ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Child care vouchers Much like North Carolina, Ohio has been offering families publicly-funded vouchers to pay for private school for decades. Lawmakers in Ohio in recent years have lifted income caps on those vouchers, along with their requirement that to be eligible, families must live in an area with schools designated as failing.

K-12 63

K-12 Private School Government Advocacy 63

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JULY 16, 2020

Thigpen has now founded The Institute for Self-Directed Learning to encourage more schools to adopt such practices – particularly those serving historically marginalized student groups who rarely get such control over their own learning. Already, the institute has projects under way with a handful of public and private schools.

Private School 144

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

When it started, Fiske claims Mysa was the first school to call itself a microschool. But these days, microschools — loosely defined as schools with relatively few students that function as private schools or learning centers for homeschool students — seem to be everywhere.

Public School 133

Public School Civics Private School K-12 133

ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

birth and immigration rates have been falling since before the COVID-19 outbreak, decreasing the number of school-aged children,” according to an analysis by the firm. The pandemic accelerated these trends and sparked a shift in enrollment from traditional public schools to charter schools, homeschools, and private schools.”

Charter School 121

Charter School Private School Government Public School 121

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Most early college high schools are small public schools, housing grades nine to 12 just like traditional public high schools, though some extend five years. Most of these early college schools are now funded by local and state taxpayers, just as traditional high schools are, along with donations from other foundations.

High School 145

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

But Native American and Muslim leaders say they believe rates have increased in their communities as well, after the pandemic gave families the time and space to reflect on whether traditional schools were really serving their needs. Related: Schools provide stability for refugees. Covid-19 upended that. They’re average.”.

Lesson Plan 142

Lesson Plan Private School Cultures Public School 142

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In New York, where I live, the city spends upwards of $300 million a year in taxpayer funds on private school tuition for children with disabilities. Many more states mandated hallmarks of the Orton-Gillingham method, specifically calling for “multisensory” instruction.

Tutoring 144

Tutoring Private School Social Justice Research 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In Florida and Wisconsin, schools have padlocked or sealed drinking fountains to keep kids from using them. Students at a private school in San Rafael, California, are learning in outdoor classrooms created from tree stumps and hay bales. Credit: Jessica Shearer. Credit: Jessica Shearer.

Library 143

Library Charter School K-12 Private School 143

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nilsson teaches at Deerfield Academy , a private school in western Massachusetts. The type of text analysis he guides his students through is far more common in colleges and graduate-school programs, but the coding that makes it possible is an increasingly popular skill to teach children.

Humanities 111

Humanities K-12 Tradition Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

One can study the students at schools that have adopted the Core Knowledge curriculum, but it’s hard to know if the students who attend these schools would have scored just as high in reading if they had been taught the usual way at a traditional public school. Some postponed starting kindergarten that year.

Charter School 141

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Related: A private school with more than $100 million will share its technology with three other schools. Over the last several years, schools like Southern New Hampshire University have blazed new trails in higher education by promoting successful competency-based models.

K-12 110

K-12 Tradition High School Private School 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2024

More than 27,700 school-age youth live in Pasadena , Altadena and Sierra Madre , the communities served by the district, but only about half of them attend public school. Pasadena High School. But the moms in the community who support public schools have organized to create a more equitable and diverse educational landscape.

Private School 102

Private School Public School High School Elementary School 102

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Welcome to Community Lab School, a tiny public charter that is trying to transform the way middle schoolers are taught in the Albemarle School District — and eventually the nation. Traditional middle schools are very authoritarian, controlling environments.” Chad Ratliff, principal of Community Lab School.

Middle School 143

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ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2024

That’s significant in an era when college leaders are concerned about attracting and retaining students who may be skeptical about the value of a degree and also worried about the impending “ enrollment cliff ” resulting from fewer Americans of traditional college age coming up in the next few years.

High School 144

High School K-12 Sociology Psychology 144

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We understand that many schools around the world will be taking substantial steps to utilize this new technology, not just in handwritten digital note-taking but from bringing generative AI on board as a deputy head to recruiting directors of artificial intelligence. Remove grading for non-end-of-year assessment work.

Teaching 112

Teaching EdTech Library Private School 112

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The right’s blind faith insists that “if we have school choice in the form of charter schools and private school vouchers … competitive pressures will force the schools and teachers to teach better, and to churn out students who are excelling academically.”. Hirsch, Jr.

Education 124

Education Charter School Social Justice K-12 124

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Jones came to Starkville High in 2015 from East Oktibbeha County High School. Throughout Mississippi, where there are still 43 open desegregation orders, the process of integrating schools traditionally pitted the courts and the DOJ against school districts. Photo: Nicole Lewis. The 1969 desegregation order had another effect.

Private School 111

Private School Elementary School Public School High School 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

We should instead be asking this: Why are we so laser-focused on the graduates of a tiny number of schools, presuming they are the rightful inhabitants of leadership posts in business and government? and that “society would be better if we evolved past the ’traditional’ leader (e.g., male, white, older, etc.).”

Leadership 117

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Voicing the concerns of charter-school proponents after protesting at a Warren rally in Atlanta last month, parent-activist Sarah Carpenter pointed out during a meeting that followed the protest that Warren had sent one of her children to private school. as well, thanks in part to high-quality charter schools.

