The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Melissa Hedges, the math curriculum director for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers at a professional development seminar how folded paper can be used to demonstrate the solution to a fractions problem. In the early 2000s, she saw a grant from the National Science Foundation as a possible solution for Milwaukee’s public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2024

Over five weeks this spring, about 300 people – teachers, school and district leaders, higher ed faculty, education consultants and AI researchers – came together to learn how to use AI and develop their own basic AI tools and resources. The professional development opportunity was designed by technology nonprofit Playlab.ai

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

Seattle Public Schools did the same, publishing a sample schedule for K-3 that would offer live instruction from 7:55 until 2:25 p.m., CLICK TO ENLARGE: Seattle Public Schools proposed a schedule this summer that would have K-3 students toggling between online and offline learning from 7:55 am until 2:25 pm.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

school district’s sixth-grade-only school. By nine school district superintendents from nine states. public school districts spend a combined $8 billion on instructional materials while trying to ensure that schools receive the maximum value for their money. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. Ever since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May spurred what may be the largest social movement in U.S. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. I definitely think we need to invest a lot more money in high-quality professional development,” Brown says.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Not long after, I was allowed to listen in on a professional development seminar with a group of public school principals. I figure the educational videos she watches while I work are good enough to cover science and social studies for now.

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Tutoring Professional Development Social Studies Tradition 117

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Through ConnectED, Esri made a billion dollar offer: any K-12 school in the United States could acquire professional online Geographic Information Systems (GIS software), instructional activities, professional development events, and resources for educators and mentors. Vista Innovation & Design Academy.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Lusher, like America, has long had a teacher diversity problem : Slightly more than 20 percent of public school teachers—who include those at charter schools — in the U.S. She started the Black Student Union at the middle school and formed enduring friendships with several colleagues and Lusher families.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Teaming up with Skyview’s instructional technology facilitator and early-adopting teachers, Chun frequently demonstrates new tech tools at the school’s teacher-led professional development meetings. Often, she backs up these introductions by co-teaching a class or two. “It I go wherever teachers need me.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Every child also needs to know that there are caring adults inside their school who have their best interests at heart and who can and will support their parents and guardians in helping them reach their full potential. DoDEA schools have skilled counselors to meet the needs of our population. Related: Schools on U.S.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 21, 2023

Last year, Talley Ochoa taught as a long-term sub in a public school in San Jose, California. history at a high school in East Palo Alto while she wraps up her coursework. I knew in high school I wanted to be a teacher. How am I gonna balance professional development with spending the time in class with my students?

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Professional Development Social Studies High School Teaching 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

“It was literally all hands on deck,” said Superintendent Amy Warke, who rolled out an e-learning plan, provided teachers with resources, arranged to get internet hot spots to families in need and did a test run of the technology with students to get feedback — all before the schools closed. “It

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Now nearly 400 schools use it across 40 states. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states. Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

On Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , the math, social studies, and science teachers implement activities provided for them. The social studies teacher organizes a debate about the dilemma, using one of several possible formats. The treatment schools were in their first or second year of using Word Generation.

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Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 76

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2018

Louis Park High School, just outside of Minneapolis, take time out of their social studies class for a team-building exercise that is part of the school’s Building Assets, Reducing Risks program. Louis Park High School. Sarah Lindenberg, a ninth-grade social studies teacher at St. Freshmen at St.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

On Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , the math, social studies, and science teachers implement activities provided for them. The social studies teacher organizes a debate about the dilemma, using one of several possible formats. The treatment schools were in their first or second year of using Word Generation.

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Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 72

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

New York City’s Department of Education is the latest public school system to require that U.S. The program will be piloted this fall at selected schools and fully rolled-out in over 1,800 schools by the spring. of all district students) enrolled in a K-12 New York City Public School in 2021-2022.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In 1970, when the courts ordered schools to desegregate and controversies over busing erupted across the country, white parents in Coahoma County fled the public system for private segregation academies, calling it “school choice.”. Related: Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi? he Brown v.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

A student is considered chronically absent if they miss at least 10% of the total school year, around 18 full days. In 2023, 26% of all public school students in the United States were chronically absent. Make the school day engaging with hands-on Social Studies , Science , and Health curricula.

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Heritage Primary Sources K-12 Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The network was purposefully capped at about 150 schools, because the partnerships rely on intensive, in-person training and coaching. Every year, about 10 new schools join EL and a similar number leave. For a school to be eligible to join, at least 40 percent of its students must be from low-income families.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

Preschool programs are also not subject to the same limitations as the traditional public school system, so some states can fund private or faith-based pre-K programs. Universal pre-K can save families thousands of dollars every year and give more children of low-income families access to early education. 2021, May 10).

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K-12 Professional Development Economics Tradition 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Many districts rely on formal assessments to help schools create viable plans for students. a district official said that public schools give some students a questionnaire that covers items such as, “Do you prefer to work alone or with others?” He loved math, social studies and working on a computer.

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Education High School Advocacy Professional Development 96

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

. — One of the longtime goals of public education is to produce young people capable of participating in the democratic process. Experts say that requires regular and high-quality social studies lessons, starting in kindergarten, to teach kids to be critical thinkers and communicators who know how to take meaningful action.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

LOUISVILLE Just blocks from where hundreds of protestors gathered near the Ohio River waterfront after the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020 sits Central High School. The school is steeped in history: It was the first African American public school in Kentucky, and counts boxer Muhammad Ali among its alumni.

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History American History Teaching K-12 98

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. public school educators — see press release Petition to Encourage Jackson Reed High School (in Washington, D.C.) Independence or Catastrophe?

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Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Denver high school social studies teacher Nick Childers, right, chants as teachers picket outside South High School on February 11, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The report found: “In 2015, public school teachers’ weekly wages were 17.0 Incentivizing professional development with money is also questionable.

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Professional Development Public School Social Studies Leadership 81

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

But at a packed meeting that December, Houston’s board narrowly voted down a proposal to have the district seek bids from outside entities to run the four schools under the 2017 law. Citizens who spoke almost uniformly opposed the proposal, with many arguing it was the first step in an effort to privatize district public schools.

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