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MARCH 13, 2024

Amanda Rosas Through her essays, Amanda Rosas , a high school teacher of Spanish and women’s studies in Minnesota raised awareness about the importance of human connection, gratitude as a pedagogical practice and the impact of perfectionism on language learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

For generations, intelligence tests have played an outsize role in America, helping at times to control who can join the military and at what rank; who can enroll in the nation’s most elite private schools, and even who can be executed under federal law. In the early 1970s, Lester, known in court documents as Larry P.,

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ED Surge

JUNE 30, 2023

Whitney Aragaki “ How Desk Chairs Became a Lesson About What We Deserve in Public Schools ” was the most meaningful story for me. Writing this essay opened the door to self-exploration which I know will make me a better human and teacher. Can schools create more harm than good? Here’s what they had to say.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Schools have to address student climate anxiety, provide them knowledge and skills, including the ability to recognize misinformation, and empower them to act, while schools also “clean up their act” by decarbonizing their physical infrastructure. We’ve been doing research with New York City Public Schools for the past 6-7 years.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

She was not alone: A December report revealed that nearly one in five Nashville public school students was failing at least one class. We now have a real chance to disrupt traditional grading practices in schools, districts and even higher education. I believe this is wrong. How can we fail young people during a pandemic?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In the 1970s and 80s, groups of primarily white, Christian fundamentalists drove a surge in the number of home-schooling families around the country. As they pulled their children out of public schools, they also worked to dismantle state and local regulatory hurdles that kept kids in brick-and-mortar institutions.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Related: What if public schools never reopen? This flies in the face of common sense and human history, deBoer argued. These myths are harmful, in deBoer’s view, because they lead us to conflate academic ability and human worth. It is pernicious, it is cruel, and it must change,” he writes. Hirsch, Jr. Fordham Institute.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Late last month, Alabama Gov. We’re finding that kids make meaning of themselves way earlier than the traditional child development textbooks suggested,” Sabol said.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: Charter schools serve just 6 percent of the nation’s public school students, but they have prompted bitter debates about educational priorities – and fair competition – particularly in cities that have a lot of them. Massachusetts now has 41 innovation schools.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

School district leaders have taken note, developing multi-year adoption plans for their schools. The challenge with screening for dyslexia is that if you’re only dependent on a human, you’re limited in terms of the resource,” says Martyn Farrows, CEO of SoapBox Labs, a voice tech company. Diagnosing dyslexia early, for instance.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2024

Recent research shows that WOW works: At a time when teen girls’ mental health is in crisis , a 2023 University of Chicago Education Lab randomized control trial found that WOW reduced PTSD symptoms among Chicago Public Schools participants by 22 percent and decreased their anxiety and depression. Only 5 percent of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2024

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: The pandemic underscored the stark differences in pay, working conditions, and respect between K-12 educators and child care teachers in many communities.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

These states provide a window into the patchwork approach across the South that allows those without traditional training to lead a classroom. Dallas principals look for “highly-qualified” individuals committed to teaching who have strong academic backgrounds, said Robert Abel, the district’s human capital management chief.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Jenkins said one of the reasons she has been teaching in the Phoenix Union High School District, one of 30 public school districts here, for so long is that she doesn’t feel alone. And candidates with non-traditional teaching backgrounds are considered. These are educators. And they are committed to the district.”.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Should local communities determine how education gets funded and who has access to public schools —or should the federal government intervene? And for the general public, the group wrote up summaries of its first-semester courses and made them available for free. “I DAOs have popped up with various goals and functions.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. They signed petitions and showed up in force at school board meetings to rail against the changes.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

But with teachers and custodians walking the track together in one session, and counselors and administrators learning about homeopathic remedies side by side in another, it was obvious that this had little in common with traditional professional development days. Jennifer St.Clair, teacher in Santa Fe Public Schools.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

In our current education system, we continue to see gaps in graduation rates and unequal access to high-quality public schools. Technology should support rather than replace human interactions. To the extent that a specific edtech product optimizes the quality of human interactions, edtech can be successful.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2019

