The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2018

August 15, 2018 — The first day of school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. School systems are failing their students with outdated and inconsequential civics education that is only focused on facts and memorization. government. What should schools do?

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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. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation.

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Political Science Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This summer, the American Political Science Association partnered with Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) District’s Summer Rise Program to offer three high school students the opportunity to gain experience in political science knowledge production and higher education non-profits.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

MAY 31, 2024

Teaching civics and government is different from teaching history—it really requires a different set of go-to lesson ideas and projects. So, if you are brand new to the subject and need to know everything about how to teach civics, or you’re struggling to find ways to go beyond the textbook, welcome!

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2020

Americans who have earned at least a bachelor’s degree experience half the unemployment rate of those with high school diplomas alone. People with at least a bachelor’s degree contribute, on average, $21,000 annually in taxes, while those with a high school diploma alone contribute $5,000.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Related: LISTEN: In this Kentucky town, refugees can choose a separate high school. The answer starts in the classroom, where civics education often fails to inspire and engage students. Far too many schools preach, rather than practice, democratic ideals. Where did we go wrong? Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Sophia Joffe, a high school senior who launched a database for enriched remote learning, at her family’s home in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. Guiding high school peers through online learning maze. Credit: Brett Gundlock for The New York Times. I don’t understand why that isn’t happening — now.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2019

Penida-Briceno, a senior with blue-tipped hair who hopes to become a biochemist, was one of two dozen teens at the high school in Flushing, Queens, who helped dream up the idea of building a greenhouse after learning that students could choose how to spend $2,000 of the school’s budget this year.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Czarnecki, a 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in American History and Government program, wrote the paper for a “Great Texts” course taught by Professor Stephen Tootle on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. High school students are not “too young” to probe historians’ methods, Czarnecki said, given what’s at stake.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

But as more schools, districts, states and even the federal government begin to embrace the idea, personalized learning is coming into conflict with an older movement in American education: standards-based accountability. In the meantime, Brian Greenberg believes the best schools should be able to handle both.

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

This roundtable will focus on Balasco, Forestal, and Abernathy’s Engaging Citizenship, a forthcoming introduction to politics textbook (Oxford University Press 2025). political system within a global context, and 3) to engage with the political process as educated and empowered citizens.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Young citizens need civics education to understand their constitutionally guaranteed rights. The best civics teachers also help students learn the skills they need to protect their rights. They teach self-government as a cooperative activity. Civic engagement involves more than just showing up to vote.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 16, 2024

Once kids are in high school, there usually isn’t time or the need to spend a whole week solely doing relationship-building activities. I might tweak my “Welcome to Civics class” activities a little year to year, but here are my tried-and-true favorite ones to do to establish a great foundation. So definitely don’t do that.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

It seems like that’s precisely what’s happened now that the Citizenship Test is a high school graduation requirement in many states. I’ve heard many Government and Civics teacher friends in states that do require it talk about it being “one more thing” and “such a joke.” Now over a dozen do. Now over a dozen do.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Other findings from the national exam, known as the Nation’s ‘Report Card,’ show that dedicated resources for teaching civics results in better student performance, but that those resources are sorely lacking: Only 49 percent of students who took the NAEP test said they have a class that is mainly focused on civics or U.S.

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MPSA

MARCH 30, 2022

The political science teaching world was abuzz with ideas about how to get students to roll up their sleeves, get involved in government at the local level, and prepare for lives of civic engagement. I did indeed have several such meetings and even guest-taught classes in three different high schools.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

It matters for employment stability and civic engagement. While still under a very low 3 percent, unemployment for men in Iceland is slightly higher than it is for women , the government agency Statistics Iceland reports. and more boys than girls drop out of high school. You’re more likely to live longer.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

That’s why I wanted to share my l esson sequence for teaching the principles of the Constitution in my senior Civics class. But first, let’s go over the basics of these principles and why they are so crucial to cover well in the first days of your Civics or American Government class. Especially middle and high school students.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

But unless the eligibility date is updated, the number of high school graduates eligible for the protection will shrink every year before vanishing entirely. It would also allow the government to begin accepting applications again – something that was halted in July when a federal judge in Texas ruled the program unlawful.

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ED Surge

MAY 7, 2025

Painting approaches to history in stark black and white can shut down debate and keep social studies teachers from achieving what 94 percent of them report is the most important part of their job: preparing students for meaningful civic engagement. We feel so polarized right now. Or, rather, they were until a few weeks ago.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

Caroline Patrie is a high school science teacher in Maine’s Portland Public Schools; her first day as a teacher was September 11, 2001. Construction had pushed back the new school year at her Vermont high school. Credit: Caroline Patrie. September 11 was Caroline Patrie’s first day teaching.

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