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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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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. History class.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Last spring, remote learning went so badly for Evelyn Livingston, 12, that she ended up switching schools. She was in sixth grade at Lakewood Elementary School in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, when the pandemic began in the spring. “A He added his school’s curriculum includes a diversity of writers and historical figures. “It’s

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

million students go to public schools in rural areas , more than the combined total of the nation’s 85 largest school districts. Rural students tend to do well in elementary school, but something changes as they get older. More than 9.3 The small town of Campo, Colo., Credit: Camilla Forte/The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. Through ConnectED, all 89 LCPS schools were able to get their own ArcGIS Online Organization from Esri.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

million people that is less diverse than America, and that has a history very different from our own? As we traveled through Finland, we met with top government officials, education professors, classroom teachers and elementary-school students. Why should we bother to learn from a small country of just 5.5

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2018

But even back when every school taught civics and American history, very few students attained adult literacy. Others blame schools and teachers for “failing” our kids, but the data suggest otherwise. Many people believe that social media and smartphones have diminished our reading abilities. Mississippi Learning.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

How to Best Teach Immigrant and Refugee Students, and Why It Matters Schools are finding better ways to teach recent immigrant and refugee students. A new book by a high school history and civics teacher collects innovative strategies, and argues that getting the issue right is crucial for building a strong democracy.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

That same day, six other students across the district were written up for not wearing their masks correctly (including one who also faked using hand sanitizer), while an elementary school student was assigned three days of “private dining” for sharing food in violation of safety guidelines.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

So my big concern for what's happening to the teaching of literature has to do with the people that I call my ‘thinking partners’ all over the country — secondary teachers, middle school teachers, even elementary school teachers, who are really under threat. And in high school I wasn't taught those things.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Even as poverty rates have grown in the district of about 5,000 students, Clinton has consistently remained an academic powerhouse in a state where many schools are still separate and unequal. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. You can usually trace it back to strong civic leadership,” McGraw said.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

Now my students know that if I am wearing my BLM shirt or Black History Matters shirt at school it is not a performative act — it means that they can hold me accountable to what I have done in and out of class to show that I am living up to that belief. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Bradshaw wishes more teachers would teach civics and history through Studies Weekly. Each child gets his or her own newspaper, which they love, and then I simply guide and facilitate the week’s topic using the Studies Weekly online component,” she said. Many key topics are overlooked or taught at a lower level, and I do not know why.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 27, 2024

Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, a former high school history and government teacher. The step from public teacher to public office holder is, for many, intuitive, says Kelly Siegel-Stechler, a senior researcher at Tufts University’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

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ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

Picture a high school student who balances his studies with a variety of other responsibilities and activities. Maybe he walks his younger siblings to their elementary school each morning, demonstrating a knack for caregiving. Maybe he works at a part-time job when the school day ends, showing his diligence and drive.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

In 1968, Johnnie Turner was a teacher at Hamilton Elementary School and served on the board of the local NAACP chapter. We said there’s great moments in history that you never miss, you never can recall again if you miss it.”. She believes educators must be role models to equip and empower their students to take civic action.

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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. Border Crossers trainers Ben Howort and Ana Duque are both former elementary school teachers.

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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. history and world history courses. The Orange County School Board approved its list of recommended books April 25, but the district has not yet made any purchases, which could cost more than $21 million.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

Staring at the faces of the middle school teachers on her computer screen, Principal Laina Cox felt the tears welling up — again. The subject line read: “Living history.”. Graduate school hadn’t prepared her for that, she said, but it had left her with the impression that she wasn’t supposed to cry in front of students.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. The school district is working to raise money for more computers and technology training, hoping to better prepare its students for an increasingly digitized economy. I could never go back to the old model,” says Ms.

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Diane Ravitch

MARCH 24, 2025

But I am looking at this through the lens of history with the knowledge that Hitler and Mussolini strengthened their hold through the indoctrination of youth. Kids are taught about the Constitution in school In elementary school, students should already have some basic knowledge about how our government is supposed to work.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Related: LISTEN: In this Kentucky town, refugees can choose a separate high school. The answer starts in the classroom, where civics education often fails to inspire and engage students. Far too many schools preach, rather than practice, democratic ideals. We need to learn civics from the ground up.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2016

It suffocates the civic impulse. Why would I be engaged in a process where there’s no accountability for the person who runs the school? The school board has no power.”. Danielle Floyd grew up in Highland Park and is a graduate of the now-closed Highland Park High School. Matthew Baptist Church in Highland Park. “It

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

DETROIT — Taking a trip down memory lane from the sidewalk in front of Western International High School, former civics teacher Keith Johnson shared the school’s ghost story, a tall tale about a child who died in a 1935 fire there. For now, children walk elementary school floors buckled so badly they appear to have waves.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Chris Reid, a banker and vice mayor of Twin Falls and father with seven children in the public schools, said he was eager to help select the new English Language Arts curriculum and make sure materials were “age-appropriate” and not include “revisionist history,” LGBTQ themes or sexuality introduced “to younger-age children.” “My

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ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

One hope is that rather than balkanizing into red state and blue state education policy agendas , that we can have sensible, civic-minded reforms that large majorities of people can support.” adults, with about half of those coming from people who said there was at least one school-age child in their home.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

For instance, a year ago, President Donald Trump rescinded an Obama-era regulation crafted in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that required the Social Security Administration to report beneficiaries with severe mental disabilities to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Related: After shocking election, New York history teacher tries to alleviate ‘despair, anxiety or indignation’. Sarah Swanson-Hysell, a teacher at Lighthouse Community Charter School in California’s Oakland Unified School District, sympathizes with students like Benjamin. “And And one man does not run the country.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

As early as elementary school, “we grew up having to learn about lockdowns” in response to mass shootings, said Andrew LoMonte, one of the students staffing the voter table. Tisch College of Civic Life. “It I mean, very young — 16, 17,” said Jennifer McAndrew, senior director of communications and planning at Tufts’ Jonathan M.

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