ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation. To reach every student in the U.S.,

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

That’s because since 2010 the number of students enrolled in teacher prep programs at colleges has fallen by more than a third, from about 900,000 students in 2010-11 to only 600,000 in the 2018-19 academic year, according to the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. So how are teacher prep programs responding?

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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.”. She saw a golden opportunity to show how crucial the need for media literacy had become in the spread of misinformation during the pandemic and in the aftermath of the 2020 election.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

But no matter how hard we try we can’t help but see the inequities, the injustice, the hypocrisy in our education system. We went from being heroes and essential workers during the spring of 2020 to being viewed as babysitters by politicians around the country. Right now the educators may be in one of the greatest exoduses in history.

Advocacy 122

Advocacy Teaching Public School History Education 122

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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

Or, as journalist Stephen Sawchuk has written , “A history education rooted in facts, evidence, and well-argued positions might be a beginning step toward healthier, more productive, and more engaged citizenry. And while it’s clear that schools matter, the size of that influence is debatable. But it is hardly an inoculation.

Teaching 140

Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 140

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. ” The day before the 2020 election, he created a commission that produced “ The 1776 Report ,” a counterpoint to “The 1619 Project.”

Social Studies 120

Social Studies Civics History American History 120