The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Related: Making America whole again via civics education.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

For example, in the 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election, when the voter turnout was a dismal 30.6 The answer starts in the classroom, where civics education often fails to inspire and engage students. As with any other core subject we study, acts of democracy and civic collaboration must be practiced and honed in our schools.

Civics 96

Civics Civic Engagement K-12 Government 96

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The exercise was part of “Civic Online Reasoning,” a series of news-literacy lessons being developed by Stanford researchers and piloted by teachers at a few dozen schools. High School social studies teacher. “They got duped.”. Or, as one student put it, loudly, “fudge nuggets!”. Janis Schachter, Northport (N.Y.)

K-12 101

K-12 Primary Sources Civics Social Studies 101

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Department of Education data from 2015, since the 2008-2009 school year there’s been a 30 percent drop in enrollment nationwide: 75 percent of enrollees in traditional programs are white, 11 percent Hispanic, and 9 percent black. Constitution, and quizzes to teach civics. But rural districts aren’t the only problem. According to U.S.

Charter School 111

Charter School Tradition Public School Civics 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

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. In 2011, South Carolina established academic standards for what students should learn in social studies classes, including “the economic necessity of slave labor.”.

Economics 82

Economics Geography Civics History 82

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

About one in six 16- to 24-year-olds are neither working nor in school, according to Tulane University’s Cowen Institute, which in 2015 calculated the city’s rate of opportunity youth at 18 percent, one of the highest in the nation. A favorite civics teacher pulled her aside and told her that her schoolwork was academically strong. “If

High School 70

High School K-12 Tutoring Elementary School 70

C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

Then I think about the kinds of disciplinary sources I want to feature and the kinds of formal and informal performance tasks I’ll use to assess student learning (Swan, Grant, & Lee, 2015). The post Practicing What We Preach: Using Inquiry to Design a Social Studies Methods Class appeared first on C3 Teachers.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Social Justice Controversial Topics Pedagogy 52