The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

Altogether, the ongoing impact of Covid-19, coupled with political turmoil at the local level, has likely added as many as 3,000 vacancies beyond normal attrition during the last and current school years in the approximately 13,500 public school districts in the U.S., Collins said.

High School 145

High School Leadership Advocacy Government 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

While district policies can provide opportunities for improving student achievement, our results suggest that this impact varies widely and requires strong school-level leadership and effort. No school governance model is predominant.

K-12 120

K-12 Professional Development Tutoring Government 120

ED Surge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

After nearly three years of disruption to learning caused by the pandemic, government funding has enabled many schools to invest in new devices and upgrade their technology infrastructure to accelerate learning and improve the education experience for all students. Yet, this is only a starting point.

EdTech 138

EdTech K-12 Professional Development Public School 138

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

When states choose to operate a program that involves public (or publicly governed) financing of private service providers, can the state choose to exclude religious providers? That is, publicly financed, government-administered voucher programs that include religious schools are permissible under the U.S. Constitution.

Charter School 130

Charter School K-12 Heritage Private School 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Now they are demanding a greater role in school policy and the decisions that shape their educations. The reality is that in most school governance systems, young people are systematically marginalized … and students play absolutely no role.” Related: Students have their own demands for school reopening.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

She would also lead an upcoming meeting on the school’s finances, including how to spend federal pandemic relief dollars. And she was running for the school’s governing board. The Boston Teachers Union Pilot School, where Snyder has worked since 2012, is a “teacher-powered” school.

Charter School 136

Charter School Government Sociology Social Studies 136

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2024

The federal government would eventually give schools almost $190 billion to reopen and to help students who fell behind when schools were closed. Tutoring became a leading solution for academic recovery and schools contracted with outside companies to provide tutors. Tutoring companies bid and the terms varied.

Tutoring 140

Tutoring Leadership Educational Technology Education Policy 140

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 also crucial to recognize that thanks isn’t enough.

Professional Development 111

Professional Development Leadership Public School Elementary School 111

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

“Voice, agency, and influence are ours to give and receive,” says Debora Collins, assistant superintendent for student learning at Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia. Matthew Wheelock Innovation Program Director, University of Virginia Curry School of Education.

K-12 115

K-12 Public School Elementary School Cultures 115

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language.

Charter School 135

Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 135

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Rather than try to understand why parents might opt out of state testing, the federal government simply threatened states that high opt-out rates could affect their federal funding. Partly because it’s a grassroots movement without clear leadership or an elaborate organization. Why haven’t we heard more about this?

K-12 111

K-12 Advocacy Public School Leadership 111

ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2023

This activity was part of a design workshop hosted by DC + XQ, a partnership between the city’s public schools and the nonprofit XQ Institute. school leaders said they’ve been taking for the past few years as they started their own efforts to rethink the city’s schools. Public Schools. In 2018, D.C.

High School 118

High School Leadership Public School Charter School 118

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2021

When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio shuttered the nation’s largest public school system last March, I had a feeling the pandemic wasn’t going to be over quickly. My friends assumed schools would be closed for a couple of weeks, maybe a month. Give us some leadership. I miss meeting kids from all over the city.

K-12 145

K-12 High School Elementary School History 145

Digital Promise

MAY 14, 2019

One district that makes it a point to bring families into the classroom for smaller events is Wyckoff Township Public Schools. To create the World of Work, the district collaborated with members of local government and business, inviting them to share their visions for the community and discuss the trajectory of their fields.

Community Engagement 113

Community Engagement Public School High School Leadership 113

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

public schools required vast support, federal and state government officials appropriated historic levels of help via elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds. Hamlet Michael Hernandez is an assistant teaching professor of education and director of the Educational Leadership program at Quinnipiac University.

Economics 108

Economics Middle School Leadership Government 108

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The public school built in 1989 received an “F” rating on its most recent state evaluation, as did almost a third of the schools in the Jackson school district. No one understands this struggle better than Sharolyn Miller, chief financial officer for Jackson Public Schools. Photo: Imani Khayyam.

Charter School 109

Charter School Public School Social Justice High School 109

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

For 15 years, student test results and graduation rates have served as the main measures of success – or failure – for public schools. Annual test scores in math and reading helped determine the future of teachers’ jobs, classroom funding and, in the most dire cases, whether or not a school remained open.

Education 111

Education Advocacy Leadership Education Policy 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The report also looked at how preschool teachers’ salaries compared to those of public K-12 teachers and whether cities had dedicated funding streams to expand and improve programs. Related: Opinion: Is home-based public school the next big thing for 3-year-olds?

K-12 108

K-12 Leadership Government Public School 108

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

At the start of the pandemic, only 12 percent of low-income students , and 25 percent of all students, in Oakland’s public schools had devices at home and a strong internet connection. Once the pandemic hit, suddenly everyone was paying attention, said Silver, a former Oakland public school teacher and principal.

