The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report After ruling out stressors in Antonio’s family environment, the Yale team learned more about the challenges he was facing at school, including severe learning difficulties in the classroom and bullies outside of school. Department of Health and Human Services invested $1.6

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As I begin the new school year, I make a list of all my priorities: Lesson planning, grading, classroom setup, data analysis and new teacher mentorship. During a recent open house, parents filled my classroom. Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

People often ask me if it was strange to be a newly minted teenager in classrooms full of college upperclassmen. During the 2023-24 school year, we supported a pilot cohort of 12 mathematically advanced students from across the country. The truth is, no one knew my age unless I told them.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

They launched a website , an advocacy group and an auxiliary group for teachers. One of their leaders held a Science of Math event in Pennsylvania in 2022 and is planning another in 2023. In January 2023, the NCTM, the math teachers group, reiterated its opposition to the rote memorization of math facts, such as multiplication tables.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. How much classroom time is lost? It’s the type of question Deana Around Him considers in her work.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

until May 2023. By sharing a bit about themselves, teachers can foster greater rapport with students in their classrooms. Research supports incorporating group work in the classroom, pointing to improved social skills, a greater sense of belonging, a chance to reflect on and define personal identity, and the chance to support peers.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Read about the three 2023 winners here. 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.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It wants to create a movement of “equity designers” through youth programs, leadership development and educational advocacy tools. Sadly a child’s learning experience in the US is still impacted by race and class, with the more-creative, inquiry based classroom reserved for the wealthy,” she said. She wants to change that.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2024

A classroom at Educare DC. The program has been able to pay teachers more without passing the costs directly to parents, said the center’s advocacy manager, Adam Barragan-Smith. Three “feelings and emotions” dolls on a shelf in a classroom at Educare DC, a daycare center in northeast Washington, D.C.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

where our school buildings are crumbling, where our students are not being adequately prepared to face the realities of the climate crisis, where there are vast inequities across race and class,” said Shiva Rajbhandari, a Sunrise Movement organizer and a 2023 graduate of Idaho’s Boise High School. There are reasons to be optimistic.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Read about the three 2023 winners here. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 In addition to her role as Content Lead for Libraries, Michelle served as President of the Iowa School Association of School Librarians in 2022, and Past President in 2023. Principal Rod Ruth was named South Carolina’s 2023 Secondary Principal of the Year.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

But one day in February, after refusing to go into her classroom and allegedly cursing at her teachers, the seventh grader was sent home to learn online indefinitely. Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

By the end of spring 2023, about 40 percent of third graders achieved a “met expectations” or “exceeded expectations” score on the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP. Literacy coach Melissa Knapp works in a first grade classroom at Harpeth Valley Elementary in Nashville.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

Providing students WiFi access in every classroom and outside common areas to expand the classroom setting. Installing classroom charging cabinets to secure the devices and keep them charged. A public-facing website showcases what is taught in the classroom and available programs. To date, it has been successful.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 18, 2022

During the edLeader Panel, “ Leading Learning in the 2022-2023 School Year: Ready, Set, Go ,” superintendents discussed how they’re preparing for the upcoming year, the main challenges they’re facing, and what they’re doing to move their staff and students forward with optimism and excitement. Join the Community.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2024

If indeed someone is out, Gale will be the one to step in and take over that classroom at the child care center she owns and runs. But the funds ran out in September 2023. There was enough space — three units and one house — for four classrooms, and as soon as renovation was completed on the first room, she enrolled 12 more kids.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s back-to-school season across the country, and while this is met with mixed emotions, like it or not, classroom doors are open and welcoming students. Here are some back-to-school tips, advice, and valuable insights from educators, stakeholders, and industry experts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

NEW YORK, NY – SuperDville is proud to announce the winners of it’s first SEL for Students who Learn Differently Microgrant 2023. The 2023-24 Microgrant winners are: The Museum School, Decatur, GA, [link] PS 6K – NYCDOE District 17, Brooklyn, NY [link] BayWaveland School District, Bay-St. SuperDville CEO Peggy Stern said.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2023

