Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 18, 2024

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Sociology 130

Sociology Government Social Studies Civics 130

ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2022

The post-Civil War era then ushered in the advent of “Black codes,” described as laws that “criminalized every form of African American freedom and mobility, political power, [and] economic power.” These students will be our next leaders, from judges and law enforcement officials to educators and everything in between.

History 89

History Teaching Civics Civic Engagement 89

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

But Boaler’s popularity and influence have made her a focal point in the current math wars, which also seem to reflect the broader culture wars. On the international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) , American 15-year-olds rank toward the bottom of economically advanced nations in math achievement.

Social Justice 137

Social Justice Middle School Civics Tradition 137

ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As education leaders continue to engage in conversations on transforming assessment and accountability for our nation, they must prioritize elevating voices excluded from past education change efforts, including voices of young learners, especially those from communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.

K-12 108

K-12 Education Policy Economics Leadership 108

Political Science Now

AUGUST 23, 2024

The APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award, jointly supported by the Political Studies Association of the UK and APSA , honors political scientists engaged in collaborative and productive cross-national partnerships that make a significant contribution to the discipline in the areas of teaching, research, or civic engagement.

Political Science 38

Political Science Pedagogy Teaching Civic Engagement 38

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Students who have high-quality arts learning opportunities may be among tomorrow’s great artists, and they also may be among tomorrow’s health care professionals, engineers and civic leaders. No matter the path, arts education provides a way to creative careers of the future.

Education 85

Education Civics Critical Thinking Cultures 85

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2019

The process, known as participatory budgeting, was meant to ignite student interest in democracy and civic engagement. Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled the proposal in his 2018 State of the City address, as part of a broader push for civics education. “We For weeks, the momentum favored the greenhouse project.

Civics 105

Civics Civic Engagement High School Economics 105

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2018

It has evolved its approach and dynamically responds to social, cultural and economic change over time. The modern American university needs once again to be at the center of civic, intellectual and professional life. Providing education for adult learners is consistent with this original impulse. Jesuit education is not static.

Social Justice 83

Social Justice Civics Tradition Humanities 83

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

But now some workforce organizations, researchers and regional civic leaders are pushing back — persuading companies to look beyond academic credentials and to instead hire people based on their skills. Using a four-year degree as a proxy for employability shuts out the most economically vulnerable job seekers. A ‘1-percent market’.

Economics 112

Economics Civics Research Cultures 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Government Accountability Office found the percentage of all schools with racial or socio-economic isolation grew from 9 percent to 16 percent from 2001 to 2014. These segregated schools uphold the values, racial hierarchies and cultural norms of the people who created them. I won’t lie to you — the pushback will be fierce.

Geography 78

Geography Economics Civics History 78

Digital Promise

AUGUST 5, 2019

Wilson co-leads a summer institute called Learning Environments for Tomorrow (LEFT) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education — bringing together researchers, architects, designers, and educators to explore how learning spaces can support various goals, such as playfulness, collaboration, and civic engagement. Prioritize equity.

Pedagogy 74

Pedagogy Civic Engagement Civics Economics 74

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

We have found ways to make wealthy enclaves the north star of districts, either by creating zones in economically homogeneous neighborhoods or by using selective admissions tests. Related: Marjory Stoneman Douglas students give legislators a civics lesson. There are other predictors, but those are clairvoyant. and other cities.

Civics 59

Civics Economics Public School High School 59

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. And so on… .

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

It’s about shifting a culture. But, with an eye toward local accountability and sustainability, the program demanded that the bulk of the heavy lifting, both financial and strategic, be done through a collaboration among city and education officials, community organizations, civic groups and local philanthropy. It hurts.”.

K-12 95

K-12 Public School Civics High School 95

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Adrienne Hudson speaks to fellow educators during the RISE Teacher’s Night Out at the Crossroads Cultural Arts Center in Clarksdale, Mississippi last December. Photo: Eric Shelton for Mississippi Today/Report for America. Beforehand, my mind was everywhere … worrying about how I’m going to take care of my babies.”.

Tutoring 77

Tutoring Civics High School Teaching 77

Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

We felt the pulse, the affective reality of what US funds support, teach, and hope for: communal destruction for economic profit. For example, in 2017 in Buenaventura, Colombia, activists and everyday residents held a three-week civic strike to call attention to and demand public investment in civilian lives.

Human Rights 59

Human Rights Anthropology Government Humanities 59

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. Many of the insights that Finland has put into classroom practice have come from the United States and are applicable to children and cultures the world over.

Education 112

Education Economics Civics Government 112

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The best civics lesson requires you to leave the classroom. The panel I spoke on responded to the work of Andreas Schleicher, education director for the intergovernmental Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Related: Go vote. The event brought more than a hundred people to Seattle, Wash.,

Humanities 100

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 100

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Indeed, a recent study in the 2017 Mississippi Economic Review found that districts with the worst teacher shortages have a weak local property tax base, a high percentage of black students and are disproportionately located in the Delta. A lack of morale and cultural competency.

