The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Educators and school leaders are scrambling to figure out how to regain ground next year in a course that often makes or breaks students’ life chances. Of those who failed both semesters in 2005-06, only 15 percent graduated in four years. Here’s how it all adds up. Algebra I is the air you breathe to be in STEM.”

STEM 126

STEM Report Course Study 126

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. Early this past December, the state released guidance to explain how to institute alternatives to retention in fourth grade, to comply with a resolution passed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in October.

Analysis 125

Analysis Report Data Policies 125

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In airy PS 64 Frederick Law Olmsted, in affluent, white north Buffalo, 22 would-be Arctic explorers wrestled with how to build a shelter if their team leader had frostbite and snow blindness. Jolly wrote in 2005. There are gifted dropouts. This story also appeared in NBC News. Psychologists later poked holes in that definition.

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

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. A student who failed came away with little understanding of how to improve. Ocon looked for an alternative approach.

Report 89

Report Competency Based Learning Common Core System 89