NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

Eligible applicants can include educational institutions, cultural organizations, historical societies or museums, community or civic groups, libraries, and literacy organizations. Today, NCHEs work focuses on three areas: professional learning, community building, and advocacy.

Library 130

Library Primary Sources Museum Historic Sites 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

Peyton’s testimony is an example of “action civics,” a growing, if controversial, trend in American education of which Massachusetts is the undisputed leader. They liken it to a laboratory in science class, where students learn civics by doing civics. Credit: Christopher Blanchette.

Civic Engagement 141

Civic Engagement Civics Teaching Middle School 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

Political Science Now

MARCH 19, 2025

Samantha’s dissertation focuses on the impacts of urban immigrant inclusion policies on the participation and civic engagement of immigrant and minoritized communities. That was in the fall of 2019. Welcoming policies and city-level advocacy like this are the focus of my current research agenda.

Civic Engagement 48

Civic Engagement Civics Political Science Advocacy 48

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. It’s about civic responsibility,” Polites said. “I Media literacy is often defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information or media.

Teaching 132

Teaching Civics K-12 Social Science 132

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I was the mother of a 4-year-old daughter, and I was consumed by worries about child care, the car note for my used Honda Civic and saving for my own apartment. Generation Hope scholar alumna Lakeya and her two sons celebrating her graduation from Towson University in May 2019. In addition, I had $30,000 in student debt.

Civics 144

Civics Advocacy Humanities Education 144

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

According to a 2019 national survey , close to half of American Indian and Alaska Native students reported knowing “nothing” or only “a little” about their cultural heritage. Since its opening in 2006, the charter school has inspired the launch of similar schools in other tribal communities. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

Charter School 135

Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 135