Charter School 90

Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 90

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

These gaps are often blamed on racial and economic segregation. I've been very involved in the civic life of my community — I've been very involved in the nonprofit world and the political world — and when I thought about my voice as a photographer, I found myself drawn to topics that were of interest in the course of my civic life.

Civics 59

Civics Education American History History 59

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

This variation reflects the diverse historical and cultural priorities of different states. Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. The C3 Framework was released in 2013. Who can argue with inquiry?

Social Studies 112

Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

To fix this, we need to deepen our investments in civics and history instruction, bolstered by an emphasis on critical thinking skills. Only one-third of native-born Americans can correctly answer the basic civics questions required of naturalized individuals to achieve U.S. We are not setting our children up for success.

Civics 109

Civics Education History Critical Thinking 109

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In fleeing the dustbowl conditions of the Midwest, the migrants had “left behind many of their material possessions,” Czarnecki writes, but the folklore collectors “reasoned that they brought instead an intangible cultural heritage in their stories and songs.” Now she sees herself preparing students for lives of civic engagement.

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The effect is the same — forging partnerships with the city and local organizations to invest in the economic development of the community,” she said in a statement. Civic project’ or ‘land grab’? A lawsuit briefly halted the Bollinger plan because judges agreed it was not a “civic project.”

Civics 116

Civics Economics Public School Museum 116

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

A group of civil rights organizations, including the NAACP Boston Branch, the Greater Boston Latino Network, the Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network and the Asian American Resource Workshop, as well as three families of color, are intervening in the lawsuit to try to uphold the new admissions process.

Public School 120

Public School Civics High School Middle School 120

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

Without social studies, we lose the civic mission of public schools,” said Stephanie Serriere, a former early-grade teacher who is now an associate professor of social studies education at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus. “I Related: It’s time our educational institutions instilled some civic-minded values in students.

Social Studies 111

Social Studies Civics Controversial Topics Elementary School 111

Civics U

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Marxism paid attention to people’s economic conditions but not to their spiritual wellbeing – thus the association of communism and atheism. However, very many activities conducted by state, county, and local governments are now funded and thus to some extent regulated by the federal government.

Civics 40

Civics Heritage Government Economics 40

Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

The textbooks are for elementary and middle school social studies classes as well as civics, economics, U.S. history and world history courses.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Social Justice K-12 Civics 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

With economic segregation in the United States worsening, there is likely to be a growing number of school districts where poor children, and poor parents, predominate. Yet, economic segregation, which is more pronounced among families with children, also creates public school districts where affluent families predominate.

Public School 99

Public School Sociology Civic Engagement Economics 99

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2017

The arts and cultural sector are no stranger to budget cuts. Our collaborative model of socially engaged practice nurtures stronger, healthier communities, while fostering an informed, engaged generation of cultural workers and producing great works of art. percent of the annual gross domestic product and 4.8

Oral History 55

Oral History Civics Economics Tradition 55

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

She says retaining teachers is as much a problem as attracting them if not more so because the decline of manufacturing jobs in her area has created a downward economic spiral, and teachers want to live where their spouses can find jobs. Constitution, and quizzes to teach civics. You’re taught really about cultural competencies.

Charter School 111

Charter School Tradition Public School Civics 111

Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility. Founded in 2004, Launch is a network of eight low-fee private schools serving grades eight through twelve across four of South Africa’s nine provinces.

Pedagogy 72

Pedagogy Anthropology Geography Private School 72

Civics U

JANUARY 27, 2022

These systems will be reviewed by generally applying the rubrics of government power and elections; property and economics; and human rights. China’s religious practitioners and ethnic minorities are required to conform to Chinese culture, the socialist system, and communist party policies. And Russia does hold elections.

Civics 40

Civics Human Rights Government Humanities 40

Civics U

JANUARY 6, 2022

The various types of government and economic systems include forms of democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, socialism, communism, feudalism, theocracy, and capitalism. A society’s or a country’s specific political, economic, and social systems can be distinguished, but they remain interrelated. Most readers will be familiar with these.)

Civics 40

Civics Government Economics Cultures 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

And a way to prevent numerical power from converting into political and economic power is to see the majority of its public students as “its,” as workers, not citizens. These kinds of head-scratching, politically ignorant actions lay bare the very reason that people need a quality liberal arts education.

Education 77

Education Government Private School Civics 77

Civics U

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Parents & family and a society have a natural right to pass on their identity, beliefs, culture, and history to their next generation. Various kinds of “schools” – not like Western schools, but involving formal instruction – are found in different cultures.) In the U.S. What is meant by “life”?

Civics 40

Civics Government History Cultures 40

Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Engaging Citizenship introduces foundational concepts in political science through the lens of citizenship, democracy, and civic engagement, highlighting the relevance of the discipline to students’ lives and encouraging them to become engaged and empowered citizens. McHugh, Merrimack College (Discussant) Richard M.

Political Science 51

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 51