The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 28, 2017
Government Accountability Office found the percentage of all schools with racial or socio-economic isolation grew from 9 percent to 16 percent from 2001 to 2014. Breaking up black school boards has more to do with disrupting black power than implementing a proven strategy to improve academic achievement. That’s horrific enough.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 19, 2016
These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. This isn't a new story: even PCs, which were widely available in classrooms by 2001, rarely had a real impact on classroom instruction. So, what can be done?
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Primary and secondary schools have prioritized college preparation since the federal No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2001, when states demanded K-12 schools adhere to rigid academic standards.
Georgia Test Prep
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
These tests determine if the student has understood the curriculum as per state standards, because they are pegged to Georgia’s new academic standards, which are guided by the Common Core, a national consensus of what each child should learn in each grade level. What’s in store for the 2020-21 school year.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 9, 2018
Annual testing of students became a federal requirement after 2001, and that sometimes affected instruction. states adopted new, more demanding academic standards in the 2010s, and there have been widespread reports about the difficulties in changing instruction in the classroom. Policy changes may play a role too.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
MAY 27, 2020
As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic standards. She was appointed by the Clinton administration’s Secretary of Education Richard Riley in 1997 and reappointed by him in 2001.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 8, 2020
More recently, widespread changes in academic standards, like the adoption of the Common Core standards and concern over low reading scores , further increased the rigor of kindergarten to the point that it has been referred to as “ the new first grade.” They had taken out all the fun to make it more academic,” Turtzo said.
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