The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

There are just a few weeks left until their big trip to Atlanta for a three-day event called the Junior Theater Festival, and they’re hoping to add another trophy to the assortment that fills the school’s front lobby. In 2005, Lee co-founded NAAP to offer summertime musical theater programs to schoolchildren in Chinatown.

Dropout 77

Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 77

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

Up until Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, McDonogh 35 had required entering ninth graders to have a high level of academic preparation. He’s held town-hall-style events with the community and has been meeting with the alumni association. “There was an expectation that we would succeed – always,” Ivory said.

Meeting 85

Meeting Groups Report Course 85

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Ocon, who had been at the school since 2005, became convinced that the source of the dismal performance numbers was not the kids but a hidebound curriculum that was simply not working to their benefit. Yet one student may have limited geography skills, and is not making connections between events in neighboring Laos and Cambodia.

Report 90

Report Competency Based Learning Common Core System 90