The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2019

I remember another white parent, when she learned that my son was not going to the most selective, predominantly white middle school in our district, looking at me in disbelief and saying, “I thought he had high tests scores?”. In his middle school mind, being selective in and of itself did not make a school “good.”

Public School 111

Public School Sociology Middle School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2021

Pedro Hidalgo, a senior at the University Park Campus School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He says teachers in middle school helped him “become more confident with my abilities, not even as just a student, but as a person.” Now he plans to get a degree in sociology. Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. “We

Sociology 145

Sociology High School Middle School Economics 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

“Income segregation creates districts of concentrated poverty or affluence, but high-income black families may be less likely than high-income white families to live in the affluent districts created by income segregation,” according to 2018 research published by the American Sociological Association.

Sociology 111

Sociology Economics Middle School Government 111

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

Today, Education Evolving identifies roughly 300 schools that follow the teacher-powered model. “In In general, teachers don’t have the kind of voice that other professionals typically do,” said Richard Ingersoll, a professor of education and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Last year, teachers earned just 76.5

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Charter School Government Sociology Social Studies 138

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Williams was just 14 when Marcovitz told her she could be part of something historic at Sci Academy, the charter high school he was opening on the east end of town. She felt more comfortable at the local university, a diverse school with a sizable black population, but she found UNO’s larger classes overwhelming.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies. Glenn Youngkin.

Social Studies 141

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 141

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Jimmie Conner is an undergraduate at California State University, Fullerton, studying sociology and business. He was just chasing down a fascination he’d harbored from third grade until he was put in handcuffs in middle school: space. So Conner took the deal and, at age 14, was sentenced to 17 years behind bars.

Tutoring 130

Tutoring Sociology History Library 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Inside the grand, art deco-influenced building, students study rhetoric and sociology, Antigone and anthropology. It’s the latest “microcollege” from Bard, which started a college-in-prison initiative in 1999 and a program for student moms in 2016. One of the first to apply to the new program was a library security guard.

Library 62

Library Anthropology Sociology Elementary School 62

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

But once every week or two since in December, Fernandez has trailed her son into his middle school when she drops him off for classes. Stefanie Fernandez works for a company that has encouraged its employees to substitute teach in local schools. Credit: Lebanon School District. Credit: Cheshire Public Schools.

Middle School 141

Middle School Public School Economics High School 141

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Humberto Rojas, now an academic star, relied heavily on tutors at first; he reluctantly entered Match middle school in sixth-grade, after attending a neighborhood public school with “no rules…I was apprehensive about three hours of homework.” If I was behind, the tutor had to stay where I was.”.

Tutoring 101

Tutoring Charter School High School Sociology 101

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Hall, a busy senior majoring in sociology who is also the president of the Black Student Union at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, cast her first presidential ballot for Clinton. “UMass is a liberal university, or is at least striving to be one, but we have had incidents of the hate crimes happening since I’ve been here.”.

Sociology 105

Sociology Political Science Tutoring History 105

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Another study, by the National Women’s Law Center , found that more than half of pregnant and parenting girls said they felt that other students didn’t want them at school, and almost 40 percent said they felt that way about their teachers. And they said they often faced harassment in school, which made them feel school was unsafe for them.

High School 140

High School Tutoring Sociology Middle School 140