The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2022

One idea that’s been gaining steam since last year is to break down barriers between high school, college and career to create a system that bridges all three. What would it look like to change the typical, or what we think of as the conventional high school experience and instead design something that was built for the modern economy?”

Education 130

Education K-12 High School Civics 130

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2021

But overcoming the pandemic-driven economic crisis will require much more than good intentions and billions in new spending. An economic recession is now making this worse. But it turned out that its school system had inflated its high school graduation rates, and few of those students who did finish went to college and earned degrees.

Civics 94

Civics Education Economics Government 94

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

A National Bureau of Economic Research study by researchers from Arizona State University found that first-generation college students are 50 percent more likely to have delayed graduation due to Covid-19 than students who have college-educated parents. But the benefits of a higher education are not simply economic.

Civic Engagement 135

Civic Engagement K-12 Education Civics 135

ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2024

Lower high school graduation rates caused by chronic absences can result in an underemployed population , negatively affecting economic productivity and stability. Chronic absenteeism tends to be more prevalent in economically disadvantaged communities.

K-12 56

K-12 Civics Middle School Economics 56

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It not only scuttled our trip, but both the pandemic and the economic fallout hit our majority minority students hard. Last April, as the coronavirus swept through the city, our students and their relatives, many of whom work front-line jobs, were especially vulnerable to the health and economic devastation befalling New York.

Civic Engagement 143

Civic Engagement Social Justice Economics Civics 143

ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

Students are looking for something different from teachers and professors as they prepare to enter political and civic life, and that means educators need to change the way they support students when it comes to political engagement. We look at things like the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. That's amazing.

Education 120

Education Civics Tradition Economics 120

The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2020

For people who have been involved with the justice system as defendants, prioritizing higher education is a necessary safeguard for social and economic success, both during and after incarceration. Americans who have earned at least a bachelor’s degree experience half the unemployment rate of those with high school diplomas alone.

Civic Engagement 94

Civic Engagement Education Civics Economics 94

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.

Civics 105

Civics Civic Engagement High School Economics 105

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2021

One tool that can address these inequities and put families on a path to upward social and economic mobility is the two-generation approach. This results in healthy children meeting developmental milestones, healthy parents with family-supporting jobs and vibrant and civically engaged families and communities.

Civic Engagement 108

Civic Engagement Civics Economics Research 108

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. Related: COLUMN: Departure of ‘Fame’ high school principal is victory for arts education and student power.

Education 85

Education Civics Critical Thinking Cultures 85

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

An avowed Marxist, deBoer argues unabashedly that he has set out “to demolish the entire meritocratic system and give [underprivileged] kids equal economic circumstances to begin with,” as a Wall Street Journal review of his book summarized. Robert Pondiscio is senior fellow and vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B.

Education 113

Education Charter School Social Justice K-12 113

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Institutions that think only of the student who is arriving at college directly from high school at age 17 or 18 are not only missing out on the fastest-growing portion of students, but are also taking a step back from the core purpose of education at the moment we need them to lean in. Working adults now comprise 40 percent of U.S.

Social Justice 83

Social Justice Civics Tradition Humanities 83

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Since last school year, I have been advocating on behalf of school children of a top ten, predominantly white, rich public high school. Since 2000, at least 36 school districts have seceded from larger ones, according to EdBuild , a nonprofit that works on creating fair school financing structures.

Geography 78

Geography Economics Civics History 78

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.

Economics 112

Economics Civics Research Cultures 112

Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Prior to taking his current position Nathan taught middle and high school social studies for 24 years. Nathan’s past students have created and led several civic and historical preservation projects. Clicking the Growth topic will take you to subjects with connections to primary sources.

Primary Sources 67

Primary Sources Archiving Library American History 67

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

Chancellor Antwan Wilson of DCPS during a visit at the Washington Metropolitan High School. Public Schools, agreed to leave his post last month after news broke that he had flouted his own school enrollment policy. Wilson High has a waiting list of 639 families. Antwan Wilson, the chancellor for D.C.

Civics 59

Civics Economics Public School High School 59

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

. — Among other things, the boosters who pitched international companies to come and do business in this port city promised that its high quality of education would guarantee a steady supply of skilled employees. Lots of students appeared to be graduating from area high schools. That’s where I think you really get movement.”.

