The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

Students who take time off from four-year universities, opt for community colleges instead or shift to part time all could end up spending longer in school and are more likely to drop out, history and research show. That’s the inescapable lesson of history and research. Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images.

High School 126

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 30, 2024

“We are delighted to welcome Kim Mealy to this critical leadership role. We are very excited about this new chapter in the APSA’s evolution under Kim’s leadership,” said APSA President, Mark Warren. Mealy brings a wealth of organizational experience and expertise to the position. Dr. Kimberly A.

Political Science 65

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Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

History, Geography, and International Baccalaureate History of the Americas. Kydra has taught a variety of subjects, including U.S. Kydra has used her classroom experience to prepare for presentations at the Texas Council for Social Social and Fundamental 5 National Summit.

Social Studies 52

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

He shared his history to “make [the students] realize people make mistakes,” he said. Leadership over time has invested and really understood the impact around trauma,” Tote-Freeman said.

Tutoring 142

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In part because of an accident of scientific history, however, this essential assistance has been far more available to kids who score higher on IQ and other cognitive tests. So we have a history of being ‘okay’…(even) when we are in fact not okay or do require assistance.”

Psychology 145

Psychology Elementary School High School Humanities 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

“In rural areas there’s often not the tax base you find in an urban or suburban school to fund additional programs,” said Lavina Grandon, co-founder and board president of Rural Community Alliance, a nonprofit school advocacy organization. You’re losing a connection with those students,” she said. “We They expect to add five more next year.

High School 96

High School Social Studies Leadership Political Science 96

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. The teacher-led rallies received national media attention, providing a valuable counter narrative to the oversized coverage of the well-funded anti-CRT movement. In Florida, Gov.

Teaching 52

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

While working with other teachers on an instructional leadership team planning an anti-bias and anti-racist curriculum, Katherine Hanna, an elementary school teacher in Massachusetts, identified herself as a person of color and began to share her perspective on the importance of teaching others about her culture. Do you mean Israel?”

K-12 113

K-12 Education Advocacy Human Rights 113

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The idea behind Fair Student Funding was that the driver for school budgets was student characteristics, rather than the type of school,” said David Bloomfield, a professor of Education Leadership at Brooklyn College. “By David Bloomfield, a professor of Education Leadership at Brooklyn College.

High School 60

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

They’re constantly looked over for promotions and leadership opportunities, or pigeonholed into disciplinarian roles. It was his dream, and he began teaching the course a couple years before debates about teaching Black history and critical race theory swept the nation.

Education 140

Education Elementary School High School Leadership 140

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Kast has a long history of distrust with the district, alleging physical and verbal abuse and racial discrimination against her grandchildren by teachers there—her grandchildren are all half-black, and Kast is white. The nurse pulled out her grandson’s hospital attendance log. Public-school Failures. Photo: Imani Khayyam.

Private School 86

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2021

“Betsy DeVos has been a total disaster for students’ civil rights for four years as Education Secretary and gets no credit now for resigning 13 days before inauguration,” The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights , the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights coalition, said in a tweet. Pringle struck an optimistic note, though. “We

Advocacy 138

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Teaching American History

MAY 28, 2024

By then, Muir had been writing articles advocating conservation—and, to the extent possible, preservation of virgin wilderness—for fifteen years, but he had never attempted to form a political advocacy group. The post John Muir Founds the Sierra Club appeared first on Teaching American History.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology American History Advocacy Leadership 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

But he also sees in the school’s decline a long history of white leaders, conservative and liberal, repeatedly asking black families to accept failure for their children. Fuller launched his chief advocacy arm for school choice, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning, housed at Marquette University, more than two decades ago.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In an interview, Mississippi Superintendent of Education Carey Wright said many factors, including financial need, trouble recruiting teachers, school climate and leadership issues, often converge in districts that are underperforming. Enrollment at the school swelled after the county consolidated its four high schools into one to save money.

Private School 143

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MPSA

JUNE 11, 2021

Students have tackled subjects ranging from African Politics to Women, Politics, and Political Leadership and everything in between. in history and brings extensive experience in higher education and academia to Wiki Education. More than 3,600 students from 154 courses have added over 3.7 Helaine has a Ph.D.

Political Science 52

Political Science Heritage Government Leadership 52

Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

The panelists draw on diverse research methods to support their claims, including text analysis, life histories, and differences-in-differences regression. In Peru, access to university education changes the types of local politicians who get elected to office and how they govern.

Political Science 52

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

Despite this history, Brown, like many of his colleagues, said a bill requiring schools to provide suicide prevention education to students was legislative overreach. In November, 2020, Cossaboon and the Youth For Justice students started their advocacy in their home district before taking the issue to the legislature.

Education 134

Education K-12 High School Advocacy 134

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The city itself has had a scrappy commitment to existence in its 123-year history, surviving the boom and bust of the timber industry that first gave it life and weathering the 21st century with a fairly steady population of about 2,500. In the end, a leadership change paved the way to victory in Holmes County.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Public School Government High School 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

Rodrigues had been traveling the country for weeks, meeting with parent advocacy groups in city after city, and working with them to get their grievances heard and addressed by local school boards. But beyond this day-to-day advocacy, critics see an organization with larger aims of discrediting teachers unions and public education.

Advocacy 120

Advocacy Charter School Political Science K-12 120

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 2, 2024

Now, I can say improve the lives of African Americans, but I’m real clear on the history. Under her leadership they traveled to South Africa, where they visited Robben Island Prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned and they visited Soweto. shared the following quotes and stories about her life. S he lost in 1986 and won in 1990.

Social Justice 108

Social Justice Civics Leadership Economics 108

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

But even states with Democratic leadership have struggled to do so. In a nutshell, these programs exemplify meaningful, targeted investments in marginalized populations and represent a significant course reversal from much of United States history. Looking at average breakdowns from recent data , we see that U.S.

Public School 112

Public School Sociology Government Advocacy 112

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In Indiana, thanks to DeVos’ funding of advocacy organizations and her financial contributions to political campaigns, then-Gov. Related: A professor’s proposed Black History Month course for one student: President Donald Trump. This means that taxpayers are footing the bill for parents in private and religious schools.

Social Justice 83

Social Justice Advocacy Public School Private School 83

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

But after attending an advocacy event in Washington two years later, and hearing that the U.S. At the time, October 2017, the Tubbs Fire was the deadliest wildfire in California history, but it would be eclipsed the next year by the Camp Fire, which leveled the town of Paradise. He says he got nowhere. Photo courtesy of Laney Siegner.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. If we don’t make the most of this chance,” he said, “we’re not going to get another one.” “It Then there was the curriculum.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

history, Americans may be about to elect a president whose signature issue is early childhood. “If As a young attorney, she worked for the Children’s Defense Fund, an advocacy group. Her leadership will matter because she’ll elevate it in conversations. Read the whole series. For the first time in U.S.

Government 59

Government Economics Advocacy Leadership 59

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Donald Trump’s administration was known for its advocacy of school choice, but that wasn’t something he talked much about on the campaign trail in 2015 or 2016; it only came into focus with his selection of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education. Related: Become a lifelong learner. Anything is possible.

K-12 113

K-12 Education Education Policy Advocacy 113