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.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 15, 2018
The non-profit organization Mentor, which works to ensure that everyone “has the supportive relationships they need to grow and develop,” conducted a national survey in 2014 of youth aged 18 to 21 and found that one in three reported growing up without a mentor of any kind. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 9, 2018
Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. 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.
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?
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. Substantial academic support needed.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. ” A Hechinger Report analysis found that such lofty goals were common in the 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, particularly between 2008 and 2013, when dozens of new charter schools opened across the city. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 8, 2020
Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. While students have lots of time to play, they also learn traditional and rigorous academic material during the school year. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. EVERETT, Wash. —
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