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.

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Many dedicated, brilliant, and diverse trailblazers have illuminated our path and brought their findings to the forefront of humanity. She found the skull of a giant sloth next to early human tools. In 2013, she was a nominee to become the U.S. Surgeon General.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

The best teacher is going to be the human teacher. Leave this field empty if you're human: Kailei Whitaker, 12, said she likes learning from a computer more than learning from a teacher because she can focus better. However, he said, the teacher is ultimately more important. We truly believe that,” said Burton. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Jill Henry, who graduated from Whitmore Lake High School in 1995, left a successful career teaching high school social studies in Wayne, Michigan, to return to her alma mater and help open the new high school in 2006. Or the human capital? “We were the underdog, and we rallied,” Henry said. Ben Smith for The Hechinger Report.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Bagley encourages teachers to use Studies Weekly print publications with the Studies Weekly Online learning platform. “I honestly cannot imagine teaching social studies without providing each student with a copy of their student publication.” Kaufman, G., & Flanagan, M. 2021, December 21). Walgermo, B.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: In the past, some have viewed Louisiana’s accountability incentives with caution, fearing schools may sit back, knowing that they can push low-performing students into a high-school equivalency program and earn 25 points. For each student who drops out, high schools earn a zero. Weekly Update.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services defines affordable child care as no more than 10% of a family’s income; however, the Care Index reports that childcare costs account for as high as 19% of a family’s income in some states. 2013, May 2). National Report on Preschool Policies Finds Uneven Progress Across States.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The standards, which went into effect this fall, introduce students as young as kindergarteners to the subject, not just in science class but in the arts, world languages, social studies and physical education. She said it was up to humans to drive less and recycle and protect other species from climate disaster.

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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.

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Social studies is more than just a subject—it provides the foundation for understanding and engaging with the world around us. According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

A high school social studies book, also used in Texas, says of rising temperatures, “Some critics say that this warming is just part of the Earth’s natural cycle,” though, in truth, there’s overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that the current warming is due to human activities.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

In the window of a Morton Catholic outreach center, a sign in both Spanish and English seeks recruits: “Hang live birds for processing in a humane manner. In addition to the Koch operation, Scott County is home to three more poultry plants, all of which have high turnover and a voracious appetite for new workers.

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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. Related: The future includes good (human) teachers. Schools that choose to focus on these pillars reap the rewards.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

I am co-facilitating today’s class with high school teacher, Prentiss Charney Fellow , and great all around human being, T. And so every child today gets taught that modern slavery is human trafficking, it’s a crime against humanity. And of course, history and social studies teachers. It’s good to have you with us.

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