The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2024

Her salary jumped from $57,000 to $75,000 a year, thanks to a massive experiment underway in the nation’s capital, which seeks to solve one of the major drivers of the child care crisis: Most educators don’t make a livable wage. It will pay a livable wage, and people are starting to understand how important early education is.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five of adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. About three-quarters of Colorado jobs will require some education beyond high school by 2020, Baer said.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This story also appeared in The Seattle Times For years, she sat through meetings with her son’s special education teachers, struggling to maintain a smile as she understood little of what they said. Mireya Barrera, left, spent years struggling to understand her son Ian’s teachers in special education meetings without a Spanish interpreter.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

The switch to a proficiency-based education, which focuses on making sure students can demonstrate what they know, has helped students like Elderkin. That’s due to a new teaching approach here called “proficiency-based education,” that was inspired by a 2012 state law. Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

A Yale-educated evolutionary biologist and a member of the faculty at Catholic, liberal arts-focused Sacred Heart University, Geffrey Stopper also oversees one of its newest courses: Advanced Craft Beverage Brewing. Americans appear to like the idea of embedding career and technical education into academic degree programs.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Gifting myself with an education is a part of my recovery,” said Nomi Badboy, 43, one of three students attending this week’s meeting of the school’s collegiate recovery program. Education is an example of what’s called “recovery capital,” something earned that makes long-term recovery more likely.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Amid a heated presidential contest, KnowledgeWorks has released an Education Playbook to put the spotlight on teaching and learning in the U.S. In the first eight presidential debates, more than 175,000 words were spoken, but “education” was only mentioned 64 times. education system. How can we prepare them for those realities?

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Like a handful of states, New Hampshire is taking the opportunity provided by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to revise its accountability measures to further individualize education. Claire Voorhees, national policy director, Foundation for Excellence in Education. Higher Education. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Juliet won’t finish high school before 2025, but the 11-year-old already has big plans: She wants to be a mechanical engineer. At the state level, Maine passed a law two years ago to expand career-and-technical education to middle schools. Related: How to build an engineer: Start young. But we’re working on it.”.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

But it’s among the ways critics warn some well-meaning reforms designed to solve the many challenges in higher education are threatening to water down its quality or benefiting students who don’t need help. secretary of education who is among those raising caution flags. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Related: Interested in coverage about climate change and education? Six tribes, including CKST, have sued the state of Montana for failing to implement its Indian Education for All curriculum in public schools over the past few decades, despite a mandate to do so. Sign up for our newsletter here. They want the land.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2022

Pacific Time) Anthony Chow, Director, SJSU School of Information Q&A Dear iSchool Family, As the new Director of the iSchool, many of you know that my educational roots reside in developmental and educational psychology - the study of healthy development with a focus on human cognition.

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MindShift

JANUARY 30, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. About three-quarters of Colorado jobs will require some education beyond high school by 2020, Baer said.

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MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

This story about career readiness was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Juliet won’t finish high school before 2025, but the 11-year-old already has big plans: She wants to be a mechanical engineer. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2024

Five months after federal stabilization grants expired, deeper cracks are beginning to show in the early care and education sector. At a time when the field is suffering, leaving families, educators and providers across the country scrambling, the progress in Massachusetts is remarkable. We see more programs opening. “And

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

Today, it is redefining education, particularly in New York City, where students, educators, and institutions are collaborating to shape a new era of learning in a tech-driven world. These tools are foundational to the success of esports programs, seamlessly enhancing both competitive gameplay and educational engagement.

