Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. For Little, government class entails “constitutional study and human behavior study side by side.”

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

DECEMBER 3, 2017

There are SO MANY fun ways to make economics activities engaging and hands-on for students, and it’s a great way to incorporate a little math into instruction. This post shares some of my favorite ways to teach economics to upper elementary students. I begin my economics unit by teaching about goods and services.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

People who are currently in these college leadership positions wield significant economic, social and political power, which they have no interest in relinquishing. Without participation from a range of workers, we can’t maximize talent or economic growth. Related: Dress codes are the new ‘whites only’ signs.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

The three countries share more than a common language: For several decades, their governments forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families and relocated them to distant boarding schools. This is the one area left in the federal government, unfortunately, that is very much bipartisan,” she said of Native American issues.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Tools that work for expanding economic diversity don’t necessarily do the same thing for racial diversity, as research indicates. Expanding economic opportunity is important, but we cannot forget racial diversity. She is currently working on a book on admissions post-SFFA, and served as a consulting expert in SFFA v.

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ACRE

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Women have always worked, and yet their economic contributions are often undervalued. Her economic history research expands 200 years to provide an account of women’s participation in labor markets over time and describe the history of women’s continuing economic liberation. Dr. Claudia Goldin wanted to understand why.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2024

Schmidt examined the math textbooks of 19 countries, and said that about 15 percent of the computational problems in those books are word problems. In New Zealand, where math scores on international tests in the past decade have fallen steeply, a new government campaigned on bringing a “back to basics” approach to education.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

We wanted to see what the United States could learn from an education system that consistently receives top marks from UNICEF , the OECD and the World Economic Forum. As we traveled through Finland, we met with top government officials, education professors, classroom teachers and elementary-school students. 8) Shorten the school day.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Artwork decorates the government-run nursery classroom at Badock’s Wood Primary School in Bristol, England. The project, published in September as a book called “The Early Advantage: Early Childhood Systems that Lead by Example,” takes a deep look at services for young children in Australia, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore.

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ours is a post-industrial era, characterized by unprecedented technological innovation and economic growth. For instance, throughout the early 2000s, the company hired a cohort of low-wage subcontractors, known as “ScanOps,” to scan printed matter for Google Books.

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Students of History

MAY 24, 2024

She also shared insights from her Law and Public Policy class, where she engaged in mock trials and debates, and from her Psychology class, where she created a memorable baby book project. Toyosi’s exemplary academic performance and leadership qualities were highlighted in the glowing recommendations from her teachers. ” Ms.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

In another measure of the massive economic toll of the pandemic on higher education, the resulting shutdowns have been singularly devastating to the college towns in which these campuses are situated. Related: What has happened when campuses shut down for other disasters? Mindy Domb, whose district includes Amherst.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

And thanks to an important change in government policy, life got easier after that: She didn’t have to pay. And if it’s a right of the people then it should be free of any economic barrier to entry.”. The work paid off. Her score on the PSU was good enough to get her into the top-rated University of Chile. There’s no going back.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2023

Many found a way to continue their studies through informal tutoring centers, but those too have come under increased scrutiny as the government continues to crack down on women and girls’ access to education. I continued my school and course lessons until our economic situation deteriorated and I could not study English anymore.

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Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Tuesday Lesson Link Our focus for the day was colonial government, diving into how the colonies were left to create their own systems under England’s “salutary neglect.” This was my attempt to help them visualize how the government was structured differently on either side of the Atlantic.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

WIOA funding catalyzed regional collaboration and focused data collection efforts, and in turn, spurred deeper discussions about the economic future of the Taos community. Instead, she researched long-term, sustainable solutions that were specific to economic health and development of the entire community.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This workshop invites applications from scholars studying the history and politics of labor, finance and corporations, racial capitalism, political ecology, economic regulation and the fiscal state. Apply to a Virtual Research Group Workshop here. Deadline: Friday, February 14, 2025, 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2020

For people who have been involved with the justice system as defendants, prioritizing higher education is a necessary safeguard for social and economic success, both during and after incarceration. Communities and local governments can invest in programs that help people pursue higher education, including prison education.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. million book images from the Internet Archive. . We could engage in government simulations at GovGames or iCivics or Cyber Nations.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2023

More than 24,000 of those applicants have enrolled in the program, and 2,000 have completed a degree or a certificate, the state’s Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity says. What low-income students really need is help with other expenses, such as housing, books and transportation — things free college programs don’t often cover.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Jon: But the decline in college opportunity for rural high school graduates is only widening social, economic and political divides between rural America and the rest of the country. They have an economic impact. Rural voters are convinced that their communities get less government spending than they deserve. Jon: Right, Kirk.

