ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As our family has been navigating the complexity of supporting our neurodivergent daughter to thrive in our local public school, I’ve found myself drawing up this metaphorical story of three young trees, which has become symbolic for me. I find comfort in metaphors. They help me find clarity when faced with challenges.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Public school teaching remains a female- dominated profession. Nearly 80 percent of classroom teachers in our public schools are women. That continues to be the case in too many of our public school districts. Yet when it comes to the top job — superintendent — just three in 10 are women.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Supporting Hanna was just one reason why my family and I decided I would enroll in a tuition-free online charter school program beginning in fifth grade and why, as a high school junior, I’m still there, as is Hanna and her twin, Morgan. For reaching my personal academic and career goals, online public school has been the right fit.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Picture a young girl named Emma, who finds herself transitioning from a public school to a private school due to her unique educational needs. Many parents agree with their public schools’ recommendations to move their children to private schools to better address their educational needs.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Her article , published earlier this month, digs into how the school’s backers hope it will lead to the next frontier in the school choice movement. Because it turns out that Donalds, Optima Academy Online’s founder, is a longtime Republican activist pushing for ways for parents to opt out of public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

House Republicans recently returned to one of their favorite targets for spending cuts: the country’s most vulnerable youth and the schools that serve them. Their plan would represent a major setback to efforts to achieve racial equity in our nation’s public schools. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2025

In Wisconsin, school choice has existed for decades, with expansive options that include vouchers for private schools, public charter schools and traditional public schools. And public support for school choice rests above satisfaction with the states public school system in some polling data.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 14, 2025

The post Implementing the Inquiry Design Model for Social Studies in a New Jersey Public School: A Journey of Growth and Discovery appeared first on C3 Teachers. The process will challenge you, but the rewardsfor students, teachers, and the greater communityare immeasurable.

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ED Surge

MARCH 17, 2025

Several years ago, Oklahoma City Public Schools shuttered more than a dozen of its school buildings. When buildings sit vacant, they can become unsafe spaces, and we didnt want that to happen, says Stephanie Hinton, executive director of early childhood at Oklahoma City Public Schools.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Bond founder Chanea Bond; MrDearybury.com Director of Creativity Jed Dearybury; The Limitless Leader founder and CEO Dr. Mary Hemphill; Common Ground Foundation president and co-founder Dr. Mahalia Hines; and Cincinnati Public Schools interim principal Crystal M.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Yet, those public schools still have been unable to meet the demand for teachers, with teaching jobs in high-poverty public schools having proven particularly hard to fill, according to the institute. Plus, with the added complexities of the classroom post-pandemic, the amount of stress teachers felt has also surged.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). ClassTag surveyed more than 1,200 U.S. teachers in mid-March to collect and share best practices, ideas, and common approaches to remote learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 9, 2021

As I recently worked with leaders from Paterson Public Schools in New Jersey, during a coaching session, I asked them to take a few minutes, and each share something positive that came about as a result of the pandemic. Too often, we tend to dwell on overcoming hardships that we forget to celebrate both small and large wins.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Spokane Public Schools issued a new districtwide policy that bans the use of smartphones or smartwatches in classrooms during instructional time. Adam Swinyard, the superintendent of Spokane Public Schools, acknowledges that there are trade-offs to the new ban when it comes to the use of tech in instruction. “We

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 17, 2020

Obviously, education is at the top of my mind since it is the profession both my wife and I are a part of, and my kids currently attend public schools in Texas.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Fishers school, Breakwater, is small, with about 180 students and class sizes of around 15 students. Unsurprisingly, this exerts different pressures on teachers than public schools. Fisher admits that this makes it difficult to compare the long-term effects of this approach to alternatives such as regional public schools.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Sallie Holloway Director of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science for Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia Recently, EdSurge spoke with Sallie Holloway , the Director of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science for Gwinnett County Public Schools. Recommended Resources: What Does It Mean to Be AI Ready?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2015

During my tenure as New Milford High School Principal our district cut wood and metal shop. Over the years I have also seen recess time dwindle for my own kids and others who attend the New York City Public School System. The solution for all schools comes in the form of makerspaces.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2024

