The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The alternative diploma, attained through the LEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA1) graduation pathway, allows students with severe disabilities to forgo typical academic expectations and requirements, and it doesn’t end with the high school diploma. Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Related: Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based education. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

State officials at the highest levels have been aware of these problems for years and have repeatedly failed to fix them, according to internal documents. She had spent 12 years as a senior education advocate at the Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee, advising other parents on how to get through the system.

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Advocacy Meeting Report Training 40

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

Internal government documents, watchdog reports and interviews with veterans’ policy advocates, government staffers and other officials suggest that little has been done to crack down on colleges accused of predatory behavior. In a 2011 congressional hearing, then-Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, called Bridgepoint “ an absolute scam.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Nearly two decades ago, the reporter Todd Oppenheimer documented the aggressive rise of emerging Silicon Valley technologies — personal computers and the Internet — in the nation’s public schools. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 102

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million.

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