The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

And it has everything to do with the policies of the states.”. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

Personalized Learning 74

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 74

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The alternative diploma, attained through the LEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA1) graduation pathway, allows students with severe disabilities to forgo typical academic expectations and requirements, and it doesn’t end with the high school diploma. Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute.

Dropout 82

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 82

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group that works with underserved communities, also joined the partnership. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 113

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 113

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

A project last year by NPR’s education team found examples at both ends of the spectrum : innovative programs that were legitimately helping students find hard-fought academic success, as well as examples of questionable policies and practices. Understandably at the front of the first group is U.S. Secretary of Education John B.

Policies 40

Policies Dropout Report Course 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Bits of student performance data are only just starting to trickle out of the pilot schools, so it’s too early to assess most of them quantitatively. Summit partnered with Stanford’s Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity to develop the rubric for evaluating the cognitive skills in each grade.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Karla Phillips, a policy director at Excel in Ed, told me that both personalized learning and charter schools have “flexibility” as their aim. Yet the academic and policy research behind it is thin.

Personalized Learning 102

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 102

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. “We saw it as a scaffolding until things got better — a short-term, possible solution,” Agnew recalled. Whether the Trump administration will approach the case differently is unclear.

Education 82

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 82