The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2025

In 2022, only 22 percent of eighth graders tested proficient or above in understanding how this countrys constitutional democracy is supposed to work and how to apply that knowledge. Like Indiana, states should recognize civic excellence by offering civic seals to high school graduates.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 8, 2024

And he hasn’t had to abandon teaching. I just get to do the fun part now: teach,” he shares. “I When I was studying to become a teacher, I had to choose a major and a minor, and I picked social studies as my major and computer science as my minor. If they said, ‘So you don't teach kids anymore?’

Teaching 122

Teaching K-12 Social Studies Museum 122

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

As a social studies teacher and a Chinese American immigrant, I find myself subconsciously asking the following questions: How are Asian Americans viewed by the American public? We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. What stereotypes and misperceptions still abound?

American History 118

American History History Teaching Primary Sources 118

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Amid the growing debate over how best to teach math, there is another ballooning problem: grades. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The latest warning sign comes from college admissions test maker ACT, which compared students’ ACT test scores with their self-reported high school grades between 2010 and 2022. in 2010 to 3.32

High School 145

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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. What am I teaching today? With a to-do list this long, do I even have time to teach? “I Oh, shoot.

Teaching 104

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 104

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

I teach in a small 6-12 independent school with my colleague and friend, Nate Wolkenhauer. Nate teaches Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. When I teach unit rates, I transform my room into a grocery store. This teaches them that they can learn anything. This isn’t really about math. Tier 3: “My job.

K-12 263

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2024

Does a sixth-grade teacher have the same skills and tools to teach reading that a second or third grade teacher does? Maybe you can do that in social studies. This educator quit her public school teaching job in 2022 and has since been tutoring students to help them catch up from pandemic learning losses.

Tutoring 145

Tutoring Psychology Elementary School Research 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2024

School leaders nationwide often complain about how hard it is to hire teachers and how teaching job vacancies have mushroomed. Wealthy suburbs can have a surplus of qualified applicants for elementary schools at the same time that a remote, rural school cannot find anyone to teach high school physics.

Elementary School 143

Elementary School Middle School Social Studies High School 143

ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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. Currently, I serve as the executive director of Thinking Nation , a nonprofit organization working to shift the paradigm of social studies education.

Civics 130

Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 130

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Katherine Thrailkill considered careers in drama, law, and hi-tech sales before realizing all her interests and experiences pointed her toward teaching social studies. Lindblom based it on a summer seminar she attended in the early 2000s: the Presidential Academy, a forerunner of Teaching American History’s current programs.

American History 98

American History History Civics Political Science 98

ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

Inclusive Curriculum 104

Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 104

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Igniting Passion for Teaching Science: Overcoming Challenges and Fostering Enthusiasm Oct. 23, 2023 • Studies Weekly Teaching science is a vital part of any elementary curriculum, but it’s not always easy without essential background knowledge, prep time, and supplies. Davis and Annemarie S.

Teaching 52

Teaching Professional Development Lesson Plan Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

A design studio at the Bristol Warren Regional School District in Rhode Island hosted by the Center for Inclusive Innovation in the spring of 2022. The students, who are all planning to pursue careers in teaching, worked on the project with leaders from the center and the district, like McCormick. Credit: Courtesy of Digital Promise.

Primary Sources 130

Primary Sources Social Science Professional Development Critical Thinking 130

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2022

When Florida schools begin their 2022-23 school year, teachers will have lost 41 percent of their available math textbooks. Matthew Kincaid, a former social studies teacher and school administrator, is founder, CEO and chief consulting officer of Overcoming Racism.

Social Studies 21

Social Studies History Teaching Education 21

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.

Heritage 52

Heritage Social Studies Primary Sources Lesson Plan 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Teaching counting and basic arithmetic sounds like a simple task. Since 2022, the district has spent close to a million dollars in Covid-19 relief funds to pay the coaches, principals and teachers to attend these sessions. Every teacher wants to learn and do a better job teaching,” Huinker said.

Professional Development 130

Professional Development Public School Leadership High School 130

Let's Cultivate Greatness

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Teaching the different forms of government seems easy enough – go over some definitions and provide examples, then quiz your students. Below is my dig-deeper lesson sequence for teaching the different types of government in my on-level Civics class. Here’s how I teach government systems meaningfully.

Government 52

Government Teaching Civics Critical Thinking 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Committee members were among the students leading a walkout in the wake of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; students on the committee are also focused on teaching their peers about organizing effectively and understanding the reasons for the protests.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

ASHP CML

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Welcome Rachel Pitkin Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 13:13 Rachel Pitkin is a first-year PhD student in History at the GC. Rachel comes to the GC with a background in education, and in teaching history/social studies.

