The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

Every few days, I get a calendar notification reminding me of a musical event no longer happening for students in Metro Nashville Public Schools in Tennessee. It’s especially devastating to think about students who rely on music classes to get them through the school day. It’s a heavy time for adults and students alike. “If

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

But so far, the picture being painted is pretty discouraging. There were 25 percent of fourth graders below the basic math level in this year’s results—a big increase from 2019’s results, when 19 percent were below that level. The groups argue that politicians and school officials have misplaced energy on issues like book bans.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

One of the big policy debates in education is whether paying teachers bonuses increases student achievement along with teachers’ bank accounts. billion in taxpayer money to school districts to reward their best teachers. However, other research complicates the picture. Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report.

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2019

But few of the sleepy teenagers on the school bus from Maple Valley Junior-Senior High School likely noticed this scene on their hour drive to Grand Rapids. They set out from their tiny school district of about 1,000 students, heading to the closest big city for a college recruiting fair. In Sparta, Ga.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

Located about 50 miles north of Nashville, Austin Peay State University in Tennessee has a downhome and cozy feel, sprawling with red brick buildings and some offices that look more like cottages. We were picturing a student self-serve experience,” he said. Coming from high school, looking at all these classes will blow your mind.”

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

She said libraries in Nashville and Phoenix have since used the process for their own designs. That was one of the best things about those early meetings, just advocating for this space,” said Marc Robert Wong, who was on the board for the last three years and graduated high school in the spring.

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MindShift

MARCH 22, 2016

Sometime during the first few weeks of school at Montgomery Bell Academy, an independent, all-boys college preparatory school in Nashville, Tennessee, college counselor Ginny Maddux gathers all the ninth-graders in the auditorium to talk about college. I think it’s a great thing.”.

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