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How does an NCHE Colloquium come together?

NCHE

Since 2017, NCHE has offered professional learning colloquia that focus on “Technology’s Impact in American History (TIAH).” Michael Francis, who was a keynote speaker at the 2015 NCHE conference held in St. They brought a copy of their primary source with them to the colloquium and analyzed these sources further in person.

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

When the AP United States history students at Aragon High School in San Mateo California, scanned the professionally designed pages of www.minimumwage.com , most concluded that it was a solid, unbiased source of facts and analysis. Northport, N.Y., Photo: Janis Shachter.

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The Impact of a Teacher

Studies Weekly

Additionally, a 2015 study found that focusing on student social and emotional well-being resulted in long-term economic gains due to improvements in health, education, and employment. We know teachers work incredibly hard to create a welcoming, calm, safe space.

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Broken system: Child care subsidies ensure low-quality, limit access

The Hechinger Report

In fact, the federal government provided child care subsidies to just one in six children eligible to receive them in 2015, according to the U.S. Their ire was reserved for the state, which they saw as the primary source of subsidy funding. Credit: Photo: Lillian Mongeau/Hechinger Report. Department of Health and Human Services.

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In high-crime areas, education reform needs to expand outside the classroom

The Hechinger Report

In 2015 and 2016, it took two months longer to hit that dubious target. history when the levee system broke in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, could stand to produce a few engineers from the hood. As of May 31, there were 300 shooting victims in New Orleans. New Orleans is on pace to be a record year.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

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 is a case history of what it means to be American, and what it means to exercise constitutional rights.”. History when they reach high school.

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The present moment

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The ASHP staff knows that such changes dont emerge overnight; as we look backward and ahead, we remain committed to making our work as history educators help generate greater understanding of the current historical moment.