The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

A 2009 study concluded that no one explicitly shows teachers how to teach to “different needs.” Mike Flom, a parent and co-founder of the advocacy group New Jersey Parents and Teachers for Appropriate Education, said many factors impact inclusion’s effectiveness. Educators say little has changed since then.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

That push officially began in 2014, when Deborah Gist, then the state’s commissioner of education, announced a public-private “innovation partnership” to merge traditional and computerized pedagogy. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. The George W.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2017

Among community colleges, a Hechinger Report review of the federal data suggests, an average of only 15 percent of full-time students receiving GI Bill money graduated with a two-year degree in 2014, the most recent period for which the figure is available. There are several reasons why things are working for them.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Child advocacy groups and other non-profits, who often oversee the deals and sometimes serve as guarantors, say the arrangements encourage officials to embrace interventions with good track records. Another 1,000 students in the district are Native American. On a day in late fall, Hasic-Botic’s classroom was brimming with activity.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

program in 2014, Courtney returned to her alma mater as the 9th grade African American History/ Human Geography teacher. She joined AFS-USA in 2009 as Business Development Strategist. Social Studies Teacher Licensure to become an educator. After completing her M.Ed. Prior to her assignment in the U.S.,

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

President Barack Obama delivers a speech at Macomb County Community College July 14, 2009 in Warren, Michigan. Within a decade, he said on that day in 2009, community colleges like Macomb would collectively boost their number of graduates by five million. A decade later, progress has been slow. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

In 2014, a cash-strapped school district in rural northeast Kansas turned to its residents with a plea: Pay a little more in taxes annually so we can renovate classrooms, update the wiring and give students better spaces to learn. David Kaup for The Hechinger Report. EFFINGHAM, Kan. — Related: Switching sides in the teacher wars.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

A local teenage girl named Ty’sheoma Bethea wrote the president and members of Congress in February 2009, pleading for their help in replacing J.V. In its final ruling in the case in late 2014, the South Carolina Supreme Court ordered the Legislature to fix rural “educational ghettos” across the state. Photo: Alan Richard.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.)

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Having accurate graduation rates and alumni earnings information may help students, including those who are undocumented, find the right college, said Chad Marlow, advocacy and policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union. But “the idea we have to check is, are these kids going to get a better education if they’re deported?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I mentioned in the previous article in this series that Palmer Luckey, the founder of the VR company Oculus Rift (acquired by Facebook in 2014), had funded an unofficial pro-Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and spreading hateful memes about Hillary Clinton. Spoiler alert : capitalism. .

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