The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

Related: Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies? Larry Paska, the executive director of the National Council for the Social Studies, challenges this characterization of action civics, saying it’s far broader than political protest. Larry Paska, the National Council for the Social Studies.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2024

The average sixth grader knows more today in 2024 than he or she did in first grade in 2019. Sixth graders in 2024, on average, know far less than sixth graders did back in 2019. At the end of the 2023-24 school year, nearly as many kindergarteners were on grade level for phonics skills as kindergarteners in 2019.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Patty Topliffe, who teaches social studies at Woodstock High School in Vermont, said teaching vocabulary and other literacy skills to her students helps them understand primary source documents. Patty Topliffe (center right) and other English and social studies teachers at Woodstock High School, in Vermont.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Additionally, while teachers reported having less say into the educational technology they use now than in our fall 2019 survey, those who have this input are much more likely than those without it to see their online classes as effective. The knowledge of these tenets will then be infused into other core content areas as appropriate.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As an example inspired by my time as a social studies teacher, instead of asking students to write a paragraph about continuity and change in a historical era, you could have them choose an era, pick a topic that shows continuity, and design an imaginary propaganda poster from that period. It removes that fear of the blank canvas.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I loved my colleagues on my social studies team; we shared resources and supported each other. A teacher interested in bringing more authentic field research to her eighth-grade life sciences classroom, for instance, might begin by taking our winter 2019 course on Connecting the Geo-Inquiry Process to Your Teaching Practice.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The idea to lower the voting age came about following the Oakland teachers’ strikes in February 2019, according to Lukas Brekke-Miesner, executive director of Oakland Kids First, one of the nonprofits involved in the campaign. Vida Mendoza, high school freshman, Oakland, California.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The middle school exercise was almost not included in the study because researchers thought it was too easy, said Sam Wineburg, Stanford professor and lead author of the report. “We A follow up report in 2019 found similarly dismal results. We were stunned,” he said of the overall results.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

All told, according to National Education Policy Center data, more than 330,000 students attended virtual schools in 2019-20, roughly 60 percent of them at for-profits. No ratings were issued in 2019-20 because of the pandemic.). Stride Inc., formerly K12 Inc., Today the company serves 157,000 in 30 states.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

Students seemed to do better on computers in English and social studies, but better with pencil and paper in math. An earlier 2006 study found that low-income students scored better on paper exams than digital ones. Other studies have shown almost no difference between the two modes. .

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

“In social studies, there might be more area for debate as far as what’s the best route that a government might take to mitigate the issue.”. It’s part of an international movement to try and make change that grew out of the Youth Climate Strikes of 2019.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 25, 2021

We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020. [To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Journalist Natalie Wexler, author of the 2019 book The Knowledge Gap, said the study ought to spark a re-evaluation of the usual approach to reading comprehension in schools, which frequently focuses on skills, such as asking students to find the main idea and make inferences. However, U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Brian Westlake, a high school social studies teacher in Georgia’s Gwinnett County, also said the pandemic has meant putting restorative discipline on pause. Eager to try a different strategy, Westlake helped set up a youth court at his school in fall 2019 that gave students a chance to take the lead in resolving minor infractions.

Public School 144

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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

MAY 6, 2024

Elementary teachers can help students hone these skills through science, social studies, and health. Soft Skills in Social Studies There is a clear connection between social studies and soft skills like: communication, emotional intelligence, teamwork, and cultural awareness.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2020

District Court Judge Allison Burroughs rejected claims that Harvard discriminated against Asian American applicants in 2019, Students for Fair Admissions took the matter to the court of appeals. Swathi Kella is a sophomore at Harvard University studying social studies.

