The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

NEW ORLEANS—Before the 2020-21 school year, Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools, had never considered leaving the profession she loved this early. By the end of 2020, the 44-year-old was agonizing over whether the school year might be her last teaching there. This story also appeared in Time. Into a burning house.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. Guilford sent its first batch of tutors to middle schools in November 2020. It’s a long road of recovery.” It’s just gotten worse.”.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. What if you were not just disseminating aid to students?” Kirtley says.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

“I like building stuff,” said 11-year-old Isabella Lagunas, describing the appeal of her science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) after-school program, Girlstart. “In For low-income kids it’s really hard for programs to run in person,” said Jodi Grant, executive director of Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group. “It

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2024

One out of 10 Black students in the eighth grade math scores were scoring basic or above,” saidKristen Hengtgen, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit advocacy group EdTrust, referring to last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

READ THE SERIES Part of that trend stems from the impact the lack of child care had on the economy during the pandemic, said Olivia Allen, a co-founder and vice president of the Children’s Funding Project, a nonprofit that researches and supports local efforts to fund early childhood programs.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

In May of 2020, the Las Vegas native accepted an offer to become superintendent of the Elko County School District, which serves roughly 10,000 students in northeastern Nevada. As hard as those first months were, the gradual return to in-person learning in fall 2020 was harder. This story also appeared in The Nevada Independent.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland’s advocacy and perseverance extended beyond mental health services as she oversaw the district-wide launch of Hazel’s at-home physical health services, where students can meet with a medical provider virtually from the comfort of their own homes at no cost, regardless of insurance status. Smart transportation, and VR, among others.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

2020 = 125,000; 2040 = 185,000+. 2020 = 75,000; 2040 = 110,000+. 2020 = 11,000; 2040 = 13,000. University research and policy in an era of advocacy philanthropists and agenda-setting organizations. David Drew , Reforming STEM Education in America. What’s driving the emphasis on STEM? . Microplurality.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

By the fall of 2020, all Northern Cass students will plot their own academic courses to high school graduation, while sticking with same-age peers for things like gym class and field trips. Even Waukesha STEM Academy gives grade levels a cameo in student progress reports. There’s so much behind music to learn.”. We take the tests.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Williams Middle School in Charleston, South Carolina, demonstrates soldering used to build a SeaPerch, an underwater remotely controlled vehicle, to students in a summer camp program aimed at piquing their interest in the school’s STEM programs. In 2020, the C.E. Photo: Stephanie Strom for The Hechinger Report. On a recent weekday, J.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Among her most recent notable achievements are 2021 Georgia Carl Perkins awardee, 2020 University of Georgia College of Education Lifetime Achievement awardee, 2019 Georgia Outstanding Woman, and 2019 Georgia Department of Education’s STEM and STEAM Advocate of the Year. Follow Dr. Levett on Twitter @AnnLPGA.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Tameka’s kids have essentially been out of school since COVID hit in March 2020. Tameka’s kids have essentially been out of school since COVID hit in March 2020. Tameka’s longtime partner, who was father to her children, died of a heart attack in May 2020 as COVID gripped the country. Tameka is her middle name.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Its transfer-friendly strategy stems partly from the university’s history and culture; the stern, stiff-collared and mostly bearded countenances of its presidents staring down from portraits in the main administration building testify to its 1891 founding by a Christian denomination similar to the Quakers called the Church of the Brethren.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2020, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit public awareness and advocacy organization working to ensure that all children and youth have access to quality afterschool programs. Prudential Financial, Inc.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Nearly 15,000 of Philadelphia’s more than 197,000 students attended a virtual cyber charter school last year — a 55 percent increase since the 2020-21 school year. In fact, Pennsylvania has quietly become the “cyber charter capital of the nation” according to a report from the education advocacy group Children First PA.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

As Superintendent of Fort Smith (AR) Public Schools from 2017-2020, Dr. Brubaker launched the district’s Vision 2023 strategic planning initiative, working extensively with stakeholders to identify and prioritize the district’s greatest needs.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

The word just hasn’t gotten out about the ability to do this,” said Todd Ziebarth, a senior vice president of state advocacy and support at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Flying Earth acknowledged the challenges of running a charter network that spans schools in several states.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In addition to her new lunch routine, Zayas, who teaches STEM and social studies at a public school in Leander, Texas, has set a regular time when she turns off her computer at night. “I’m Balanced” is not a word that many educators would use to describe how they feel in 2020. Filling the gas tank. Instead, reduce our workloads.

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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. When the district started their program in 2020, they were able to use Title I funding because they focused on Title I schools.

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MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

Williams Middle School in Charleston, South Carolina, demonstrates soldering used to build a SeaPerch, an underwater remotely controlled vehicle, to students in a summer camp program aimed at piquing their interest in the school’s STEM programs. In 2020, the C.E. Charleston County School District). But we’re working on it.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

and MAIT : Beyond the Buzzwords: How to infuse SEL, flipped learning, & more into everyday activities Kate Baker, M.Ed

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

percent of STEM undergraduate and 17.4 percent of STEM master’s degrees.[i] Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) contains markers like socioeconomic status, financial security, educational attainment, and life expectancy, all of which tells a story of Asian American progress and achievement.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Dr. Beate W. Global Citizen.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

By 2000, it had grown to 13 percent, and in 2020, it was almost 40 percent. Those interviews suggest that the decision to force out Grimes as superintendent stemmed from a tangle of small-town politics, deep-rooted antipathy toward immigrants and a yearning for the city Russellville used to be. Heath Grimes put students first.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Newsletters Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Left unsaid: The 2020 federal budget proposal that would cut $8.8 Do you support them in that advocacy as well?” While DeVos said she’s reaching out to Democrats to help pass it, she acknowledges an uphill battle awaits. billion from her department. Green asked.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I think part of it is a disbelief that things aren’t gonna get as bad as we anticipate they’ll get,’” said Ruth Schmidt, the executive director of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association, an advocacy organization. His behaviors stem from not being able to communicate his wants and needs.” Plain and simple: We take advantage of it.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Although Rocketship founder John Danner hoped that the charter school chain would serve one million students by 2020, his goal has since been significantly revised.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Credit: Kathleen Flynn for The Hechinger Report Screening revealed that Brooke had dyslexia a common learning disability stemming from neurological differences that make it difficult to identify sounds and associate them with letters and words. Dyslexia is a common learning disability stemming from neurological differences.

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