Kelly Field

4 days ago | chronicle.com | Kelly Field

Ivan Gallardo knows what it’s like to feel lost in class. When he arrived in the United States from Mexico as a 15-year-old, he knew only basic English phrases — conversation starters like “What’s your name?” and “How old are you?” Things got even harder a few months later when his family moved from California, where most of his teachers were bilingual, to Alabama, where hardly anyone was.

1 month ago | macon.com | Kelly Field

CLEVELAND - In a public school cafeteria here, 6- and 7-year olds were taking turns sketching their ideas for a building made of toothpicks and gummy bears. Their task: to design a structure strong enough to support a single subject notebook. It was a challenge meant to test their abilities to plan ahead, work as a team and overcome setbacks. But first, they had to resist the urge to eat the building materials. Zayden Barnes, a first grader at Clara E.

1 month ago | youthtoday.org | Kelly Field

This story was originally published by The Hechinger Report. After-school programs, seen as key to pandemic recovery, face a grim future with the end of pandemic relief dollars and other federal cutbacksCLEVELAND — In a public school cafeteria here, 6- and 7-year olds were taking turns sketching their ideas for a building made of toothpicks and gummy bears. Their task: to design a structure strong enough to support a single subject notebook.

1 month ago | chalkbeat.org | Kelly Field

This story about after-school was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. CLEVELAND — In a public school cafeteria here, 6- and 7-year olds were taking turns sketching their ideas for a building made of toothpicks and gummy bears. Their task: to design a structure strong enough to support a single subject notebook.

1 month ago | bridgedetroit.com | Kelly Field |Christine Ferretti

This story about after-school was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. CLEVELAND — In a public school cafeteria here, 6- and 7-year olds were taking turns sketching their ideas for a building made of toothpicks and gummy bears. Their task: to design a structure strong enough to support a single subject notebook.