The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

American public schools may never fully recover from the coronavirus crisis. In the next few weeks, public schools in the U.S. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools across the country to switch to remote learning this spring. The post What if public schools never reopen? Right now, there are none.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

No one can deny the pandemic’s devastating impact on America’s public schools. The post OPINION: Want to improve our public schools? The pandemic also made it impossible to ignore the inequities faced by Black and Latino students — such as limited access to digital resources, rigorous coursework and skilled educators.

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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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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 20, 2020

Thank you, Dr. Andrea Whitmarsh, for sharing how the Greene County Public Schools in Virginia are mobilizing during these early days! If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, get in touch ! Episode 001 is below. See also the complete list of episodes.

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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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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2023

It is not often that we see an overhaul of the furniture in our public school classrooms, let alone in the middle of the school year. Last November, there was an anonymous donation of mobile desk chairs to our school. It was then that I saw the ingrained sense of worth that society has etched into our public schools.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 11, 2020

Thank you, Michael Walker and Sean Beaverson , for sharing how the Edina Public Schools in Minnesota are adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about how your school district is trying to ensure that students have some deeper learning opportunities, even during the pandemic. .

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 11, 2020

Thank you, Mary Beth Bazzanella and Kala Munguia , for sharing how the Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado have been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. Coronavirus Chronicles 001 – Greene County Public Schools. Coronavirus Chronicles 002 – American International School of Guangzhou.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 5, 2020

Thank you, Patrick Larkin and Dennis Villano , for sharing how the Burlington Public Schools in Burlington, Massachusetts are adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of check-ins with educators all over. Episode 029 is below.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 26, 2022

All of which brings us to the concerns that you note in the Denver Public Schools (DPS). Iowa school poverty and report card rankings. Chamber of Commerce wages war on public schools. Accordingly, fewer Colorado students will be deemed ‘at grade level’ than if our benchmarks were set closer to those elsewhere.

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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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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 3, 2020

Thank you, Mike Berry , for sharing how the Montpelier-Roxbury Public Schools in Vermont are adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, get in touch ! Coronavirus Chronicles 001 – Greene County Public Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This assessment — which has no stakes for schools, teachers or students — will cover all 50 states, with particular attention to 27 large urban school districts. Proposing to resume universal standardized testing in America’s public schools, while relaxing the accountability provisions these tests support, is foolhardy.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

How good are America’s public schools? Education funding is like any other public infrastructure investment. School systems with sufficient funding tend to get better results. In states like Kansas and Arizona , leaders have long underfunded their public education systems. It depends on where you live.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 25, 2020

Thank you, Ben Johnson and Tanna Kincaid , for sharing how the Bismarck Public Schools in North Dakota have been adapting to our new reality. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, get in touch ! Coronavirus Chronicles 001 – Greene County Public Schools.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 19, 2021

From North Carolina to California to Alaska, public schools around the United States are planning to preserve a virtual school option for students after the pandemic is over. The constant drumbeat of getting all students back to school as quickly as possible does not tell the whole story of learning in the pandemic.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2017

Mentor Public Schools is a suburban district 20 miles east of Cleveland, Ohio, which serves 7,650 preK-12 students across 42 square miles. ” Keep up on Twitter with the League at #DPLIS , the League meeting at #LISMentor , and the great work happening in Mentor Public Schools at #OnceACard.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The organization, Attendance Works, believes that the number of students missing at least 18 days* of school a year doubled to 16 million in 2021-22 from 8 million students before the pandemic. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: Ten years ago, Courtney Dickinson wanted to create an innovative public school. She had a teaching degree and while she never got a job as a teacher, she had a lot of ideas about how schools should operate. Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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Education Elements

MAY 16, 2018

In the three-plus years since introducing Personalized Learning (PL) in individual schools within a large public school system, the Imaginarium, Denver Public Schools’ (DPS) innovation lab, has been studying the conditions that help and hinder the implementation of PL at scale.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

What does the declining birthrate mean for elementary, middle and high schools across the country? percent fewer public school students a decade from now. The post The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Education Week - Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Our students are among the youngest voters in the country. Are they being targeted as pawns in an illicit political game?

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The League of Innovative Schools (League) convened in Washington, D.C. and Loudoun County Virginia last week for the biannual #DPLIS meeting, co-hosted with Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). The post Looking Back on the League Meeting with Loudoun County Public Schools appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

High school students from Jackson Public Schools gather to discuss ways to improve district schools at Jackson Convention Complex in Mississippi last week. The post Report outlines long road ahead for Jackson Public Schools appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Photo:Liz Willen/ The Hechinger Report.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 11, 2017

They espouse the premise that all students are entitled to equal learning opportunities and reason that since students are not getting those equal opportunities in public school, they should be allowed to go elsewhere.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Kendra Hurley is senior editor at The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs. The post OPINION: Is home-based public school the next big thing for 3-year-olds? Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2016

The post Public-school tests glitch across state appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sierra Mannie is an education reporting fellow for the Jackson Free Press and The Hechinger Report. Email her at sierra@jacksonfreepress.com. For more education stories visit jfp.ms/education.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

In my work with school leaders, one of my goals is to push them to unearth these exemplars while also supporting teachers to grow and improve. Recently I was facilitating some longitudinal coaching work with administrators from Paterson Public Schools in NJ.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

Constitution even though some families sent their children to religious schools. The court issued its ruling in June 2002, and, two months later on the first day of school, traditional public schools in Ohio opened as usual. Espinoza will not unwind public-school spending requirements. The post OPINION: U.S.

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Education Week - Social Studies

JUNE 5, 2023

Petersburg, Fla., a summer program focuses on the diverse histories of Africans and African Americans.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2014

They found that after controlling for the known effects of demographics, particularly wealth and social class, private schools (and independently run charter schools) demonstrated no advantage over public schools. If you are in a position to consider private school for your child, you probably don’t need to.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2016

To help readers get an even better idea of what it is like for kids to “parachute” into a US school without their parents, we’ve made a quick video game to highlight their struggles. The post VIDEO GAME: See how you do as a “parachute kid” in an American public school appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2017

Now that the debate on Question 2 has been decided for the foreseeable future — the ballot initiative was defeated, meaning that the current cap on charter schools will remain in place — it’s time to shift the focus to how we can improve opportunities for all Massachusetts students, whether they attend charters or traditional public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

The Hechinger Report spoke with Edwards about Mooresville’s successes and how they could be replicated in other public schools. I really think the key to our success has been building a really strong culture within the school system. Is this something other public schools can do? What might be holding them back?

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Every first day of school is a new opportunity for a fresh start. As the first day of the 2021-2022 school year approached, teachers across the country were grappling with the question: How do I start fresh when faced with so much uncertainty?

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school. Mysa’s curriculum relies on Common Core, the same national standards as public schools, Fiske says. In contrast, many alternatives to public school are blossoming.

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