The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

For those that enroll in two-year schools, the outcomes aren’t much better: 41 percent, according to federal data. All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Nearly 90 percent of the school population is considered low-income and nearly three-quarters are labeled English learners, meaning that the state language arts test assesses their reading and writing ability in a language they’re still trying to learn. This story also appeared in Daily Herald. But he’s not surprised. That’s a problem.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

DeLorenzo screened the candidates, assessing their capacity for change, and six districts were approved , among them the three districts mentioned above that had already begun experimenting with the model. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

But even without knowing the funding data for the month of December, I can say a lot. You can find stock market data about publicly-traded education companies at funding.hackeducation.com. Even without funding data to underscore its importance, “personalization” can’t be dismissed. Why, schools of course.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

percentage points since 2011. percent from 67 percent in 2011, that’s still almost four full percentage points lower than where white students were four years ago. students’ stagnating and even declining proficiency rates at some grade levels in reading and math on a national assessment. Secretary of Education John B.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In Tennessee, however, half of the residents found eligible for VR services in 2015 didn’t get any, according to federal data. It’s disheartening to families, and it fosters the ‘check mentality,’ ” said Carrie Guiden, executive director of The Arc of Tennessee, a nonprofit disability advocacy group, referring to government checks.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Then, in 2011, Mississippi became a “ model ” for other states when new social studies standards set an expectation that students learn civil rights in depth. Before 2011, Mississippi public school students weren’t required to learn about the Civil Rights Movement at all. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Curt Coy, who was the VA’s deputy under secretary for economic opportunity from 2011 until his retirement in late 2017, said it was hard to find resources for veterans’ educational issues. In a 2011 congressional hearing, then-Sen. At this point, schools are often still able to operate with impunity, and veterans are being scammed.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

But skeptics warn that underneath the language of “student-centered” pedagogy is a tech-intensive model that undermines communal values, accelerates privatization and turns public schools into big data siphons. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention.

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