Leading by example, he never stopped loving the classroom or lost his passion for teaching, and he maintained his role as teacher in his capacity as Principal. Under his nearly 20-year tenure as Principal of Saunders Trades and Technical High School, Mr. Mazzola challenged all staff and students to maximize their full potential.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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. Nearly 60,000 students statewide were enrolled full time in cyber charters in 2023-24, according data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Edtech is no longer a one-time purchase or a luxury item—it’s integrated across every system in school districts from the central office to classrooms to school buses. Many stakeholders may still see technology as replacing teachers—or they see it just as a fun addition to the classroom. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. In May 2018, in part due to broad-based support for Vision 2023 goals, the district passed its first millage referendum in over 30 years.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Everyone has been to school and has their own image of what a classroom should look like. Yet, 1:1 classrooms, BYOD, and tech-supported education are today’s reality. Moreover, keep checking on classrooms to make sure the tech is helping as envisioned rather than just becoming a projector screen or an afterthought.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Related: Millions of kids are missing school as attendance tanks across the US Thousands of students went missing from American classrooms during the pandemic. Contact logs provided by the district show social workers from three schools have sent four emails and called the family 19 times since the pandemic closed classrooms in 2020.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group that works with underserved communities, also joined the partnership. The homework gap isn’t new. for only a few weeks.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

At the beginning of the edtech wave, superintendents saw many benefits from using digital resources in the classroom. Before, for instance, it was possible that each third grade classroom would have a science app of varying quality. First, all programs are accessible to all students and teachers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2024

Without the historic level of operational funding that was distributed monthly to child care programs across the United States through September 2023, many providers are experiencing staff departures and shouldering rising costs, leading many to increase tuition for families and some to close classrooms — or worse, close their doors entirely.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Child care centers, which already operated on thin margins before the pandemic, are shuttering classrooms and capping enrollment numbers because of severe teacher shortages and a lack of funding. “We Some centers have reported wait lists as large as 1,500 children due to staffing shortages that are keeping classrooms closed.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

AP) – One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth-grade classroom in the Oregon mountains, Khloe Warne sat at a table in her mother’s bakery, doing her schoolwork on a laptop and watching her favorite clips of anime. She described the fight to get her daughter back in the classroom as exhausting, stressful and sad.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Saturday 2nd September 2023 New York, NY Credit : Amir Hamja/ The New York Times Credit: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Even as Columbia has swallowed up more land, it has taken fewer students from New York City. “I built a 23-story glass and steel building in Greenwich Village for $1.2

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

. — Lindsey Johnson and Yesenia De La Rosa were taking different approaches to teaching the same English lesson on silent letters as they sat at opposite ends of this first grade classroom in West Elementary School. But the growth since then hasn’t been consistent, and proficiency levels in 2023 for some grades fell below 2019 numbers.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Credit: Yuvraj Khanna for the Hechinger Report Since the partnership began in March 2023, at least 8,600 adults assisted by ReUp have reenrolled in college and 350 have graduated, according to the state Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. Close to tears, Mims said, Ive just been trying to do this for so long. Its just been a lot.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2025

In a corner of Huffman High School, the sounds of popping nail guns and whirring table saws fill the architecture and construction classroom. Just 43 percent of Alabama high schoolers who graduated in 2023 enrolled in one of the states public colleges the following fall. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Department of Education. Is it worth my time?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Woods said he won’t stop having those conversations when Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which limits classroom discussion about sexual orientation and gender identity, takes effect this summer. Related: What do classroom conversations around race, identity and history really look like? Credit: Image provided by Michael Woods.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A recent poll of roughly 1,500 parents commissioned by the National Parents Union — or NPU, an advocacy group — found that, among parents whose children take their phones to school, 78% said the reason for doing that is so they can use the device during emergencies. Some schools ban the use of phones just in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

She said it was confusing, poorly written, and not vetted by the board’s legal counsel (instead it was reviewed by the anti-LGBTQ Christian legal advocacy group, Alliance Defending Freedom). Indeed, he had not been a school principal, administrator, or classroom teacher. The November 2023 election would be pivotal.

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