The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. On a recent spring day, Maritza Cleary’s third-grade class at the district’s Prairie Oak Elementary School tackled math pictographs. BERWYN, Ill. —

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex,” according to a 2012 survey. A 2012 survey found 75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex.” Between 2008 and 2012, the same survey found job satisfaction among principals decreased nine percentage points, from 68 percent to 59 percent.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

When we started here in 2012, our district was the lowest performing in math and reading of all the schools that feed into Morton West High School,” said Carmen Ayala, Berwyn North School District 98’s superintendent. When I started, the consistent word was how inconsistent we were,” said Ayala.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Although she earned a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate in math instruction for both elementary and middle school, she never had to take a class about students with disabilities.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

The new policy stands to degrade academic standards and exclude students based on race, she argued, calling it “a backdoor attempt to dismantle the exam school system altogether.” and Jessica Hockett found in 2012. ” “Covid is a fake cover story for those who want to kill the exam.”

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