The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Inclusion in the general education classroom is a human right Abby Taylor recently earned her doctorate in special education at Vanderbilt University, where Douglas Fuchs, the author of the controversial paper, is a professor. More than 160 people commented on one Reddit discussion about the story. Comments were lightly edited for clarity.)

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

“This is an opportunity to think about what we want middle school to look like, rather than just going back to the status quo,” said Nancy L. Scientists have long known that the human brain develops more rapidly between birth and the age of 3 than at any other time in life. The Adolescent Brain.

Middle School 143

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The family, who lives on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, has chosen a hybrid home school model – half a day of distance learning with the local school and half a day of activities and lessons arranged at home. “I Fatima Siddiqui always knew she wanted to home-school her kids. They’re average.”.

Lesson Plan 142

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2017

Troubling, but not surprising, said Richard Weissbourd, director of the Human Development and Psychology program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Private schools in particular, Weissbourd said, “to be attractive to parents, need to be able to tout how many of their students went to selective colleges.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A cross-section of a brain scan sits on the desk of Tim Odegard, a professor of psychology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Because human brains are organized in diverse ways, some people’s reading circuits end up being inefficient. Often these schools also use the discrepancy model to determine whom to admit.)

Psychology 145

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Though grounded in complex positive psychology research, the strength-based approach boils down to a simple rule: Focus on what students do well. Others use strength systems designed by the British Centre of Applied Positive Psychology or by Thrively, a California-based startup. Leave this field empty if you're human: Not so in Galt.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: It can be difficult for a public university to vie for those candidates against better-funded private schools, Allen said. “If Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. percent to 6.6 percent.

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