The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

New Jersey is set to become the first state in the nation to mandate teaching media literacy to students of all ages as a bill with the requirement heads to Gov. Spikes, director of Teach for Chicago Journalism at Northwestern University and co-founder of the Illinois Media Literacy Coalition. Subscribe today!

Teaching 137

Teaching Civics K-12 Social Science 137

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Nonetheless, we contend that a concentration on the enhancement of teaching skills and strategies is not enough. In our attempt to identify these youngsters, we hope to better serve them through our advocacy for a school-wide framework to support their learning needs.

Leadership 278

Leadership K-12 Advocacy Public School 278

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores. Related: Reading Remedies.

Teaching 128

Teaching Advocacy Leadership Research 128

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

But over the last ten years, whenever I set out to find information about teaching strategies, educational resources, technology for schools, or pretty much anything related to improving learning for our students, someone would inevitably pipe up and say, “Librarians can also help with that.” That was about it.

Library 360

Library Pedagogy Advocacy Professional Development 360

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 25, 2015

In most of the classrooms we have studied, each student already knows about 40-50% of what the teacher is teaching. The ups and downs of educational technology advocacy. Learning and Teaching learning teaching' via The Hidden Lives of Learners , p. Related Posts. Where new learning models will thrive.

Teaching 98

Teaching Advocacy Educational Technology Research 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2025

The solution, one that has strong bipartisan support, is as prominent as John Hancocks signature: a generational investment in teaching students how the government works. Shawn Healy is chief of Policy and Advocacy for iCivics.org and directs the CivxNow coalition. Contact the opinion editor at opinion@hechingerreport.org.

Civics 86

Civics K-12 Middle School High School 86

TeachThought

MARCH 23, 2024

They find at least two sources, one of which is an editorial, website or promotional materials for an advocacy group, or some other type of opinion about the issue. After choosing an issue related to oceans, students research the topic more deeply.

Advocacy 348

Advocacy Middle School Research Teaching 348

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Nicole Lazarte, now the policy and advocacy communications specialist at NAEYC, was recently working as an infant teacher at an early childhood center in northern Virginia. It is a scramble, he says, and its a painful one. Numerous early childhood educators and providers have personal stories that give color to this dynamic.

K-12 115

K-12 Advocacy Psychology Government 115

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2020

The Teaching Tolerance website has a collection of ready-to-use classroom lessons and resources that span a range of social justice topics and issues while prioritizing social-emotional learning. Lessons include: Lesson objectives Essential questions Materials–teaching strategies, handouts, and texts Key vocabulary Procedure.

Teaching 88

Teaching Social Justice Advocacy Middle School 88

ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

We are currently engaged in the first year of a two-year pilot of several different approaches to teaching Algebra 1 in eighth grade in our middle and K-8 schools, a spokesperson for San Francisco Unified wrote in response to a request for comment from EdSurge.

K-12 115

K-12 Tutoring Advocacy Private School 115

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

Now, a new annual report about attitudes toward Asian Americans from the advocacy organization LAAUNCH has provided some disturbing answers to some of these questions. As an Asian American, my lived experience and this research make me firmly believe that we must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. —

American History 118

American History History Teaching Primary Sources 118

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

What many people also don’t realize is that even though all eyes were on the digital aspects of our transformation, it was the continuous focus on improving teaching and learning that ultimately led to results.

Artifacts 262

Artifacts Leadership Advocacy Lesson Plan 262

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Ive never seen a properly implemented inclusion model in 22 years of teaching. Poor instruction and progress for students with learning disabilities Monica McHale-Small is the director of education at the Learning Disabilities Association of America, which advocates for children with dyslexia and other learning struggles. She emailed me.

Research 126

Research Education Psychology Human Rights 126

ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Director of Education Learning and Advocacy, Adobe To explore this challenge, EdSurge sat down with Brian Johnsrud , the director of education learning and advocacy at Adobe. It’s all about giving teachers the tools to teach effectively and students the means to show off their skills to colleges and employers.

Advocacy 125

Advocacy Project-Based Learning Tradition Economics 125

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2024

I took a lot of time and effort to teach myself and my family members, she said. That reluctance goes in the other direction, too, said Carrie Welton, senior director of policy and advocacy at the nonprofit Institute for College Access and Success. A lot of people cant and dont do that. We know this isnt forbidden.

Advocacy 80

Advocacy High School Humanities Education 80

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, African American teachers were pushed out of schools and out of the teaching profession to make integration more appealing to white families. Over time, teaching came to be a profession dominated by women. This story about a teaching force that better reflects the racial diversity of U.S.

K-12 145

K-12 Sociology Advocacy Public School 145

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. We have a responsibility to really explore that to its fullest potential.

Pedagogy 134

Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Professional Development 134

ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways? She teaches students to be more inclusive by making their creations accessible to those who are differently abled. What creative skills are employers looking for?

Advocacy 113

Advocacy K-12 Critical Thinking Project-Based Learning 113

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Politicians around the country have been aiming to demolish progressive policies by targeting teaching about race and ethnicity, the LGBTQIA+ community and women’s reproductive rights. Teaching is inherently activist. We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement.

