The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2018

This was the launch of my civics engagement. Related: Making America whole again via civics education. People around the country talk a lot about the importance of civics education, how youth are the future and how we can effect change to create a stable and improved country. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Civic Engagement Civics Elementary School History 89

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Yancy Sanes teaches a unit on the climate crisis at Fannie Lou Hamer High School in the Bronx – not climate change, but the climatecrisis. He is unequivocal that he wants his high school students to be climate activists. “I I need to take my students outside and have them actually do the work of protesting.”

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Teaching Civics K-12 Civic Engagement 133

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

Another troubling finding, from a survey conducted this spring by SimpsonScarborough: Forty-one percent of minority high-school seniors say it’s likely they won’t go to college at all in the fall or “it’s too soon to say,” compared to 24 percent of white high-school seniors.

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Civic Engagement K-12 Education Economics 139

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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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. They offer an invitation to analyze how mathematics can be applied to promote civic engagement, advocacy, policy change and increased access to resources.

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Cultures Civic Engagement Civics Pedagogy 135

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Something that was a really common thread was older students who said they had the exact same experience in middle school or high school, where for 20 minutes, they thought they were dying, and they were texting their goodbyes to their parents, and then it turned out to be just a drill,” she says.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But when one of her professors announced an opportunity for students to participate in a research internship to study young people’s well-being and civic engagement in the Coachella Valley, her interest was piqued. She signed up. “Me Me being a first-generation student, I've never had the resources to be able to step into education.

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Research Civic Engagement Civics Community Engagement 133

APSA Educate

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Over the past few years, the American Political Science Association and its members have renewed their commitment to high school civic education.

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Civics High School Political Science Education 52

APSA Educate

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Over the past few years, the American Political Science Association and its members have renewed their commitment to high school civic education.

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Civics High School Political Science Education 52

APSA Educate

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Over the past few years, the American Political Science Association and its members have renewed their commitment to high school civic education.

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Civics High School Political Science Education 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2020

When my District of Columbia public high school, The School Without Walls, closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, all of my courses moved to an online platform. High school students like me might not be interested in the 2020 Census. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools website.

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Civics Civic Engagement Library High School 95

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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Civic Engagement Education Civics Economics 106

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Rural students tend to do well in elementary school, but something changes as they get older. Although rural schools have made tremendous gains in high school graduation rates, these students are still less likely than their suburban and urban peers to successfully continue their education after high school.

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World History Civic Engagement High School Elementary School 139

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Credit: Matt Krupnick/The Hechinger Report High school students in remote towns across rural Northern California have a low opinion of the university, said sophomore Brynna Garcia, one of the event’s moderators, partly because — as Perez acknowledged — Chico recruiters rarely travel to those towns to speak with prospective students.

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Library Civic Engagement Civics High School 136

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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Civics Civic Engagement High School Economics 108

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. – DELECE SMITH-BARROW.

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Education Civics Civic Engagement Psychology 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2021

This results in healthy children meeting developmental milestones, healthy parents with family-supporting jobs and vibrant and civically engaged families and communities. Related: As Harlem Children’s Zone moves to export its model nationwide, Obama’s Promise Neighborhoods offer cautionary tales.

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Civic Engagement Civics Economics Research 113

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

The February 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, gave new life to student activism, prompting a level of civic engagement among students that many had never considered. Subscribe today!

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Civic Engagement Civics Leadership Elementary School 80

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

“There’s a good argument to be made for a standard curriculum, though, especially if your goal is a civic citizenship, and children being able to get a job when they finish: If you want everyone to have basic numeracy and civic engagement.”. Most personalized learning advocates wouldn’t disagree.

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Psychology Civics Civic Engagement Middle School 98

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

As a former high-school social studies teacher and professional development specialist, I have found that connecting with cultural centers (e.g., Essentially, teacher candidates learned that service-learning with a cultural center can balance inquiry with advocacy as a means to learn civic engagement.

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Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2018

That phrase – Kids are people, too – has particular poignancy now, amid the debates, ranging from thoughtful to inane to vitriolic, sparked by the students who survived last month’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Kids, everywhere, are people. They are not people in training.

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Civic Engagement Civics Leadership High School 65

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan. Our Apprenticeship in Liberty Begins at the Local Level “Civics class should give students an apprenticeship in liberty ,” Wregglesworth argued. “It Peters agreed.

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Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

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.

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Civics Government High School Civic Engagement 52

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. Creating an Authentic Civics PBL The natural next question after “Can you pass the Citizenship Test?” is “Should you have to in order to graduate high school?” Now over a dozen do.

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Civics Government Geography Project-Based Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This model of teaching could be used in a range of disciplines beyond journalism, at both high school and college, to engage students in complex issues and disciplines.

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Civic Engagement Social Justice Economics Civics 144

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

As the nation nears its 250th birthday, the release of the NAEP scores should serve as a clarion call to commit to providing each and every student in our country with the kind of high-quality civic education necessary for informed, effective and lifelong civic engagement. million to $23 million.

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Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 129

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

It matters for employment stability and civic engagement. The many causes of this begin in primary and secondary grades, where research shows that girls are earlier to apply themselves, while boys are more likely to drop out, impatient to begin earning money and unwilling to spend further years in school.

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Economics Civic Engagement High School Civics 79

Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 11, 2025

Students learn about such a wide range of politics in high school history classes. Civic Engagement and the Importance of Participation Nixons presidency highlights the importance of civic engagement, public awareness, and participation in the democratic process. These actions marked a shift in the U.S.

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Teaching Civic Engagement Civics Lesson Plan 130

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. In short, they are demonstrating what real civic engagement looks like.

Civics 89

Civics Civic Engagement Government High School 89

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

. — to understand how parents decide where to live and send their children to school. After the study had begun, Kingsley administrators began the process of redrawing attendance boundaries for the district’s high schools to balance attendance numbers. Affluent parents bring powerful resources to schools.

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Public School Sociology Civic Engagement Economics 106

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

At Bishop Seabury, a small independent school in the Episcopal tradition, high school students take two or more of Czarnecki’s courses. High school students are not “too young” to probe historians’ methods, Czarnecki said, given what’s at stake. Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement.

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Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2017

Nationwide, the number of 18-year-old, straight-out-of-high school college students will fall over the next few decades, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, which tracks this. Related: Colleges face a new reality, as the number of high school graduates will decline.

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Civic Engagement Civics Library High School 92

Political Science Now

JULY 26, 2024

We welcome submissions for 2025 TLC tracks , and perhaps others, as we rethink the future of a political science education and why teaching political science matters. Roundtables facilitate participants to discuss and debate on a specific topic. Roundtables facilitate participants to discuss and debate on a specific topic.

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Civic Engagement Political Science Teaching Civics 58

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. Since the Obama Administration created DACA in 2012, more than 825,000 undocumented immigrants have successfully applied for the protection. The DACA program is due for an update.

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Civic Engagement Advocacy Civics Government 104

Let's Cultivate Greatness

MAY 31, 2024

It can also feel like sticking to the textbook and facts is the only way to teach civics during polarizing times, even when we know doing that is super boring. But there are many ways to get students thinking deeply and practicing being engaged citizens. Below are some of my favorite activities from my high school Civics classroom.

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Civics Government Teaching Civic Engagement 52

Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

Especially middle and high school students. Collectively by naming these principles, experts have allowed the rest of us to more easily, and thus better, appreciate the thoughtfulness of the Constitution, like why the President can pardon or why Representatives serve only 2-year terms. Think of principles as ideas to guide your life.

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Teaching Civics Government Civic Engagement 52

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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Charter School Civics Middle School Civic Engagement 145