The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Our education system is failing to educate the next generation to face the challenges of our times. To fix this, we need to deepen our investments in civics and history instruction, bolstered by an emphasis on critical thinking skills. We are not setting our children up for success.

Civics 123

Civics Education Critical Thinking History 123

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

There were over 4,000 instances of book bans in the first half of this school year, according to PEN America’s April 2024 report, Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis. Eleven individuals are driving the overwhelming majority of book challenges according to a Washington Post analysis. I was teaching for critical thinking.

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Without a doubt we would be living on Pinterest since it has dozens of pinboards – and tens of thousands of pins – related to history , including awesome resource sets from the Stanford History Education Group. million book images from the Internet Archive. . National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

History I classes, I had them complete the Zinn Education Project activity “ How We Remember.” I had read Clint Smith’s book last year and was blown away by how the history is handled at many of the highlighted locations and his extreme attention to detail.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Read about her media analysis in The Washington Post , “ After Pulitzer win, New York Times contributor criticizes Gaza coverage ,” and see examples of her visualizations on her Instagram feed , such as the one to the right. Books Social Justice Books list of titles for K-12 and educators on Palestine.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52