Archiving 52

Archiving Museum History Social Studies 52

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. At the time we all thought it was funny, but looking back on it, it was a very questionable way to teach history — we were graded based on our performances.”.

History 115

History Heritage K-12 American History 115

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. These are free to attend for all social studies teachers and can be in historical locations, school districts, and educational service centers. The post Preparing for a One Day Seminar appeared first on Teaching American History.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History Social Studies History 52

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Students can take their artifacts home, share what they learned with their families, and teach younger siblings. Bagley encourages teachers to use Studies Weekly print publications with the Studies Weekly Online learning platform. 2022, February). Words onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World. 2021, May 9).

Artifacts 52

Artifacts Primary Sources K-12 Psychology 52

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. Through a video, you’re trying to speak a little bit louder and you end up” muddling what you’re trying to teach, the Midlothian administrator said. Reading Remedies.

Tutoring 96

Tutoring Social Studies Research Public School 96

ASHP CML

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Rachel comes to the GC with a background in education, and in teaching history/social studies. She holds an MA in Museum Studies and an MA in History, and she is a longtime volunteer at the LGBT Community Center National History Archives.

Archiving 40

Archiving Museum History Social Studies 40

Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

At the time of the most recent State of Preschool report in 2022, only 11 states had implemented universal pre-K policies, and only 32% of four-year-olds and 6% of three-year-olds participated in a state-funded pre-K program at all. State of Preschool 2022 yearbook. Rasmussen University. 2020, September 7). Friedman-Krauss, A.

K-12 52

K-12 Professional Development Economics Tradition 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

In 2022, we got a lot of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” said Horsley. The standards, which went into effect this fall, introduce students as young as kindergarteners to the subject, not just in science class but in the arts, world languages, social studies and physical education. Yeah,” the students chimed in. “In

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School Middle School High School 145

ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2024

Of those five, one left teaching during her third year, and another will resign next month, at the end of the school year. The other three are still teaching and plan to continue. years, I have been teaching Algebra I and geometry for grades nine and 10 at Becton Regional High School. It's hard to teach math, period.

Teaching 128

Teaching K-12 Middle School Social Studies 128

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Coordinators and Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events It’s time to take action. Event hosts also reference the Teach Truth Media Guide. This is a national call.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

When the debate over teaching race-related concepts in public schools reached Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart’s home state of South Dakota, she decided she couldn’t in good conscience send her youngest daughter to kindergarten at a local public school. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart with her kindergartener, Pia.

American History 145

American History History K-12 Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Then came the anti-CRT movement Andy Rotherham, who was appointed to the state board of education in 2022 by Youngkin, said the outcome of the social studies debate shows that people can get past politics to a good result. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.

History 108

History American History Ancestry Pedagogy 108

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2022

Jennifer Randall, an associate professor of education measurement at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, founded the Center for Measurement Justice in January 2022. She is joining the University of Michigan in the fall of 2022. She launched the Center for Measurement Justice at the start of 2022. What are they?

Social Justice 93

Social Justice Cultures Social Studies Research 93

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

By the end of 2020, the 44-year-old was agonizing over whether the school year might be her last teaching there. And they leave at higher rates largely because of poor working conditions—including a lack of input in key decisions affecting their classrooms—not because of dissatisfaction with teaching more broadly.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

If you’re reading this and you teach math, history, science, foreign language, art, or any other subject, I want to make a compelling case for the powerful impact that writing can have in your class and on your students. Teachers outside of English or language arts may feel it is not their responsibility to teach writing.

K-12 103

K-12 Psychology Social Science Social Studies 103

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

While right-wing legislatures restrict the teaching of Black history, we are pleased to support teachers who work to teach truthfully about U.S. This included 4,000 hardback copies in 2022 and 2023 — and 10,000 copies of the 2024 paperback edition. I will use it in my APUSH classes as well as my Ethnic Studies classes!

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As a scholar, as an Asian American, and as a product of the U.S. school and university system, I wanted to find out how microaggressions shape the experiences of Asian American K-12 educators.

Education 112

Education K-12 Psychology Cultures 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

From 2008 through 2022 the state removed elected boards in seven districts, all but one of which had higher proportions of nonwhite students than the state average. We are not what they’re saying we are,’” said former Wheatley social studies teacher Kendra Yarbrough-Camarena. Being in the news has motivated students too.

Charter School 98

Charter School High School Professional Development Government 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

She told the students she planned to teach them how to make hudut, a traditional dish of coconut milk, herbs, plantains, and fish. A local musician arrived and told the kids he’d teach them to play the Garifuna spiritual rhythm, a beat called the HunguHungu. It was a whole uproar in the country for about two months. Martinez asked.

Charter School 103

Charter School High School Cultures Public School 103