2013 Critical Thinking Humanities 
A Principal's Reflections
MAY 15, 2013
Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. Please visit the blog for an in-depth look at the dedicated students who participated in HST 2013 as they reflect upon what they learned.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Critical thinking is all the rage in education. Some argue that critical thinking should be the primary purpose of education and one of the most important skills to have in the 21st century, with advanced machines and algorithms replacing manual and repetitive labor. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.
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The Hechinger Report
MARCH 8, 2022
Humanities professors across the country have ceaselessly lamented the precipitous decline in undergraduate humanities majors in recent years. During the decade following the Great Recession of 2008, the number of humanities bachelor’s degree recipients fell by a whopping 14 percent — from a peak of about 236,000.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 1, 2018
The point is that the connections between humanities and science have been lost in today’s separation of disciplines. Indeed, a recent report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences discovered that humanities and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) training majors largely dwell in different silos.
Anthropology 365
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Johnson, University of Texas at San Antonio As the human population continues to expand into what was once wilderness, people increasingly come in contact with wildlife. Living with Javelinas explores how humans and nonhumans can coexist in ways that respect the autonomy and agency of all beings involved.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 11, 2017
Jane Robbins, a lawyer and senior fellow at the American Principles Project who has written critically about mastery-based education, said she finds the checklist nature of the system anti-intellectual. While it may work to improve math skills, it is unlikely to help students advance in the humanities, she said.
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.
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