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Why Government Teacher Amy Messick Ran For School Board

Teaching American History

By August 2024 she would complete her degree in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, giving her time for such an endeavor. I have two masters degrees, one in educational leadership and one from MAHG. In 2017, she began taking occasional courses in MAHG, realizing she needed to get some refreshers.

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Announcing the 2024 Students of History Scholarship Winner

Students of History

We're excited to announce that Toyosi Dada, a graduating senior at Towson High School, has been awarded the 2024 Students of History Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education.

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Rethinking Inequality: What 50,000 Ancient Homes Tell Us About Power, Wealth, and Human Choices

Anthropology.net

For much of history, the rise of inequality has been treated like gravity: inevitable, natural, and inescapable. From the sprawling villas of Roman elites to the thatched huts of the poor in medieval Europe, textbook history often presents wealth disparity as a consequence of human progress. Three excavated Classic period (ca.

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A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

The Hechinger Report

Johnson feels about Friday,” she told the students as she paced around the cafeteria in an “I am black history” shirt. “If His comments at the 2017 meeting were ineffective: The board had already approved the charter’s application before they opened up public comment, according to MCSA’s minutes. “We You know how Ms.

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Addressing Challenges in Equity, Leadership, and Innovation

Digital Promise

Leaders from the League of Innovative Schools, a network of the country’s most forward-thinking educators, recently convened in Mentor, Ohio, for the League’s Spring 2017 meeting hosted by Mentor Public Schools. These stakeholders include, but are not limited to, students, teachers, parents, local political leadership, and businesses.

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Chaula Gupta Joins Digital Promise as Vice President and Chief Program Officer

Digital Promise

Under her leadership, The Fund scaled its programs from serving 20 principals to nearly 300 over five years and leveraged its investments to grow several educator-serving startup organizations. “I Gupta began her career at Ashoka Innovators for the Public, where she helped select social entrepreneurs for Ashoka’s global fellowship.

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What’s Lost When a Teacher Leaves a School

ED Surge

According to a report published in 2017 by the Economic Policy Institute, large urban districts spend approximately $20,000 on every new hire. Preparing School Leaders Improved working conditions and community building starts with leadership. They lost me when leadership was unwilling to listen to my voice and respect my autonomy.