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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. In the last decade, educators have focused on boosting literacy skills among low-income kids in the hope that all children will read well by third grade.

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But Oakland is one of a growing number of districts trying to reconnect top administrators to the kids they serve as a way to help the critical middleman in education: the school principal. 75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex,” according to a 2012 survey. These new tasks were added.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. A fourth-grader makes a puppet while his teammate works on writing a script at Mountain View Elementary School in Longmont, Colo. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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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. Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates.

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MARCH 17, 2021

Emily, who loves math and wants to be a pharmacist, said that she’s nervous about how hard the classes may be but that she’s eager for a “better education.” Related: Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked. and Jessica Hockett found in 2012.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, briefs President Barack Obama for an interview in the Oval Office July 22, 2009. Former Education Secretary John King has voiced concern about her commitment to protecting civil rights, and the organization he now runs, Education Trust , is firmly opposed to her nomination.

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