access to targeted and critical early intervention education services. Interpret test scores in conjunction with other information about individuals.”

Pedagogy 225

Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 225

Let's Cultivate Greatness

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Below, I share my lesson sequence for teaching the expressed powers of Congress in my high school Civics and Government class. Anytime you can consolidate a long list of information, do it! Still, they also deliberately designed the new government not to be all-powerful. What are the Powers of Congress?

Teaching 52

Teaching Civics Government Tradition 52

Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

Other objects, including fragments of African ceramics and a cowrie shell, show the perseverance of cultural traditions among the enslaved workers. INTRODUCING ARCHAEOLOGY The São Tomé central government has no experience with archaeological research or sites. In 2020, vegetation filled the building’s main room. We were always afraid.”

Archaeology 75

Archaeology Heritage History Government 75

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

But taking money from Meta to build campus-specific metaverses is just the latest in higher education’s grand tradition of letting others profit off its inventions. It’s not just bad business for higher ed, but it also runs counter to colleges’ commitment to free and open discourse.

Economics 140

Economics Government Tradition History 140

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For the past six years, Digital Promise has convened a national network of Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters)—leaders working to collaborate outside the traditional silos of sector and institution to design and implement transformative learning tools and programs in their communities. Reengaging the role of government.

Education 125

Education Leadership Government Learning Science 125

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage. Studies suggest affordability is one of the leading causes of attrition.

Government 84

Government History Cultures Heritage 84

ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school. The idea is that having smaller school sizes enables students to develop much deeper relationships at school, says Siri Fiske, founder of Mysa School.

Public School 115

Public School Civics K-12 Private School 115

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. He did his student teaching in a traditional classroom. I concluded teaching was not for me,” he recalled. “I

Teaching 52

Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Rural voters are convinced that their communities get less government spending than they deserve. Nicholas Jacobs: I’m an assistant professor of government at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. It’s a Mississippi tradition where politicians come to make speeches. It’s contributing to anger and alienation.

Education 112

Education Government High School Economics 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2024

Students whose parents are undocumented had special worries, including concern that naming their parents would bring immigration penalties (although the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act forbids FAFSA officials from sharing family information). Room and board at San José State, her top choice too, runs $20,971 a year.

High School 120

High School Government Middle School Tradition 120

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

and it affects the allocation of more than $800 billion in federal government funding nationwide. It’s important to inform hard-to-reach and undercounted groups and communities that the 2020 Census process can be quick, easy, and safe. You can share this information and encourage adult learners to apply. Everyone counts!

Library 90

Library Education Advocacy Economics 90

Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

These scholarly traditions produced a wealth of theory and data that has been discovered by contemporary anthropology, but they do not constitute the historical back ground of the anthropology of peasantry. Such an analysis often arises from developmentalists who focus on traditional obstacles to industrialisation and 'modernisation'.

Anthropology 100

Anthropology Sociology Economics Cultures 100

Anthropology News

JUNE 18, 2024

And how can a better understanding of the student position inform higher education’s response to GenAI? Initial, informal focus groups and interviews led up to a large-scale survey co-designed with student input. While 44% trusted GenAI algorithms to provide accurate information, 81% felt the need to verify GenAI’s responses.

Anthropology 85

Anthropology Humanities Teaching Cultures 85

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Two of the most powerful tailwinds right now are the committed teachers who show up for their students every day and the over $160 billion the federal government is investing in our schools. This creates new connections and possibilities for partnerships between teachers and student caregivers.

Tutoring 79

Tutoring Government Tradition History 79

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2021

These include health care, cybersecurity, information technology, construction, manufacturing, transportation, law enforcement and utilities. Yet the number of community college students in communications technology and support programs is down by 16 percent and in information technology by 4 percent, according to the Clearinghouse.

Tradition 144

Tradition Economics Government Research 144

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

They work with two students at a time in a special class that follows a Saga Education curriculum tailored to the needs of each student and aligned with their school’s curriculum for their traditional math class. The results are, as one researcher puts it, “blockbuster.”. Census Bureau data.

Tutoring 142

Tutoring Research Education Policy Government 142

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2020

As a student in my 30s with over a decade of professional experience, I am not a “traditional” student. If we have applied for finanial aid, colleges already have our data — and so they should be able to inform us whether we are likely to be eligible for these programs. Students need more than just a reminder that schools care.

Psychology 108

Psychology Economics Government Tradition 108

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

High school graduation rates have soared in recent years, hitting a new record of 84 percent for 2015-16 in the most recent federal government count, but there are still millions of Americans who didn’t get a diploma in high school. Map created by Jill Barshay/Hechinger Report. which administers the TASC, are for-profit companies.

High School 99

High School Government Economics Tradition 99

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2023

They amble down to a basement classroom that mimics a traditional school or center-based program, with multiple teachers for the dozen children, a structured routine and thoughtfully designed activity centers, each of which includes a poster for caregivers with instructions and tips to encourage exploration and learning.

K-12 136

K-12 Cultures Interactive Learning Humanities 136

ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I believe that my experience with students inside the classroom informs, to a great measure, the work that I do today as a school diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leader. From the time I was a child, social norms governed my hair. The issue is not Black hair. The issue is how the system regulates Black hair. It’s (Not) Just Hair!

K-12 92

K-12 Cultures Government Tradition 92