Future of Learning
The factory model of education is out. Now more schools are personalizing learning and trying to motivate students by empowering them in the classroom. Will this improve academic outcomes? Will it close achievement gaps? The Hechinger Report explores the innovations at the core of today’s cutting-edge schools.
OPINION: From a former teacher, four ways to take the drama out of math class
When it comes to building skills, we can't throw confidence under the bus
What makes education innovation succeed?
An education nonprofit argues it comes down to five conditions
A school where character matters as much as academics
A Washington, D.C., charter school prioritizes students’ emotional development — and finds ways to grade them on it
Using virtual reality to help students with disabilities
Virtual tours and virtual social interactions give kids a chance to practice life skills in safe spaces
States increasingly extend charter-like flexibility to district schools
24 states now give districts or individual schools freedom from state regulations to innovate
COLUMN: Evidence increases for reading on paper instead of screens
Most studies point to better reading comprehension from printed material, researcher says
Anatomy of a failure: How an XQ Super School flopped
Innovation and equity didn’t mix
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An innovative school leader rethinks education for kids of color in Indianapolis
A former principal in Noble and KIPP charter schools is taking a different tack in a proposed high school
Personalized learning can be a tool for equity or a barrier to it
It takes work to maintain high expectations for all students when personalizing instruction
FCC changes its rules, puts educational spectrum up for open auction
Rural school districts had hoped to close “homework gaps” via access to wireless spectrum set aside for educational use 50 years ago