Civics 97

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 29, 2019

Trevor Hlushko, Grades 5 and 6 ELA, Social Studies, Science, French Teacher, and Grades 5-8 Math Teacher at W.H. Josh Luukkonen, Grade 9 Social Studies Teacher and Head of Department at Sir John Thompson Catholic High School in Edmonton Catholic School District, Alberta. Apply to be an HP Teaching Fellow.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Although most states and jurisdictions lost ground since 2019 in fourth and eighth grade math and reading on the NAEP, DoDEA schools did relatively well. The schools were recently in the news for their relatively strong performance on what’s known as the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

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Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

The 2022 Stanford National Assessment of Educational Progress showed that math and science reading test scores dropped significantly between 2019 and 2022. Emily Toronto, a 5th-grade teacher at Bonneville Elementary in Utah, reported that her lower-level reading students also struggle in social studies and science.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

I hope no behavioral concerns arise, because if I can avoid a parent phone call I might be able to get some of this done—well, that is if I do a virtual assignment during social studies. In 2018 and 2019, teachers in my state were ready to strike. Oh, shoot. I just remembered I have a training during my planning period today.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A school bus makes its way on the flooded Hopper Road in 2019 in Houston. But members of Gen Z are also suffering from severe eco-anxiety, and they want to be armed with information that helps them cope and be part of the solution. Nearly 6,500 schools are at high risk of flooding, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

From 2016 to 2019, overall math proficiency in Milwaukee rose about 1 percentage point, to reach 16.2 I always thought that social studies and literacy were more of my thing. “If you look at our test scores now, we might not be able to say that,” Hedges said. We had such a strong leadership base,” she said.

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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. Now nearly 400 schools use it across 40 states. It’s a mindset shift.”.

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C3 Teachers

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2019, I wrote about how I began my year pre-assessing student performance on the skills central to the IDM: (1) making evidence-based arguments. After 2019, and in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student learning, I altered how I consider student performance on their pre-assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Literacy is the language of social studies, science and knowledge,” said Sharon Vaughn, director of the Meadows Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Texas renewed its focus on that foundational approach in 2019. Reading Remedies. READ THE SERIES. Reading challenges. Credit: Elias Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. In 2019, 53,291 Bangladeshis made up just 6.3 Bangladesh’s existence wasn’t even acknowledged in her history classes. live in New York City.”.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Bagley encourages teachers to use Studies Weekly print publications with the Studies Weekly Online learning platform. “I honestly cannot imagine teaching social studies without providing each student with a copy of their student publication.” 2019, September 27). 2019, August 22). Fernandes, M.

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Schools that implement comprehensive emotional learning and well-being programs saw a 10% reduction in absenteeism rates within a single academic year, according to a 2019 Journal of Educational Psychology study. The Impact of Social and Emotional Learning on Chronic Absenteeism: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Fast Track Curriculum.”

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Psychology Lesson Plan Professional Development Social Studies 52

Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

Promoting Inclusion, Social Connections, and Learning Through Peer Support Arrangements. Make the school day engaging with hands-on Social Studies , Science , and Health curricula. TEACHING Exceptional Children , 48(1), 9-18. Gottfried, M. Chronic Absenteeism in the Classroom Context: Effects on Achievement.

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Heritage Primary Sources K-12 Social Studies 52

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

These spacewalks are commemorated on the reverse of the 2019 Sacagawea dollar coin. Discover more perspectives and experiences through Studies Weekly’s social studies and science products. During the mission, Herrington performed three spacewalks, totaling 19 hours and 55 minutes.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The only major topic still not featured is Crew, and two books and several videos to cover that subject are now underway and should be ready by the fall of 2019. Berger said that there are now 10 books and around 250 videos covering everything from student-engaged assessments to learning showcases to examples of expeditions.

Middle School 111

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Learning of a Social Studies opening in an intriguing, “alternative” public high school, Hawkins considered giving teaching another go.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

They would have science and social studies, because you can’t read if you don’t know anything about the world, she said. In September 2019, the school office said she had retired. The computer time also let teachers spend more time working with small groups so they could see, precisely, which elements each student understood.

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Moler's Musing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This week in 8th-grade social studies, we dove deep into the Constitutional Convention and the ratification debates, using a variety of EduProtocols to engage students and build understanding. In 2019, Ohio had 16 representatives in the House. Identify a state with the fewest people. Why do you think they only have 15 now?

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C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

Therefore, when I learned that I would be teaching a social studies assessment course as part of a cross-content assessment course this spring, I started thinking about some of the tension points surrounding not only teacher education, but also student assessment. 6; Love, 2019).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jefferson County Public Schools revamped its social studies curriculum in 2019. Related: Inside Florida’s ‘underground lab’ for far-right education policies Santana has been teaching the course at Philadelphia’s Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice since 2019. In 2019, then Gov.

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