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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 28, 2019
Although Mississippi has not adopted online preschool programs to the same extent as other states, during the 2015-16 school year, a group of children in Mississippi participated in a pilot program of the UPSTART kindergarten-readiness program. Senate Bill 2300 would require compulsory attendance in kindergarten.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. All states had to submit ESSA plans this fall showing how they intend to measure students’ progress, and the advocates believed that the flexibility in the new law would inspire states to innovate. “The
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The Hechinger Report
MARCH 5, 2018
In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” All through elementary school, she’d excelled in the classroom, though she spent a lot of time in the principal’s office. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. percent, compared with a district average of 10 percent.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 7, 2018
In 2015-16, more than one-third of all retained students were from grades K-3. By the 2015-16 school year, the latest data available online , Louisiana retained 4 percent of its students, still roughly twice the 2.2 If that second attempt wasn’t successful, students couldn’t move on to fifth or ninth grade. percent national average.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 22, 2018
The success of home visits has been well documented for infants and has been studied at the elementary and middle school level , but it’s an open question whether these visits make a difference for older students, according to some experts. Related: How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.
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. But we don’t know how to go about it right now and as an industry we are picking and choosing what feels right as opposed to using evidence-based practices.”.
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