High School 116

High School K-12 Public School Library 116

ED Surge

AUGUST 8, 2023

For her doctoral research at Temple University, Royal dug into the turbulent history of school reform in the city from the 1960s up to now, including reading through the minutes of every school board meeting from 1967 to 2017 and interviewing teachers and school leaders from the era.

Public School 92

Public School Leadership History Humanities 92

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Unusually for Buffalo’s public schools — where 20 percent of students are white and 46 percent are Black — about half of the fourth grade class was white. Nearly 60 percent of students in gifted education are white, according to the most recent federal data , compared to 50 percent of public school enrollment overall.

Education 145

Education Elementary School High School Public School 145

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 4, 2015

As parents experience empty-threat tantrums from policymakers , vindictive ‘sit and stare’ policies from school districts, and testing horror story after horror story , they are rightfully pushing back against testing schemes that offer no learning feedback or other concrete benefits to their children. Put your money on the parents.

Government 111

Government Public School Education Leadership 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

Catherine Estrada, a rising senior at Alliance Collins Family College Ready High School in Huntington Park, California, and a member of the Youth Liberty Squad, helped review and analyze the responses to the ACLU student survey. “There is an online option [at my high school], but the only problem with that is it won’t offer all courses.

High School 145

High School Psychology Inclusive Curriculum Education Policy 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Third-graders at Alamosa Elementary School in Albuquerque practice reading with first-graders in Carrie Ramirez’s classroom. Danielle Burnett, a truancy prevention social worker in Albuquerque Public Schools, spends her days figuring out why students miss school. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

Elementary School 97

Elementary School Public School Cultures Leadership 97

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

The group purposefully uses language to help the public understand that drugs belong to one of two categories: those that are approved for consumption by a government agency and those that are not. Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis , 42 (3), 375–392.

Pedagogy 241

Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 241

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

government in 1977 asked that schools look for a “severe discrepancy between levels of ability and achievement” when screening children for learning disabilities. In 2004, the federal government reversed course on its 1970s guidance, strongly recommending that states consider alternatives. “I Guidelines put out by the U.S.

Psychology 145

Psychology Elementary School High School Humanities 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

That dramatic transformation took four years of summer learning academies, college-preparation programs, scholarship coaching, and leadership workshops, all provided by area nonprofits, plus a 3.8 Related: Government data single out schools where low-income students fare worst. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

K-12 111

K-12 Advocacy Government Leadership 111

ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

of public school educators are of Asian descent. The Settler Identity There are many teachers of color that can trace their arrivals - whether voluntarily or forced - back to lands occupied by the United States government. One of the most heartfelt stories I heard was from a fellow Asian educator.

Ancestry 135

Ancestry Heritage Cultures History 135

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Resnick and Duffy had spent countless hours shepherding this school through the political thickets that all new public schools face. Tonight, the school committee would cast its votes. Tonight, the school committee would cast its votes. Their school day would last from 10 a.m.

Charter School 111

Charter School Project-Based Learning High School Public School 111

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Youth-centered teachers also show a strong inclination to keep their commitments to youth and an inclusive school culture. Effective Leadership. School principals are most effective when they know how to develop a shared vision with students and staff. They defend these practices during times of adversity.

Cultures 89

Cultures Leadership Research Government 89

ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

While shows like Abbott Elementary – which I especially love as a graduate of Philly Public Schools – try to show teachers as real, dynamic people with complexities and contradictions, few educators get to narrate the true power of the relationships we’ve been able to cultivate with our students. Victoria was in my U.S.

World History 121

World History World Religions Civics History 121

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

School and city officials surround family members of Travis “Trumpet Black” Hill at a dedication of the new school housed within a youth jail. The school is housed in the Youth Study Center, a youth jail, which recently underwent a $47 million makeover last year. Photo: Andre Perry.

Cultures 95

Cultures Leadership Economics Government 95

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Now, many worry that the district won’t rebound — and will head back into the cycle of rotating leadership, low performance and lack of public trust that existed before the turnaround. Morgan isn’t new to the district, having worked in Cleveland’s school system from 2014 to 2016 as a network leader overseeing a subset of its schools.

Education 104

Education Leadership Tutoring Advocacy 104

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

As a prelude to discussing leadership, peer pressure and conflict, a Crew of seventh graders at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, played a game called “Instigator.” That said, EL’s leadership now relies heavily on technology to spread Crew and expeditionary learning concepts more broadly. Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report.

Middle School 111

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

While dozens of colleges and universities use a “great books” curriculum, only a handful make it available to local high school students. How are the masses best governed? Students from underfunded public schools tend to have particular problems, she said. “We Both are modeled closely on Columbia’s program.

Museum 82

Museum Humanities Civics Political Science 82

The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2021

In the United States, 14 percent of the school population, close to 7 million children, is eligible for special education through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. I believe that the disparities in special education became more visible during the pandemic,” said Katzman.

Leadership 126

Leadership Government Education Tradition 126

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

(The overwhelming majority of these schools, which education experts have defined as “intensely segregated,” received the lowest three ratings on the state’s A-F rating scale, based on factors like student test scores and graduation rates.). Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. I just went right on.”.

Junior High 75

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75