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 110

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 110

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.

Political Science 53

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 53

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

May 25, 2018 — Coral Springs, Florida — Student activist and Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg demonstrates with other sudents in a parking lot. A recent Brookings Institution report notes that students regularly discuss civics issues in class but have few opportunities for community engagement and participation in our democracy.

Civics 106

Civics High School Community Engagement Social Studies 106

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. In the remote village of Nanwalek, Alaska, the K-12 school was planning to improve its slow, satellite-provided Internet connection.

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Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 107

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2018

This was the launch of my civics engagement. Related: Making America whole again via civics education. People around the country talk a lot about the importance of civics education, how youth are the future and how we can effect change to create a stable and improved country. About voting? Related: Go vote.

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Civic Engagement Civics Elementary School History 90

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 29, 2019

What didn’t come up at “ Public Education Forum 2020: Equity and Opportunity for All ” is that a part of any educational equity platform should be eliminating the politics that give K-12 public-school parents who know how to work the system preferred access to good teachers. We can liken this practice to clientelism.

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Public School K-12 Charter School Elementary School 67

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2019

The process, known as participatory budgeting, was meant to ignite student interest in democracy and civic engagement. Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled the proposal in his 2018 State of the City address, as part of a broader push for civics education. “We For weeks, the momentum favored the greenhouse project.

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Civics Civic Engagement High School Economics 109

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2018

” Related: COLUMN: Marjory Stoneman Douglas students give legislators a civics lesson. That’s why I am joining other students in chorus of #neveragain and #MarchForOurLives at the Kentucky State House on March 20, 2018. Coral Springs, Fla. — Photo: © Mike Stocker/Sun-Sentinel via ZUMA Wire.

Civics 84

Civics High School Humanities Education 84

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

A grassroots coalition of business and civic leaders came together with a resolve to fix these problems by alternately helping and compelling educators to greatly improve their results. High school graduation rates in Mobile are way up, from 55 percent before 2011 to 86 percent in 2018. They were competing for students.

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Education K-12 High School Public School 83

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2016

In New Orleans, the upcoming board will oversee the unification process – the transfer of approximately 50 independent charter schools under the Recovery School District to the Orleans Parish School Board by 2018. Numerous empirical studies have concluded there is a positive correlation between civic and social engagement (CSE).

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Charter School Civics Public School Education 75

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

He had stellar grades in high school and is civic- minded, taking after his mother, who works as a community organizer in Thibodaux. But they’re often unattainable for the state’s lowest-income students and students of color, who tend to be clustered in severely struggling K-12 schools. the average black score was 17.3.

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K-12 High School Civics Government 76

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

In July 2018, the state hired a full-time employee to focus on teacher recruitment and retention. During RISE’s first year of operation, Hudson had a staff of three, 12 volunteers, and a $25,000 budget: No one got paid. The new staffer helped expand Praxis preparation programs across the state, and secured a $4.1

Tutoring 96

Tutoring High School Civics Teaching 96

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

But now some workforce organizations, researchers and regional civic leaders are pushing back — persuading companies to look beyond academic credentials and to instead hire people based on their skills. In 2018, he entered a free nine-month program at a workforce organization called Just-A-Start, training for the biomedical industry.

Economics 112

Economics Civics Research Cultures 112

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 122

Civics Education Government K-12 122

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2016

It suffocates the civic impulse. At the time, the number of academically distressed schools stood at six out of 48, just more than 12 percent of the district. “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 75

Charter School Public School Government High School 75

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. At the end of 2022, Congress grew the federal allocation for civic education from $7.75

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Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 127

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2021

Brown crafted civics lessons about outbreak response for his eighth graders at Sarasota Military Academy Prep, a charter middle school. Sabeti’s team returned to the Florida middle school in 2018 to help pilot the app. Todd Brown, Florida middle school civics teacher who led a pilot virus simulation. Starting at 8 a.m.

Civics 122

Civics K-12 Middle School Lesson Plan 122

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In the Desoto County School District, for example, first-year teachers with a bachelor’s degree received a local supplement of $4,204 for the 2018 year, compared to just $825.65 During the 2018 legislative session, lawmakers presented two bills, House Bill 699 and House Bill 993 , aimed at giving educators a financial boost.

Charter School 106

Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 106

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

It was founded as a contract school (similar to a charter) with Chicago Public Schools, by civic-minded tech leaders appalled that their booming industry was struggling to find enough new talent despite being surrounded by neighborhoods where, quite often, roughly 50 percent of the young adults were unemployed.

High School 83

High School Project-Based Learning Psychology Charter School 83

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. At its core, social studies aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to actively participate in civic affairs.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students are all in a science and engineering program, one of 12 career tracks designed by the 21,878-student district that encompasses Greeley and nearby Evans, a small river town with a growing Hispanic population. School administrators have set a goal of giving every student in the district a computer by 2018.

K-12 100

K-12 High School Library Elementary School 100

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. In the fall of 2018, Tulsa opened its first district Montessori school.

Charter School 107

Charter School Junior High Political Science Elementary School 107

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2018

LeBron James speaks at the opening ceremony for the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, Monday, July 30, 2018. She gives him props for situating his school within the public school district, as opposed to launching a charter, but argues that this isn’t how civic institutions should be run. AP Photo/Phil Long.

Charter School 65

Charter School Civics K-12 Public School 65

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Worse yet, some of conservatives’ K–12 ideas are at war with themselves. 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].” public schools reeling.

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K-12 Heritage Civics Leadership 118

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., It’s time to give legislators the civics lesson they apparently never received. The post Marjory Stoneman students give legislators a civics lesson appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Civics 89

Civics Elementary School High School History 89