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How Teacher Prep Programs Are Stepping Up Efforts to Recruit Students

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The program brings high school students to the campus for half a day, for a tour of the education school and to meet with officials. As we know, white women dominate K-12 teaching, particularly elementary,” says Maureen Kelleher, editorial director at Georgetown University’s FutureEd. “But

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OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2019

While 20 percent of elementary and secondary students have a learning disability, 94 percent of those students received some sort of help or accommodation while in high school. As these students rise to meet the challenges facing them, colleges and universities must match their determination.

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. The only face-to-face meeting was in October 2021, when Tameka sent her kids on the bus, only to learn they weren’t enrolled. She had yet to register the youngest girl, who was entering kindergarten. He was no longer enrolled, they said.

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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

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MARCH 25, 2021

When he entered first grade in 2008, after a half-day kindergarten program, his school district, in Eagle Point, Oregon, never even attempted a full-day schedule, Pearson said. One Oregon advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about shortened school days from September 2016 to December 2018.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. She expected much more than ‘You’re going to meet state standards,’” he said.

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Why we could soon lose even more Black Teachers

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

In the summer of 2020, Talbott and her colleagues asked for a meeting with the charter school’s leaders to discuss racial justice at Lusher, one of the city’s most coveted for families and teachers alike; they also created an antiracism group for teachers. “A Yet she never contemplated leaving the classroom until the summer of 2020.

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For ed-tech success, why schools use technology is just as important as how

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

For example, in early 2008, LPS noticed that students were falling behind in math. Often, they’re not clear about what the goal is and how they want to evaluate changes in student outcomes,” Arnett said.

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Work Your Dreams Using the Top Five Leadership Competencies with Secretary of State Linda McCulloch

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Last, for those who want to become civically engaged, Secretary McCulloch recommends reading and educating yourself, attending meetings, volunteering, visiting places of interest to you, advocating for an issue, writing, and voting. Secretary McCulloch was elected Montana’s first woman Secretary of State in November 2008.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. The last time schools were fully funded, in 2008, the state spent roughly $2.56 billion on elementary and secondary education.

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New data: Even within the same district some wealthy schools get millions more than poor ones

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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A day in the life of a school social worker

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

By 7:30, he was in his office, going through emails, checking for scheduled meetings, and tying up loose ends from the day before. This call was to a relative on a student’s contact list, an attempt to locate a parent who was a no-show for a meeting a day earlier. It helps him focus, he said.

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Five Steps to Ensure Accessibility for All

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APRIL 22, 2019

While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was last reauthorized in 2004, with amendments in 2015, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were updated back in 2008, the demand for accessibility and equality in education continues to grow.

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How much will it take to reopen, catch up kids, and save public schooling long term?

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Have governments spent enough money to meet the unexpected and very steep costs of the last year? The communities that need the most will face the biggest hits,” said Zahava Stadler, special assistant for state funding and policy at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. “If Travers said.

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Nearly 750 charter schools are whiter than the nearby district schools

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

The guide also noted that starting in elementary school, all students take Spanish, art and music classes. In December of 2006, the school board called a special meeting. The state has set specific diversity benchmarks that schools “with diversity issues” — including Lake Oconee Academy — must meet, according to Erste.

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Teachers, deputized to fight the culture wars, are often reluctant to serve

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

We gear up to talk about one controversy, and we get to the meeting, and they’re upset about something else.”. Enrollment in traditional teacher-preparation programs dropped 35 percent in the decade between 2008-09 and 2018-19, and fell further during the pandemic. For gay teachers like Woods, the attacks can feel personal. “It

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How one Mississippi community copes with influx of Hispanic students

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

Luis Antonio Hernandez reads a story about Cinco de Mayo to students in Christy Crotwell’s first grade class at Morton Elementary School. Morton Elementary Principal Debbie Herring on the dramatic increase in the Hispanic population. A sign on the door to Christy Crotwell’s first grade classroom at Morton Elementary School.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Johnson is the principal of Mississippi’s Collins Elementary School, where the paddle remains a staple of the educational experience. I signed the paper.”.

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Are we ready? How we are teaching – and not teaching – kids about climate change

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Beatriz López taught seventh grade science in the Lake Travis Independent School District, in Austin, Texas, from 2008 to 2017. Beatriz López, who taught science in Texas middle schools for nearly a decade, said she wishes more students were introduced to climate change. Credit: Courtesy of Beatriz López.

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How Teacher Prep Programs Are Stepping Up Efforts to Recruit Students

OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles

Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

Why we could soon lose even more Black Teachers

For ed-tech success, why schools use technology is just as important as how

Work Your Dreams Using the Top Five Leadership Competencies with Secretary of State Linda McCulloch

Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

New data: Even within the same district some wealthy schools get millions more than poor ones

A day in the life of a school social worker

Five Steps to Ensure Accessibility for All

How much will it take to reopen, catch up kids, and save public schooling long term?

Nearly 750 charter schools are whiter than the nearby district schools

Teachers, deputized to fight the culture wars, are often reluctant to serve

How one Mississippi community copes with influx of Hispanic students

‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

Are we ready? How we are teaching – and not teaching – kids about climate change

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