Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Secondary Social Studies Interventionist As any good teacher does, I often eavesdrop. During my fourteen years of eavesdropping, I’ve heard social studies teachers lament that they are “not reading teachers”. Why is background knowledge important in social studies? By Kydra Hubbard, Ed.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Geography Advocacy Leadership 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 4, 2015

All sports, all clubs, all leadership opportunities… Why are you angry? Let’s cut Social Studies. State department educational policy advocacy: “Evidence-based” or puffery? We can do better! Let’s cut extracurriculars while we’re at it. Have you already forgotten our quest to be ‘world class?’

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Social Studies Leadership Education Policy 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sometimes, Talbott says, she was the first Black teacher her students had had at Lusher, even after she began teaching sixth-grade social studies in 2013; it meant a lot to her to provide students with that self-recognition and affirmation. Lusher enrolls students in kindergarten through 12th grade across its two buildings.

Leadership 144

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 144

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. Now nearly 400 schools use it across 40 states.

Junior High 134

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

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

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

By 2021, schools must offer diplomas based students reaching proficiency in the four core academic subject areas: English, math, science and social studies. And still other schools have made changes only to have them reversed when leadership or other circumstances change. Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

Education 0

Education K-12 High School Economics 0