Charter School 85

Charter School Tradition Public School Private School 85

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

Lake Oconee’s amenities are virtually unheard of in rural Georgia; and because it is a public school, they are all available at the unbeatable price of free. It’s where districts and schools decide to spend their money,” Worth, a veteran educator who has also taught in Greene County’s traditional public schools, explained.

Charter School 112

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2019

The pro-charter years of the Obama administration — in which Republicans and Democrats worked together to provide school choice for parents unable to exercise the more traditional methods of school choice like moving to a suburban district with high-rated schools or switching to private school — are over.

Charter School 95

Charter School Advocacy Private School Tradition 95

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

At no point in recent memory has Melrose Public Schools been failing. But the outgoing superintendent, Cyndy Taymore, is four years into an effort to fundamentally rethink traditional schooling here. Competency-based education demands a shift away from traditional teaching, testing and grading.

Elementary School 126

Elementary School Public School Tradition Private School 126

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

For generations, intelligence tests have played an outsize role in America, helping at times to control who can join the military and at what rank; who can enroll in the nation’s most elite private schools, and even who can be executed under federal law. In the early 1970s, Lester, known in court documents as Larry P.,

Tradition 133

Tradition Public School Research Government 133

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2024

More than half of the increase in segregation in the 2000s can be attributed to the rise of charter schools, whose numbers began to increase rapidly in the late 1990s. In many cases, either white or Black families flocked to different charter schools, leaving behind a less diverse student body in traditional public schools.

Charter School 134

Charter School Private School Public School Tradition 134

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2017

New Orleans, which at 25 percent has the highest percentage of students attending private schools , mimics national trends. White- and middle-class folk showing others that it’s not a risk to send a child to a good school with lots of black and brown kids — now that’s real reform.

Education 88

Education Charter School Private School Advocacy 88

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, dozens of taxpayer-funded public charters enroll far more white students than any of the traditional public schools in their areas. During its first year, the charter school’s student body was 70 percent white; enrollment in the local public schools was 4 percent white.

Charter School 109

Charter School History Library Public School 109

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2018

They also normalize cisgender and traditional roles and views. In our nation’s capital, 81 percent of the public schools require a uniform and 65 percent regulate the length of skirts. They help distinguish one school from another — a kind of branding. It’s traumatizing to be forced into clothes that don’t match your identity.”.

Teaching 85

Teaching Charter School Middle School Public School 85

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

Montana Department of Revenue , those who think that more private learning options should be available to families and those who disagree are squinting to see an outcome that — like it or not — immediately shakes up traditional K-12 schools in the United States. Is change forthcoming?

Public School 53

Public School K-12 Heritage Private School 53

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Private schools will tell their students to apply to 20” universities and colleges, said Cynthia Blair Tognotti, a private college counselor in Northern California. Early decision is typically offered by more selective institutions and locks in applicants who are accepted, even before they see how much financial aid they’ll get.

Tutoring 144

Tutoring High School Private School Economics 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has frequently praised the state as a model of “school choice” with a taxpayer-funded voucher program for students to attend private school and many charter school options. The NAEP scores showed stellar gains within the traditional public school system.

Education 111

Education Charter School Private School Economics 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2019

Educating our nation’s leaders, these schools should no longer deprive their students of the opportunity to appreciate veterans as fellow students, as classmates not unlike themselves, and to hear firsthand and learn from their experiences in uniformed national service. Top private schools are a great value.

Private School 66

Private School Civics Leadership Government 66

ED Surge

MARCH 31, 2022

Add in demographic changes, and it’s no surprise that demand is falling for the traditional college experience. While the quality of education offered at private colleges is unsurpassed, many students end up at large state schools solely because they want to pursue a degree that the smaller private schools don’t offer.

Education 104

Education Private School Educational Technology Government 104

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2019

Colleges, he said, require “people of different viewpoints: religious diversity, urban, rural, economic, public school, private school.”. All of our traditional tools,” said Smith, “have to be reconsidered.”. Related: First-gen students at elite colleges go from lonely and overwhelmed to empowered and provoking change.

Anthropology 111

Anthropology Private School Cultures Economics 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

million — Shortfall this year in the yearly allocation for Jackson Public Schools. Jackson schools are grappling with the loss of about 1,000 students to other districts, private schools, charters and home schooling, along with an increase in the number of students who aged out, dropped out or graduated compared to those entering the system.

Charter School 105

Charter School Public School Social Justice High School 105

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

It’s one of the state’s only virtual schools operated by a traditional district. We needed something that wasn’t like a crazy, private school.” We needed something that wasn’t like a crazy, private school,” Kirk said, noting the importance of a free education. “We Learning from Lockdown.

Private School 66

Private School Charter School Tradition Project-Based Learning 66

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 29, 2019

According to a 2018 Education Next poll , parents rate 15 percent of their local school’s teachers as “unsatisfactory,” which suggests that over the course of their children’s education, parents are likely to face the problem of an unsatisfactory teacher.

Public School 62

Public School K-12 Charter School Elementary School 62

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Sweatshirts emblazoned with the 43 college choices that students would announce during the beloved pep-rally tradition known as “signing day” remained folded neatly beneath chairs. The dramatic reveal has become an increasingly common ritual at charter schools where college acceptance is both the goal and part of the culture.

High School 86

High School Tutoring Charter School Private School 86