ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I was always interested in history. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes. This month, we are featuring Caleb Brown.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

And — since the 2020 national reckonings about racial injustice, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and ongoing debates about critical race theory — how can we reimagine the U.S. history and civics curriculum to be more inclusive and equitable? We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 19, 2024

The largest drop in the size of the chewing teeth in the history of human evolution occurred around 1.8 At the same time, Homo erectus experienced a significant reduction in the size of their chewing teeth, another evolutionary marker indicating a dietary shift towards softer, cooked foods. Homo erectus : The First Cook? Sanchis-Gimeno, J.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 29, 2019

After that, the rest is history. Here's to an amazing 2020 everyone. For me, the push I needed came from Ken Royal, who, after hearing what we were doing at New Milford High School and then visiting, stated unequivocally that I had to share our story. Blogging has certainly changed over the past ten years.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In the post-war boom of the 1950s, college students were confident of their economic futures and many studied liberal arts subjects such as English, history and philosophy. Unemployment dropped below 5 percent and the stock market soared, posting one of the best decades in history. History is seeing a similar collapse, down 35 percent.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

She planned to major in digital media arts, but before she could start, Delta State eliminated that major, along with 20 other degree programs , including history, English, chemistry and music. Azariah Journey is a second-year graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, which is cutting 20 degree programs. “Is

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Each month we learn from people’s history scholars in our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes. Heather McGhee on Everyday Solidarity and The Sum of Us  Khalil Gibran Muhammad on The Condemnation of Blackness  Michael Hines on the Fight for Black History in Schools Blair L. 6, 2023 Dayo Gore on Want to Start a Revolution?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2021

By 2020, stories of superintendents and senior administrators taking early retirement or leaving the profession were ubiquitous. While it is too early to tell if these stories are anecdotal or a widespread issue, history tells us that these tales of massive superintendent retirements in the face of adversity are often overblown.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

Student failures during the 2020-21 school year prompted three districts in the study to abandon the dual approach and split into separate in-person only and remote only classes. . When the pandemic first hit in March 2020, Bartlett wanted to document the lives of teachers. It’s completely absurd.”. teaching work force.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Calling for more civics and history instruction is nothing new. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2020

Quarterback Drew Brees, of the New Orleans Saints, walks off the field at halftime during the NFL Pro Bowl football game in January, 2020. It probably means you’re not regularly talking with them about current events and they’re not getting a good education about American history in school. Related: No son, war is not necessary.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2022

Her classes involved lessons on Black history and women’s history, as well as wide-ranging conversations about was happening in the world. Many of Kaler-Jones’ students — most of them Black — weren’t taught about important Black figures or positive history lessons from a non-white perspective in school.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report The nearly abandoned campus of Chatfield University, one of more than a dozen rural colleges that have closed since 2020 or announced that they will close. The people of the area really wanted a college,” Sister Ellen Doyle, president from 1986 to 1997, said in a video history. “A

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Census data shows that rates of home-schooling doubled between the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and the fall of that year. Before 2020, Helene Gaddie had never really considered homeschooling. The Gaddies. I felt like I would be able to give more of the world to my kids.” Fatima Siddiqui, homeschooler.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Originally designed as an academic conference to share research, the event brought together Florida K-12 and college teachers and students, national journalists and professionals from libraries and museums whose work focuses on history and civics. Robinson noted that these events took place even before Florida’s recent laws went into effect.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In August 2020, Amanda Nemergut was looking for alternatives to in-person public school for her three daughters. At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data. She had enough to manage with her evening bartending job, so she was seeking a simpler option.

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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. May 17 th marked the 62nd anniversary of Brown v. The post From Brown v.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everything. While Logan’s work revealed the plants Banda residents ate, other research reconstructed the region’s broader environmental history.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

This could be a watershed year in the history of American public education. This could be a watershed year in the history of American public education. Paying for the staff and equipment required to keep the virus at bay is also a huge obstacle, especially for cash-starved districts in low-income communities.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

No matter the decision-maker, curriculum is a powerful lever that can cultivate identity, criticality, intellect, skills, and joy within students (Muhammad, 2020). There are resources for educators that may help alleviate some of these negative effects. In other contexts, school and/or district leaders make curricular decisions.

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As part of an ongoing series examining Contributions of Scholars of Color , the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Department conducted a a second set of oral history interviews during the 2024 National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Annual Meeting held in Los Angeles, California. Watch the full interview series on YouTube.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By revealing how ancient Mesopotamians tied feelings to specific organs, it contributes to the broader conversation about the universality and variability of emotional experiences in human history. Journal : Expression of Emotions in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia , 2020.

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ASHP CML

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation. As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold. To reach every student in the U.S.,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

In 2020, there were 39 million or one out of every five American adults under 65 who had dropped out of college and never finished their degrees, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The failed attempt at college has left many in debt with marred credit histories and poor long-term employment prospects.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. America’s Workforce Dilemma During the 2019-2020 academic year, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in 2022 nearly 3 million fewer Americans were participating in the labor force compared to February of 2020. According to the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

NEW ORLEANS—Before the 2020-21 school year, Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools, had never considered leaving the profession she loved this early. By the end of 2020, the 44-year-old was agonizing over whether the school year might be her last teaching there. This story also appeared in Time. Into a burning house.

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 30, 2024

“Outside agitators” is a trope used throughout history in response to slave resistance, Reconstruction, the labor movement, the anti-apartheid movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and more to dismiss and repress the legitimate agency, intellect, and concerns of local people. It is a form of McCarthyism.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In 2020, California’s State Board of Education adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement to students who demonstrate excellence in civics education. History class, approached me after the White House threatened to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Back in the spring of 2020, before my tween daughters became obsessed with Minecraft YouTube, I thought I had pandemic parenting figured out. This refers to the private Minecraft server that Dream launched in April 2020 so he and a few gamer friends could explore a new update to the game. We made family dinners.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2024

Department of Education data from the 2020-21 school year provides a stark illustration: Black boys, who represented only 9 percent of preschool enrollment, accounted for 23 percent of those receiving one or more out-of-school suspensions. Tennessee’s history is steeped in such bias.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The district built up community trust and used a cautious, step-by-step reopening strategy to make it through the 2020-2021 school year with zero cases identified in school buildings. Starting in fall 2020, the library hosted IT specialists and teachers from the school in one of the library’s conference rooms.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. Guilford sent its first batch of tutors to middle schools in November 2020. It’s a long road of recovery.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2022

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020, selective postsecondary institutions began treating historically excluded populations as a valued commodity and were eager to signal support for Black, Indigenous and Latinx students’ postsecondary access and pathways to graduation. They need not have waited so long.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In 2020, Arizona’s Certificate of Ascertainment included information about court cases over the 2020 election that were decided or still pending. The post How the Electoral College Works—And Why It Exists appeared first on Teaching American History. In 2000, the dispute over the election reached the Supreme Court.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Study of Ancient Alaskan Canids To explore this complex history, a team of archaeologists led by François Lanoë from the University of Arizona analyzed 111 sets of bones from canids unearthed at archaeological sites across interior Alaska. Journal : Arctic Anthropology , 2020. R., & Smith, B. DOI : 10.3368/aa.57.1.45

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 5, 2020

As a history major in college and former Social Studies teacher, I am aware of the racial abuses that have permeated our nation’s history and continue to be present. 2020 curriculum resource guide , Black Lives Matter. Where does the rage come from in students of color? Say their names , Chicago Public Schools.

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