The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2023

The school year ended at Washington Elementary at 2:35 p.m. Malaysia Robertson, 9, outside of the closed Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., The lobby of Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — on Friday evening, July 28, 2023.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

NEWTOWN, CT – July 13, 2021 – A report developed by Safe and Sound Schools and Raptor Technologies, based on a nationwide survey of school district administrators, public safety staff, teachers, parents, and students, has identified significant gaps in attitudes about school safety. About Safe and Sound Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift At a training session this summer, Pitts, a teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Sandy, Utah, learned why: The program works best when teachers supervise kids rather than sending them off to do exercises on their own. One state has a solution appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds that half of states don’t set specific standards telling teacher prep programs what future educators should know about teaching reading, and 28 states cede their authority over teacher prep programs to outside accrediting agencies with vague guidelines.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Credit: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report One of the teachers was Connie Williams-May, a veteran reading and language arts teacher with Jackson Public Schools. “I Mississippi’s elementary reading policies, signed into law in 2013, have drawn national attention. Is this controversial law the reason why?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

In Houston, Texas, almost 30 percent of the schools had no fine arts teachers in 2013-14. Researchers randomly assigned 21 elementary and middle schools to receive arts education first and watched what happened to 8,000 of their students in grades three through eight. More schools signed up than the program could handle.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Of 1,000 evaluated traditional elementary teacher preparation programs across the country in 2020, 51 percent earned an A or B grade for their coverage of the key components of the science of reading — up from 35 percent just seven years earlier. After the Act’s passage, Mississippi aligned with the science of reading.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

Researchers at the Modern Language Association recently found that colleges lost 651 foreign language programs from 2013 to 2016 – dramatically more than the one foreign language programs that higher education lost between 2009 and 2013. The report cites federal statistics showing that 44 states and Washington, D.C.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2021

Credit: Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. Tutoring programs for elementary school children rise to the top within this body of research, which was conducted well before the pandemic and targeted to students who were considerably behind grade level. But there were many reports of tutoring fraud and fiascos.

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Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

According to student stress statistics, nearly half (45%) of the teenagers polled reported that they’re stressed all the time, and 70% report that anxiety or depression are “major problems” for themselves or their peers.[9,11] In fact, one-fifth of all children report that they worry a lot.[14] Marques, S.S., and Harris, N.B.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2020

550 billion — the investment needed to bring schools nationwide up to standard due to damage caused by postponing repairs, according to a 2013 federal estimate. The post COLUMN: Now imagine if your school closed for good appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

In 2013 we received grant funding from The Manton Foundation, and we were pleased to recently reconnect with the foundation to discuss how VHS Learning has grown over the years, and how we are supporting schools during the pandemic,” said Carol DeFuria, President & CEO of VHS Learning.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

This story about science instruction was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report). Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2024

In 2013, the Los Angeles Unified School District banned suspensions for willfully defiant behavior, as part of a multi-year effort to move away from punitive discipline. A Hechinger Report investigation reveals that the national picture is quite different. That amounted to nearly a third of all punishments reported by those states.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2022

Elementary school principals have reported that recess has a positive impact on students’ ability to focus. The American Academy of Pediatrics even took a stance on recess in 2013, calling it a “ crucial and necessary component of a child’s development” and stating that it should not be withheld.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on?inequality Credit: Sara Hertwig for The Hechinger Report. Superintendent Rico Munn made mental health a priority when he came to Aurora Public Schools in 2013. Credit: Sara Hertwig for The Hechinger Report. inequality and innovation in education.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

The study examined Dreambox Learning and the individual test scores of nearly 3,000 students in grades 3-5 during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years in two districts, Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) in Maryland and Rocketship Education in California.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2022

Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report. Changes began in 2013, when Miyashiro, the superintendent, joined the district and decided to invest in Chromebooks for all students — a decision that gave the district a huge leg up seven years later during the pandemic. Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Speaking at the New Jersey Association of School Administrators School Security Conference in March of 2013, former Newtown Superintendent Janet Robinson said that it was a school bus driver who called her secretary to report a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and she thought the report couldn''t be true. "I

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2017

. “Just as the industrial revolution made it necessary for all children to learn to read, the technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand STEM,” according to the report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

But his academic science background is unclear: He declined a request from The Hechinger Report to answer questions about his science training and how he discusses pandemic-related public health measures in class. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Of those 14 were in the South and West.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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Elementary Meeting Report Survey 145

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

According to a report from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights report (2018) According to the report, passing rates for eight-grade Algebra I among Black, Hispanic and other minorities were lower than that of their white peers. However, access to algebra courses has been uneven. Source: U.S.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2018

I believe personal finance should be part of every American’s lifelong learning plan, from elementary school through and into adulthood. In December, our center issued its third state-by-state report card on high school personal finance education. Report cards also were issued in 2013 and 2015. It’s that important.

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Advocacy Outcomes Elementary Report 64

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2019

In 2013, no female students or black students in Mississippi took the Advance Placement exam in Computer Science Principals. In 2013, no female or black students took the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles exam in the entire state. Lee said the program overall has reached roughly 1,000 students since 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2020

districts the organization is tracking were planning to offer summer school for elementary and middle school students in 2020, as of the latest update , on June 9. It was targeted at 3,000 low-income children in five cities in 2013. The post Research evidence for summer learning appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

In a survey from the International Journal of Education, 97% of teachers reported never or seldom using a flexible curriculum for their students.[2] International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013, 17(1), pp. Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades. Benefits of Differentiated Learning for Students.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

The Washington Post reported (July 16, 2019) that a report filed by the National Center for Education Statistics, that online bullying and texting is the rise among middle and high school students. More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

ESL / ELL Tutors (elementary through high school, all three counties). ™ is the proud recipient of the 2013 MCEEA Employer of the Year. National Board assessors consistently report that the assessment process is a great professional development experience. High School Language Tutors (Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish).

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The first schools to implement what Public Impact calls an “Opportunity Culture,” did so during the 2013-14 school year, and Edgecombe County Public Schools is set to become the first district to bring the model systemwide. The post Using teacher-leaders to improve schools appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Elementary Advocacy Trends STEM 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary School in Texas get an unusual introduction to technology. Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach.

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Personalized Learning Elementary Learning Case Study 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

These scores, in part, are what prompted legislators to pass the Literacy-Based Promotion Act in 2013, which requires most students to pass a reading assessment before moving on to fourth grade. A 2016 report found that Mississippi’s teacher preparation programs failed to provide the skills needed to teach reading successfully.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

The program, launched in 2013, isn’t new. This story about virtual field trips was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The post A rigorous virtual field trip that’s part of regular class appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Common Core Meeting Trends Data 127

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Many major media outlets reported these findings. For instance, one 2013 experiment found that telling elementary school children “ girls do better than boys ” in school made boys – but not girls – perform worse on a series of academic tests. This female advantage started in elementary school and continued until college.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Its print resources link seamlessly with technology to personalize supports and yield actionable insight for educators—reporting on individual student level growth through district-level growth. With Phonics, Reading, and Me, students build skills and knowledge and connect the text to their own diverse experiences.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

The state of North Dakota has been pushing innovation since 2013 when it introduced a structured statewide system for continuous improvement and accountability. This story about personalized learning was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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