Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Primary sources include: Personal correspondence and diaries Government and civil documents Speeches and oral histories Audio and video recordings Photographs and posters Unfortunately, most textbooks provide just facts and figures, not an immersive experience.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Social Studies Teaching Oral History 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The end product is an August 2017 working paper, “ Education Technology: An Evidence-Based Review ,” published by the National Bureau of Economic Research with clear tables on which technology improves learning and which doesn’t. Teachers didn’t have to change their existing lesson plans or textbooks to incorporate it.

Educational Technology 108

Educational Technology Research Education Tutoring 108

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Government and Politics curriculum. It’s an open question whether large numbers of teachers will enjoy teaching detailed lesson plans created by curriculum designers. Related 2018 Hechinger coverage. 6th grade science. Developer: Stanford University Research. Curriculum. High school Advanced Placement.

Project-Based Learning 145

Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The reasons include a federal law so little-known that people charged with implementing it often fail to follow the rules; nearly non-existent enforcement of the law by federal and state governments; and funding so meager that districts have little incentive to survey whether students have stable housing.

Advocacy 90

Advocacy Government Public School High School 90

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2017

Students are suddenly eager to talk politics and government, but the hyper-partisan reality beyond school walls makes it hard to pull off these discussions in class. Johnson (on screen) overlooks the AP government class of Jo Boggess Phillips in Ripley, West Virginia Photo: Jo Boggess Phillips. President Lyndon B.

Civics 92

Civics Education K-12 Primary Sources 92

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. Today, nearly every DelSesto lesson plan unspools from a Summit-brand “playlist,” a menu of personalized activities. The George W.

K-12 109

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 109

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

They also added a school support coach to help teachers improve their lesson plans and use more data to track students’ progress. The principles of the model are similar to those that govern charter schools. Related: Can educating kids about unions prepare them for the future of work? The varieties of Restart.

Elementary School 97

Elementary School Charter School K-12 High School 97