2019, Advocacy and Professional Development

NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

About the National Council for History Education The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is a nonprofit professional organization that elevates the importance of history teaching and learning through professional learning, community building, and advocacy.

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Library Primary Sources Museum Historic Sites

NAEP ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Steep Fall in Math Scores

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In fact, average fourth and eighth grade math and reading scores fell for most states between 2019 and 2022. In math, fourth graders fell five points nationally since 2019. In 2019, 31 percent were considered below basic level. That’s up from the 2019 results, which showed 34 percent below basic.

K-12

K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Education

One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten

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.”. In 2016, Polites, the state advocacy leader for nonprofit Media Literacy Now, began to contact her state legislators, advocating for an “information literacy” bill being proposed at the time.

Teaching

Teaching Civics K-12 Social Science

Despite the Challenges, This Is Why I Wear a Hijab as a Muslim Teacher

ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2024

Then, in 2019, when I became the lead Arabic teacher at my current school, I attended my first professional development conference. One staff member asked, "Did your father force you to cover yourself?" Another student even questioned if I was hiding a burn or bald head underneath my hijab.

Professional Development

Professional Development Advocacy Cultures Humanities

Member Spotlight: Samantha Chapa, University of Houston

Political Science Now

MARCH 19, 2025

That was in the fall of 2019. The funding and professional development opportunities afforded to me by both programs came at a really critical timeright as I was about to go on the job market. Welcoming policies and city-level advocacy like this are the focus of my current research agenda.

Civic Engagement

Civic Engagement Civics Political Science Advocacy

Yes, Schools Need to Hire More Counselors. But They Also Need to Work on Themselves.

ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Since 2019, I’ve worked with students in the metro Detroit area to advocate for sanctuary schools through an organization called MIStudentsDream. In 2019, Detroit Public Schools Community District officially declared themselves a Sanctuary District , a testament to parent organizing and advocacy in the city.

Charter School

Charter School Advocacy Leadership Professional Development

Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Nearly all of the options listed have professional development available. See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. Attend the CSTA Annual Conference (July 7-10, 2019 in Phoenix, AZ). Check out the curriculum options linked above. Advocate to bring CS to your school.

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K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Middle School

Amid Child Care Crisis, New Head of NAEYC Pledges to Prioritize Listening and Inclusion

ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

The other is creating belonging at NAEYC, a professional and advocacy organization with nearly 60,000 members across its 52 affiliates. “I Kang joined NAEYC as chief strategy and innovation officer in 2019, a few months before the pandemic began. Events and professional development moved to a virtual setting.

K-12

K-12 Advocacy Leadership Professional Development

How Cleveland revamped its preschool programs in just five years

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

As a result, the number of high-quality preschool programs has increased, with a 32 percent increase between July 2018 and June 2019. Enrollment in these programs has increased by 72 percent and an estimated 4,903 children were served in 2019, up from 2,857 in 2013. It’s really just flooding them with support,” Kelly said.

K-12

K-12 Advocacy Professional Development Government

Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

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. Still, the network dispatches experts on finance, community engagement, student experience, curriculum and professional development.

Charter School

Charter School Heritage K-12 Education

A handful of colleges are finally providing training in a way consumers want it: fast

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The number of institutions that have adopted this approach “is still a small group,” said Maria Flynn, president and CEO of the advocacy group Jobs for the Future, or JFF, which has announced a $5 million competition to develop more rapid-reskilling programs that reduce training time by at least 50 percent for well-paid occupations.

Tradition

Tradition Advocacy Professional Development Teaching

We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In 2019, 53,291 Bangladeshis made up just 6.3 Because of this, Li agrees it is important to retrain teachers and offer professional development classes on changing attitudes towards people of color. “I Bangladesh’s existence wasn’t even acknowledged in her history classes. 175,340 Asian American students (comprising 16.6%

History

History Heritage K-12 American History

The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help.

Junior High

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies

Cybercriminals come for schools — and schools aren’t ready

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

After a phishing attack in 2019, the Atlanta Public Schools district hired a private firm to conduct security assessments of its networks to find blind spots and weaknesses, according to Olufemi “Femi” Aina, the district’s executive director of information technology.

K-12

K-12 Library EdTech Government

California finally ended a ban on bilingual education. Now it can’t find enough teachers for these classes

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A limping recovery: 2016 to 2024 Flores spent 40 years training future teachers before retiring in 2019. Teacher preparation programs, Superintendent Todd Lile said, are not producing graduates who are ready to do this work, leaving districts like his with steep professional development costs. And Madera Unified gives her hope.

Elementary School

Elementary School Education K-12 History

A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We The district also invested in professional development for teachers, ensuring that it happened during work hours, said Ezzell.

High School

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage

Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fellowship of Reconciliation Continuing to Break the Silence: Learning and Reflection on Vietnam, Palestine, and Beyond A side-by-side reading of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech and Michelle Alexander’s 2019 op-ed “Time to Break the Silence on Palestine.”

Teaching

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice

The dark future of American child care

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Legislators also sought to cut professional development requirements in half for child care workers, from 16 hours a year to eight. Sixteen-year-olds, previously required to be supervised by an adult, would be able to work unsupervised. And they wanted to give these potentially younger caregivers more children to care for on their own.

Government

Government K-12 Heritage Research

Social Studies Network

NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NAEP ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Steep Fall in Math Scores

One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten

Despite the Challenges, This Is Why I Wear a Hijab as a Muslim Teacher

Member Spotlight: Samantha Chapa, University of Houston

Yes, Schools Need to Hire More Counselors. But They Also Need to Work on Themselves.

Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Amid Child Care Crisis, New Head of NAEYC Pledges to Prioritize Listening and Inclusion

How Cleveland revamped its preschool programs in just five years

Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

A handful of colleges are finally providing training in a way consumers want it: fast

We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

Cybercriminals come for schools — and schools aren’t ready

California finally ended a ban on bilingual education. Now it can’t find enough teachers for these classes

A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

The dark future of American child care

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