The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

In 2001 we described the reinvention of the traditional high school as the “clarion call of our new century.” Since it was launched in 2013, Opportunity by Design has helped seven urban school districts create 12 small high schools that reflect the communities’ ideas and priorities. Five more such schools are on the way.

High School 110

High School Charter School Education Policy Tradition 110

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

We should consider asking this question in the context of the traditional classroom. Have our experiences in traditional classroom been stellar? All of us have had great classes in traditional settings and perhaps some that were not. This is not meant as a criticism of the traditional classroom. Focus on learning.

Education 57

Education K-12 Tradition Research 57

Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 4, 2022

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K-12 52

K-12 Archiving Social Justice Library 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2018

In another graduate seminar, Fishman assigns only one paper. In one undergraduate class, Fishman offers a menu of 1.4 million points. Students need to reach 900,000 to get an A. “You could never earn a good grade just by doing dumb stuff,” he said. But students can revise and resubmit it over and over again to earn an A.

Political Science 88

Political Science Tradition Cultures Teaching 88

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

At my school, Bard High School Early College Cleveland , students finish the traditional four years of high school in their first two years, and the last two years they are both high school students and college students. The seminar-style discussions have improved my relationships with my friends and peers.

Controversial Topics 83

Controversial Topics High School Tradition Humanities 83

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

Massachusetts is turning that traditional model on its head by having many schools combine rigorous academics with hands-on career training, now called “career and technical education.” The largest population of students of color are Hispanics, at about 12 percent. It’s my best chance to do what I want.”.

High School 92

High School Economics Museum Charter School 92

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

Charter School 86

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 86

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

His was a brash mission shared by a new breed of charter school leaders who said they could succeed where traditional neighborhood schools had failed. y Christmas, 12 percent of Sci Academy’s first graduates had either dropped out or transferred to a community college. Statistics are only true until someone bucks them.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2017

At Marshall Pomeroy Elementary School in Milpitas, California, Deanna Sainten leads sixth graders in a Socratic seminar about A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park while students at other tables work on book reports or online lessons in several subjects during personalized-learning time. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Charter School 98

Charter School Elementary School Middle School Educational Technology 98