Civic Engagement 133

Civic Engagement Education Civics K-12 133

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Too often, though, that advocacy for the future overshadows immediate opportunities to expand Dreamers’ college access despite state and local policies. Modern States offers a library of 32 online courses is designed to teach learners what they need to know to pass the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams.

Advocacy 126

Advocacy Education Library High School 126

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2024

Horace Tate, for example, featured in Vanessa Siddle Walker’s book, “The Lost Education of Horace Tate, ” was a hero who, beginning in the 1940s, aggressively recruited undergraduate students from historically Black colleges and universities to teach in rural Georgia.

Education 142

Education Tutoring Pedagogy Advocacy 142

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

Hameed’s students are participants in various programs through Hello Future , a nonprofit organization that works with teen refugees to bridge the education gap by teaching digital and financial literacy, critical thinking and entrepreneurship. The program teaches students how to use the internet as a tool for more than just communication.

Project-Based Learning 145

Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Advocacy Leadership 145

ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

The ability to learn and grow is part of what made teaching dynamic and energizing for me. The way sessions were facilitated often contradicted research-based teaching strategies. Rationale: My students wanted to ensure teachers identified at least one way their training will impact their teaching moving forward.

Professional Development 140

Professional Development Advocacy Tradition Leadership 140

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

During the transition to online and home-based instruction, teachers and administrators turned to instructional technology coaches for support in the meaningful, effective use of technology to ensure learning continuity and minimize teaching and learning disruptions.

Artifacts 149

Artifacts Middle School Advocacy Lesson Plan 149

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Director of Education Learning and Advocacy, Adobe Recently, EdSurge spoke with Brian Johnsrud , the director of education learning and advocacy at Adobe , about using educational tools that not only harness the power of AI but also uphold the creative integrity of students and teachers.

EdTech 134

EdTech Advocacy Critical Thinking Social Studies 134

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It includes a TV ad that encourages people to go into teaching, especially to promote more diversity in the teaching profession. Teaching is a journey that shapes lives. Can more people — and more people from a variety of backgrounds — be convinced to join the teaching profession in this particularly trying time?

K-12 120

K-12 Advocacy High School Teaching 120

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

For example, when presented with a tweet made from a liberal advocacy group, half of the students judged the tweet without bothering to click the link to read the source of information presented to advance the advocacy group’s claim. The research also asked students to judge the voracity of claims made on social media.

Civics 112

Civics Advocacy Elementary School Middle School 112

Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The purpose of this symposium is to share approaches to the teaching of human rights and to develop pedagogical materials for the discipline. APSA Teaching & Learning Symposium: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy Date: Thursday, June 19 – Saturday, June 21, 2025 Location: APSA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Human Rights 42

Human Rights Pedagogy Humanities Political Science 42

ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2023

This workshop is part of a tech ambassador program, which builds technology advocacy across the district. Scheetz recently shared her sentiment with me: “We teach our students in person, but we’re asking our teachers to learn asynchronously in isolation.” The adjustment has been difficult for our teachers too.

Professional Development 141

Professional Development Advocacy Lesson Plan Teaching 141

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2017

We think that’s the hardest work left,” said Brennan McMahon Parton, director of policy and advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign. “We The new report , “Time to Act 2017: Put Data in the Hands of People,” catalogs how the evolving use of data has influenced policy and teaching practices over the last 10 years.

Advocacy 103

Advocacy Teaching Education K-12 103

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

These kinds of conversations were not possible when I began teaching in the district. Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts. At one point, he apologized to the others in the room for taking up so much time. In response, a mother said, “No, no.

Cultures 140

Cultures Advocacy Lesson Plan High School 140

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

. “Students with disabilities have a right to learn alongside their peers, and studies have shown that this is beneficial not only for students with disabilities but also for other students in the classroom,” said Lindsay Lubatzky, the organization’s director of policy and advocacy.

Research 139

Research Education Advocacy Psychology 139

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The flurry of new state laws over the past five years is in large part the result of pressure from Decoding Dyslexia, a parent advocacy group with chapters in all 50 states. “Intensive advocacy falls on parents who have nothing to lose but the promising future a good education ensures our children,” said Cooper.

Advocacy 106

Advocacy Public School Teaching Education 106

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. And we were unable to identify them,” said Amy Allen, assistant superintendent for teaching, learning and leading. We need to teach resilience.”. “Pre-pandemic, we saw a lot more interest in one-off pilot programs. Sometimes there are tears, admits Joseph.

K-12 143

K-12 Advocacy Elementary School Tradition 143

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 6, 2017

And schools already teaching coding and computer science will benefit from weaving computational thinking across disciplines in order to enrich and amplify lessons that are beyond the reaches of computer science classes. Supporting educators to teach computational thinking.

K-12 115

K-12 Education Advocacy Professional Development 115

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. They believed the research showed that teaching math properly in the early grades would drastically cut the number of children struggling with the subject who might need special interventions to catch up.

Advocacy 145

Advocacy Research Elementary School Teaching 145

ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

Even before enslavement, teaching and learning existed in Africa. Creativity, learning and innovation flourished in African communities, and that heritage lives in African descendants, especially apparent in the way we teach and radically care for our students. African communities built cities, states and kingdoms.

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Education Heritage Tradition Teaching 127