The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

If we graded schools on how accurately they grade students, they’d fail. Nearly six out of 10 course grades are inaccurate, according to a new study of grades that teachers gave to 22,000 middle and high school students in 2022 and 2023. Sign up for Proof Points and other Hechinger newsletters.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

After visiting high school classrooms most of the day, I then debriefed with the leadership team. During a recent coaching visit a modeled how this could be done. Questions were used to calibrate and flesh out growth opportunities.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Share of new college students in the fall of 2015 who were still in high school and taking a dual enrollment class. Map reprinted from The Postsecondary Outcomes of High School Dual Enrollment Students A National and State-by-State Analysis (October 2024) Community College Research Center. Dual enrollment is exploding.

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NCHE

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Neither of Valencia’s parents graduated from high school, but Valencia’s mother ensured all her kids would get that diploma. Valencia passed that drive for education on to her daughters. “It It started with my daughters, but why should I treat my students any differently than how I treat my daughters?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

More than 75 percent of elementary school math teachers said they used their school’s recommended materials, but fewer than 50 percent of high school math teachers said they did. One high school teacher in Louisiana who participated in the survey said his students needed a more advanced curriculum.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 27, 2019

When I wrote Uncommon Learning back in 2015, the premise was to set the stage as to how we could create schools that work for kids. A good deal of the strategies presented came from what we successfully implemented at New Milford High School where I was the former principal. Then, changes were made.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Eighth grade, they’re just in full-on puberty, hormones, said Zach Loy, another math teacher at the high school, an hours drive from Minneapolis. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BRAHAM, Minn.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Theres a half-billion-dollar federal program that is supposed to help students with disabilities get into the workforce when they leave high school, but most parents and even some school officials dont know it exists. I just wish we could have gotten help while he was still in high school. But he never got that.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The post Ypsilanti Community High School Recognized as HP AI Spotlight School, with New State-of-the-Art Learning Studio appeared first on Digital Promise.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 13, 2025

A high school science teacher might find little value in a workshop focused on early literacy strategies, just as a veteran educator might feel patronized by introductory sessions on classroom management. One significant issue is the lack of relevance and personalization.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

To provide more learning opportunities for our students, the Academies @ New Milford High School were launched during my tenure as principal. Think of it as a school within a school. OIive High School in New Jersey has done in this area. Olive Middle School in New Jersey. Be sure to check out what Mt.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2025

Stephen Chiger is a director of literacy for Uncommon Schools, having served its middle and high schools for 16 years. Danny Murray is in his 11th year at Uncommon Schools, now serving as director of high school English. Stephens favorite novel to teach is The Bluest Eye.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Every student needs a chance to practice these vital skills from kindergarten through high school. The opportunity to learn basic data skills should not be reserved for a select group of students. This will also result in better test scores because students will understand the material and be able to apply what they know.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2025

Imagine youre a student in high school or college. She had the high school students watch a recorded lecture. Afterward, they all took the same exam graded by teachers at the school. Class is about to start. You are faced with a notable dilemma: Should you whip out a notebook or a laptop to take notes?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

ACC already partners with Lockhart ISD on an early college high school that allows students to complete transferable college credit hours while earning a high school diploma, and proponents of annexation highlight the affordable higher education opportunities it would generally provide students in the Lockhart area.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

To help you get started, I've compiled ten specific strategies that I used during my tenure as a high school principal and now help other leaders with during coaching cycles. I personally taught a high school biology class during my first few years as an administrator, which is an excellent example of leading by example.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Nationwide, Native students miss school far more frequently than their peers, but not at Watonga High School. Indian Education Director Hollie Youngbear poses for a portrait at Watonga High School on Wednesday, Oct. One helps students with school expenses and promotes conferences for tribal youth.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

I have really been impressed with the choice boards at the high school and how Canvas is being used to set them up. The elementary school has also upped their game as of late. Students in the elementary school get to work at their own pace in various centers.

