The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Fifth graders Davonayshia Hollis, left, and Denaya Rippey, review a group entrepreneurial project for a parent-approved music device, developed in a mentorship program, Thursday May 19, 2016, at Brooklyn’s P.S. 307 in New York.

Company 110

Company Academic Standards Report Secondary 110

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

According to data provided by district officials, in spring 2016 (the most recent year available), Webster graduated 75 percent of its seniors, a 22-point increase in just three years. The results have been impressive. Related: Rural schools join forces to make college the rule rather than the exception.

Dropout 85

Dropout Secondary Data Report 85

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Under this initiative, children who will be starting kindergarten in fall 2016 will receive a free summer subscription to Smarty Ants®, an effective, research-based literacy program designed specifically for young learners. Smarty Ants is not the only Achieve3000 solution currently implemented at Virginia Beach.

Blended Learning 0

Blended Learning Secondary Differentiated Instruction Academic Standards 0

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

While seven of those 27 schools were able to reach 70 percent student proficiency in either English or math in 2016, none had attained 80 percent. At Arise, the school whose name begins with Achievement, not even 40 percent of students were proficient in 2016, based on composite scores for English and math.

Elementary 76

Elementary Report Meeting Academic Standards 76

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

For the past four years, Vermont has prioritized broadening work-based education in secondary schools, to include more than what has traditionally been offered in career-technical education. Between September 2016 and June 2017, the number of licensed work-based learning coordinators in Vermont increased from 38 to 53.

Classroom 99

Classroom Report Academic Standards Company 99

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

There’s a difference between the promises of “personalized learning” and the policies that school leaders enact—whether through changing academic standards, testing tools, teacher accountability and technology implementation—to make them a reality.

Technology 93

Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 93

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While these roles were drafted to appeal specifically to university and college librarians, they are universal enough to be relevant to school librarians working in primary and secondary school media centers, too. But this simply isn’t true in the modern educational climate.

Libraries 98

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98