ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. Swan worked as a bank examiner for the FDIC before transitioning to teaching, which she pursued both domestically and internationally for about 10 years.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

Experts say that requires regular and high-quality social studies lessons, starting in kindergarten, to teach kids to be critical thinkers and communicators who know how to take meaningful action. Related: It’s time our educational institutions instilled some civic-minded values in students.

Social Studies 111

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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 55

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Civics U

JUNE 16, 2022

Civic education commonly teaches and equips people for engagement in governmental and political processes at national, state, and local levels. A sense of community can be important as a basis for forming and acting on social, political, and economic goals. A prefatory note: The ideas in this article are not new or original.

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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. The curriculum was recently the subject of an experiment involving 684 students to see if this approach actually teaches kids the reading and writing skills and the content they need to succeed in school. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The location students identified had to be strategically located for equitable access, accounting for the needs of community members most limited by transportation and low economic support. They offer an invitation to analyze how mathematics can be applied to promote civic engagement, advocacy, policy change and increased access to resources.

Cultures 135

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Political Science Now

APRIL 9, 2025

In this workshop, the co-leaders will support early career researchers in considering the utility and sharpening the application of mixed methods approaches to key political economy questions including, but not limited to, such topics as redistribution, democratization, economic policy, unionization, and social policy.

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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. Related: The next frontier for college programs for prisoners and ex-prisoners: Teaching them entrepreneurship. In Martin Luther King, Jr.’s

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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. Teach not just basic skills, but also arts, crafts, music, civics, ethics, home economics and life skills. 6) Make homework efficient.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To give students insight into the work of historians, Czarnecki assigns research projects in all of the courses she teaches at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas. How MAHG Expanded Czarnecki’s Teaching Czarnecki’s MAHG studies more than prepared her to take on such questions. She also pursues her own research.

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

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. This article is a partial transcript of an episode of the EdSurge Podcast.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 12, 2023

At Teaching American History, we know teachers are hungry for resources that help their students understand the nuances of American civic behavior. Justice Kagan has argued eloquently for the importance of opposing official endorsements of religion in civic practices and memorials such as public architecture.

Teaching 52

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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

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The right’s blind faith insists that “if we have school choice in the form of charter schools and private school vouchers … competitive pressures will force the schools and teachers to teach better, and to churn out students who are excelling academically.”. Fordham Institute.

Education 124

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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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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.

Civics 106

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

But if there’s one job that can’t be taken over by artificial intelligence, it’s teaching. 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).

Humanities 110

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Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 18, 2024

Having communication expectations and procedures in place was helpful when I was teaching. Add to cart Civics and American Government Course $ 125.00 If something was bothering my student, disciplinary actions, or positive behavior was happening, I would immediately inform the student’s parents.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

. — FEBRUARY 13, 2024 De Gruyter and the American Political Science Association (APSA) are pleased to announce agreement on a cooperation partnership to publish two new book series: The De Gruyter-APSA Teaching Civic Engagement Series and The De Gruyter-APSA Political Science Professional Development Series.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2018

It has evolved its approach and dynamically responds to social, cultural and economic change over time. The methods of teaching a brilliant 18-year-old with intellectual passion but limited life and work experience can differ dramatically from educating adults, who bring to their studies rich lived experiences as reference points.

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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 51

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ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

Marcus Witcher and covers the 1932 election, the transition of power from the Hoover to FDR administration, and early economic policies designed to combat the Great Depression. The lesson could be used as a precursor to a unit on the New Deal in history classrooms or as a case study on economic policy impacts in a social science course.

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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. Teaching was not my initial goal. In 2011-2012, the university had 52 teaching interns. CREDIT SARAH WHITES-KODITSCHEK / ARKANSAS PUBLIC MEDIA. This year there may be as few as 19.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Related: Getting rid of gifted programs: Trying to teach students at all levels together in one class. “We have far too many kids in the city who just need an opportunity like I did, to go to a school that pushes them,” said Valenzuela, who teaches history at Boston Latin Academy.

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 20, 2024

Mississippi was the site of the most notorious lynching in the early civil rights movement, the killing of Emmett Till in 1955, and had the highest rates of lynching in the country — violence meant to impose social, economic, and political intimidation. Malik Ali teaching. SNCC Legacy Project.

American History 98

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

You want to teach your fellow teachers the error of their ways, but you’ve seen the consequences of speaking out: termination, transfer and blackballing. 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.

Economics 82

Economics Civics Geography History 82

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

I taught in Rwanda, at its national university, in the mid-1980s and left the coun­try just as the economic situation began to spiral out of control. We too are divided along racial, ethnic and economic lines, into camps of globalists and isolationists. See Germany in the 1930s or Rwanda in the 1990s for historical proof of that.

Sociology 78

Sociology Civics Economics History 78

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 103

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Young citizens need civics education to understand their constitutionally guaranteed rights. The best civics teachers also help students learn the skills they need to protect their rights. They teach self-government as a cooperative activity. Civic engagement involves more than just showing up to vote. Peters agreed.

Civics 52

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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 84

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Yet “even as they teach their students to back up their claims with evidence, they don’t have much evidence to back up those claims.”. Fifty-seven percent of college graduates failed a civic literacy exam. But that project, which was to have included U.S. colleges and universities is inadequate and, in some cases, declining.”

Civics 111

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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.

Junior High 75

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Primary Sources Library from the Bill of Rights Institute When teaching the Constitution, we want to offer students time in the classroom to analyze the text in-depth. Prohibition and its Unintended Consequences from the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics There are several key moments from U.S. Since its ratification, the U.S.

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Primary Sources Civics Archiving Government 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

So McWilliams decided to try teaching. “My My mom had always encouraged me to teach,” she said. Mississippi is dealing with a dire teaching shortage. Usually half of the 30 or so recruits who attend are secretaries, teaching assistants and substitute teachers who would like to become classroom teachers.

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Tutoring High School Civics Teaching 94

ACRE

JANUARY 17, 2023

Educators can use ASW educational materials to learn about and teach concepts central to Smith. 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. Connections to Arkansas Learning Standards: Economics: EDM.1.E.1

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K-12 Geography Economics Civics 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Prince finds one – about how teaching and learning systems might become oriented around a holistic understanding of human development – to be particularly accessible for current educators. Forecast 5.0 imagines possibilities for the future of education.

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Civics Economics Government Tradition 66

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. Religious venues are required to post the national flag and teach traditional Chinese culture and “core socialist values.” And Russia does hold elections.

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