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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. In Atlanta, where Tameka lives, parents must present at least eight documents to enroll their children — twice as many as parents in New York City or Los Angeles. Homeless families are not required to provide documentation, he said.

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PROOF POINTS: New wave of research shows nudging students by text is not as promising as hoped

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies. Text reminders of deadlines and general tips might not be sufficient to help students who cannot locate documents or need help answering a question. College enrollment didn’t budge, nor did the amount of financial aid that students received.

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To Get To College, It Helps Black Students To Have A Black Teacher Early On

MindShift

JANUARY 11, 2019

Public education has a persistent and well-documented issue: the achievement gap between white students and students of color. According to the results, black students who have just one black teacher in elementary school are 13 percent more likely to enroll in college than their peers who didn’t have any black teachers.

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Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report. The success of home visits has been well documented for infants and has been studied at the elementary and middle school level , but it’s an open question whether these visits make a difference for older students, according to some experts. Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Each year, districts and schools were rated based on whether their elementary school kids performed better than the prior year’s students in math and English. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. “At

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. “We Laster’s presentation, based on 2010 data, reported that 28 percent of Louisiana students did not make it to fourth grade on time. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Bryant expects a similar proportion this year.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

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. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. Photo courtesy Michelle McLaughlin.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out Rosalind Crawford moved her five young boys, all in elementary and middle school, to Jennings, just north of St. The post The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Special education’s hidden racial gap

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

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. A Hechinger Report analysis of federal data exposes the stark racial gap between different groups of special education students.

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PROOF POINTS: Even older teens benefit from catch-up classes

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Credit: Meredith Kolodner/The Hechinger Report. Meanwhile, interventions aimed at teenagers, such as dropout prevention programs , often disappoint. The study is part of a larger body of work in which Lavy has documented positive results from intervening with older students. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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States were adding lessons about Native American history. Then came the anti-CRT movement

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

In a June 2022 report , the department said it had deleted the term “equity” from the title of a report about equitable access to qualified teachers for low-income and minority students. The former School and Educator Equity Report is now called Rates of Access to Qualified Teachers. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

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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Is the effort to curb strict discipline going too far, too fast?

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2018

McMicken Heights Elementary School principal Alexandria Haas sits with second-graders during a morning activity developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Good morning, Mahlet,” says one student to another at McMicken Heights Elementary School. BURIEN, Wash. —

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

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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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

This story also appeared in The Guardian The flooding last fall that devastated the home of Deishangelxa Nuez Galarza, a fifth grader in this coastal area of southern Puerto Rico, also closed her elementary school, El Coquí, for three days while staff cleaned out a foot of muddy water from every first floor room.

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‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report. Cooper Lane Elementary School in Maryland’s Prince George’s County school district had almost 550 children, 60 percent of whom are Hispanic. Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Tyrone Turner for WAMU.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

This story also appeared in Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

” Via The Hechinger Report : “Documenting Maine ’s failure to implement proficiency-based education.” ” Via The Atlantic : “Why Many College Dropouts Are Returning to School in North Carolina.” More PR from Techcrunch : “ Nintendo is bringing Labo kits to elementary schools.”

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles

PROOF POINTS: New wave of research shows nudging students by text is not as promising as hoped

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To Get To College, It Helps Black Students To Have A Black Teacher Early On

Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

Held back, but not helped

High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

Special education’s hidden racial gap

PROOF POINTS: Even older teens benefit from catch-up classes

States were adding lessons about Native American history. Then came the anti-CRT movement

The messy reality of personalized learning

Is the effort to curb strict discipline going too far, too fast?

Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

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