The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

So far, a 2021 study of Boston’s universal pre-K program found that students who attended the city’s preschools between 1997 and 2003 were more likely to go to college immediately after high school. About 40 percent of the families took advantage of it and chose to send their children to a pre-K program at a public elementary school.

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Comparison Elementary Study Data 118

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., For one thing, NCLB forced states to shine a brighter light on their lowest-achieving students and publicly share data on their progress — often for the first time. Monday, Sept.

Education 40

Education Policies Learning Report 40

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

students are justifiably exhausted and nervous from too much homework — even though some international comparisons suggest they’re sitting comfortably at the average. So any comparison is, to a degree, apples-to-oranges (or, at least, apples-to-pears). Well, here goes. An hour or less a day? But we hear so many horror stories!

Comparison 28

Comparison Survey Report Study 28

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. ” But this research hasn’t made its way into many elementary school classrooms. So in 2015, he assigned Harper to visit all of Bethlehem’s elementary schools and find out how children were being taught to read.

Training 112

Training Elementary Report Study 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In 1970, the black population in Washington stood at approximately 71 percent, according to my analysis of Decennial Census data. The Shanker report found that between 2003 and 2011 the white teaching workforce in Washington more than doubled, from 16 to 39 percent, while the black share declined precipitously, from 77 to 49 percent.

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Analysis Report Comparison Data 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

By comparison, whiter metros such as Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Minneapolis have some of the lowest concentrations of security guards. Just look at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where one elementary school was able to increase attendance in just three years by rolling out the use of an app named KinVolved.

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Comparison Training Report Study 110