The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

Signing up for her school’s environmental justice club and being connected to Sunrise, she said, “made me feel less alone.” This past winter, she attended a precursor event to the camp in Philadelphia, at which students got an introduction to the Sunrise Movement and climate advocacy. There are reasons to be optimistic.

Advocacy 98

Advocacy K-12 Geography High School 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The report shows that 37 percent of workers with a high school diploma have higher earnings than half of those with some college. What subjects people study, what fields they enter, even geography — all matter in determining income, said Anthony Carnevale, director of the center and a co-author of the report.

Social Justice 130

Social Justice High School Advocacy Human Rights 130

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Fears about data privacy and screen time, along with concerns about Silicon Valley’s conflicting interests as it pushes into public schools, have battered Summit’s reputation. There have been highly publicized problems in some districts that have adopted the program.

Junior High 134

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

Social Studies 143

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 143

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

But despite those new expectations, most school districts in the state where the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till mobilized black Americans still use textbooks that give local civil rights milestones short shrift. Before 2011, Mississippi public school students weren’t required to learn about the Civil Rights Movement at all.

K-12 97

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 97

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2025

The National Center for Education Statistics is a relatively obscure federal agency, but its mission to collect data on the state of education affects every public school in the country. Now, this work is under threat because of cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE. Many of those data collections were canceled.

Education 144

Education Archiving Government Charter School 144