The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Hispanic or Latinx, Black, African American and multiracial students, on average, reported dealing with more obstacles than white or Asian students. Last year, instead of purchasing new office or classroom furniture, the faculty agreed to repurpose older furniture and get used furniture from a company that no longer needed it, for example.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” says a new report published by the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. “Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. The post How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Your stories.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Florida and Rhode Island now mandate 20 minutes of recess time a day for elementary school students. At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. This story produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland recognized the need and became a strong advocate for Hazel Health, a telehealth company that provides mental health services to students at no cost to families. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Many report feeling low self-esteem and believing that they are unintelligent or will never have the skills to succeed. The spread of information and advocacy is increasing awareness around dyslexia, and many who have experienced reading struggles are beginning to find their way through school—and life beyond it—more easily.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The school tested him, and the report said Dayne had weaknesses “often seen in students diagnosed with reading disabilities including dyslexia.” When children are identified with dyslexia, public schools often lack staff with the appropriate training to help, according to several studies and reports.

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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. When the kids showed up, educators could see even more clearly how uneven their learning has been during the pandemic.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.” Who Isn’t Being Served?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During a pandemic, when there’s no uniform way of counting attendance, Hedy Chang, director of the advocacy group Attendance Works, has seen districts rethinking some of these rules, with their ability to do so varying on state flexibility. Caroline Preston contributed reporting.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Teaching may now be the most stressful profession period, according to a RAND survey from June 2021, which found, among other things, that teachers were almost three times more likely to report symptoms of depression than other adults. After months of searching, she landed a full-time role in customer support for an education company.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

You know, the advocacy is not lost on them. Tip #2: Remember that we’re mandatory reporters. I would say, maybe a caution for first year teachers — I think many teachers are aware, but – we’re all mandatory reporters. And my intention was really to share this lesson that really works for me in my classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Most school districts don’t have a municipal bond expert on staff or on their board, leaving them at the mercy of financial companies to guide them through the bond issuance process. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to a CoSN report , more than half of school districts and about one-third of public schools in the United States are in rural areas. Partnering with local cable companies, internet providers, and community organizations, they expanded broadband to the school parking lots and community centers. He received his M.Ed.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2018

So he hired the same company who developed that game to also develop this game. It’s a really fun way to introduce financial literacy quiz questions, like Quiz Bowl format, questions in classrooms, anywhere from elementary to high school students. If they miss a payment, they don’t know that it’s on the credit report for 7 years.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report has spent a year exploring the elements of the Summit model, the extensive training process for schools that are new to the program and the twists and turns of implementation. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

The Hechinger Report visited schools in India recently and talked to experts about blended learning – which includes an element of online learning with in-class instruction – and the potential it has for helping both teachers and students in the world’s second-most populous country. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. For testing and student data reporting, Northern Cass will still link students with an expected year of graduation. HUNTER, N.D. — We take the tests. Steiner plans a similar approach.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. There’s tremendous hype swirling around personalized learning, with money pouring in from foundations and education technology companies eager to capitalize on the trend.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

“I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

In fact, reported the presenters, integration resulted in educational inequities along with a decline in Black cultural identity and the disappearance of Black educators. At the heart of anti-racist early childhood education, she emphasized, is institutional critique combined with advocacy and transformation. About the Presenters.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Indeed, last week saw the launch of “ Ban Facial Recognition on Campus ,” a nationwide campaign from the nonprofit advocacy organizations Fight for the Future and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. and abroad, largely for purposes of surveillance and security, as the Financial Times reported last fall.

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

By NICHOLE DOBO, The Hechinger Report. And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver. based education reform advocacy group.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Meghan Whittaker, director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. I don’t think anyone’s going to say that what we were doing worked or was equitable,” said Meghan Whittaker, the director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Here’s why they’re not.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

An elementary schooler in the same district couldn’t access a picture of record-breaking sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner to add to a writing assignment. Future-minded reporting Our free newsletter, Future of Learning, features innovative, original stories every other Wednesday.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

White students could lose four to eight months of learning by June 2021, and students of color could lose six to 12 months, according to a McKinsey & Company report published in December. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Chad Gestson, superintendent of Phoenix Union High School District.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2021

DeVos “enthusiastically sent our taxpayer dollars to schools that explicitly and actively discriminate against LGBTQ+ students,” Eliza Byard, the executive director of the advocacy group GLSEN , said in a statement. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

And though she wished the media would take the spotlight off public figures like herself, that didn’t stop her from taking potshots at rivals, such as Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers union, or the Obama administration, in a talk that segued from prepared remarks to a conversation with New York Times reporter Erica L.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. In Granite’s case, the district, the United Way, the investors and an evaluator at Utah State University agreed success would be measured by the number of “at-risk” preschoolers who avoided special education once they hit elementary school. Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The company sells a tablet for use in prison.

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