Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 4, 2015

Let’s cut Social Studies. That bonus you didn’t get at work (aka Iowa education reform in 2015). State department educational policy advocacy: “Evidence-based” or puffery? After their school day they go to even MORE school, every afternoon, evening, and weekend. We can do better! Related Posts.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Social Studies Leadership Education Policy 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

These schools often defend their performance by saying their students are different — they’ve fallen behind academically because of social, emotional or medical issues that make it challenging for them to attend brick-and-mortar schools. No ratings were issued in 2019-20 because of the pandemic.).

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Charter School Education Policy Public School History 127

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

Advocacy 71

Advocacy High School Social Studies Tradition 71

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts. At the end of the following year, it awarded organizations in Portland and Sanford nearly $9 million to implement their plans. That view is shared by policymakers like Rep.

High School 111

High School Tradition Cultures Advocacy 111

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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K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 91

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

He started teaching social studies at Blythewood High School in Richland 2, a school district in the Midlands, in 2005, the same year the school was founded. “I He was voted Blythewood High’s 2015-16 Teacher of the Year. One Alabama town is trying to change that. I was proud to be a part of a community,” he said.

Education 137

Education Elementary School High School Leadership 137