The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2020

550 billion — the investment needed to bring schools nationwide up to standard due to damage caused by postponing repairs, according to a 2013 federal estimate. Schools hold the history and culture of a place through yearbooks, trophy cases, and photo archives. Many students have fun on the playground when the school is closed.

Economics 144

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

It was two weeks before the university would be abruptly shut down by the coronavirus, and every corner of the campus seemed jampacked — except this quiet classroom, where a handful of students were studying the societies and cultures of the Caribbean. Will history repeat? Related: How the last recession affected higher education.

Anthropology 144

Anthropology Social Science Sociology Humanities 144

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Some parents are really worried about Covid and their child getting sick, but one of the main reasons is about culture. We want them to know a lot about their culture.”. If you know your culture, if you know where you come from, you’re stronger,” she said. What we’re trying to do is revive our culture,” she said. “So

Lesson Plan 141

Lesson Plan Private School Cultures Public School 141

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

What is new is that we are calling them badges and microcredentials and using them primarily to certify specific skills, such as cross-cultural competency, welding and conversational Spanish. . New degrees like the Sister of Arts and Mistress of Arts receded into history. So what are they? Public attitudes are also changing.

Education 145

Education Museum Economics Tradition 145

Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In 2013, Graeber wrote an article for the obscure left-wing magazine STRIKE! Graeber’s book is conversational in style, drawing on history, literature, sociology, anthropology, and pop culture to support his arguments. titled “ On the Phenomenon of B t Jobs.” centric, making some of its generalizations, at times, questionable.

Anthropology 135

Anthropology Economics Sociology Archiving 135

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2024

Since I first moved to Finland in 2013, I have witnessed an ever-deepening societal problem that has devastated student learning. In December, the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture described the predicament as “extremely disconcerting.” Childhood has become dominated by digital devices.

K-12 111

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In 2013, Deborah Brown Community School, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sent Tiana Parker home after telling the 7-year-old that her locs did not look “presentable.” Citing a dress code policy, they separated him from other students and prevented him from going to lunch with his peers because they feared it would be too “distracting.”

Charter School 145

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

For the purpose of standardized tests, this principle serves as a reminder that efforts around assessment are not separate from the necessary work of culturally responsive teaching , equity, trauma-informed practices , and research-based pedagogy. Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History. link] Reese, W. Stewart, A.

Pedagogy 244

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

” The researchers connect this concept to our evolutionary history. Fannin points to hunter-gatherer cultures where individuals have been known to scale trees as tall as 150 feet to gather food. Moreover, 95% of children with playground injuries between 2001 and 2013 were treated and released the same day.

Anthropology 105

Anthropology Heritage Humanities Cultures 105

ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2024

History to Spanish immersion, more students means more funding. According to a recent report from the National Rural Education Association, 80,000 more English-learner and multilingual students were enrolled in rural districts in the 2021 school year than in 2013. From Advanced Placement U.S.

Teaching 134

Teaching Professional Development Community Engagement Library 134

Anthropology News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It represents a key example of how Tibetan refugees have established institutionalized, international education that preserves, advances, and shares Buddhist culture and philosophy. However, among community members, the relevance of linguistic diversity to the continuity of Tibetan Buddhist culture is a topic of considerable debate.

Heritage 98

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. High school students create story maps to deepen their own learning and help others, in history, science, and even English literature.

Education 101

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Anthropology 365

DECEMBER 3, 2024

How do environmental, historical, and cultural factors influence human-javelina relations in Texas? The introduction stresses the significance of understanding human-javelina encounters within their specific socio-ecological contexts through a blend of historical, ecological, and cultural analysis.

Anthropology 40

Anthropology Humanities Cultures Geography 40

Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

i] History of the usage: The word “peasant” appears in English in late medieval and early modern times, when it was used to refer to the rural poor, rural residents, serfs, agricultural laborers, and the “common” or “simple” people. Some scholars emphasized generic cultural or “folk” characteristics of peasants. [vi]

Anthropology 100

Anthropology Sociology Economics Cultures 100

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2017

That’s unprecedented in the history of as long as data has been kept on higher education,” said Kevin Crockett, senior executive at the enrollment-management consulting firm Ruffalo Noel Levitz. Concordia College in Minnesota slashed its tuition by 34 percent in 2013, and enrollment rose.

High School 0

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

In 2013, GeoCapabilities became an EU funded programme as a 3 year Comenius project (539079-LLP-1-2013-1-UK-COMENIUS-CMP). There are some excellent suggestions for readings in this important area contained in this section, including Mark Sheehan's work on a "culturally responsive" curriculum.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching Pedagogy Library 52

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 5, 2024

Lincoln County is rural and rugged, forged by industry and ecology and steeped in a complicated history of extraction, exploitation and economic struggle. The program was designed to place workers at Stinger Welding, an Arizona-based bridge building company that brought 70 jobs to Libby before its closure in 2013. Forest Service.

Economics 112

Economics History Archiving Tradition 112

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The idea is “that teachers who share a linguistic and cultural background with their students have a unique role to play in urban schools,” according to program director Laura Delgado. But if Delgado is right about the benefits for Nashville classrooms of a cultural match between teachers and students, the program has arrived just in time.

