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.
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. Throughout the district, traditional rows of desks have been updated and replaced with flexible learning spaces. Adapting to create innovative environments. As a result of a $13.8
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 12, 2021
In Chicago, only 42 percent of public school graduates enrolled in four-year colleges in 2019. To start with, colleges must consider factors other than the traditional standardized scores when recruiting underserved students from communities with few economic, health and educational resources.
A Principal's Reflections
JUNE 28, 2015
A national focus on standardized testing and accountability has only made the experience worse for kids who only crave relevance, meaning, and value out of the hours of time spent in classrooms each school year. In many cases elementary schools have even taken fun out of school for kids by cutting recess.
Sapiens
MARCH 11, 2025
I had initially planned to focus on Indigenous language revitalization in public schools, but it soon became clear that spaces like Calfunaos recording studio carried just as much value for Patagonians looking to reconnect with Indigenous languages and cultures. Mapuche shamans, or machis , play the traditional kultrun drum in 1900.
A Principal's Reflections
JUNE 8, 2014
For many years New Milford High School was just like virtually every other public school in this country defined solely by traditional indicators of success such as standardized test scores, graduation rates, and acceptances to four year colleges. Independent OpenCourseware Study (IOCS) implemented in 2012.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
As a family, we wanted to spend as much time with her as possible throughout her recovery, which meant reconsidering my traditional elementaryschool schedule. Public school choice allows students like me to personalize education in order to achieve unique goals.
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