The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

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.

Education 100

Education Civics Critical Thinking Cultures 100

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

More importantly, I'd like to see those competencies focus on the skills needed in a globalized, information-rich economy – skills like empathy, collaboration, information literacy, critical thinking, resourcefulness, communication, and creativity.” ” Melissa Gedney. League of Innovative Schools. Project Manager.

Education 114

Education Civics Pedagogy Lesson Plan 114

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. Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement. Then she muses, “More graduate students should submit their research papers, because you never know.”

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

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.

Humanities 109

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 109

TCI

MARCH 1, 2024

Geography education plays a pivotal role in cultivating global awareness and critical thinking. Integration of Economics and Civics for Real-World Connections Geography is only one of the social science disciplines. The much-loved Geography Alive! These projects utilize videos to ignite curiosity and develop inquiry skills.

Geography 59

Geography Global Connections Global Perspectives Civics 59

C3 Teachers

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

This blog post delves into the power of inquiry to transform traditional classrooms into dynamic spaces of discovery, fostering critical thinking and lifelong learning skills. Explore how taking bold steps toward inquiry-based learning can ignite curiosity and deepen student engagement.

Critical Thinking 52

Critical Thinking Social Studies Civics Pedagogy 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Those students stayed at the top of my mind as I considered another phenomenon taking shape in the early 2000s: the failure of traditional hiring processes to identify the qualities that are most needed at work today. The status quo was protected by layers of tradition, incentives and habits of behavior.

Civics 46

Civics Tradition Critical Thinking History 46

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2016

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?

Tradition 100

Tradition Sociology Civics Critical Thinking 100

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

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

Teaching 93

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 93

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Lessons like these help students gain critical thinking skills and give them an opportunity to learn about workers’ rights and labor history, subjects that are often missing from classroom discussions, educators say. CFT, which represents roughly 120,000 educators, is lobbying for $2.7 Photo: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

Education 90

Education Economics Civics History 90

TCI

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Active learning can lead to increased student performance, reduced failure rates, and deeper critical thinking, but it may be hard to know where to start, especially if youre used to traditional lecture-based instruction. Teachers often worry about classroom management, time constraints, and student engagement.

Classroom Management 52

Classroom Management Civics Geography Critical Thinking 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Educational leaders must take responsibility for instilling basic civic practices and virtues in their students immediately, or they may lose the option to autocrats who have other ideas on how to run a country. Nevertheless, the current push for college and career readiness is insufficient to develop a civic mentality.

Civics 73

Civics Charter School Education Government 73

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2021

For most of my teaching career, I’ve felt reasonably confident that I performed a useful civic function in giving my charges a basic core narrative about the American past — one that included justifiable pride, even confidence, in a nationhood constituted on a set of ideals that could point the way toward the better angels of our natures.

History 127

History Civics American History Library 127