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Are traditional admission policies increasing racial inequality?

The Hechinger Report

You can gain the same skills — critical thinking, civics, writing — through different content that feels more relevant.”. We don’t have the traditional view that we’re somehow ‘letting these kids in’ to be influenced by us.”. The post Are traditional admission policies increasing racial inequality?

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

For example, South Fayette Township School District implemented computational thinking projects at every grade level, and Piedmont City School District uses competency-based learning so students can work at their own pace. Yet as schools break away from traditional models of education, new challenges emerge. Why is this important?

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OPINION: Proud of your students for walking out? Here’s what to do when they walk back in

The Hechinger Report

But if this civic action is to be sustained and to extend to topics beyond gun violence and school safety, schools need to do more to nurture these students’ dispositions toward political participation so they can continue to engage in informed and effective ways. Related: COLUMN: Making America whole again via civics education.

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OPINION: National Arts in Education Week celebrates the transformative powers of creative skills

The Hechinger Report

The arts provide dimension and perspective, and they help students develop the critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills they will need to succeed in school, work and life. No matter the path, arts education provides a way to creative careers of the future.

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The future includes good (human) teachers

The Hechinger Report

The best civics lesson requires you to leave the classroom. The higher-order thinking that researchers predict will survive impending technological advancement is precisely the one in teachers’ toolkits. Related: Go vote. Related: Before assigning homework, ensure that students have a home.

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Fun & Engaging Executive Branch Activity Ideas

Let's Cultivate Greatness

Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class. Its a bit complicated, which means it also offers great opportunities to practice critical thinking and social studies skills. But first, lets go over what the branch does exactly.

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COLUMN: Want teachers to teach climate change? You’ve got to train them

The Hechinger Report

She said, “Let’s give them the data points to critically think and draw conclusions.” Broadly speaking, she said, in indigenous traditions, it’s the latter. In most of education we think knowledge leads to difference in behavior,” she said. She said that just giving kids facts is not going to be effective. “In