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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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Where to Find Stuff on tah.org: Document Page

Teaching American History

Teaching American History provides various free resources for American history and government teachers, including our popular seminars , multi-day seminars , and extensive database of original source documents. Two Core Document Collections cover the entire scope of American history.

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

The Hechinger Report

Their ire was reserved for the state, which they saw as the primary source of subsidy funding. billion for the Child Care and Development Fund, the single largest increase in the fund’s history. Also, Congress did not provide the funding to make the required quality improvements until 2018 when it approved an additional $2.4

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Making America whole again via civics education

The Hechinger Report

The 2016 election and the tumultuous start to Donald Trump’s presidency, which hits the 100-day mark next week, have presented civics teachers in red, blue and purple states alike with a double-edged sword. They go home and keep playing and playing, and it reinforces everything.”.

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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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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

We hope students of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage share their experiences and their cultural traditions with their peers, and teachers include the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to our collective history in lessons this month. Mostly forgotten by history, thousands of Chinese immigrants, who came to the U.S.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

Students first learn about Mississippi history in fourth grade, and that’s the first time they are supposed to delve deeply into the history of the movement to end racial segregation and discrimination. The Civil Rights Movement is a case history of what it means to be American, and what it means to exercise constitutional rights.”.

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