Sociology 112

Sociology Cultures High School Elementary School 112

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In just a few short years, the school has managed to create a culture in which going to college is becoming the norm rather than the exception. And from 2013 to 2016, the number of its graduates enrolling in associate or bachelor’s degree programs rose dramatically, from 28 percent to 47 percent, according to school officials.

High School 92

High School Social Studies Leadership Political Science 92

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Meanwhile, many districts and schools continue to believe they can hire their way out of the teacher diversity problem—if they acknowledge it’s a problem at all—and fail to take on the hard work of transforming school culture. Normally, when you are looking at history, the voices that are centered are those of landowning white men.”.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2022

An assistant professor at Spelman College in Atlanta, she could focus on her passion of studying Afro-Latin American culture. Sowards is leaving his tenured full professorship in history at the University of Idaho at the end of this semester; he’ll be following his spouse, who has a new job, even though Sowards doesn’t. “It

Government 138

Government Teaching Research Education 138

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Unearthing Clues to Ancient Migration For decades, the Shiyu site has tantalized archaeologists with its rich deposits, hinting at a long and complex history of human habitation. A Multidisciplinary Exploration In 2013, a renewed effort led by paleoanthropologist Shi-Xia Yang launched a comprehensive investigation of the site.

Artifacts 52

Artifacts Archaeology Humanities Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Columbia College Chicago, where I became president in 2013, used to describe itself as an arts and media college. Consider that our mission statement, rather than promising “to produce the next generation of…” (you fill in the blank), declares that we must prepare young people “to author the culture of their times.”.

Tradition 81

Tradition History Cultures Teaching 81

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

Their testimony amounted to a warning, though, of what schools may face when they restart this fall: kids with a history of mental health problems whose symptoms have worsened, students who maybe experiencing anxiety or anger for the first time, children in households that have become financially precarious and those who are experiencing loss.

Charter School 145

Charter School Professional Development Research Leadership 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The New York Daily News reported on February 1 — the start of Black History Month — that a teacher in a majority-minority school in the Bronx, NY, instructed three black children in her seventh-grade class to lie on the floor during a lesson on slavery. Related: When black history isn’t relegated to a single month.

Psychology 73

Psychology History Library Teaching 73

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Giving them their own building and cultural activities, intensive personal and academic help, and even free food are among the measures Canadian universities are taking to increase the enrollment and graduation odds of native, or indigenous, students, who get college degrees at less than half the rate of whites. Six thousand died.

Government 78

Government Cultures Tradition Museum 78

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

In several districts, the percentage of uncertified teachers has doubled since 2013-14. After passing the core tests, most educators then take one or more of the Praxis II exams, which are focused on various subject specialties (so a would-be high school history teacher would take a Praxis II history test, for example).

Tutoring 95

Tutoring High School Civics Teaching 95

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. People of Asian and Pacific Islander descent have been a part of United States history since its earliest days.

Heritage 59

Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

According to Berger, Crew fosters a schoolwide “culture and spirit of being on a team and looking out for each other.” Casco Bay’s principal, Derek Pierce, credits much of the school’s success to the way Crew culture personalizes each student’s journey over four years. “We And how to listen to each other.”. How am I doing?

Middle School 111

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

How do you study Blackness in a place that denies its local history of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black structural violence? How do you write about Blackness while trying to resist the insidious pull of cultural and racial assimilation? How do you write about Blackness in a place that tries to deny its existence?

Heritage 52

Heritage Cultures History Archiving 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

To help address the problem, in 2013 CUNY designated that three courses in each of its most popular majors would count toward requirements on every campus.). Let’s say you are a Florida State University student looking for a class to fulfill its history/social science requirement.

Archaeology 82

Archaeology Tutoring History Advocacy 82

ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Principal Faculty Joshua Brown is professor of history emeritus and former executive director of the American Social History Project and professor of history at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He is a noted scholar of visual culture in U.S. Halls Professor of the History of Art (emerita) at Indiana University.

Museum 40

Museum American History History Library 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2017

Baker is introduced as new Northern Illinois University president on April 2, 2013. About two-thirds are guaranteed positions on the faculty, often with the help of graduate assistants, and get free admission to campus sports and cultural events, VIP parking and continued paid-for memberships to country clubs and social organizations.

Government 95

Government Leadership Economics Teaching 95

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2017

In fall 2013, she persuaded Martin to enroll at KIPP, in part by pointing to the fledgling varsity team the school had fielded that year. In New Orleans, Friday night football is a big deal,” said Joey LaRoche, who became the principal of KIPP Renaissance in 2013. And they’re embracing football. “In The Lessons of Frederick Douglass.

High School 60

High School Charter School Public School Cultures 60

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2022

That 17-point gap was slightly lower than in 2013, when 11 percent of the university’s freshmen were Latino and 29 percent of the state’s high school graduates were Latino, an 18-point difference.

High School 111

High School Middle School Government Education 111

Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2017

On a national level, 49 states identified a shortage of special education and related service personnel during the 2013-14 school year. Many had histories of trauma and abuse. Teachers whose schools had more collaborative cultures become more effective more rapidly than teachers whose schools were less collaborative.

Education 53

Education Professional Development Pedagogy Cultures 53