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At a grim time for math test scores, these districts buck the trend

November 7, 2025May 15, 2025 by Steven Yoder, The Hechinger Report, Chalkbeat

$Higher achievement in 8th grade math is associated with higher income and more education, and in Tennessee, math test scores are encouraging.$

In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class. The idea had come from Ed Baker, district math coach at…

College and Career Readiness

A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

May 1, 2025 by Ariel Gilreath, The Hechinger Report, Chalkbeat

Attitudes toward high school CTE courses--once thought of as classes for students who struggled--have improved significantly over the years.

In a corner of Huffman High School, the sounds of popping nail guns and whirring table saws fill the architecture and construction classroom.

District Management

Charter schools aspire to be ‘diverse by design’

November 13, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

When a group of Mid-City residents proposed opening a school four years ago that would be racially and economically diverse, they were greeted with doubt, according to the…

Teaching Trends

Study: New teachers more educated, of higher caliber

October 30, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Teaching may be attracting a more academically successful group of people compared to previous years, according to a new study released Wednesday.

IT Management

The inside story on LA schools’ iPad rollout: “a colossal disaster”

October 9, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Scarcely a month ago, on August 27, the Los Angeles County Unified School District placed the first iPads in students’ hands at the outset of a $1 billion…

District Management

Why states are backing out on common standards and tests

August 15, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The bloom is surely off the rose of Common Core, the new English and math standards pushed by Washington, D.C. education trade organizations and the Obama administration, according…

STEM & STEAM

Left behind in science: Why Mississippi’s children lose out on STEM jobs

August 5, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

At the end of his sophomore year, Damonta Morgan left Clarksdale High School as one of its top students, according to The Hechinger Report.

District Management

Mississippi debate over school reform evokes broader racial divide

January 9, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Mississippi lawmaker Kenneth Wayne Jones, a Democrat, briefly became a political pariah last winter when he voted in favor of a proposal to expand charter schools in his…

Curriculum

Economic reality marries age-old idea of apprenticeship with college

December 10, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Five-foot-two Jesica Bush exudes confidence, whether she's scribbling notes in a 6:30 a.m. class at Bates Technical College here or wrestling 900-pound girders atop a mock two-story building,…

Research

Student advising plays key role in college success, as it’s being cut

November 15, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Devon Mills pulls out his smartphone at a Starbucks on the Arizona State University campus, and maps out how long it will take him to finish his undergraduate…

District Management

Ballot initiatives could transform state education policies

November 5, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

As millions of Americans head to the polls Tuesday, most of the attention will be on the tight presidential race, says the Hechinger Report.

Research

Survey: Today’s teaching force less experienced, more open to change

October 25, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

More inexperienced teachers are in today's classrooms than ever before and they are more open than their veteran colleagues to performance-driven options for how they're evaluated and paid,…

District Management

First ‘parent trigger’ moves to a crucial vote after court ruling

October 18, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

About nine months ago, at a small park playground a few hundred feet from their children's struggling school, a group of parents chanted, cheered and delivered passionate speeches…

District Management

No Hollywood ending for real-life ‘Won’t Back Down’ school

June 11, 2021October 4, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Doreen Diaz left the red carpet movie premiere of “Won’t Back Down” in New York City last week feeling encouraged, says the Hechinger Report.

District Management

Not all private schools parallel Romney education plan

August 31, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Expanding school choice is a central piece of Mitt Romney's education platform. But allowing more public dollars to follow low-income and special-needs children to private schools -- one…

District Management

Rhee at GOP convention: Reform will require ‘getting ready for a fight’

June 11, 2021August 29, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee called for classroom teachers unhappy with the system to brace themselves for battle, says the Hechinger Report.

District Management

‘Flipped classroom’ model’s promise eludes poorer school districts

June 14, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

When Portland, Ore., elementary school teacher Sacha Luria decided last fall to try out a new education strategy called "flipping the classroom," she faced a big obstacle, says…

District Management

Improving teachers: Millions spent, but little done to make sure it’s working

June 5, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Helping struggling teachers improve has become a big concern–and a big business–across the country, especially as more states, including New York, introduce more rigorous teacher evaluations, says the…

IT Management

Social media and video games in classrooms can yield valuable data for teachers

November 5, 2013May 2, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Social media, video games, blogs and wikis are playing increasingly important roles in classrooms across the country, according to the Hechinger Report.