New federal survey data on the education workforce shows that a majority of schools had a tough time filling at least one fully certified teaching position this fall. Public schools reported having six teacher vacancies on average in August, based on responses to the School Pulse Panel by the National Center for Education Statistics.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

PASSED Missouri: Amendment 5 would have established a new gambling boat license, with the estimated $14 million in revenue funding public school early childhood literacy programs. While most of the money is directed at crime victim and veterans mental health services, $3 million will fund behavioral health services for children.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The governor shared his optimism during a visit to Kingdom Life Academy, a small Christian private school in Tyler, where he proclaimed that the House now has 79 “hardcore school choice proponents,” a number slightly above the simple majority the 150-member chamber needs to approve legislation. That’s completely false.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In 2023 and 2024, RAND surveyed more than 3,000 school principals and almost 1,000 math teachers across the country. The educators are part of a specially constructed national sample, designed to reflect all public schools and the demographics of the U.S. student population.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 17, 2021

To this end, I hit the ground running to begin the new year by traveling to Oklahoma to work with Sapulpa Public Schools. Like virtually every district and school, educators were experiencing some challenges with hybrid learning. During my first session of the day, I worked with administrators to best support their teachers.

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TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Most formal academic ‘platforms’ like public schools and universities tend to parse knowledge into content areas–what is being learned–rather than how and why it is being learned. This, to a degree, reduces the function of pure philosophy.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Ryan has worked in a public school setting for about two decades, following a stint in the medical track of speech language pathology. Over the years, she says, public awareness of her role has improved. The goals are also unique in the public school system. What does a hard day look like in your role?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Another fan of the program, Linda Mauriello, runs the transition and work-based learning program at Boonton Public Schools in northern New Jersey. Staff from community-based organizations come to school to train students on how to build relationships at work, create resumes and set career goals.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

In a survey of more than 1,000 public school teachers done through Samsungs partners at DonorsChoose a whopping 96 percent said AI will become an intrinsic part of education within the next decade. At the classroom level, teachers are on the same page.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

million public school students perform below NAEP Basic and struggle with fluency in reading connected text. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 68 percent of U.S. students are not reading at proficient levels. By fourth grade, students transition from learning to read to reading to learn.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Meanwhile, at least five of its neighboring school districts have more students enrolled compared to five years ago, with increases up to nearly 14 percent. The largest enrollment growth since the start of the pandemic came from Idea Public Schools, a charter district in Texas, that reports an eye-popping 55 percent increase since 2019-20.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

At Pillager Public School District, 100 miles northwest of Braham in another rural town, eighth grade Algebra I has played out much the same way. What the district really needs to address its math gap, he and other administrators said, are more certified math teachers, math tutors to help those struggling and smaller class sizes.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) embraced AI technology by launching a K-12 AI Ready pilot in 2019, embedding AI Ready learning across content areas through the lens of the AI Learning Framework. To be prepared for the college and career opportunities of today and the future, students must learn to be AI Ready.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Financial constraints Justin Baeder, a former public school principal in Seattle who now conducts professional development for school leaders, posted a video commentary on X. The outcome of inclusion for students with SLD [students with learning disabilities] is frequently less than positive.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2025

This is especially true at four-year public schools, and it highlights the importance of expanding access to emergency aid, promoting financial literacy and enhancing transparency around college costs and financial aid options.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Name : Jami Rhue Age : 48 Location : Chicago Title : School librarian and media specialist Current age group : PreK-8 Years in the field : 23 EdSurge: How did you get here? Jami Rhue : I never thought of librarianship until I went to a job fair for Chicago Public Schools, and they were looking for school librarians.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Much of that debate has centered on funding for public schools, with the fight over school finance often falling to the question of whether older Texans, who are mostly white and less likely to have children enrolled in public schools, are willing to pay for the future of younger Texans, who are mostly Latino.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2025

As of 2023, there were 405 students for every counselor in Alabamas public schools, well over the recommended ratio of 250 to 1. Mackey said the state added career coaches in recent years to ease the counseling workload, but in many districts there is just a single coach, who rotates among schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2025

That research has been instrumental in persuading lawmakers to increase funding to help schools accommodate students with disabilities, in some cases hiring extra special education teachers for every class. Roughly 15 percen t of U.S.

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