The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Government Accountability Office found the percentage of all schools with racial or socio-economic isolation grew from 9 percent to 16 percent from 2001 to 2014. It’s simply harder for individuals to seek redress against what is really a coalition between powerful neighborhood groups, civic leaders and school system heads.

Economics 82

Economics Civics Geography History 82

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

His mother chaired the university’s history department. Related: It’s time our educational institutions instilled some civic-minded values in students. Related: Removing racist monuments is about making history, not erasing it. If there’s anyone who can attest to the benefits of growing up in a city with an HBCU, it’s Gallot.

Economics 83

Economics Civics History Research 83

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Young citizens need civics education to understand their constitutionally guaranteed rights. The best civics teachers also help students learn the skills they need to protect their rights. Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan.

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Last fall, after the university’s admissions team worked to craft a more intentional recruiting plan, officials say they enrolled the most diverse freshman class in LSU’s nearly 160-year history. News and World Report’s list — but he didn’t feel at home when he toured in 2014.

Library 111

Library Government High School Civics 111

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. Halls Professor of the History of Art (emerita) at Indiana University. He is a noted scholar of visual culture in U.S.

Museum 40

Museum American History History Library 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2016

It suffocates the civic impulse. We have a history here, in the Delta, that most African-Americans do feel powerless,” Dickerson said. One former local board member, Joy Springer, says she ran on a platform of fighting inequality in Little Rock Schools in 2014. Matthew Baptist Church in Highland Park. “It

Charter School 75

Charter School Public School Government High School 75

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2017

The 2016 election and the tumultuous start to Donald Trump’s presidency, which hits the 100-day mark next week, have presented civics teachers in red, blue and purple states alike with a double-edged sword. For project-based civic learning, there’s the web-based “Civic Action Project” (CAP) created by the Constitutional Rights Foundation.

Civics 89

Civics Education K-12 Primary Sources 89

ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year.

World Religions 120

World Religions World History Civics History 120

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Northeastern was called out for paying nothing at all in 2014 toward the $2.4 To commemorate its 30th anniversary, Campus Compact has asked its members to develop “civic action plans” by March reaffirming their commitment to what it calls the public purposes of higher education. billion), MIT ($13.5 Nearly 450 have signed on.

Civics 85

Civics Civic Engagement Economics Museum 85

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2021

My former high school students in rural Arkansas now teach at the schools they attended during their childhoods, in the same political conditions of Blackness in which I taught them in my civics class in 2014, as they tried to process the Ferguson, Missouri, police killing of Mike Brown , a man they had never met but who looked like them.

Civics 108

Civics Heritage Lesson Plan High School 108

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Mattivi, whose eighth-grade English students discuss articles about the environment, civic life, and American history after using online literacy programs that provide similar material at different reading levels. I could never go back to the old model,” says Ms. But computers are expensive.

K-12 98

K-12 High School Library Elementary School 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

In 2014, white students became the minority in our public schools (partly a result of white students’ overrepresentation in private schools). These kinds of head-scratching, politically ignorant actions lay bare the very reason that people need a quality liberal arts education. It was an effective tactic to suppress a people — then and now.

Education 85

Education Government Private School Civics 85

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

A 2014 protest for immigrant rights in New York. Students taking civics not only understand the political structure of the country, they also become aware of the way politics affects their lives. history and government (civics). Roberto Romano, courtesy of Rural & Migrant Ministry.

Civics 76

Civics Advocacy High School Cultures 76