ACRE

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Women have always worked, and yet their economic contributions are often undervalued. Her economic history research expands 200 years to provide an account of women’s participation in labor markets over time and describe the history of women’s continuing economic liberation. Dr. Claudia Goldin wanted to understand why.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

If there was ever a time to ask big, heretical questions about American K-12 education, it’s when schooling has been thrown into chaos by a pandemic, and Americans’ faith in institutions, including schools, is at ebb tide. If these things were true, how would what we ask of schools — and how we measure their success — change?

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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.

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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.,

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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. “But Related: It’s time our educational institutions instilled some civic-minded values in students.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

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. The real Say Yes story will be told in 20 years.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. When a classroom of second graders in Waterford, Mich.,

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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. We can start by piloting and implementing these 12 global education best practices, many of which are working extremely well for Finland: 1) Emphasize well-being.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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ACRE

JANUARY 17, 2023

K-12 educators can request activity kits that include everything needed to play through the Adam Smith Escape Room with your students. Adam Smith’s Pin Factory & Division of Labor Pipe Cleaner Activity Adam Smith ’s Pin Factory is one of the most famous examples in the history of economics. Constitution PD.4.C.2

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ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2024

The national average rate of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools has significantly increased in recent years. Lower high school graduation rates caused by chronic absences can result in an underemployed population , negatively affecting economic productivity and stability. According to data from the U.S. million students, or 29.7

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2019

I was one of a dozen classroom teachers who helped to develop and analyze Educators for Excellence’s Voices from the Classroom , a national survey of over 1,000 teachers, which found that economic concerns are top of mind for today’s teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

A grassroots coalition of business and civic leaders came together with a resolve to fix these problems by alternately helping and compelling educators to greatly improve their results. The economic development people had written the check. Mobile did more than just bemoan its grim statistics. Now we needed to cash it.”.

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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.

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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. They’re also extremely successful.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Grades K-3) February 26, 2024 The post Jigsaw Strategy first appeared on Studies Weekly. Jigsaw Strategy Oct. February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders?

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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. It’s simply harder for individuals to seek redress against what is really a coalition between powerful neighborhood groups, civic leaders and school system heads.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Young people represent untapped potential in a nation that needs their talents — socially, economically and civically. John Bridgeland is CEO of Civic Enterprises and former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. . Sign up for our newsletter.

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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.

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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. This year there may be as few as 19.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

He had stellar grades in high school and is civic- minded, taking after his mother, who works as a community organizer in Thibodaux. But they’re often unattainable for the state’s lowest-income students and students of color, who tend to be clustered in severely struggling K-12 schools.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Katherine Prince, senior director for strategic foresight at KnowledgeWorks, said these drivers can be alternately mind-boggling, overwhelming, scary or exciting.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

If these programs can succeed in their mission to expand the teaching workforce, experts say they could fulfill two critical needs: easing the teacher shortage and bolstering economic development in the Mississippi Delta. During RISE’s first year of operation, Hudson had a staff of three, 12 volunteers, and a $25,000 budget: No one got paid.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Over in a far corner, a third group traded opinions on whether to accept management’s proposal to offer new hires 401(k)s instead of pensions. They were juniors at Niles West High School, an economically diverse school serving approximately 2,500 students in the Chicago suburbs. percent of American workers.

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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. Starting teachers in Mississippi make between $34,000 and $39,000 , depending on their education level.

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Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

The textbooks are for elementary and middle school social studies classes as well as civics, economics, U.S. The political indoctrination of children through the K-12 public education system is a very real and prolific problem in this country,” tweeted Bryan Griffin, DeSantis’ press secretary.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Or march to a local civic building. A teacher was the MC, the memorial director (who is also a SNCC veteran) spoke, and then teachers read their pledges. See photos and stories about the D.C. events in 2021 and 2022. Walk on a route with signs to raise awareness about the threats to education. Music and chants are a plus. Walking tours.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Or march to a local civic building. See photos and stories about the D.C. events in 2021 , 2022 , and 2023. Walk on a route with signs to raise awareness about the threats to education. Music and chants are a plus. Teachers and students on the Truth Walk in Decatur. Photo by Dean Hesse, 2022. Walking tours.

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.

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Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. The laptops at Bella Romero Academy, a struggling school for Grades K through 8 on the outskirts of town, were mostly purchased through a $300,000 donation from a local builder.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Just like Trump adorns his name on his towers and hotels as branding for his economic and political goals, donors allow their names to be placed on colleges, hospitals and scholarships for the same reasons. Communities need government and economic systems to work for marginalized groups.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2018

Students shivering in winter coats while trying to learn is horrific in itself, but the malfunctioning boilers are a metaphor for the wider problems with the criminal justice systems, schools, housing and economic development plans in the “Charm City.”. Related: COLUMN: Open letter to teachers who feel trapped in racist schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2017

Freedom, as celebrated by many school choice proponents and their neoclassical economic influencers, is mostly aligned with Friedrich Hayek’s definition in The Constitution of Liberty as freedom in a negative sense—the absence of coercion. Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

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