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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

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The Washington Post reported (July 16, 2019) that a report filed by the National Center for Education Statistics, that online bullying and texting is the rise among middle and high school students. More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone.

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Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?

The Hechinger Report

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Bonnie Arbittier, San Antonio Report.

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Photo Essay: Leaving a reservation for college, but also staying close to home

The Hechinger Report

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

The Hechinger Report

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. For some who have tried to return, a serious problem has presented itself. 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.

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At this one-of-a-kind Boston public high school, students learn calculus in Spanish

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language.

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OPINION: Arne Duncan, the fallible narrator

The Hechinger Report

Secretary of Education, and into the present day, doesn’t add up to much. Similar to Lang’s approach, the Ariel Foundation offered support, mentoring, and paying the cost of postsecondary education for a cohort of sixth-graders at a Chicago elementary school. He’s had a few, but not too many. And even these lack much self-reflection.

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

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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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