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Marginal Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2024

An excellent book with sound conclusions, think of it as moderate Julian Simon-like optimism on environmental issues, but with left-coded rhetoric. Think of this as a sequel to Kyle Harper’s tract on Roman plagues and their political import , this look at the Antonine plague and its impact has both good history and good economics.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Students study for classes at a government school on the edge of the Thar Desert. About 65 percent of India’s students attend similar government schools, many with dismal outcomes. Just a few miles away from where Ballani teaches, Michael Daube is raising money for the new girls’ school and economic center in Jaisalmer.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

We compiled the stories into a book, “Poughkeepsie Pride: The Stories of Our Immigrants,” and distributed copies to the local community. Alhassan Susso teaches government, economics and personal development at the International Community High School in New York City.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The town’s library system stepped in to assist the district in buying books, organizing the collection, and other management tasks. Much like how town librarians stepped in to save the school libraries in 2017, they also provided crucial space, books, Wi-Fi, and activities to students during the pandemic.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Her school is located in Houston’s Fifth Ward neighborhood and serves a student body that is nearly 100 percent classified as economically disadvantaged. The library had long been central to life at the campus, and Dowda said students were rarely seen without a book in hand. But again, her tenure would be short-lived.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2020

billion a year from the federal government and other sources that the National Science Foundation calculates is spent by academia on research is not intended to immediately result in commercial applications. The economic development argument is tenuous at best and probably even less than tenuous,” Levine said. Most of the $75.3

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2022

We all learned in Econ 101 that competitive markets force companies to innovate and economize, and generate the lowest possible prices. As I explain in my book , that is not how the market for colleges works. Students who take Econ 101 learn that government intervention in market outcomes only makes sense in limited situations.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2020

Only 14 percent of the lowest-income students earn a bachelor’s degree within eight years of first enrolling, according to the most recent government data. And even without technology problems, catastrophic job losses are plunging some families into economic peril. The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating those pressures.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. It’s a lot more involved than tacking on a project to a traditional unit of study by assigning students, for example, to make shoebox dioramas about a book they’ve read.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

A description of the parent program experiments and its results were published in a working paper, “ Promoting Parental Involvement in Schools: Evidence From Two Randomized Experiments ,” circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research in October 2020. But extra money didn’t seem to produce extra benefits.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Post-Freddie Gray, it is vital that government leaders work closely with education advocates to develop a bottom up approach. For this reason, private and public organizations have to collaborate to address years of inequitable school funding and the lack of economic investment in the African-American community. While the $2.3

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

will ultimately shift the country’s power base: Nearly one in three Americans say they are extremely or very concerned that native-born Americans are losing “economic, political and cultural influence” in this country because of the growing population of immigrants. history of racism rather than banning books about U.S.

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Political Science Now

JULY 23, 2024

The Victoria Schuck Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book published on women and politics. The book documents the patriarchal nature of politics and the household in Madhya Pradesh, noting that men have more powerful networks and more ties outside the household.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Noting that the Chinese government is very conservative, Wang remarked that the ministry is likely fearful that its academic reputation will suffer if it approved online degrees prematurely. With no experience teaching online, neither is the faculty ready.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

Although the federal government sent a massive influx of money to help schools troubleshoot , it left districts to grapple with how best to use the funds. The biggest difference is their engagement,” said Hill, who added some students were asking to stay in from recess to keep reading a book. It’s boosted them to see it’s fun again.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

in English from an Ivy League school followed and then a career that more than justified it: 10 years as a professor, author of a well-received book, 15 years leading nonprofit organizations. Before long, I immersed myself in literature, philosophy, religious studies and creative writing classes.

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