The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

In Houston, Texas, almost 30 percent of the schools had no fine arts teachers in 2013-14. To be sure, cognitive scientists and literacy experts believe that knowledge of the world is important for reading comprehension and critical thinking. Kisida says that this is a healthy dose of reality for arts advocates.

Teaching 145

Teaching Museum Elementary School Critical Thinking 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

At Kent State University at Ashtabula, 55 black students received an associate or bachelor’s degree between fall 2013 and spring 2019. Between fall 2013 and spring 2019, university officials say, 55 black students received an associate or bachelor’s degree from Ashtabula. Very few have succeeded.

Tutoring 145

Tutoring Heritage Cultures High School 145

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

In 2013 he received the Technology Leadership Award for the state of Iowa. The one question I’m asking at ISTE 2013. In short, we will redesign one or two lessons from elsewhere to make them richer and more robust. | 10 minutes – We will take a break! Register here! Related Posts. News and Events events ISTE news'

K-12 97

K-12 Leadership Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan 97

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

Virtual Internships’ survey data shows that supervisors’ perceptions of the interns’ abilities on core career-readiness skills like communication, critical thinking and teamwork increased substantially during the internships. About a quarter of interns receive offers to extend or get hired full time, Holroyd Pearce said.

Government 138

Government Tradition Professional Development Critical Thinking 138

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

In addition to fulfilling Common Core requirements, assignments are designed to help students learn critical thinking and workplace skills. In the 2013-14 school year, 7 percent of its students read at grade level, and 5 percent met the state’s math standards. At Moheeb’s school, the approach has been transformative.

Middle School 110

Middle School High School Tradition History 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The new exams test critical thinking and problem solving, not just rote memorization. In 2013, the number of GED degrees was higher than usual because there was a big push to get more adults to take the old GED before it was phased out. Hilliard chose 2012 to capture normal test-taking trends before the 2014 exam change.

High School 109

High School Government Economics Tradition 109

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The NGSS was released in 2013. The new standards emphasize scientific inquiry and critical thinking over recitation of facts. While the NGSS doesn’t specifically say teachers should teach about vaccines, it’s an issue her district has decided to emphasize.

Controversial Topics 117

Controversial Topics Middle School Lesson Plan Teaching 117

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When it comes to educators and technology… Learn about robust, technology-infused learning at the 2013 Iowa 1:1 Institute. – Going deeper with the components of high-quality PBL – A PBL case study – Making sense of PBL in our own context – Getting set up with Feedly and some awesome school leadership blogs.

Leadership 107

Leadership Professional Development Geography Project-Based Learning 107

Anthropology 365

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Students will be exposed to novel approaches to anthropological research, enhancing their skills and critical thinking. How Animals Grieve (University of Chicago Press, 2013) by Barbara King emphasizes the importance of recognizing the emotional lives of other animals.

Anthropology 40

Anthropology Humanities Cultures Geography 40

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As the American Academy of Arts and Science’s 2013 “The Heart of the Matter” report observes, connecting these fields is necessary to solve the world’s biggest problems such as “the provision of clean air and water, food, health, energy, universal education, human rights, and the assurance of physical safety.”.

Humanities 87

Humanities Social Science Sociology Anthropology 87

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Between 2013 and 2018, the percentage of undergraduates at U.S. It seems difficult to find fault with Tough here, as he had been asking the College Board for five years to see data on whether the organization had succeeded in replicating results from a 2013 experiment by two prominent researchers, Caroline Hoxby and Sarah Turner.

Economics 77

Economics Psychology Critical Thinking High School 77

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

An attempt by the Los Angeles Unified School District to use a long-term bond program to buy student iPads in 2013 resulted in not only high costs for the devices, but also separate SEC and FBI investigations into the legality of the bond spending and possible corruption in the vendor bidding process. That’s what I think technology can do.”

High School 111

High School Tradition Educational Technology Critical Thinking 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

That’s prompted new Janesville Schools Superintendent Steve Pophal to enact a plan to give kids the critical thinking and specialized skills he hopes will help them meet local business needs while avoiding the trap of low-skill, low-wage work that accounts for a growing share of the city’s economy.