Education 64

Education K-12 High School Civics 64

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Or march to a local civic building. Decatur High School staff member Jennifer Young said at the #TeachTruth, Jennifer Young. What we would love for you to do is cover the sidewalk with whatever you learned today, because that’s not being taught in your school and it can be taught in the Square. events in 2021 and 2022.

Teaching 52

Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Instead of attending neighborhood schools with students of the same race and economic status, as most children do in Mississippi, Osborn went to school with an even mix of black and white classmates, some from the town’s wealthy subdivisions and others from Clinton’s poorer areas. Zach Osborn, teacher at Clinton High School.

Junior High 74

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 74

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2016

But instead of offering out-sized athletic scholarships or perks to potential out-of-state students, the university is doubling down on a bid for students who are often ignored — low-income, urban, public high school graduates with mediocre test scores. There’s sociological, economic, political issues in it.

Tradition 88

Tradition Sociology Civics Critical Thinking 88

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Related: More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit. Also in 2006, ministers of education from Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member nations agreed in Athens to develop a worldwide measure of learning called the Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes.

Civics 102

Civics Economics Leadership Government 102

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Hutchinson Central Technical High School senior Karolina Espinosa will be attending Buffalo State in the fall on a Say Yes tuition scholarship. When 18-year-old Karolina Espinosa looks back to her freshman year at Buffalo’s Hutchinson Central Technical High School, graduation seemed like a long shot. “At high schools?

K-12 95

K-12 Public School Civics Economics 95

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Prophet Giles III works through questions, similar to those seen on the math portion of the Praxis Core exam, during a RISE teacher certification cohort class at Coahoma Early College High School in Clarksdale, Mississippi in late January. Aallyah Wright for Mississippi Today. CLARKSDALE, Miss. Aallyah Wright for Mississippi Today.

Tutoring 77

Tutoring Civics High School Teaching 77

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics. My class would be in YouTube heaven.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

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. This, though, is rapidly changing — we visited a high school in Helsinki that is as diverse as any American high school.) However, the U.S.

Education 112

Education Economics Civics Government 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Both of the towns in this Oregon school district are tiny. The district is made up of two schools: a high school and a K-8 school, where class sizes tend to be under 20 students. The two schools have a total enrollment of about 200 students combined. Playing it safe”. Precautions continue into fall 2021.

Library 106

Library Geography Civics Social Studies 106

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Barton teaches English full-time at Clarksdale High School. Not long after Cortez Moss accepted the job as principal of Quitman County Middle School in 2016, he realized that his first months would be devoted nearly entirely to teacher recruitment. Kaitlyn Barton teaches English at Clarksdale High School.

Charter School 90

Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 90

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

That includes in almost all of the 36 member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development , or OECD, and in 39 of 47 countries of the UN Economic Commission for Europe , which extends to central and western Asia. It matters for employment stability and civic engagement. You’re more likely to live longer.

Economics 70

Economics Civic Engagement Civics Government 70

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Sessions examined ways educators can navigate state laws that limit conversations on race and other difficult topics, as well as how they can develop the high quality materials and instruction those attending said was vital to preparing students for civic life.

Social Studies 126

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 126

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

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.

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

Debates over racial segregation in exam schools were already raging around the country before the chaos of the pandemic hit. Over 100,000 high school students were enrolled in 165 competitive, academically selective schools in 30 states, most of which used exam results for admissions, researchers Chester Finn Jr.

Public School 120

Public School Civics High School Middle School 120

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

They were juniors at Niles West High School, an economically diverse school serving approximately 2,500 students in the Chicago suburbs. million in state funds for a three-year pilot that would incorporate labor history in civics, economics and history classes, along with simulations like those run by the DePaul center.

Education 81

Education Economics Civics History 81

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

OCTOBER 29, 2019

If accepted, he planned to live at home with his mother and younger brother to save money and walk or, if he was lucky, get a ride to school. He had stellar grades in high school and is civic- minded, taking after his mother, who works as a community organizer in Thibodaux. Tale of two high schools.

K-12 75

K-12 High School Civics Government 75

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Davida Walls never thought she would be teaching high school biology, let alone in the first few months after graduating from college at 22. I would hire every qualified licensed teacher, our schools would, that we could find. Students walk the halls of Helena-West Helena’s Central High School between class periods.

Charter School 111

Charter School Tradition Public School Civics 111