The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2016

Board of Education, the landmark case that put in motion the Civil Rights Movement and remains a poignant moment in American history. If, by 2020, students of color were grading high school and college at the same rates as white students, the U.S. Jennifer Riley-Collins is the executive director of the ACLU of Mississippi.

History 72

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 9, 2024

In any class that focuses on the Founding era in our MA in American History & Government program (MAHG) , you’re almost certainly going to discuss Federalist #1 and how often human history is shaped by “accident and force” instead of “reflection and choice.” I was thrilled to hear her advice.

American History 52

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

That money came through a federal program that pumped $24 billion in grants to child care centers across the country to keep them running during the pandemic — part of the single largest investment in child care in American history. The child care workforce, largely women of color, is one of the most precarious in the country.

K-12 119

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Civics U

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Immigration and immigration reform have been issues in past American history, and are still issues in American government and politics. This article will not enter that debate, but will review key elements in immigration history and law. million as of mid-2020 - approximately 15.3% Mexico — 100,325 2.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Families had weathered a series of blows: decades of government disinvestment; the vanishing of businesses along the commercial corridor in the wake of the Columbia Avenue uprisings of the civil rights era; the exodus of working- and middle-class residents; and the ushering in of drugs and gun violence and tough-on-crime laws.

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Strange Maps

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

government.” As the AP reported back in 2020, the popularity of “Wyoming denial” may have started with an episode of the cartoon television series Garfield and Friends , which first aired in November 1989. Teruel, a Spanish province so neglected by the central government in Madrid that it now boasts a party called Teruel Existe.

Government 52

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

As of this fall, it had 198,645 students, compared with 205,778 in the 2019-2020 school year, and was still trying to track down students who’d gone missing. Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. Government is kind of leading from the rear here. Resiliency.

Oral History 144

Oral History History High School Public School 144

Teaching American History

JANUARY 23, 2024

Blackwell’s Contributions to Medicine Elizabeth Blackwell’s First Medical Offices (2020) Village Preservation Project By the summer of 1851, she had returned to New York and was in the process of setting up her own practice. The post Elizabeth Blackwell, Female Pioneer in Medicine appeared first on Teaching American History.

American History 98

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. The district has been operating fully in person with masks optional since the end of the 2020-2021 school year. In the second year, you get a lot of time to do the governing. The students are adjusting. Of the $162.9

Oral History 115

Oral History History High School Public School 115

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 29, 2024

As the election approached, the Federalists, the party in control of the federal government, passed laws that limited free speech. Hamilton thought that self-government would survive under Jefferson, and the Federalists would have another day. Self-government had proved itself—as it would have to do again and again.

Government 97

Government American History History Tradition 97

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2021

Even renowned historian Jill Lepore told the Boston host of an NPR morning show that she believed the episode at the Capitol was “off the grid of the trajectory of American history” and something that “comes out of the pages of the history of other countries.” Moreover, many Americans see the Capitol itself as a sacred space.

American History 145

American History History Government High School 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

There are objective and subjective truths that we must uphold in spite of a federal government that disavows or ignores them. I’m encouraging you to put the events of 2020 into the context of our legacy. Related: Donald Trump and the white achievement gap. Speaking truth to power is our legacy.

American History 127

American History Cultures Social Studies Economics 127

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. My coping mechanism to respond to some of the uncertainty in the larger system is appealing to government or quasi government agencies as well as personal physicians that can help me just know that I’m doing the right thing.

Oral History 112

Oral History History High School Public School 112

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

Coming out of the end of slavery, Black people made their freedom dreams manifest in attempts to own property, to negotiate their own labor agreements, to build institutions, to take their role in governance, both in state legislative houses as well as in Congress. And so Ron DeSantis is constantly beating his chest about American freedom.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

Diane Ravitch

MAY 22, 2023

I served on the governing board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for seven years. Two subjects where I felt confident as a reviewer, in addition to reading, were history and civics. How can students answer questions about elections and the Electoral College when Trumpers believe they were corrupted in 2020?

Civics 40

Civics History American History Teaching 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

Is American history education the problem? Second, the sorry state of American history textbooks creates an opportunity to provide new high-quality curriculum options that build knowledge sequentially from kindergarten to 12th grade. Related: Most Mississippians can’t pass U.S. citizenship exam.

American History 98

American History History Teaching Civics 98

ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2024

Small business owners told Goldman Sachs they’d like to see government support for improving their options. Currently, the federal government allows businesses to get up to $150,000 back on their taxes for providing child care for their employees. As many as 77 percent would support an increase in federal funding for child care.

Advocacy 130

Advocacy Government Economics American History 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2021

In my view, this was an “insurrection,” a violent uprising against a government. In 1963, James Baldwin wrote, “American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” Subsequent conversations can focus on media literacy.

American History 133

American History Human Rights History Government 133

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Coupled with a steady state of 3 percent homeschooling, for the first time in American history, a majority of school-aged children are not enrolled in traditional public schools. More than three-quarters of American children and youth are enrolled in traditional public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Youngkin positioned himself as the defender of ordinary parents fed up with what they perceive as government overreach. government created these policies. For example, during the unrest of 2020, the Annie E. These conversations can prevent people from falling into the worst beliefs, or help them overcome those beliefs.

Education 145

Education History American History Government 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

The crowd cheered at the idea that people like them — mostly white, mostly male — were the true heroes of American history. Most Americans were appalled. High school social studies teachers and scholars of American history don’t deny that the nation’s story is full of mobs, civil unrest and violence.

Teaching 140

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 140

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

and African American history. ” The day before the 2020 election, he created a commission that produced “ The 1776 Report ,” a counterpoint to “The 1619 Project.” Related: OPINION — The wrong roadmap for teaching American history. Credit: Chris Tims. But Iowa state Rep.

Social Studies 124

Social Studies Civics History American History 124

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Coming out of the end of slavery, Black people made their freedom dreams manifest in attempts to own property, to negotiate their own labor agreements, to build institutions, to take their role in governance, both in state legislative houses as well as in Congress. But talk about this history of tying Black education to Black criminality.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 2018 he proposed cuts to the Child Care and Development Block Grant, a federal program that helps low-income families pay for child care, but ultimately approved funding increases passed by Congress in both 2018 and 2020. During a speech in June 2020, Trump called school choice the “civil rights statement of the year.” Christina A.

K-12 131

K-12 Education Private School Charter School 131

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

. — Jackie Mader Family leave and tax benefits As soon as she became the presumptive Democratic nominee in July, Harris reaffirmed her support for paid family leave , which also was part of the platform she proposed as a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential contest. eventually obtaining a more than $1.1

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