achievement gap

A sign inside an AVID elective classroom tries to motivate students.

This program is helping fast-diversifying suburban schools promote success for all students

Georgia’s Fulton County is among a number of suburban districts turning to national nonprofit AVID to shrink achievement gaps and get kids of color ready for college

High School Reform

by  Nick Chiles  – February 20, 2019

Teacher Edward Hawkins watches his class as they take a math test at West Bolivar High School in late October.

Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs

When the computers are in charge, students complain ‘ain’t nobody really teaching’

Mississippi

by  Kelsey Davis  and  Aallyah Wright  – February 20, 2019

Middle-schoolers in Colleen Johnson’s social studies class participate in a Skype “field trip” with a guest lecturer located in Virginia (shown on the screen). With greater bandwidth on a new fiber-optic internet connection, Nome teachers plan to do more live video streaming.

Alaska schools pay a price for the nation’s slowest internet, but change is coming

A new fiber-optic cable along Alaska’s coast could transform how technology is used in rural classrooms

Future of Learning

by  Mareesa Nicosia  – January 28, 2019

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.

Taos High students work together to untie a “human knot” during an icebreaker led by seniors during the school’s 2018 EQ Retreat.

Another tool to improve student mental health? Kids talking to kids

A New Mexico school addresses sexual assault, suicide and other hard topics with help from the people students are most likely to listen to: each other

High School Reform

by  Lillian Mongeau  – January 27, 2019

On day three of the strike, members and supporters of United Teachers Los Angeles picket outside the Local District East office of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

LA’s school counselors strike back

The walkout succeeded in putting a spotlight on the dire shortage of counselors, who are key to helping students navigate school and plan for life after graduation

Guidance Gap

by E. Tammy Kim  – January 23, 2019

Adley Nyakora, a freshman at Minnesota State University, Mankato, plays Operation, while Cornelius Bright, Elijah Calderon-Pitchford, Aburrahman Guantai, and Jordan Headley look on.

Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

Unless more residents get to and through college, the state won’t be able to fill jobs that require higher education

Divided We Learn

by  Kelly Field  – January 15, 2019

COLUMN: Students are supposed to read The Scarlet Letter, not wear it

Shaming students is keeping schools from teaching them

Andre Perry

by  Andre Perry  – January 15, 2019

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(Left to right) Carol Cannon and her son, Johnathan, welcome teachers Cathy Jack and Pamela George for the first of two visits the pair will make to their Hemphill, West Virginia, home. The second visit will follow early in the new year.

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

A struggling West Virginia district sends teachers to students’ homes to help them get to college

High School Reform

by  Peggy Barmore  – December 23, 2018

Schools don’t have to reinvent the wheel

Organizations that share proven models with many schools could increase the pace of innovation

Future of Learning

by  Tara García Mathewson  – December 20, 2018

OPINION: Are colleges failing first-generation students?

Catching up with higher ed’s new demographics

Higher Education

by  Andrew Geant  – December 18, 2018

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