Georgia Heyward discusses her research on the financial effects and student outcomes of the four-day school week.
Georgia Heyward
Georgia Heyward is a research analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, where she has worked on the 18-city project Stepping Up and supported charter-district collaboration in Washington State. Before joining CRPE, she researched rural education and wrote program evaluations for Washington State school districts and nonprofits. Georgia started her career as a bilingual elementary teacher through the NYC Teaching Fellows program. She then worked as a teacher and administrator at a bilingual performing arts school. For three years, she was the assessment coordinator for a start-up, nonprofit college. Georgia has a BA in Liberal Arts from Evergreen State College and an MEd in Education Policy from the University of Washington.
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Jul 25 2018
Georgia Heyward is quoted in this Chalkbeat article about Detroit's new public school guide, which lets parents compare district and charter school options.
May 21 2018
Georgia Heyward is quoted by NBC News on the expansion of four-day weeks in public schools.
Apr 18 2018
Georgia Heyward is interviewed by Governing on the four-day school week.
Mar 25 2018
Georgia Heyward is interviewed by Newsweek about the four-day school week.
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Jun 28 2019
Our latest report looks at a navigator organization that helps level the playing field so all families can find quality schools that meet their needs.
Jun 18 2019
To realize the goals of "new CTE," we must not only rethink our notions of vocational training; we must also reimagine how we go about secondary schooling.
Mar 19 2019
Rural districts using the four-day school week schedule are experimenting with new, holistic and community-embedded learning opportunities on the fifth, unscheduled school day.
Oct 23 2018
CRPE’s Georgia Heyward and TNTP’s Crystal Harmon share ways education leaders can channel their annual anxiety about teacher hiring into solutions.
Aug 21 2018
Georgia Heyward identifies several trends in cities offering public school choice and shares strategies for addressing the most persistent challenges.
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