The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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. 47 percent of graduates at Meadowbrook High School in rural Ohio enrolled in associate or bachelor’s degree programs in 2016, up from 28 percent in 2013.

High School 89

High School Social Studies Political Science Leadership 89

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sometimes, Talbott says, she was the first Black teacher her students had had at Lusher, even after she began teaching sixth-grade social studies in 2013; it meant a lot to her to provide students with that self-recognition and affirmation. Lusher enrolls students in kindergarten through 12th grade across its two buildings.

Leadership 144

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 144

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Students have access to hundreds of courses while they are in Illinois’ juvenile justice facilities, but they tend to focus on math, language arts, social studies and science. Students technically have access to hundreds of courses, but Jones-Redmond said the district focuses on math, language arts, social studies and science.

Social Studies 68

Social Studies Tradition American History Government 68

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. Middle school students use pre-crafted story maps to learn standard classroom content in science and social studies.

Education 69

Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 69

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

After three years in an expeditionary learning school, students outpaced traditional school peers by 7 months in reading achievement and 10 months in math, according to a 2013 study by Mathematica Policy Research that EL commissioned. Overall, the approach gets good academic marks. Also, expeditions are embedded in the real world.

Middle School 110

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Audrey Watters, author of a forthcoming book on the history of education technology. What personalization means to the Gates Foundation is a specific — it’s software,” said Audrey Watters, author of a forthcoming book on the history of educational technology.

Charter School 102

Charter School Tutoring Tradition Educational Technology 102

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In the 2015-16 school year, none of the social studies textbooks listed for use in the state’s fourth grade classroom was published before 2005. The Civil Rights Movement was once a footnote in Mississippi social studies classrooms, if it was covered at all. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

K-12 92

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 92

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

While the concept of HQIM has been established and embraced in other core academic disciplines, applying this concept to social studies has been more complex. Unlike content standards for math or science, where there is more uniformity across states, social studies standards can vary significantly from one state to another.

Social Studies 109

Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography 109

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

Teachers valued her blackness, she said, and taught her the history of African and African-American strength. She’d found, in Ghana, a community and history that affirmed her strength as a black woman. then in 2013, Pierre-Floyd and her family returned to New Orleans. Many were staffed primarily with novice, white teachers. (In

Charter School 80

Charter School High School Cultures Public School 80

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

Experts say that requires regular and high-quality social studies lessons, starting in kindergarten, to teach kids to be critical thinkers and communicators who know how to take meaningful action. Most states either don’t test social studies, or the social studies test doesn’t really count toward adequate yearly progress.”.

Social Studies 111

Social Studies Civics Controversial Topics Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

If the administration takes more of the NRA’s suggestions, I guess this would include replacing outside shrubbery with “thorn-bearing and sharp-leaved plant species,” which 2013 report. We can do our part in keeping schools safe by giving out hugs like candy on Halloween, helping kids feel a sense of belonging and welcome.

Elementary School 110

Elementary School Middle School Social Studies Government 110

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In 2013, 7,758 were enrolled, and in 2016 that number fell to 3,944. Informing non-certified teachers of their options is part of a strategy for training local residents, like new Central High School 8th and 9th grade social studies teacher Tiffany Gant. My degree is in psychology but I’m teaching history! ’”.

Charter School 111

Charter School Tradition Public School Civics 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Derrick Fields, 9, works on his assignment during a Spanish-language history lesson at Sherman Elementary School in San Diego, California. Last spring, Derrick Fields, 9, sat in his social studies classroom at Sherman Elementary School, learning about the creation of the telegraph. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

Charter School 103

Charter School K-12 Elementary School Archiving 103

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2016

Derrick Fields, 9, works on his assignment during a Spanish-language history lesson at Sherman Elementary School in San Diego, California. Last spring, Derrick Fields, 9, sat in his social studies classroom at Sherman Elementary School, learning about the creation of the telegraph. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

Charter School 78

Charter School K-12 Elementary School Middle School 78

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

High schoolers in a social studies class at Patchogue-Medford work on a lesson about the history of nationalism. In the 2013-14 school year, there were 125 new arrivals who were English learners, according to district officials. The cost of crossing into the U.S. illegally can amount to more than $6,000.

Middle School 110

Middle School High School Library Elementary School 110

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Whitaker to talk about his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America , a history of the idea of Black criminality in the making of the modern United States. I appreciated hearing about the history of how data has been (mis)used to construct a narrative of Black criminality.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52