The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Using skills they’d learned in their computer science lessons, the students designed a traditional button blanket on a laser cutting machine. They found a meaningful way to apply all of that skill and knowledge that they have learned and in such a way that it was authentic,” said Luke Fortier, the school librarian and math teacher.

K-12 130

K-12 Heritage Middle School Cultures 130

TCI

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Active learning strategies have transformed K-12 classroom instruction, shifting away from passive lectures to interactive, student-centered learning experiences. times less likely to fail than those in traditional lecture-based classes. times less likely to fail than those in traditional lecture-based classes. .”

K-12 52

K-12 Education Critical Thinking Tradition 52

Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2019

In traditional science classrooms, students are often presented with facts and definitions to memorize, or they are asked to follow a predetermined set of instructions to complete a lab activity. However, this model of instruction does not align with our emerging understanding of how students learn science best. Next steps.

K-12 133

K-12 Learning Science Middle School Tradition 133

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. In addition, 10 percent were teaching out of field, which means, for example, they may be certified to teach high school English but assigned to a middle school math class. .

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K-12 Middle School Elementary School Tradition 121

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

The district allows student to attend schools outside of their attendance zones as long as space is available, which means students can opt to continue to follow their chosen career pathway at a middle school with corresponding programs. Related: Blurring the lines between K-12, higher ed and the workforce.

Elementary School 138

Elementary School Education Middle School K-12 138

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Three recent reports from our organization, Education Reform Now , highlight transformative strategies that high-poverty schools across three states — Texas, Massachusetts and Colorado — are using to drive stronger student outcomes. No school governance model is predominant. Contact the opinion editor at opinion@hechingerreport.org.

K-12 122

K-12 Professional Development Tutoring Government 122

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These innovative art programs are the brainchild of Robert Hoang, who joined the Burbank team last year to teach visual arts to K–6 students, and to work with his colleagues to plan arts integration lessons. In the remote village of Nanwalek, Alaska, the K-12 school was planning to improve its slow, satellite-provided Internet connection.

Education 109

Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

That’s because many high school teachers finish their training without lessons on how to teach reading, since, traditionally, explicit instruction on reading skills ends around third grade. Patty Topliffe (center right) and other English and social studies teachers at Woodstock High School, in Vermont.

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High School Teaching Primary Sources K-12 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Nationwide, K-12 schools are leading a fledgling “net-zero” building boom that has grown from a few proof-of-concept structures a decade ago to hundreds of buildings completed or under construction. But the K-12 schools leading the net-zero charge are uncovering major educational benefits as well.

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K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In 2021, the company started working with several Boys & Girls Clubs in Washington State and Montana to tailor that training to K-12 students. For the middle school, the high school ones — they’re getting there thinking, ‘I’m going to be done with school in two years. This was really fun.

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K-12 Middle School High School Tradition 112

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Heuvelton Central School in northwestern New York State used a hybrid schedule for middle school and high school most of the year: two groups of students on alternating schedules are in person two days a week each. Related: Is it time to stop segregating kids by ability in middle school math?

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Tutoring Middle School K-12 Lesson Plan 135

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2020

During a back-to-school supply distribution day at KIPP TEAM Academy, a charter school in Newark, New Jersey, students picked up books they could read at home. backtoschool2020 #teacherlife2020 #teacher #middleschool #middleschooltips #school ? Credit: The Village School. Credit: Jessica Shearer. Credit: Jessica Shearer.

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Library Charter School K-12 Private School 143

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. The conversation around math instruction suggests that not that much is really known about how to teach K-12 math.

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K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 135

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Darryl Williford is assistant principal of the K-8 Michael Anderson School in the Avondale Elementary School District, where district leaders have encouraged a particularly data-driven approach to tracking student absenteeism, identifying who needs support and then focusing on relationships to address families’ needs.

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Elementary School High School K-12 Tradition 145

ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2023

For Christopher Faidley, a middle school computer science teacher who once taught advanced technology to Bir, it’s a place to send inquisitive parents. “I Location, Location, Location AwesomeSTEAM has inspired some enthusiasm, with a K-12 teacher in Canada even offering to translate the project into French.

Digital Resources 120

Digital Resources Library K-12 Middle School 120

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

About five million K-12 students in the United States do not speak English fluently, and their numbers are growing fast. Many administrators at public schools say they are using strategies to “personalize” learning, giving students the chance to tackle coursework at their own pace or have a greater say in what they study.

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K-12 Middle School Tradition Public School 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In addition to traditional academic grades, student report cards include marks from 1 to 4 on qualities such as organization, timeliness and accountability. We don’t question why students come to school to learn academics,” said Laina Cox, Capital City’s middle school principal. And I see SEL the exact same way.”.

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Charter School K-12 Middle School High School 108

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The discussion tackled plenty of thorny issues facing K-12 and college instructors these days, including how to respond to pressures to ban books in schools, how to make classrooms a welcoming place for debate as schools and colleges grow more diverse, and how to respond to misinformation that students bring to classroom conversations.

