The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2020

It’s unprecedented,” said Geoffrey Young, the AAMC’s senior director for student affairs and programs, who compares it to another response to a traumatic moment in American history: the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Ten percent identify themselves as multiracial.).

Social Justice 143

Social Justice American History History High School 143

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Since 2015, Kelly Tudor, in Texas, has run a Facebook group for Indigenous home-school families. All four Hidalgos love American history, and a dual-enrollment course allowed their 17-year-old daughter to earn college credit while sharing the class content with her brother and parents. Fatima Siddiqui, homeschooler.

Lesson Plan 141

Lesson Plan Private School Cultures Public School 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

A 2015 survey by the Council of State Governments Justice Center found that only 13 states provided educational services for kids inside juvenile justice facilities that were comparable to those provided for kids outside of them. Its implementation has coincided with the rapid rise in course completions and diplomas awarded.

Social Studies 80

Social Studies Tradition American History Government 80

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Moreover, any realistic account of history covers economic and financial factors. I concluded teaching was not for me,” he recalled.

Teaching 52

Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52

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

MARCH 13, 2020

Jonathan Butler (c), a University of Missouri grad student who did a 7 day hunger strike listens during a forum speaking to students on the campus of University of Missouri – Columbia on November 9, 2015 in Columbia, Missouri. Perhaps the most famous recent protests were at the University of Missouri in fall 2015.

Cultures 68

Cultures American History Government History 68

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Parker Charter Essential School in Devens, Massachusetts, believe multiage education fosters cooperation and collaboration between students, like these ninth- and 10th-graders working together on a Holocaust-related history project. Photo: Stuart Miller. DEVENS, Mass. — It looks like a typical class in a suburban high school.

Elementary School 75

Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 75

ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

People from those cultures have nuanced histories, perspectives, and experiences in the U.S. ii] Kim and Hsieh describe the following “polarizing binaries of Asian American representation”: yellow peril perpetual foreigner model minority Erika Lee, Ph.D., Asian Americans were often celebrated “for holding the formula for success” (p.

Heritage 101

Heritage Education K-12 American History 101

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Today, most of those schools have dissolved into history, and only around 500 still exist, in varying states of upkeep. And so I had done my first photography book , which came out in 2015 — just a portrait of an abandoned college campus. The list of notable alumni includes longtime U.S.

Civics 92

Civics Education American History History 92

ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

History,” Journal of American History 95:2 (September 2008); Michael L. Brooks, “Reconsidering Politics in the Study of American Abolitionists,” Journal of the Civil War Era 8:2 (June 2018): 291-317; W. Reading: Susan Schulten, Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-century America (Chicago, 2012): pp.

Museum 52

Museum American History Library History 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Nekkita Beans, a Mississippi native and president of the University of Mississippi’s Black Student Union, stood center stage in a campus auditorium reading aloud the history of a group of men who fought to keep people like her enslaved, illiterate and, in many ways, invisible. OXFORD, Miss. Ole Miss decided to take a different path.

History 86

History Tradition Sociology High School 86

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

The evidence of American history is that in the absence of intentional policy choices we get more segregation – not less; we get more inequality – not less,” King said in a meeting curated by New Schools for New Orleans on July 2 during his visit to the Essence Festival. Rita’s Catholic School in New Orleans, Monday, Aug.

Charter School 75

Charter School Private School American History Public School 75

Political Science Now

JANUARY 9, 2025

Johnson is a tenured Instructor in Political Science, History, and Geography at Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Moorhead, MN. He has served APSA as Chair of the TLC Program Committee (2015), and as co-Editor of the Journal of Political Science Education (2016-2022). He holds a Ph.D.

Political Science 63

Political Science Geography Sociology Professional Development 63

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Catherine Epstein: We have the papers of some relatively famous alums, and then we have lots of information just on the history of the college. Catherine Epstein: This is the 2015-16 catalog. Kirk: Nicola Courtright teaches art history at Amherst. Jon: Yeah, or history, like you did, Kirk. It has 591 pages.

Humanities 90

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 90

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

I teach history and social studies at New York University. The largest student protests in American history were in May of 1970, following the Cambodian invasion and the tragic shootings of student protesters at Kent State and Jackson State. If you’re a student or a parent, it can be confusing. I’m a historian.

Civics 88

Civics Cultures Political Science Advocacy 88

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The agency will continue to seek meaningful opportunities to build bridges across divisions, honor the richness of our shared history, and teach it with integrity, all while ensuring full compliance with state law, he said. In 2015, a White gunman killed nine Black people at the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.

Library 58

Library Education K-12 History 58

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Coupled with a steady state of 3 percent homeschooling, for the first time in American history, a majority of school-aged children are not enrolled in traditional public schools. Congress historically has bristled when the Executive Branch has sought to do an end run around what it views as its authority.

Charter School 112

Charter School Private School Tradition Public School 112

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

White students, who are more likely than other racial groups to attend well-financed, higher-performing schools, scored nearly 20 points below the level needed to show proficiency on the National Assessment for Educational Progress in 2015. Clearly we need to do a better job of teaching history and civics — to all students.

Civics 130

Civics American History Leadership History 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

In a speech to the American Federation of Teachers , Harris decried the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” laws passed by Florida and other states in recent years. Walz has a long history of supporting LGBTQ+ students in Minnesota, where he was the faculty adviser of Mankato West High School’s first Gay-Straight Alliance club in the 1990s.

K-12 136

K-12 Education Public School History 136