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Teaching to the student, not the test

The Hechinger Report

Revere’s school district is one of the leaders in Massachusetts in advancing student-centered learning, which is surprising on multiple levels. It’s an approach associated with affluent private schools — free from state curricula and testing mandates. He was the only minority in a leadership role at Revere High, for instance.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

Kids are growing up really fast because of the internet, and then you get to high school and Covid happens. The Philadelphia school district is among many nationwide facing a leadership change. the superintendent of North Carolina’s Rowan-Salisbury Schools, would replace William Hite, who led Philadelphia schools for a decade.