ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022 as part of the Voices of Change project, EdSurge Research convened 80 Asian American K-12 educators in a series of virtual learning circles to listen to their stories. Many also found community online, by following Asian American educators publicly sharing their learnings and resources (e.g.,

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K-12 Education Professional Development American History 120

ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

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Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Since then, states such as Arkansas and Texas have also opposed the true teaching of the history of Black people in this country by dropping African American history courses and eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. is a senior professorial lecturer at the American University School of Education.

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Civic Engagement Civics Education K-12 104

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

700: That’s roughly how many high schools are offering the College Board’s Advanced Placement African American Studies course this school year, more than 10 times as many that offered it a year earlier, when it debuted. Yet public flagships were created to educate the residents of their states , and most make that explicit. But the A.P.

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K-12 American History High School Public School 102

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The discussion tackled plenty of thorny issues facing K-12 and college instructors these days, including how to respond to pressures to ban books in schools, how to make classrooms a welcoming place for debate as schools and colleges grow more diverse, and how to respond to misinformation that students bring to classroom conversations.

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K-12 History American History Pedagogy 94

TCI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

TCI’s free social studies activities will keep students engaged throughout the year as they explore the history behind Labor Day and biographies for Black History Month. Review the list to find seasonal social studies lessons, primary source activities, and biographies for K-12 classrooms. Get the lessons. presidents.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Heritage K-12 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The ban was recently reversed in response to widespread criticism, but it is emblematic of an ongoing campaign by state and local officials around the country to dictate how K-12 and college and university educators and students address race, history and social justice.

Social Justice 83

Social Justice American History Education K-12 83

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2016

Board of Education, the landmark case that put in motion the Civil Rights Movement and remains a poignant moment in American history. Board to Cleveland, Mississippi, a history fraught with injustice appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Jennifer Riley-Collins is the executive director of the ACLU of Mississippi.

History 63

History K-12 American History Economics 63

Edthena

MARCH 26, 2021

Help your students see themselves when teaching American history. Here are some helpful tips on how to properly discuss race when teaching American history. . The CDC recently released its operational strategy guide for K-12 schools around implementation tips for safe in-person learning and school reopenings.

American History 52

American History Social Justice K-12 Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

history and civics curriculum to be more inclusive and equitable? 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. Several findings in the report have direct implications for Asian American safety.

American History 91

American History History Teaching Primary Sources 91

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Morrison was reflecting on her 45-year career crafting some of the most moving and important novels in American history, days before publishing her 11th and final novel, God Help the Child , in 2015. Morrison’s fiction is often rooted in historical fact, including the bloodshed and violence that continue to mar American history.

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American History History Humanities High School 97

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2018

history class this year, she described the American revolution and then expanded on the lesson, making connections to historical events in Mexico, Central America, the Dominican Republic and elsewhere in the Caribbean. history, she said, generally go like this: “White man did this, then died.”. Subscribe today! Lessons in U.S.

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Cultures American History Tradition History 108

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

He laments that his tenure in Chicago will be remembered for this more than for creating community schools, increasing access to Advanced Placement classes in high schools, and raising the high school graduation rate by 12 percentage points. Rather, it is a call to action, seeking to generate a sense of urgency about American school reform.

K-12 68

K-12 Elementary School Sociology American History 68

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Maikko, 2, in pink, Terrance, 1, in red, and Nylah, behind Terrance, dance as their child care provider, Lorna Parks, foreground, claps during a visit by staffers from Detroit’s African-American History Museum. By comparison, 76 percent of the K–12 teaching force is female, and 20 percent are people of color.).

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K-12 Primary Sources Museum History 80

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2018

But even back when every school taught civics and American history, very few students attained adult literacy. Many people believe that social media and smartphones have diminished our reading abilities. Others blame schools and teachers for “failing” our kids, but the data suggest otherwise.

Civics 97

Civics American History Elementary School Humanities 97

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

NEW YORK — There’s a new look to history classes in New York City schools: a curriculum in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. It could also help resolve the internal conflicts that many Asian Americans experience when dealing with their sense of identity. KELLEN ZENG. Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. “At

History 93

History Heritage K-12 American History 93

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

Students prepare to present a final project in Jeb Dickerson’s 11th-grade history class in Vista High School’s personalized-learning academy. Jeb Dickerson, who teaches American history to juniors in the pilot academy, found his students growing restless while working on independent projects he’d designed to give them more freedom.

History 80

History High School Tradition Middle School 80

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

The plan will cover early childhood, K-12 and higher education, but also extend to “academic settings throughout adulthood and a person’s entire lifetime.” This is the one area left in the federal government, unfortunately, that is very much bipartisan,” she said of Native American issues.

