Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

Each year, the Zinn Education Project hosts Teaching for Black Lives study groups across the United States. Using the Rethinking Schools book Teaching for Black Lives , educators explore how to teach about racism, resistance, and joy in free, teacher-led professional learning communities. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Library 52

Political Science Now

AUGUST 23, 2024

A growing set of teaching resources is posted there, often with very frank observations about whether an educator’s tool was effective or not. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. The blog reflects an inclusive approach to voices and communities, focusing on empowering early career academics. Air Force Academy.

Political Science 43

Political Science Pedagogy Teaching Civic Engagement 43

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Credit: Manuel Orbegozo for The Hechinger Report California has been a leader in prison education programs, starting with a 2014 rule authorizing state funding for community colleges to set up programs for students who are incarcerated. Offering prison education programs is key to community safety.” I’m trying,” she tells them.

Education 132

Education Leadership Government Teaching 132

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Instead, they’re working, socializing or partying and, as a result, show limited gains in critical thinking — the hallmark of American higher education. Between us, we’ve been covering higher education for years. And that has consequences for how much they learn in higher education. I’m Kirk Carapezza with GBH.

Critical Thinking 101

Critical Thinking Humanities History Cultures 101

Sapiens

JANUARY 30, 2025

After two decades, the dam is expected to finally start generating electricity in 2025 and be fully operational in 2026. In Assamese society, tamul-paan holds great cultural significance and is offered to people as a sign of respect. Tamul is addictive and well-known for its narcotic effects. I had one already in my mouth.

Government 96

Government Economics Archiving Anthropology 96

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Raised by educators in this tribal village at the base of the Grand Canyon, she started kindergarten a little ahead of her peers. Siyuja, now 22, wiped tears from her face as she sat alongside her mother and grandmother the educators of the family one afternoon last year in the Havasupai Tribal Council chambers. SUPAI, Ariz.

Education 118

Education Elementary School Government K-12 118

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A virtual wrecking ball took aim last Monday at the relatively small, wonky corner of the Department of Education that I write about every week: evaluation studies and data collection. The Institute of Education Sciences has a rather small in-house staff and relies on outside contractors to conduct much of its work.

Education 145

Education Government K-12 Tutoring 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Education vaulted to the forefront of conversations about the presidential race when Democratic nominee Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate. He has championed investments in public education: For example, in March 2023, he signed a bill to make school meals free to all students in public schools. Harris, a former U.S.

K-12 139

K-12 Education Public School History 139