The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Its superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, my fellow member on the National Assessment Governing Board—which sets policies around NAEP — has cited professional development, tutoring and summer learning as some of the interventions that led to success there. He also serves as a member of the National Assessment Governing Board.

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Historic Sites Education Museum Tutoring 97

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. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 135

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Like McKneely, some educators, government officials and policy experts around the country say the coronavirus carries lessons for another global crisis of our time, climate change. “We are building all of that now to make sure we’re better prepared,” he said.

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Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 122

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Public Schools offer on-demand online tutoring sessions. The government has since relaxed many of those regulations, offering waivers for educators scrambling to serve their communities. Many teachers use “synchronous” classes, where they and students meet simultaneously on platforms like Google Hangouts or Microsoft Teams.

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Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School 87

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

Although the federal government sent a massive influx of money to help schools troubleshoot , it left districts to grapple with how best to use the funds. Some are turning to tutoring (which, if done well, can be effective ), while others are expanding after school programs.

Elementary School 114

Elementary School K-12 Economics Tutoring 114

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Part of Altus Schools, a network of K-12 alternative charter schools in Southern California, it even won recognition from the federal government for its operation. Students spend the rest of their time at resource centers receiving in-person instruction or tutoring. Zaire Wallace, a senior at The Charter School of San Diego.

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Charter School K-12 Tradition High School 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Much of that spending supports private tutoring. Accounts of high school students working at hagwons long into the night once prompted the government in Seoul to impose a 10 PM hagwon curfew. Parents also pay a high price for top test rankings.

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Middle School Government Tutoring Economics 59

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

But since 2009, according to David Smith, the district’s chief of communications and government relations, the district has had to cut more than $50 million from its already tight budget because of state cutbacks, threatening progress in a district that had seen some significant and surprising gains for its students.

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Tutoring High School Middle School Humanities 51

ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2022

Increase students’ access to tutoring, after school activities and interventions to help address lost instructional time. Use American Rescue Plan funds to support a diverse educator workforce and professional growth to strengthen student learning. Invest in teacher, educator and board member professional development and support.

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K-12 Education Government Tutoring 125

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2022

Governments and development organizations have financed material distribution without similar investments in training educators on how, when and why to use these tools. Too many schools think the cost of training and professional development and support are optional,” Epstein has told EdSurge.

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EdTech Tutoring Lesson Plan Professional Development 121

ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2022

He challenged district leaders to provide students who are falling behind with 30 minutes of tutoring, three times a week, with well-trained instructors. That includes, he explained, paying them a living wage, offering them professional development, providing supportive working conditions and listening to what they have to say.

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Education Tutoring Education Policy Government 102

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Government is kind of leading from the rear here. I’ve talked to [Monica Goldson, the chief executive officer of Prince George’s County Public Schools] about implementing a three-hour early dismissal once a month, for teachers to get that time for grading and planning that isn’t taken up by professional development. Resiliency.

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Oral History History High School Public School 144

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 28, 2016

All of this is quite complex but the entire 125-year-old system is organized organically by the dabbawalas themselves, not the government or a corporation. The students and tutors share an understanding that, if there are things that they need to know in order to teach others, they will learn them through the teaching of others.

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Tutoring Professional Development Middle School Teaching 67

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The island has faced corruption and mismanagement in local government, billions of dollars in debt and mass emigration that has caused a critical loss of professionals and essentially halved the island’s student population in 15 years, from almost 550,000 in 2006 to 276,413 in 2021. I’m very worried about their learning,” he said.

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Elementary School Tutoring Government Library 114

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2025

She never knows how much money her school in Yabucoa will receive from the government each year because it isnt based on the number of children enrolled. The education agency the largest unit of government on the island, with the most employees and the biggest budget was set up so that the central office had to sign off on everything.

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Education Government K-12 Elementary School 78