American History, Charter School and History

PROOF POINTS: Could more time in school help students after the pandemic?

The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Because students missed so much instruction during the pandemic, teachers should get extra time to fill all those instructional holes, from teaching mathematical percents and zoological classifications to discussing literary metaphors and American history. until 5:00 p.m.

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Tutoring Charter School Middle School American History

PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies, study finds

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Only a third of American students are reading proficiently at grade level, according to national benchmark tests. A September 2020 study from the Thomas B.

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Anna Lenardson Loves to Learn and Teach

Teaching American History

MARCH 5, 2024

Anna Lenardson If you ask Anna Lenardson, a 2023 graduate of Ashland University’s Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program , why she enrolled in the challenging program, she replies, “I love to learn. I loved being with other teachers, talking about history and government.”

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A school year like no other: The class of 2021 played ‘the hand we were dealt’

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

Jaden Huynh, then 16 and a sophomore at Arvada West High School in a suburb northwest of Denver, circled the dinner table plating goi — a Vietnamese salad — and spring rolls for her family’s Easter dinner and silently counted all the empty seats for cousins and extended relatives. Credit: Jake Holschuh for The Hechinger Report. You got in?’

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What’s school without grade levels?

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Meanwhile, at one of the tables in the hallway set up for kids working together, a girl named Silver Anderson said that doing three courses in Jaguar Academy (physical science, English and American history) gave her the schedule flexibility to meet with the band teacher on Friday mornings for an informal class in music theory and composition.

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Tradition Charter School Cultures American History

OPINION: The need for more black school counselors, and four ways to get better information about HBCUs

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2020

Second, educators must familiarize themselves with the history and purpose of HBCUs. Contrary to what Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said , HBCUs are not “pioneers” of school choice. For much of American history, it was against the law to teach blacks how to read and write. HBCUs aren’t such spaces.

K-12

K-12 Charter School American History History

If black lives matter, so do historically black colleges and universities

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

People who know American history, specifically black history, don’t ask if we need HBCUs. They know that as soon as the Civil War commenced and enslaved blacks left plantations, they looked for new places to live and new schools to attend. And that’s exactly what Stanley Nelson’s new documentary about HBCUs does.

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Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

middle school work on a Reconstruction lesson. and Rethinking Schools, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The creators of the Teach Reconstruction project are actively campaigning for the inclusion of lessons about Reconstruction in history and social studies classes. history when black lives mattered.”.

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With the nation in turmoil, Ed Secretary King’s quest to diversify schools is the right pursuit

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

But like other cities, New Orleans’ private, public and charter schools are as much a vehicle for segregation as our residents’ attitudes toward black and poor folk. Research shows that students who attend diverse schools have higher academic outcomes, and they are more likely to work, learn and live in integrated settings.

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“Neutral”

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2021

The scenes from yesterday will live as one of the most disgraceful, infamous events in American history. Today I am hearing that school administrators are telling their educators to remain “neutral” as they discuss yesterday’s events. Coronavirus Chronicles 011 – Liberty Public Schools.

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What’s the worst that could happen under New Ed Secretary Betsy DeVos? Some Scenarios

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Schools rely on ridiculous marketing ploys, advertising “themes” and practices designed to draw students. For example, a private or charter school might advertise its behavioral practices. “The handshake represents the quintessential spirit of [our school],” one might read on a school’s website.

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One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Its “ 1776 Curriculum ” for grades K-12 has been criticized for revisionist history, including whitewashed accounts of US slavery and depictions of Jamestown as a failed communist colony. Then there was the curriculum. Parents, teachers, and students united in public backlash.

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What education could look like under Trump and Vance

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

With respect to Native students, Trump as president released a “Putting America’s First Peoples First” brief outlining his promises to Indian Country, including access to college scholarships for Native American students, creating new tribally operated charter schools and improving the beleaguered agency that oversees K-12 education on reservations.

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K-12 Education Private School Charter School

What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

In a speech to the American Federation of Teachers , Harris decried the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” laws passed by Florida and other states in recent years. Walz has a long history of supporting LGBTQ+ students in Minnesota, where he was the faculty adviser of Mankato West High School’s first Gay-Straight Alliance club in the 1990s.

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PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies, study finds

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A school year like no other: The class of 2021 played ‘the hand we were dealt’

What’s school without grade levels?

OPINION: The need for more black school counselors, and four ways to get better information about HBCUs

If black lives matter, so do historically black colleges and universities

Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

With the nation in turmoil, Ed Secretary King’s quest to diversify schools is the right pursuit

“Neutral”

What’s the worst that could happen under New Ed Secretary Betsy DeVos? Some Scenarios

One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

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