Scaling Up Boston’s Charter School Sector,” Sarah Cohodes, Elizabeth Setren, and Christopher R. Research sometimes shows that charter schools are better at raising student achievement than traditional public schools. But many charter schools get about the same results and sometimes charter schools do worse.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2018

It’s technically summer vacation, but about 6,000 kids from Baltimore City Public Schools will spend at least a portion of their break in a school building. Related: Baltimore summer school does the seemingly impossible – the kids actually want to be there. They’re more like summer camp, but held in public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Unlike programs at other colleges and universities, the curriculum focuses on major Western philosophical thinkers and writers via a “great books” program that Montás , who directs Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, considers critical to students’ intellectual development. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In Dallas, eighth graders must choose one of five “ endorsements ” to focus on in high school — among them, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math); business and industry; and the arts and humanities. And there’s more information about alternative pathways, including the military, apprenticeships and technical school. “We

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: Neal got her start in Teach for America in 2002 and founded a charter high school in Chicago in 2008 that became one of the city’s best. Kimberly Neal, Innovation Fellow in Indianapolis Public Schools. “It Kimberly Neal, Innovation Fellow in Indianapolis Public Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Leave this field empty if you're human: James could get high school credit for his out-of-school work because Traip Academy and the Kittery public schools have embraced competency-based education. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Jefferson County Public Schools have made a commitment to “whole-child education” that goes beyond academics. Visit an elementary school in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools and you may find students doing partner yoga poses. Photo: Tamika Moore for The Hechinger Report. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

on day four of the strike, Nadia Morales, a counselor at Los Angeles High School, and Pedro Martinez, a social-studies teacher at Eagle Rock High School, prepare their children for the day. Last year, I had meetings with all of the health and human services representatives to find out what their issues are,” she said.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Alyssa Navapanich “I’ve had a couple parents come in and sit through classes, but nothing like the access that parents had during the pandemic when the class is there for them to access it at any time on their computer,” Kelly Finlaw, an art teacher at a New York Public School in Washington Heights, says. “I So much fun.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

Traditional school districts that attempt to bring a new model of education that provides personally designed lessons for students often face conflicting priorities that make it difficult to follow through, according to a new report released today. All but two of the schools were in urban areas. Photo: Nichole Dobo.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

When Covid-19 halted traditional schooling, this source of stability for refugees was also upended. the lack of in-person schooling meant a lack of access to resources and human interaction needed to practice English. Read the series. In the U.S., It’s horrible,” he said. Credit: Joshua Lott for HuffPost.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2024

In January 2018, I signed up to work as a substitute teacher at a public school in Columbus, Ohio. When I showed up, I wore what I thought was professional attire for a school teacher, including a long-sleeved shirt and dress pants. I also wore my hijab, which is a symbol of my faith and tradition in the Muslim community.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2017

Currently, I am implementing alternatives to traditional behavior management systems, such as more frequent and open parent contact. In a traditional system, he almost certainly would have been retained, putting him on a path towards potential dropout. I also work to create a culturally relevant curriculum. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

The February 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, gave new life to student activism, prompting a level of civic engagement among students that many had never considered. Van Tasel made sure students had time during the school day to work on their projects. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Students study the human body on skeletons, using clay to make organs. When Lou Allen started the Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut in 2005, he didn’t woo the state’s top students. They controlled for student demographics and achievement before high school. Photo: Kathleen Lucadamo.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

I saw the same dynamic at play when I first became a teacher at Patrick Henry Elementary , a majority-Latino public school in Chicago. We implemented flexible learning time each day and began developing interest-based units, which allow students to choose from non-traditional classroom subjects like animal rights or activist art.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Coahoma County will be home to the first rural charter school in the state. Rural charter schools are often seen as a threat to the scant resources available for rural public schools. It bothers me when we begin to have a charter school conversation and we have not yet solved the issues in public schools,” Hudson said.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Concerns about the content, or even the variable pace, of personalized learning derive from a middle-class educational ideal that is outdated and misses the point, says Trace Pickering, proponent of personalized learning, leader of Education Reimagined and co-founder of Iowa BIG, an experience-based high school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: In a second analysis of 35 years of national survey data, the researchers found a strong correlation between a young woman’s beliefs about women’s roles and her future daughters’ subsequent math scores. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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