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K-12 Pedagogy American History History 115

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Children First researchers found Pennsylvania enrolled more full-time cyber students than any other state — including ones like California, Texas, and Florida with much larger K-12 student populations. Additionally, her two sons had experienced bullying at both traditional public schools as well as brick and mortar charter schools.

Charter School 96

Charter School Tradition Advocacy K-12 96

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Since we launched the League in 2011, we’ve been proud to recognize over 70 school districts and their superintendents as they work to solve the challenges facing today’s K-12 schools through innovative strategies.

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K-12 Leadership Middle School Public School 91

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

All students are exposed to music starting in elementary school; by middle school nearly half (44 percent) have picked up an instrument, according to district data. For example, 97 percent of Poe Middle School students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, according to the state, and 58 percent play an instrument.

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K-12 Elementary School Middle School High School 103

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2019

I was trained and licensed to be a music teacher in the traditional American way. Almost all of what I just described was traditional. Incredibly traditional. I first was assigned to an elementary school in a middle-class suburb of Philadelphia. My classes included all varieties of instruments.

Cultures 111

Cultures Education Middle School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The American Rescue Act is giving $ 123 billion to K-12 schools and districts. We now have the potential to make a once-in-a-generation investment in our schools. We risk missing an opportunity if we simply spend the money in the same traditional ways. The federal government is seeking expansion of this support.

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K-12 Middle School Government Educational Technology 101

ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

This requires a shift in perspective, moving away from traditional purchasing habits and toward a more strategic and inclusive approach that prioritizes the needs and goals of all stakeholders rather than preferences and familiarity. #1 Based on these priorities, what would your ideal learning environment look like?

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K-12 EdTech Middle School Teaching 99

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Related: How Silicon Valley schools are trying to boost lower-income students into high-tech jobs. Many people think that the best way to prepare STEM students is to skip or accelerate through middle-school mathematics in order to get as quickly as possible to advanced math courses. Related: COLUMN: The U.S.

Middle School 112

Middle School High School Tradition History 112

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

And a number of schools in Washington, D.C., For example, at the Howard University Middle School of Math and Science, on the university’s campus, 78 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and about half are considered “at-risk.”

Education 109

Education Charter School Middle School Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

But after most schools shifted their classes online in early 2020, remote learning caught on with some families, including those who preferred to give their children the flexibility of learning from home, or whose children struggled with social anxiety in school buildings or hadn’t found success in traditional learning environments.

Charter School 109

Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Compared to 2010, nearly 250,000 fewer children attend K-12 public schools in Puerto Rico today, a decline of 45 percent. In 2009 Rossana Rodríguez-Sánchez was a middle school theater teacher in Puerto Rico. The middle school she worked at in Puerto Rico — Alcides Figueroa — closed three years ago.

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K-12 Middle School Tutoring Public School 100

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Our nine districts have been considering free or low-cost open educational resources alongside traditional options. All of our districts are members the members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, an 86-district coalition recognized for innovation and leadership in education.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Middle School 107

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2019

Their school schedules don’t make distinctions among the four core subjects, which are co-taught by two teachers in an interdisciplinary, project-based environment. After piloting it last year, the public middle school expanded the concept to seventh grade, too, though it looks a little different with the older students.

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Project-Based Learning Tradition Middle School Social Studies 112

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

. As a middle school teacher, I often see my colleagues taking pains to keep students quiet during class. After all, the rhythm of the traditional classroom doesn’t leave much room for chatting among students, and socializing in class is often viewed as a proxy for poor behavior or inattentiveness.

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Leadership Classroom Management Middle School Economics 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

She was at the top of her class, and she proved herself further by testing into a competitive, private middle school. But there, among Providence’s brightest, it wasn’t as easy to be at the top of the class, and her excitement about school – and learning – subsided. Students don’t take traditional classes.

Middle School 112

Middle School Tradition Elementary School High School 112

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

When Steve Isaacs’ eighth graders enter his game design and development class at William Annin Middle School in Basking Ridge, N.J., These quests might be called “assignments” in a more traditional classroom. In Classcraft, assignments are spaced throughout the game world for students to complete for points.

Tradition 109

Tradition Lesson Plan Middle School Humanities 109

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2019

Locations of charter middle schools in Boston. Source: “Can Successful Schools Replicate? 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.

Charter School 97

Charter School Middle School Tradition Public School 97

TCI

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Why Video Teaching Strategies Are Essential in K-12 Education The traditional lecture-based model, where teachers present information to passive students, does not meet all of the needs of today’s diverse classrooms. By incorporating video, educators are aiming to enhance traditional teaching rather than replace it.

K-12 69

K-12 Critical Thinking Tradition Middle School 69

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Ava Liepins and Owen Ford, sixth graders at Kennedy Middle School in Natick, Massachusetts, demonstrate their drone-programming skills at the LearnLaunch Across Boundaries conference. Ava Liepins took her first crack at coding last year as a fifth grader at Kennedy Middle School in Natick, Massachusetts. It was fine.

Middle School 109

Middle School High School Tradition Humanities 109

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Mendoza’s involvement in civic participation started in middle school, when she signed up for the All City Council Student Union, a student-led group sponsored by the Oakland school district that gives students a voice in school district decision-making. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report.

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Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143