The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

Similar to Lang’s approach, the Ariel Foundation offered support, mentoring, and paying the cost of postsecondary education for a cohort of sixth-graders at a Chicago elementary school. The vast majority of these youth graduated from high school, which Duncan describes as “intensely gratifying.”

K-12 78

K-12 Elementary School Sociology American History 78

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Parker Charter Essential School in Devens, Massachusetts, believe multiage education fosters cooperation and collaboration between students, like these ninth- and 10th-graders working together on a Holocaust-related history project. It looks like a typical class in a suburban high school. Photo: Stuart Miller. DEVENS, Mass. —

Elementary School 72

Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 72

4QM Teaching

MAY 7, 2023

Most of us who work in schools are motivated at least in part by a desire to make the world better, and it’s nice to know that our work actually makes a difference in what young people know and can do. And many elementary schools have basically not been teaching history for some time now.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Middle School Elementary School History 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. I was invited to come speak at school board … my message was primarily a message of gratitude to the school board … even though there was a long line of speakers who wanted to say how terrible a mask mandate was for our children.

Oral History 144

Oral History History High School Middle School 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Kami Karr , senior at Redmond High School. Even when we were in elementary school, like with the stock market crash, everyone moved. And then you get into middle school, and then, like, the internet starts becoming a thing. Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School.

Oral History 117

Oral History History High School Public School 117

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. The school district is working to raise money for more computers and technology training, hoping to better prepare its students for an increasingly digitized economy. I could never go back to the old model,” says Ms.

K-12 98

K-12 Library High School Elementary School 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School. “The juggle is real,” said Maranda Seawood, a student support specialist at Washington Elementary School.

Oral History 114

Oral History History High School Public School 114

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

And in one IB history class, she said a teacher had students pick cotton seeds off cotton plants to demonstrate the efficiency of the cotton gin, in an attempt to include multiple perspectives in his class. Samuels/The Hechinger Report Virginia’s rewrite of its history curriculum started off with heat and discord. Credit: Christina A.

History 98

History American History Ancestry Pedagogy 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Chris Reid, a banker and vice mayor of Twin Falls and father with seven children in the public schools, said he was eager to help select the new English Language Arts curriculum and make sure materials were “age-appropriate” and not include “revisionist history,” LGBTQ themes or sexuality introduced “to younger-age children.” “My

Elementary School 98

Elementary School High School Civics Pedagogy 98

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

For example, 69 percent of Democrats said a book about “same-sex penguin adoption” — an obvious nod to “And Tango Makes Three” — would be appropriate for elementary school while only 24 percent of Republicans agreed. By political party, 55 percent of Democrats and 32 percent of Republicans said it would be appropriate.

Education 142

Education Controversial Topics Civics Elementary School 142

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. Also in 2021 came Pennridge’s first serious battles over diversity programs. Then there was the curriculum.

Education Policy 143

Education Policy Education Advocacy History 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

history and race Both Trump and Vance have attacked critical race theory and advanced concerns that K-12 teachers are stirring anti-white bias among students. As president, Trump criticized the 1619 Project, a New York Times history document arguing that the enslavement of Black Americans was central to U.S.

K-12 122

K-12 Education Private School Charter School 122