The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

When James Smith became principal at Snowy Peaks three years ago, the school was a dropout prevention program on turnaround status. So the entire school, including the students, held a weeklong design thinking exercise on what they thought school should look like. Roots Elementary School in Denver, Colo.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online. a noise Gray, who is Black, found inappropriate, given the context of protests against law enforcement and the optics of a white teacher exercising control in that way over a majority Black and brown classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. The book is part of a social-emotional learning strategy used by Washington-Lee Elementary School and a growing number of schools nationwide. BRISTOL, Va. —

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

When the coronavirus ended in-person education in March, Alejandra’s school sent home games and simple exercises Christine could help with. When the coronavirus hit, she became the girls’ homeschool teacher in addition to their primary caregiver. Credit: Christine Zuniga. But guiding Victoria on her assignments was far more challenging.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. She runs through pre-kindergarten counting exercises on a phone. She had yet to register the youngest girl, who was entering kindergarten. He was no longer enrolled, they said. She has had to settle for “playing school” with her three older siblings.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2018

McMicken Heights Elementary School principal Alexandria Haas sits with second-graders during a morning activity developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Good morning, Mahlet,” says one student to another at McMicken Heights Elementary School. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. BURIEN, Wash. —

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