The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

This year, the Green Lake Parent Teacher Association paid about half that much to cover the cost of the elementary school’s vocal teacher and a portion of a full-time counselor’s salary, among other supports for students. About 3 in 4 students at Rising Star Elementary qualify for subsidized meals. Double click image to enlarge.

Elementary 141

Elementary Education Report Groups 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Her parents, like many Mexican immigrant families, didn’t believe in taking out loans, even for education. They both believe that having Hispanic teachers might have made a difference in their education. Anna Egalite, education professor at North Carolina State University. Graphic: Davin McHenry. Hispanics account for 21.5

Secondary 40

Secondary E-rate Report Comparison 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

Data 140

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 140

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

Summer school is “boring” and it’s not productive to force kids to learn when they don’t want to, said Robert Slavin, an education researcher at Johns Hopkins University and one of the meta-analysis authors. Nobody wants to be sitting in school while their friends are out playing,” Slavin said. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletters.

Analysis 117

Analysis Study Report Elementary 117

Waterford

DECEMBER 3, 2019

8] Your Gen Xers are most likely the parents of older elementary or middle and high school students. 6] Millennials are no longer elementary or secondary students themselves, though they may still be students in college or graduate school. If you teach elementary school, many of your students’ parents will belong to Generation Y.

Social Media 228

Social Media Smartphone Elementary Facebook 228

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

However, the latest data from the federal government, covering the 2014-15 school year, still shows an advantage to the wealthy across the nation’s public elementary, middle and high schools. The current Education Department study did not disclose what the funding gaps would have been without federal aid in 2014-15.

Report 83

Report Comparison Elementary Data 83

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Baum & Company, the same financial firm that underwrote the Fox C-6 bonds, was sanctioned by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for overcharging a school district in 2011. Pipes have been left in disrepair in an Antonia Elementary School art room storage closet in Imperial, Missouri, causing sewage to drip through.

Report 70

Report Industry Company Conference 70

Digital Promise

JULY 3, 2017

Think, for example, about the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests in the U.S., However, one finding was common to the preschoolers and the older elementary school children alike: all asserted that the stickers should be shared evenly. We also showed the same classroom scenarios to a comparison group of 93 adults.

Study 121

Study Examples Comparison Elementary 121

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You can take courses on helpful topics like classroom management, teacher wellness, education technology, special education classes and more. In 2013-2015 he taught 4th and 5th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at Independence Elementary in Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. Wesley completed his Ph.D.

Trends 242

Trends Digital Citizenship Facebook Edcamps 242

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Meaning, society is better off when students see diversity in the ranks of teachers rather than when they hear lessons about the importance of inclusion from a monolithic group of educators. But there’s more at stake than the educational benefits of having black teachers for black students. Representation matters.

Analysis 106

Analysis Report Comparison Data 106

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In fairness, startups weren’t the only education companies experiencing this sort of upheaval this year: Amplify, News Corps’ education division, continued to sell off various parts of its failed business. DeVry Education Group got a new CEO." Layoffs at General Assembly (7% of staff). Why, schools of course.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. ” Many educators were angered , insisting that this wasn’t their fault. I get that.

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

This story is the last story in a six-part series about how little the United States invests in the education of young children. Caring for and educating young children are intimately tied together. Hillary Clinton reads “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to a preschool class at a YMCA in Rochester, New Hampshire on June 15, 2015.

Policies 57

Policies Advocacy Study E-rate 57