The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Black teachers were more than twice as likely as other teachers in the winter of 2021 to say they planned to leave their jobs at the end of the 2020-21 school year, according to a report released by the RAND Corporation. One of Talbott’s daughters graduated from Lusher in 2021; the other still attends the high school.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

At the beginning of 2021, The Hechinger Report’s members (individual readers who donated money to our nonprofit news organization) asked us if we would report on the best practices for helping the nation’s public school system recover from the pandemic. One student is studying surface area and three-digit multiplication. Your stories.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

A narrow room crammed with high-tech equipment including 3D printers and an electrophoresis chamber to separate molecules and study chromosomes, the Fab Lab gives students at Laing a chance to get hands-on experience with the sorts of tools they might find in the workplace. “I Photo: Stephanie Strom for The Hechinger Report. In 2020, the C.E.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Others feel they “don’t need college to be successful,” or don’t want to go until they know what to study, said Marguerite Ohrtman, director of school counseling and clinical training at the University of Minnesota. Yusanat Tway, a sociology major at the University of Minnesota, wants to go to law school, then do human rights advocacy. “It

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Gage Ramirez was a year and a half into his studies toward a biology degree at a California public university when he came up against an unexpected roadblock: calculus. Related: Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment. Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report. LA VERNE, Calif. They blame themselves.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Data released at the end of the 2021-22 school year showed the district increased math scores by double digits in grades 3-8, outperforming pre-COVID levels. In a recent study by the International Olympic Committee, more than half of young people (55 percent) said they enjoyed school more on days they get to do physical activity.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Levett began her career in Savannah as a speech and language pathologist and moved to positions in leadership throughout her K-12 career and at Antioch University McGregor (OH), the Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine (CT), and Macon State College (GA). David completed his doctoral studies at UCLA.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

And a 2021 IWPR policy brief shows the pandemic has been especially devastating for Black, Latina, Native, and Asian-American women. The monthly webinar Helping STEM Students Thrive brings together national thought leaders who share ideas for broadening the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM education.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Dr. Doug Brubaker has served as Superintendent of Texarkana Independent School District (TX) since January 2021. She also served in leadership positions at Antioch University McGregor (OH), the Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine, and Macon State College (GA). WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

During the 2021-2022 school year, the Reading School District saw over 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks checked out through the Sora K-12 reading app. The goal of the study was to observe and offer solutions to areas that these students found challenging or inaccessible. This was more than the number of print books borrowed.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Related: ‘Kids who have less, need more’: The fight over school funding School funding stems from three major sources: federal, state and local. I spent the previous five years in California training teachers and studying school improvement. Looking at average breakdowns from recent data , we see that U.S.

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