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. Examples like these show that campus leaders can drive substantive change in how their institutions serve students with disabilities. This is no accident.

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Learning Advocacy Report Secondary 110

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. “I Second grade teacher Lynnon Carney helps a student with math at Arise Academy.

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Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 66

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

When Hallowell tried to extend proficiency-based education to its high school in 2008, parents put up a fight, saying the change would make it harder for their children to compete for scholarships and admission to selective schools, according to a case study published by the state Department of Education.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

The last time schools were fully funded, in 2008, the state spent roughly $2.56 billion on elementary and secondary education. Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. Schools stand to receive $2.4 billion under the 2017 budget. “We

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 53

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

In Indianapolis Public Schools, for example, the Center for Inquiry School 84 has a lower portion of kids getting free or reduced-price lunch than any other school in the district, at just 8 percent. Certain special education programs can drive up costs, for example. Related: A decade of research on the rich-poor divide in education.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

Tennessee, for example, which famously made its community colleges free, is on target to have 55 percent of its residents possess certificates or degrees two years ahead of the 2025 deadline, outgoing Gov. Progress toward these objectives varies by region. Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

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Policies Report Advocacy Meeting 108

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145