Political Science Now

AUGUST 23, 2024

The APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award, jointly supported by the Political Studies Association of the UK and APSA , honors political scientists engaged in collaborative and productive cross-national partnerships that make a significant contribution to the discipline in the areas of teaching, research, or civic engagement.

Political Science 41

Political Science Pedagogy Teaching Civic Engagement 41

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Next come outdoor adventures, entrepreneurship, civics and wellness, along with some art-focused badges. On National Girl Scout Day in 2018, Sen. The Boy Scouts made its core programs coed in 2018. The organization had an ignoble early history of supporting white supremacy, a history it shares with other youth groups.

Leadership 115

Leadership Civics History High School 115

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

A man watches an artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor from a state-controlled news broadcaster, on his computer in Beijing on November 9, 2018. The best civics lesson requires you to leave the classroom. Related: Youth will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterms. Related: Go vote.

Humanities 100

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 100

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

In San Antonio, Texas, high school history teacher Luke Amphlett said he never insists on students keeping their cameras on during virtual instruction. Between mid-March and November 2018, for example, Florida’s Miami-Dade County Public Schools recorded 81 incidents that resulted in student arrests.

Public School 144

Public School High School Civics Elementary School 144

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

After passing the core tests, most educators then take one or more of the Praxis II exams, which are focused on various subject specialties (so a would-be high school history teacher would take a Praxis II history test, for example). In July 2018, the state hired a full-time employee to focus on teacher recruitment and retention.

Tutoring 81

Tutoring Civics High School Teaching 81

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s a natural fit for a school community whose mission includes cultivating and cherishing “an environment that supports the academic, social-emotional, creative and civic learning” of all students. High school students create story maps to deepen their own learning and help others, in history, science, and even English literature.

Education 71

Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 71

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Many educators probably weren’t surprised by today’s announcement of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results for civics and history. In past years, the scores for civics have been flat, which is hardly encouraging. The scores tell an all-too-familiar story.

Civics 111

Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2019

As I look back on my preparation for my first year as a teacher, in 2018, my fears, ideas and overthinking now seem whimsical at best. When it was confirmed that I would be developing and piloting our school’s first civics course, I began to think about my eighth-graders more intently. immigration policy.

Civics 98

Civics Charter School Government History 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 27, 2024

Walz, who served several terms in Congress before becoming the governor of Minnesota in 2018, is a former high school social studies teacher and football coach who, to this day, holds those identities close. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, a former high school history and government teacher.

Education 86

Education Civics Government Political Science 86

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In comparison, young American voter registration is much lower and participation spiked in 2018 — when 28 percent voted , a record percentage — though it’s dipped since then. In recent years, a number of states have passed civics testing mandates to pressure students to become more civically active.

Civics 89

Civics Education Government K-12 89

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Sometimes I walk or ride by rundown houses or empty lots filled with weeds and I think, ‘There’s a history back there. Sometimes I walk or ride by rundown houses or empty lots filled with weeds and I think, ‘There’s a history back there. High School in the city’s Lower Ninth Ward. What would it have been like without Katrina?’”.

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High School Middle School Junior High History 114

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Parents and students demonstrate against New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio’s plans to remove the SHSAT, a standardized test, requirement for admission to the city’s elite public high schools, on September 9, 2018, in New York City Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images.

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Public School Civics High School Middle School 126

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2017

It also would completely eliminate funding for the National Endowment of the Arts in 2018. Art transforms civic participation and further calls to each of us in ways that inspires individuals to do great things. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

Oral History 59

Oral History Civics Economics Tradition 59

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Mattivi, whose eighth-grade English students discuss articles about the environment, civic life, and American history after using online literacy programs that provide similar material at different reading levels. School administrators have set a goal of giving every student in the district a computer by 2018.

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K-12 Library High School Elementary School 86

Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Engaging Citizenship introduces foundational concepts in political science through the lens of citizenship, democracy, and civic engagement, highlighting the relevance of the discipline to students’ lives and encouraging them to become engaged and empowered citizens. McHugh, Merrimack College (Discussant) Richard M.

Political Science 53

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 53

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Keene at MAHG 2021 Teaching American History has recently published World War I and the 1920s: Core Documents , a collection curated by Professor Jennifer D. Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. For Europeans, World War I was devastating.

Archiving 64

Archiving American History Library History 64

Diane Ravitch

MAY 5, 2023

Tim Slekar, Director of the Educator Preparation Program at Muskingum University in Ohio comments here on the recent report that NAEP scores in history and civics dropped during the pandemic. Where honest teaching about political events and history is considered divisive and may be criminalized? I wrote the above in 2018.

Civics 40

Civics History Social Studies American History 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2016

It suffocates the civic impulse. We have a history here, in the Delta, that most African-Americans do feel powerless,” Dickerson said. “I think one of the things emergency management does, if it doesn’t destroy democracy, it definitely suppresses democracy,” said David Bullock, pastor of Greater St.

Charter School 68

Charter School Public School Government High School 68

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

DETROIT — Taking a trip down memory lane from the sidewalk in front of Western International High School, former civics teacher Keith Johnson shared the school’s ghost story, a tall tale about a child who died in a 1935 fire there. Mice, rats and cockroaches infest some buildings, according to a 2018 review conducted by the district.

High School 97

High School Public School Government Elementary School 97

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

19, 2018, after 17 people were killed in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Related: When black history isn’t relegated to a single month. It’s time to give legislators the civics lesson they apparently never received. UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 19: Washington, D.C., Prayers won’t fix this.

Civics 75

Civics Elementary School High School History 75

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Teaching civics is not only supposed to give people the basic skills to participate in a democracy, it should instill an appreciation of the fact that ignorance can be scaled up through policy. Unfortunately, the average score for white students on NAEP civics in 2018 was 16 points belowthe 178 needed to be deemed “proficient.”.

Civics 130

Civics American History Leadership History 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Republican platform calls for federal defunding of schools teaching curricula that conservatives don’t like, but it also pledges — immediately afterward — to “veto efforts to nationalize Civics Education [sic].” Now, there was a detailed conservative plan for federal K–12 education drifting around during the campaign.

K-12 91

K-12 Heritage Civics Leadership 91

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2019

Related: OPINION: Election 2018’s winners include campus activism, diversity — and polarization. They took in a slide presentation on the history of the death penalty (the Code of Hammurabi, views of the Founding Fathers). And somebody has these other values and they are just as important to them.’ ”. Then came verbal guidelines.

Political Science 99

Political Science Civics Psychology History 99

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Tisch College of Civic Life. “It Young voters had “a decisive impact” on Senate races in 2022 in battleground states including Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, or CIRCLE, which is also based at Tufts.

Political Science 119

Political Science Civics Government Social Justice 119