The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Nevada and Michigan will join them in the upcoming 2019-20 school year. The hope is that if kids can become proficient in reading early on, they’ll be much more likely to succeed in all of their subjects, from science to social studies, because students need to know how to read to learn the material.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Engagement and Focus According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Academy of Pediatrics, children ages 8-12 spend three times more on screens than is recommended daily. Bagley encourages teachers to use Studies Weekly print publications with the Studies Weekly Online learning platform.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

In 2023, EducationWeek reported that 12 states accept mental or behavioral health challenges as a valid excuse for missing school. Promoting Inclusion, Social Connections, and Learning Through Peer Support Arrangements. Make the school day engaging with hands-on Social Studies , Science , and Health curricula.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Schools superintendent Dennis Dupree came to the city 12 years ago, promising innovation. Her husband, Sanford Johnson, co-founded Mississippi First in 2008, advocating for better education, including pre-K, for a sexual health curriculum that went beyond abstinence — and charter schools. His son now attends Clarksdale Collegiate.).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

But when the network reached its growth target, EL’s leaders opted to spread their model piecemeal through a web-based library of books and videos and an open source K-8 English and language arts (ELA) curriculum. “We “We would go out and talk about what we did, and invite people to come see our schools,” said Berger, and that was about it.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

LaGarrett King, founder and director of the Center for K–12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University of Buffalo The controversies have had subtle reverberations for the classrooms in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia too. Jefferson County Public Schools revamped its social studies curriculum in 2019.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2018

The opportunity for full-day K should be available for all,” said Harris Cooper, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. The new funding doesn’t kick in until 2019, but many New Hampshire school leaders aren’t waiting until then to offer full-day programs.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Writing to Learn: How Writing Positively Impacts Learning & Academic Success The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) states that writing is “ one of the most important skills that students acquire and develop during K-12 schooling. ” Dr. Novak and I wholeheartedly agree! Kiuhara, S. A., & MacKay, M.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

school and university system, I wanted to find out how microaggressions shape the experiences of Asian American K-12 educators. We also talked about the realities of being Asian American educators, who represent only 2 percent of K-12 educators in the U.S. Retrieved November 8, 2023, from [link] ⁶ Nadal, K.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Just 44 percent of K-2 teachers felt they were “well prepared” to teach science, according to the survey, compared to 86 percent who felt well prepared to teach reading. hours per week on science during the 2011-12 school year, the last for which data is available, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. “The

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ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2024

In summer 2020, EdSurge profiled nine first-year teachers to understand what it was like for them to launch their careers during the pandemic year (2019-20). years of my career at Weehawken High School, where I taught Algebra I (students in grades seven to nine) and AP Calculus (grades 11-12). I spent the first 3.5 For the past 1.5

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Teachers double up on subjects — one of her colleagues teaches social studies and science in one 90-minute block. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a budget bill in 2019 that allocated money to “backfill” property tax losses in communities affected by wildfires. Some states have created stopgap measures to help.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Healey School to bring student-led, project-based learning to regular math, science, language arts and social studies classes. The committee approved the plan in March 2017, with the school’s opening date set for August 2019, but union negotiations consumed almost two full years. Photo courtesy of Powderhouse Studios.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Denver high school social studies teacher Nick Childers, right, chants as teachers picket outside South High School on February 11, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. A starting teacher salary in the Denver Public Schools for the 2019-20 school year comes in at $43,255.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2016

Tianna’s social studies project aimed to refute the “dominant narrative” that racism is largely dead in the United States. Pennsylvania laid the groundwork for a similar approach when it adopted Keystone Exams, now set to go into effect for the class of 2019.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Our free weekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation and inequality in K-12 education. While dual-language programs often stop after elementary school, the bilingual advantage stretches through students K-12 years and into their working lives. Related: Widen your perspective.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

A high school social studies book, also used in Texas, says of rising temperatures, “Some critics say that this warming is just part of the Earth’s natural cycle,” though, in truth, there’s overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that the current warming is due to human activities. Credit: Courtesy of Beatriz López.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Teaching Resources Lessons and Articles About K–12 Lessons and teaching stories on Palestine and Israel from Rethinking Schools and the Zinn Education Project website. A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

But once she left the K-8 school at the top of her grade, Siyuja stopped feeling so smart. Last year, eight years after Siyuja graduated, the K-8 school still did not offer pre-algebra, a course that most U.S. It had no textbooks for math, science or social studies. She graduated valedictorian of her class. Nonexistent.

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