District Management

U.S. to fall short of 2025 college grads goal–by 24 million degrees

April 30, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Despite persistent appeals from policymakers and politicians to increase the number of college graduates in the United States, a new report projects a shortfall of nearly 24 million…

Curriculum

Teaching software flooding into New Jersey classrooms

April 12, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

A computer voice guides 12-year-old Amir Accoo to spell the words he hears through his headphones: emergency, bulldozer, minutes. Accoo spells "minutes" wrong and is asked to try…

District Management

Merit pay for teachers in Indiana school districts raise questions

April 10, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

f your child's teacher seems a little bit on edge this year, it might not be your imagination. Education reforms now going into effect in Indiana, and similar…

District Management

Indiana school principals’ certification exam to be overhauled

March 20, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Indiana is poised to dramatically overhaul the way it determines whether educators are qualified to become principals, according to the Hechinger Report.

Curriculum

Many students could skip remedial classes, studies find

February 29, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Even as policymakers struggle to reform remedial-education requirements blamed for derailing the aspirations of countless community-college students, two new studies suggest that many of those students would do…

District Management

Tennessee teacher evaluation systems have rough road ahead

February 8, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Rebecca Sellers, an eighth-grade English teacher at the Lester Pre-K-8 school in Memphis, looked wary as she walked into the teachers' lounge on a Monday afternoon last fall,…

District Management

Japanese strategy for improving teachers catches on in U.S.

January 11, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

In the sunlit library at Jorge Prieto Elementary on Chicago's northwest side, an experiment is under way, writes the Hechinger Report.

District Management

Complex new Florida teacher evaluations tied to student test scores

November 8, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

At Coral Reef Senior High, calculus teacher Orlando Sarduy understands complicated formulas, and knows he will be graded on how his students perform on tests. But despite his…

Teaching & Learning

English learners far behind under English-only methods

October 26, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The end of the school day in Patty Sanchez’s kindergarten class at Geddes Elementary School is not so different from other kindergarten classes around the state. Children gather…

At a grim time for math test scores, these districts buck the trend

A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

Charter schools aspire to be ‘diverse by design’

Study: New teachers more educated, of higher caliber

The inside story on LA schools’ iPad rollout: “a colossal disaster”

Why states are backing out on common standards and tests

Left behind in science: Why Mississippi’s children lose out on STEM jobs

Mississippi debate over school reform evokes broader racial divide

Economic reality marries age-old idea of apprenticeship with college

Student advising plays key role in college success, as it’s being cut

Ballot initiatives could transform state education policies

Survey: Today’s teaching force less experienced, more open to change

First ‘parent trigger’ moves to a crucial vote after court ruling

No Hollywood ending for real-life ‘Won’t Back Down’ school

Not all private schools parallel Romney education plan

Rhee at GOP convention: Reform will require ‘getting ready for a fight’

‘Flipped classroom’ model’s promise eludes poorer school districts

Improving teachers: Millions spent, but little done to make sure it’s working

Social media and video games in classrooms can yield valuable data for teachers

U.S. to fall short of 2025 college grads goal–by 24 million degrees

Teaching software flooding into New Jersey classrooms

Merit pay for teachers in Indiana school districts raise questions

Indiana school principals’ certification exam to be overhauled

Many students could skip remedial classes, studies find

Tennessee teacher evaluation systems have rough road ahead

Japanese strategy for improving teachers catches on in U.S.

Complex new Florida teacher evaluations tied to student test scores

English learners far behind under English-only methods

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

Lerner Publishing Group Launches Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s Genius and Joy Curriculum

School Specialty LLC Announces Acquisition of Nasco Education U.S.

100 Learning Spaces Transformed, $5 Million Invested: School Specialty and College Football Playoff Foundation Celebrate Impact Across Schools Nationwide

ACT and Texas Instruments Collaborate to Enhance Student Success in Mathematics

Big Ideas Start Young: Games for Change Opens 2026 Student Challenge to Game Creators and Innovators Ages 10–25

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