The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

In 2019, a group of researchers, led by James Kim, a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, randomly selected 15 of the district’s 30 elementary schools to teach first graders special knowledge-building lessons for three years, through third grade. In 2021, students were still not attending school in person.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A 2021 article, “ They Say You Can Do Phonemic Awareness Instruction ‘In the Dark’, But Should You? ” These were small group or individual tutoring sessions on top of whatever phonemic awareness lessons children may also have been receiving in their regular classrooms, which was not documented.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Critics say that document minimizes slavery through such standards as requiring students to learn how “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” Redrafting of the history standards started in 2021 under the administration of Ralph Northam, the former Democratic governor.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

A December 2021 McKinsey report predicted that an additional 1.7 Journalists discovered cheating scandals and evidence of low-quality instructional materials. Researchers documented that students were often learning a lot less through these prepackaged online courses compared to repeating the class with a human instructor.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In our own reporting about the pandemic, The Hechinger Report has documented an array of factors contributing to learning loss, along with a decline in college readiness and an increase in mental health problems. Related: Pace of learning back to normal during the 2021-22 pandemic school year but student achievement lags far behind.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. By the end of one lower elementary year, I had fallen behind in reading speed and stamina.

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