The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
A decade later, the state’s 2013 Literacy-Based Promotion Act focused on K-3 literacy professional development for teachers and funded literacy coaches in schools with the most students performing at low levels on the state’s literacy assessment. Third, involve other stakeholders.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 17, 2017
In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. They completely made sense to me.” Related: When a hyped school model proves difficult to replicate.
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 21, 2016
JACKSON — For the first time in several years, Jackson Public Schools has joined the Mississippi Department of Education’s list of failing districts in the state, with 17 JPS elementary and middle schools drawing an F in numbers the State made public today.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2016
Secondary school superintendents joined their counterparts from the elementary school level to compare notes across schools, hoping to identify common problems and patterns. On one side of the room, Ron Smith, a middle school network superintendent, quizzed Kyla Trammell, an elementary network superintendent.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Michael McLaughlin and his mother, Michelle, at Michael’s 2013 graduation. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. Certificates of attendance are designed for students with severe cognitive limitations who cannot meet high school academic standards.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 1, 2017
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. No one taught her these strategies. She was left to figure it out on the job. Educators say little has changed since then.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 3, 2019
I think we took for granted before what 4-year-olds were capable of doing,” said Quitman Lower Elementary Principal Amanda Allen, listing some skills the youngest learners are impressing her with: advanced vocabularies, number recognition, self-motivation. The Manuel Goff Head Start center is a mile away from Quitman Lower Elementary.
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