Accessibility Advocacy Comparison Elementary 
The Hechinger Report
JULY 1, 2016
. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. billion on elementary and secondary education. By comparison, the national average is about 20.4 Schools stand to receive $2.4
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 31, 2020
O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.
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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2021
This year, the Green Lake Parent Teacher Association paid about half that much to cover the cost of the elementary school’s vocal teacher and a portion of a full-time counselor’s salary, among other supports for students. About 3 in 4 students at Rising Star Elementary qualify for subsidized meals. Double click image to enlarge.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 22, 2019
The building is not completely ADA accessible. But Robbins, the University of Connecticut professor, takes a different view: It’s a matter of convenience for school districts that don’t want to put in the time and effort to seek out comparisons. Conflicts of interest? Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Community outrage.
Marketplace K-12
MARCH 22, 2016
New York City public schools today announced plans to move forward on a proposed Amazon contract for an online e-book marketplace for educators, after the deal stalled for seven months while concerns about accessibility for blind and visually impaired users were addressed. The Marketplace.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 27, 2020
Implementing distance learning for schools like Hopi High would have been difficult even under the best of circumstances — the school is located on a vast reservation where families often lack access to internet and computers. By comparison, only around 30 percent of BIE schools were doing the same. We are on an unlevel playing field.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 17, 2021
We’ve got to start early, in the elementary schools and middle schools, and say, ‘Math is not hard.’ ”. By comparison, “the Indian economy and the framework which exists for me, being a citizen of India, was pretty good.”. All students need to have access, or we’re going to exacerbate the opportunity gap.”.
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