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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

Hirsch, a professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia, argues that democracy benefits when the citizenry shares a body of knowledge and history, which he calls cultural literacy. Also, the students at these charter schools were largely from middle and upper middle class families.

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Teaching What Self-Government Requires

Teaching American History

Students worked in small groups as they combed through Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution, trying to answer the questions: What provisions keep the three branches of government separate? Does this author, in your view, actually understand typical human behavior?” How Fragile is This System? Are these provisions adequate?

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Teaching What Self-Government Requires

Teaching American History

Casey Enright Casey Enright , who teaches at Mesa High School in Arizona, recalled a lesson he’d taught on the separation of powers. Students worked in small groups as they combed through Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution, trying to answer the questions: What provisions keep the three branches of government separate?

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When students are better role models than school leaders

The Hechinger Report

Students need to be able to express themselves; the freedom to do so is not only a question of their intellectual development but also one of human rights. School kids may well rebel at the rules. But punishing students for their political beliefs or their opinion of their school is to chastise developmentally appropriate behavior.

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What’s wrong with white teachers?

The Hechinger Report

This has led to numerous articles calling for the recruitment of more black teachers and/or asking where all the black teachers have gone. A study by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development found that students of color and white students viewed minority teachers more highly than white teachers.

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These schools are opening their arms to special education students. Can they afford it?

The Hechinger Report

NEW ORLEANS — A bubble machine and a table lined with cookies and coloring books welcomed families coming for a midsummer meet-and-greet at Noble Minds Institute for Whole Child Learning, a new charter school in the Carrollton neighborhood. It’s overseen by the state school board.). But the system has changed since Katrina.

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High school football makes a comeback in New Orleans

The Hechinger Report

Through Teach for America, he was assigned to teach in a charter school. After Katrina, the state legislature had wrested control of New Orleans’ public schools from the local school board and turned most of the schools into charters. Many schools cut extracurricular activities, including football.