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The Thinking Stick

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Educators and families can register free for this event: [link] The conversation centers around Crayola Creativity Week, a free program designed to inspire and celebrate children’s creativity. Cheri helps educators and community leaders expand their creative thinking. Ready to learn more about our amazing guest?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Most experts agree that older adults as a population tend to be isolated and lonely problems associated with an increased risk of dementia, heart disease and stroke, according to Jina Ragland, associate state director of advocacy and outreach at AARP Nebraska. As they age, their social networks contract.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2025

National pride in America is at a record low, coinciding with desperately low scores on the nations civics report card from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Strengthening civic education nationally requires ongoing work, state-by-state. Related: Become a lifelong learner. Continued progress is necessary.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The caller was from an education company called ReUp Education that, through a partnership with the state of New Jersey, offers one-on-one coaching to adults who left college without graduating. Related: Interested in innovations in higher education? Subscribe to our free biweekly higher education newsletter.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2023

So for now, Aguilar advises these students as best she can.The teacher helps with their practical questions, like how to pay for higher education. Stuck in Limbo In a recently released report , immigration advocacy organization FWD.us By 2025, no undocumented high school graduates will be eligible for DACA under current rules.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Russellville City school district created De La Rosa’s position in early 2021 as part of a larger effort to help educate its growing population of students who speak English as a second language. But as Grimes’ star rose statewide, according to local educators and residents, his relationship with city leadership started to unravel.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2019

. Boosting education equity should be the starting point for a solution aimed at narrowing the nation’s widening — and alarming — gaps in income, wealth and education. Second, advocacy groups have gotten really smart about leveraging their interventions to improve graduation rates. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2025

The National Center for Education Statistics is a relatively obscure federal agency, but its mission to collect data on the state of education affects every public school in the country. Congress mandates a June 1 NCES report on the condition of education. Photo retrieved from the Education Department website.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

That would help return the United States to first in the world in the proportion of its population with the credentials needed to sustain an economy increasingly dependent on highly educated workers. At this rate, the target won’t be met until at least 2041 , the research arm of the nonprofit Educational Testing Service, or ETS, predicts.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2024

It is creating so much more work and chaos,” said Emma Grasso Levine, the Title IX policy and senior program manager at the advocacy group Know Your IX. The rules, he said in a press release , “would have forced educational programs that receive federal money to accept a radical transgender ideology.” 5, 2023, in Washington, DC.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

Department of Education estimated the total cost of needed repairs at $197 billion, or around $220 billion in 2021 dollars. Mike Dunleavy, a former educator. The actual plan for the new school calls for a 15,226-square-foot building to comply with state education facility requirements.). In 2014, the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Raised by educators in this tribal village at the base of the Grand Canyon, she started kindergarten a little ahead of her peers. Siyuja, now 22, wiped tears from her face as she sat alongside her mother and grandmother the educators of the family one afternoon last year in the Havasupai Tribal Council chambers. SUPAI, Ariz.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2025

Project 2025, the conservative policy handbook organized by the Heritage Foundation, which the Trump administration has been following closely, calls for eliminating Head Start altogether. Our free early childhood education newsletter tracks the issues. That made a huge impact on his and his familys life, Gilliam said.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2025

As 2024 moves into 2025, educators greet a new year with uncertainty. A second Trump presidency has many educators wondering how proposed policy changes will impact schools and districts. This begs the question: Whats next for education?

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EdTech Industry System Assessment 142

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. But any such plan inevitably would sweep up parents of school-age children, leaving educators with the responsibility of providing food, clothing, counseling, and more to affected students. citizen children. It’s estimated some 4.4

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Every year, more special education teachers quit than graduate from the nations teacher preparation programs, even as the number of students diagnosed with disabilities keeps rising. There was broad agreement that special education staffing shortages are a dire problem at a public briefing held by the U.S. newsletters.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2024

Another poll earlier this year by the Small Business Majority, an advocacy organization with 85,000 members, had similar findings : A third have lost revenue and earnings because of employees’ child care challenges. In 2023, child care cost families $11,582 on average, according to Child Care Aware, a national advocacy organization.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Keep up with our free weekly newsletter on K-12 education. Bill Cassidy the new chair of the Senate committee whose role includes overseeing education. million children , receive special education services. President Donald Trump has vowed to shrink the federal governments role in education.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2025

President Donald Trump has pledged to shutter the Department of Education but also promised that students with disabilities will keep getting the services they need. They argue the diminished Education Department will no longer be able to fulfill its duties, which, by law, include ensuring that the 7.5

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