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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

A 2016 study by the American Institutes for Research noted that about a third of Chicago’s public high school students fail one or both semesters of algebra I. Of those who failed both semesters in 2005-06, only 15 percent graduated in four years. Jeffrey Coots, a Kentucky algebra teacher. Zyonne Reid, a 15-year-old at J.P.

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Charter schools nearly destroyed this New Orleans school. Now it will become one.

The Hechinger Report

Up until Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, McDonogh 35 had required entering ninth graders to have a high level of academic preparation. Funding for McDonogh 35, New Orleans’ last noncharter school, fell from $15,594 per student in 2008-09 to $11,651 per student in 2016-17. Now she wants others to learn that history.

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Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

The Hechinger Report

He started teaching social studies at Blythewood High School in Richland 2, a school district in the Midlands, in 2005, the same year the school was founded. “I After the 2016 presidential election in which Donald Trump was declared winner, that feeling has gotten more intense for educators, he said. Tackling Teacher Shortages.

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

The Hechinger Report

In a city that recorded 762 murders in 2016, the most in the nation , security measures like these were authorized years ago for every public high school. At that time, more than 80 percent of students were failing to meet state proficiency standards , and the school was graduating less than half of its students.

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