Teaching 143

Teaching K-12 Heritage Government 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

There are also monthly themes that drive lessons and activities — African-American history in February, health and nutrition in March. On computer-free Wednesdays, teachers lead lessons on topics that routinely trip up students, addressing a particular math or literacy skill with the whole group, for example.

Social Studies 66

Social Studies Tradition American History Government 66

ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

People from those cultures have nuanced histories, perspectives, and experiences in the U.S. i] Yet research on Asian Americans’ perceptions of belonging tells another story. Excerpts from our interviews with Asian American K-12 teachers shed light on some of these nuances. The Making of Asian America: A History."

Heritage 101

Heritage Education American History K-12 101

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

This story also appeared in The Nation “I knew that the public school system would not benefit my child without the important and critical history and culture of Indigenous people being taught,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. And so they just don’t, so there is no Native history being taught.”

American History 144

American History History K-12 Cultures 144

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Related: Rewrite the history textbooks, or the white supremacist violence will continue. We’ve been waiting since the end of February for this basic information, which will give K-12 schools, childcare providers, Head Start programs, and higher education institutions a comprehensive strategy to reopen. Biden’s $1.9 Biden’s $1.9

Civics 84

Civics K-12 American History History 84

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

What happened to Emmett Till was brutal, but the tragedy has been sanitized in Mississippi textbooks and in discussions of this state’s violent, racist history. 200,000 — The square footage of the new Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The Civil Rights Museum will open on the state’s bicentennial.

Museum 71

Museum Artifacts History American History 71

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

The $500 million plan — the largest single undertaking in the history of the housing authority, according to officials — also includes the redevelopment of the neighborhood’s 510 units of public housing and roughly 10 blocks of a commercial corridor. They are also preparing to intern twice a week next year with organizations across the city.

Museum 77

Museum Junior High High School American History 77

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.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School Cultures American History 111

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. Photo: Stuart Miller. DEVENS, Mass. — It looks like a typical class in a suburban high school. The Francis W.

Elementary School 65

Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 65

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Eight states have outlawed the teaching of critical race theory , or CRT, a concept they believe will negatively influence their K-12 students. We must insist that the American History we teach in our schools includes discussions of the systemic racism that has defined and divided our country.

American History 76

American History K-12 Civics History 76

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2020

Increasing the number of black educators in K-12 spaces is essential. Second, educators must familiarize themselves with the history and purpose of HBCUs. For much of American history, it was against the law to teach blacks how to read and write. HBCUs aren’t such spaces. percent of college faculty.

K-12 136

K-12 Charter School American History History 136

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

In August, Michigan history teacher James Gorman watched televised images of torch-bearing white supremacists marching on the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and decided to use the incident to teach his students about similar events that happened in a divided United States 150 years ago. history when black lives mattered.”.

Teaching 98

Teaching Primary Sources History K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

This course is an introduction to the histories of African Americans for those who talk favorably about “departed” black heroes like Ben Carson but find it difficult to recognize a black president. Session 1: Field Trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture with U.S. Frederick Douglass, ca.

History 74

History Museum American History Social Justice 74

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2017

There were Somali, Iraqi, Burmese, Bhutanese, Ethiopian and Latin American teenagers — all learning English, math, history and science in an eleven-room, domed building. Students at GEO International High School, who are all recent immigrants or refugees, present their history projects to the class. Read more about K-12.

High School 80

High School K-12 History Heritage 80

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: ATLANTA – As more and more attempts to restrict discussion of gender and race in K-12 schools across the country take hold, where do the ideas go?

K-12 136

K-12 Social Justice American History History 136

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2017

12, killing one and injuring at least a dozen more at the “Unite the Right” march, had spouted Nazi ideology in high school, according to Derek Weimer , Fields’ former history teacher. How we teach in the aftermath of Charlottesville can be a bright footnote in the sordid history of American bigotry, or it can be just more of the same.

American History 104

American History History Leadership Government 104

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

The evidence of American history is that in the absence of intentional policy choices we get more segregation – not less; we get more inequality – not less,” King said in a meeting curated by New Schools for New Orleans on July 2 during his visit to the Essence Festival.

Charter School 69

Charter School Private School American History Government 69

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

I never took a course in African American history during that time, the late 1980s and early 90s, despite being enveloped in Blackness in my neighborhoods, churches and schools. My knowledge of Black history came as sprinkling rain, a paltry amount that was never enough to have a significant impact.

Heritage 96

Heritage Cultures K-12 American History 96

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students are all in a science and engineering program, one of 12 career tracks designed by the 21,878-student district that encompasses Greeley and nearby Evans, a small river town with a growing Hispanic population. They had been asked to fashion an advertising campaign for their school’s sports teams, the Wolverines.

K-12 81

K-12 Library High School Elementary School 81