The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Credit: Sarah Butrymowicz/The Hechinger Report New York state allows students to be suspended for up to 180 days — an entire school year. A recent report from a State Education Department task force recommends such a limit in all but the rarest of circumstances. In the meantime, he’d get a few hours of tutoring a week.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2022

In rural communities like mine, where there are few other news sources , addressing the rise of student extremism should begin in the classroom, with comprehensive lessons that address all kinds of media — including memes, streaming videos and social media. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. An Associated Press reporter has had to visit the family in person to communicate. On a typical school day, Tameka’s four children — now 14, 12, 9 and 8 — sleep late and stay inside watching television or playing video games.

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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

JUNE 27, 2020

But for grandparents raising grandchildren, that’s not possible, said Jaia Peterson Lent, deputy executive director of Generations United, a nonprofit advocacy group. Jaia Peterson Lent, deputy executive director of Generations United, a nonprofit advocacy group. Critical Condition. The Students the Pandemic Hit Hardest.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

In fact, the busier it is, the better—whether it’s kids experimenting with the Makey Makey circuitry or uploading designs to a 3D printer, or a class learning media literacy or a student seeking advice on a video she’s editing at one of the computer workstations. based education advocacy group. “It And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

Thousands of Mississippi’s third graders will sit in front of computers later this month to take the statewide reading test, but the eyes of teachers and administrators at Finch Elementary School will be intensely focused on a dozen students at this Wilkinson County school. Sharon Robinson, principal of Finch Elementary.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., What works for a high school in a major urban area may not fit the needs of a rural elementary school. of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. “For on March 18, 2020.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And in fall 2021, 13 percent of responding institutions reported significant declines in new graduate student enrollment. King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

To collect the emoji, they will scan the Seesaw QR code, listen to the video in Seesaw, talk as a team, and cross the emoji off on their game board. The QR code videos include information about getting to know their classmates, school and Seesaw. Emoji QR codes with videos linked and ready to play. plan for teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Photo: Karen Salomon for The Hechinger Report. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. He wants to work in video production and is taking classes in that field.

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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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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Between the fall of 2013 and late March 2016, Terry High School reported 53 arrests by school police officers, most for disorderly conduct. By March of the 2015-16 school year, school officials had reported 27 arrests, more than four times the number they recorded during the entire 2013-14 school year. Its 2014-15 arrest rate of 1.5

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Free, online teacher and parent training designed to improve the executive functioning of elementary school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is now accessible across the nation. The team’s next goal is to create a comparable video training for the high school version of UOT.

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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. It sometimes takes him hours to type assignments.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

Credit: Paul Ratje for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Paul Ratje for The Hechinger Report. In a recent survey drawing responses from 1,219 teachers and conducted by the charter schools advocacy organization the Thomas B. Credit: Paul Ratje for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Paul Ratje for The Hechinger Report.

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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 Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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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. The video is part of Impero’s work to support schools in keeping students safe online and promoting good digital citizenship. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

To get a sense of how students in New York feel about these changes, The Hechinger Report spoke with six public school students, representing four of the city’s five boroughs, whose heritage is Asian American or Pacific Islander. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. A student at the N.Y.C. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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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

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

President Joe Biden and Miguel Cardona, his choice for education secretary, should reinstate Obama-era guidance and promote additional research, advocacy and a campaign on how supportive student discipline guidelines can improve both school climates and the lives of students. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency. 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. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Then you'll find lessons, videos, downloadables, and games organized by a few key topic areas like facilitating tough conversations, understanding bias and prejudice, and getting students civically engaged. There's also a video of this strategy in action. For more, check out our review. For more, check out our review.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

Related: When your disability gets you sent home from school Oregon is embroiled in a lawsuit over schools’ use of shortened school days, filed by the nonprofit advocacy group Disability Rights Oregon in 2019. Scarlett is nonverbal and uses an electronic device and online videos to communicate, but reads at her grade level.

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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

MAY 8, 2020

The extreme scarcity of counselors in Arizona, especially in elementary schools, puts students there at particular risk. Just before this crisis began, Arizona was poised to spend millions more on boosting its thin roster of counselors, thanks in part to the advocacy of students like Kumar. About 19 percent reported anxiety.

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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

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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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

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report Rachelle Ketron at her daughter Meryl’s memorial site. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report Rachelle Ketron at her daughter Meryl’s memorial site. Ketron said by the time Meryl reached high school, she’d given up on reporting such incidents.)

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Newsletters Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said. Students can find a video, photo, song, podcast, meme, or gif that illustrates a theme in their book.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ NSF starts requiring that institutions report findings of harassment and suspensions in its funded labs and field sites, and reminds institutions that it can pull funding where necessary.” ” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. At least one Duke University study suggested that the arrival of broadband service in North Carolina between 2000 and 2005 correlated with a small, but significant dip in reading and math scores for elementary school students.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In 2017-18, school districts reported referring at least 221,000 students to law enforcement, with nearly two-thirds of those referrals for students of color. At least 51,000 of those incidents resulted in an arrest, according to a Hechinger Report analysis of federal data compiled by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Credit: Joan Morse for The Hechinger Report “It’s going to be a battle,” she said at the table. Sitting beside her, Candy Turner , a retired elementary school teacher who had brought Ziploc bags of pear slices and dried cranberries for the hours ahead, agreed. “I I think we are in trouble based on what I saw.”

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