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In 1993, Massachusetts enacted a bipartisan education reform law that gave schools a massive infusion of state money in return for high academic standards and accountability. Academic standards were the next to go. Department of Education called Algebra I the gateway course to all higher math study.

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Gariecia was in my Sociology of Class, Gender, and Race elective during the 2016-2017 academic year. John Lee: currently an Asian American Studies, World Religions, Civics and Modern World History teacher at Niles West High School in Skokie, Ilinois. Paula Katrina, Victoria & Gariecia are all Golden Apple Scholars.

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“You can’t actually function in a purely academic zone without also developing the sensibilities, orientations, behaviors and strategies that all of us use to navigate our everyday lives.” That project explored the opportunities and barriers for educators and decision-makers looking to thread SEL throughout their work.

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Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. In this ongoing series, The Hechinger Report is visiting high schools that have beaten the long odds to learn what’s behind their success in improving graduation rates and sending more students to college. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Research found that a $3.5

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

million 12- to 17-year-olds still met the criteria for a substance use disorder in 2014, and studies find that 9 in 10 adults with addiction problems began their chemical dependency before age 18. “My Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. My friends are all proud of me.

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Dress codes are the new ‘whites only’ signs

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Hair has nothing to do with academic standards or college readiness. Except hair has nothing to do with academic standards or college readiness. He has been in at-home suspension since late January, according to news reports. Like DeAndre, Kaden wears his hair in locs. Read more about education in New Orleans.

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How play is making a comeback in Kindergarten

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FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The $26-million school opened in 2017 with a central goal: to make kindergarten here more playful and joyful. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The kindergarten day started with songs and then transitioned to playtime and included nature study, stories and dramatic play.

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‘They just saw me as a dollar sign’: How some certificate schools profit from vulnerable students

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JULY 10, 2019

Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. At the vast majority of for-profits that focus on certificates, most students who take on debt to attend end up earning less than the typical high school graduate, according to federal data posted by the Department of Education and analyzed by The Hechinger Report. . It didn’t.

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Teachers go to school on racial bias

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APRIL 29, 2019

Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Another colleague confesses her surprise at how often teachers of color have reported experiencing racial bias in their own interactions in the building. Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. “In Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

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APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”

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Another colleague confesses her surprise at how often teachers of color have reported experiencing racial bias in their own interactions in the building. Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report). Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report ). Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report ). Cambridge Street Upper School principal Manuel J.

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In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs

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AUGUST 6, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Nationwide, about 65 percent of public high schools reported offering opportunities for students to participate in work-based learning during the 2007-08 school year, the last year data on the topic was collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. Duxbury, Vt. —

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After years of neglect, Mississippi takes baby steps to boost school readiness

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APRIL 3, 2019

“If we were trying to look at eradicating some life-threatening disease, that percentage would be unacceptable,” said Cathy Grace, co-director of the Graduate Center for the Study of Early Learning at the University of Mississippi,and now a candidate for state legislature. million in 2017. Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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