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Pedagogy K-12 Elementary School Middle School 543

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Innovative Environment and Pedagogy Provision of an effective and supportive learning environment that enables participating at-promise learners to improve their academic performance to attain applicable performance standards and graduate from high school. Curriculum and standards attainment doesn’t equate to real-world preparedness.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Many adults, as well as the vast majority of my high school-age peers, don’t seem to understand how government works and as a result don’t trust it. And as I began my freshman year of high school this fall, I joined the O’Connor Institute Ambassadors Online Civics & Debate Club.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In 2022, the most recent year for which data is available, fewer than 40 percent of students ages 18 to 24 enroll, and fewer than one-third enroll in a four-year school. There is no one roadmap for success after high school, and schools should consider structuring curriculum and career services to reflect that.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

One that sticks out goes way back to my pre-school years. Now I can’t remember if my twin brother and I were actually in a year-long program or just a set number of days where high school students worked with us. What I do recollect was the teacher, Mrs. McDonald.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2025

Taking college courses through dual enrollment has been the most rewarding part of my high school experience so far. As a teenager at Lake Nona High School in Orlando, I get to explore my interests in public relations and communications by taking courses at a nearby community college, Valencia.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2022

Worked with a high school principal to create an asynchronous course in Google Classroom on personalized learning. The options included a choice board, playlist, or one-on-one conferencing with me to get feedback on lesson and unit plans. This was a direct follow-up to the model lesson for educators.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 18, 2021

For me, the journey began back in 2011 when we first introduced the flipped approach at New Milford High School, where I was principal, with resounding success. Blended learning is something that is near and dear to my heart.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 12, 2022

During a recent coaching visit with Quest Academy Junior High School, l I observed teachers readily implementing strategies that we’d collaborated on over the course of the year. For my first clip, I decided to share some advice on developing choice boards.

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TeachThought

APRIL 4, 2024

What The Research Says About The Effect Of Socioeconomic Status In High School And College Baker and Johnston (2010) conducted a study of middle school-aged students with the purpose of examining the impact SES has on performance during standardized testing. The first was peer influence. The second factor was low teacher morale.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 8, 2020

Dr. Hynoski used humor and showed compassion in high school chemistry and anatomy. South had us evaluate how we would colonize Mars as 7th graders and then create prototypes of inventions that would help us get there. I struggled to earn a good grade in both classes, but because of the classroom culture he created, I worked hard.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While women are not just outpacing men in degrees — girls are doing better academically and completing high school on time more frequently than boys — the push for parity has been moving at a glacial pace in STEM. About 28 percent of high school girls reported that they avoid classes with low female enrollment.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

The developers spent the next few years spreading Pocket Points to every college in the country as well as high schools. Through their growth, they came to the realization that the problem was even more prevalent at the high school level than college, and these teachers felt the impact more than anyone.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2023

During a recent coaching visit as part of ongoing work with Quest Academy Junior High School, I witnessed a co-taught experience that was implemented exceptionally well. The key considerations are for the adults to use available data and evidence to meet the needs of all learners, with a particular focus on those who are classified.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 6, 2022

A great deal has changed since I was in school. I vividly remember getting a TANDY laptop from my parents when I graduated high school. It was a considerable upgrade from the Apple IIe that we all shared in the guest room.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

It will take more than long-form high school essays to save the world, but the cognitive endurance they require is one of the few institutional bastions that remain against the all-out melting of the mind into the machine. Tim Donahue teaches high school English at Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2025

Fuchs and his co-authors reviewed a 1991 analysis of this data, called the National Longitudinal Transition Study , and noted that it initially reported that high school students with disabilities learned more when they learned alongside their general education peers. Fuchs is concentrating on academic outcomes.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2025

States, on the other hand, establish high school graduation requirements and provide broad instructional guidance through learning standards. For most K-12 students, civics is a one and done single-semester high school course. Civics is a full-year high school course in only seven states.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 23, 2022

I recently coached John Orcutt, the principal of Arlington High School in New York, on creating an asynchronous course on personalized learning in Google Classroom. Scaling professional learning is hard. It is even more challenging during a pandemic. It came out great!

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Pedagogy Professional Development High School Teaching 541

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 26, 2022

In Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , the stories of Mrs. Williams (kindergarten), Mr. South (middle school science), and Dr. Hynoski (high school science) were shared.

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