Pedagogy 111

Pedagogy High School Economics Humanities 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

A separate study of 30 million college students from 1999 to 2013 revealed that while the number of children from low-income families attending four-year institutions rose rapidly during the 2000s, the share of low-income students at selective colleges barely budged.

High School 79

High School Charter School Economics Critical Thinking 79

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2016

Between the 2013-14 school year and the 2015-16 school year, the city added about 16,000 preschool students and 2,000 teachers. “We What children learn before age 5 — both academic skills like critical thinking and social skills like taking turns — sets the stage for the rest of their lives.

K-12 90

K-12 Public School Teaching Critical Thinking 90

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Teachers are supposed to make children partners in the acquisition of knowledge, helping them to see that math isn’t only — or even mainly — about right answers, it’s about exploration and discovery, and the sort of critical thinking and problem-solving they’ll do in college some day.

K-12 82

K-12 Charter School Elementary School Economics 82

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science. Developed by 26 states in 2013, the standards require that students understand core ideas in scientific disciplines and the connections across those disciplines. by issuing the Next Generation Science Standards, or NGSS.

Middle School 130

Middle School Controversial Topics Geography Political Science 130

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2016

You can gain the same skills — critical thinking, civics, writing — through different content that feels more relevant.”. I worked at Columbia [University], and a lot of those kids are given permission to think critically, but not all of our young people have been,” said Marta Esquilin, the new associate dean for the HLLC. “I

Tradition 98

Tradition Sociology Civics Critical Thinking 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

It provides real life applications for reading and math and develops critical thinking skills that help students solve problems in other subjects. But the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), first released in 2013, could be changing all that. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Plus, it’s interesting.

Education 92

Education Elementary School K-12 High School 92

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Edward de Bono’s six “thinking hats,” specifically the one that called on thinkers to assess their ideas and look for potential flaws. Olmsted’s program is based on Renzulli’s three-tiered whole-school enrichment model.

Education 145

Education Elementary School High School Public School 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Over a lifetime, a dual-headed household with bachelor’s degrees and $53,000 in college debt loses $208,000 in lifetime wealth — nearly four times the amount borrowed, according to a 2013 brief by Demos, a left-leaning policy organization. While the average poverty rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent , some 21.5

High School 105

High School Geography Middle School Critical Thinking 105

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2020

We should treat it more like a classroom setting where we’re allowed to ask questions and use critical thinking skills.”. The city’s old police department was dissolved in 2013 and replaced with a force run by the county government. Credit: AP Photo/Mel Evans. Credit: AP Photo/Dave Collins.

Education 138

Education Cultures Critical Thinking Government 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Ninety-six percent of children at the Walton Avenue School, a K-5 school in the Bronx he’d founded in 2013, face economic hardship, and about a third are homeless. In 2013, the administration of former mayor Michael Bloomberg began phasing out the school. Recently, Russo had seen a little boy wrapping up some of his school lunch.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Professional Development Leadership Humanities 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

On a trip back home to the Dominican Republic, she began dating Jesus Hernandez; they married in 2013. It’s not black and white, there is a lot of critical thinking,” Asknes said. Hernandez moved back in with her mother and worked at various health care jobs. Anjerlin was born the next year.

Economics 119

Economics Junior High Advocacy Critical Thinking 119

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Inquiry-based or active learning experiences can have a stronger impact on students and help them develop critical thinking and other necessary skills. Collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and analysis: These help students apply knowledge to real-world problems and prepare students for college, life, and careers.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

New standards that were unveiled in 2013 to modernize how science is taught directed schools to introduce students to climate change and how human activities influence warming beginning in middle school. Limited information. But not every state has adopted the standards. Still, Texas’ textbook approval process has been a headache at times.

Teaching 137

Teaching Middle School Humanities High School 137

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

“Students’ exposure to other students who are different from themselves and the novel ideas and challenges that such exposure brings leads to improved cognitive skills, including critical thinking and problem solving,” Wells and her colleagues wrote in a 2016 report for The Century Foundation.

Economics 86

Economics Private School Elementary School Public School 86