The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
A collection of surveys of teachers and principals, conducted by the research organization RAND, suggests three problems at the poorest middle schools, which are disproportionately populated with Black and Hispanic students. Do it before middle school,” said Goldhaber. For many students, middle school is too late.”
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 30, 2022
It was a Thursday morning in November, a few minutes into Ruby Voss’ and Amber Benson’s eighth grade math class at Northside Middle School just outside Roanoke, a city of roughly 100,000 in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Nationwide, students who started middle school during the pandemic lost more ground in math than any other group.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 23, 2020
This policy change creates a real test for more affluent white parents who say they live in New York City because of the diversity and then send their children to segregated schools. This is the demographic of parents with the widest mismatch between their stated ideals and their actions when it comes to public school choice.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Dobbins asked the class, at Piedmont GLOBAL Academy, a majority-Hispanic middle school in southeastern Dallas. “A A growing number of states and school districts now require students to take career exploration classes in middle school. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. Equity is important to us,” he said.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 22, 2023
At this critical stage in students’ development, their future success can be profoundly impacted by how their school approaches career-connected learning and if it is using a coordinated approach that combines academics with awareness, exploration and preparation for postsecondary education and career. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 1, 2025
percent of school districts around the country, most of them in Minnesota, report having policies mandating algebra in eighth grade. Related: Is it time to stop segregating kids by ability in middle school math? At Braham Area Schools and in other Minnesota districts, an algebra-to-calculus pipeline hasnt materialized.
Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 29, 2020
Thank you, Danny Gordon , for sharing how the Dhahran Middle School in Saudi Arabia is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about your school’s thoughtful and proactive pre-planning and how your educators have enacted iChoose Tuesdays for students. Episode 023 is below.
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