The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

Virtual Internships’ survey data shows that supervisors’ perceptions of the interns’ abilities on core career-readiness skills like communication, critical thinking and teamwork increased substantially during the internships. About a quarter of interns receive offers to extend or get hired full time, Holroyd Pearce said.

Government 138

Government Tradition Professional Development Critical Thinking 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Chalking up voting behavior as purely a function of partisan politics and not a reflection of critical thinking is a mistake. The manifestation of logic can also be found in art, culture, business and religion. This is where SEL advocates must show how schools can evaluate cross-cultural awareness and gender sensitivity.

Education 83

Education Charter School Critical Thinking Cultures 83

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2016

View from the Superdome field before the game between Grambling State Tigers and Southern University Jaguars on November 26, 2016, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA. HBCUs are well equipped to develop more critical technologists who can incite social change through entrepreneurship. Grambling State Tigers won 52-30.

K-12 79

K-12 Economics Critical Thinking Cultures 79

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

But as the movement against seat-time learning grows, more schools nationwide will be grappling with grade levels, deciding whether to keep them or to hack through thickets of political, logistical and cultural barriers to uproot them. Others, however, echo Northern Cass superintendent, Cory Steiner. School District.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2017

In 2016, the average student came out of college with an average of $37, 172 in debt. Later, in the wake of those same culture wars, I got into policy to advocate for artists like myself. Two decades ago, in the wake of “Culture Wars” that vilified artists and resulted in the Congress savaging public funding for artists in the U.S.,

Cultures 66

Cultures Economics Social Science Critical Thinking 66

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2017

In their 2016 Workforce-Skills Preparedness Report, PayScale and the executive development firm Future Workplace found that CEOs and human resources professionals seek recent college graduates who possess writing and public speaking proficiency, critical thinking and leadership skills, interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Tradition 58

Tradition Leadership Government Critical Thinking 58

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

For this to work there has to be a culture of care for each other. In the 2016-17 school year, 99 percent of its seniors graduated, and 84 percent attended college immediately afterward. Recent projects involved creating designs for residential construction and analysis of neighborhood crime patterns. We can’t ignore it.”.

Project-Based Learning 106

Project-Based Learning Leadership High School Tradition 106

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

researchers and educators argue it’s misleading and unhelpful to compare the United States to any top performing country because of demographic and cultural differences. million people, the country is significantly smaller — the Baltic nation also has its share of cultural diversity. In fact, many U.S. Nearly 80 percent of U.S.

Elementary School 0

Elementary School Economics Cultures Tradition 0

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

percent as of 2016, lags behind Canada, Israel, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom on this measure. In “sharp contrast to other ages and other cultures,” Tough writes, “mobility in the United States today depends, in large part, on what happens to individuals during a relatively brief period in late adolescence and early adulthood.”.

Economics 77

Economics Psychology Critical Thinking High School 77

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Instead, they’re working, socializing or partying and, as a result, show limited gains in critical thinking — the hallmark of American higher education. Josipa Roksa: And so the data shows that, you know, many students are not making much progress on the critical-thinking skills over the first two years.

Critical Thinking 88

Critical Thinking Humanities History Cultures 88

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2020

“You can have the best training in the world but at the end of the day it comes down to morals, it comes down to the culture of an organization, it comes down to what’s tolerated.” We should treat it more like a classroom setting where we’re allowed to ask questions and use critical thinking skills.”.

Education 139

Education Cultures Critical Thinking Government 139

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2025

We hear from Richard Utz, interim dean at Georgia Tech, and Joy Connolly, president of the American Council of Learned Societies, who argue that humanities graduates bring some of the most in-demand skills to the workforce: communication, critical thinking, collaboration and the ability to navigate ambiguity. He’s a medievalist.

Humanities 85

Humanities History Critical Thinking Leadership 85

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivers remarks during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Expulsion and suspension were a necessary evil in order to develop a positive school culture. Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images.

Charter School 49

Charter School K-12 Education Pedagogy 49

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Howard’s research focuses on race and culture in schools. Steel Valley school officials point to the fact that Barrett students’ proficiency rates on state tests and their SPP increased in 2016-17. How it came to be in Steel Valley. The state considers 70 to be a passing score.

Social Justice 55

Social Justice Elementary School Archiving Library 55

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

These kinds of head-scratching, politically ignorant actions lay bare the very reason that people need a quality liberal arts education.

Education 87

Education Government Private School Civics 87

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Most American children are isolated in school by race starting at 4 years old, Penn State University professor Erica Frankenberg found in her study of pre-K published in fall 2016. (I “It will take more of us thinking and acting differently to change things; to extinguish those evil torches in the night.”

Economics 88

Economics Private School Elementary School Public School 88