The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

NOME, Alaska — Before they got down to business for the day, students in Devin Tatro’s social studies class were offered a quiet moment of self-reflection: On this golden fall afternoon at Nome-Beltz Junior/Senior High School, were they feeling chipper, distressed or somewhere in between? A plan to link Alaska to the world.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

The Beaverton school district, west of Portland, Oregon, is a case in point. In 2012, budget shortfalls led Beaverton to axe more than 40 school librarian positions. But two years ago, embarking on a bond-funded technology push that included a computer for every student, the district had a change of heart.

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Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Nurturing bilingual students is the mission of the 400-student public school where Menéndez teaches, Dos Puentes Elementary in Washington Heights, a predominantly Latino neighborhood of New York City. Related: A Spanish-English high school proves learning in two languages can boost graduation rates. public schools.

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Elementary School Middle School Library Research 127

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In 1970, when the courts ordered schools to desegregate and controversies over busing erupted across the country, white parents in Coahoma County fled the public system for private segregation academies, calling it “school choice.”. Related: Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi? he Brown v.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Kentucky, where the students interviewed for this article attend public school, has a version of the civics test policy, which the state passed in 2018. Joining In Peter Jefferson, a senior at Henry Clay High School, a public school in Lexington, Kentucky, is active in politics, especially for someone who is not yet 18 years old.

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Civics Education Government K-12 123

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Resnick and Duffy had spent countless hours shepherding this school through the political thickets that all new public schools face. Tonight, the school committee would cast its votes. Their school day would last from 10 a.m. And this high school would be diverse. Resnick had reason to be optimistic.

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Charter School Project-Based Learning High School Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2016

Tianna’s social studies project aimed to refute the “dominant narrative” that racism is largely dead in the United States. Proponents argue that providing this “alternative path” enables students who may not be good test-takers to get a high school diploma.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. public school educators — see press release Petition to Encourage Jackson Reed High School (in Washington, D.C.) Independence or Catastrophe?

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Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

Caroline Patrie is a high school science teacher in Maine’s Portland Public Schools; her first day as a teacher was September 11, 2001. Construction had pushed back the new school year at her Vermont high school. “In 14, 2012, the day that 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary. “For

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Charter School Civics Middle School Civic Engagement 145

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

I think that the CRT tracking project out of UCLA has now shown that almost half of the students in the American public school system are subjected to one of these laws that criminalize teaching the truth about race or gender or sexuality. And of course, history and social studies teachers. So we are in a struggle.

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