ED Surge

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Only a few years ago, before the pandemic, finding a school district with a dedicated leadership position focused on data privacy was like spotting a “unicorn”—something so rare it was practically mythical. That was a signal from the highest levels of leadership saying that this is important, Corns says.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 6, 2021

I think that what I will say here is: Policymakers, you know how you’ve minimized the importance of history, government, and civics in all of your education reform efforts over the past couple of decades? As someone who grew up in the Washington, D.C.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2018

This was the launch of my civics engagement. Related: Making America whole again via civics education. People around the country talk a lot about the importance of civics education, how youth are the future and how we can effect change to create a stable and improved country. About voting? Related: Go vote.

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Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

Past Events include: Preparing Students for the 2024 Election: Civic and Campus Engagement Engaging the 2024 U.S. Her research agenda focuses on political science pedagogy, campus-based civic engagement, and pop culture & politics. Huerta is a co-author of the textbook Practicing Texas Politics. Election appeared first on.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To solve its current problems, the organization is drawing on its original strengths: leadership and STEM. Next come outdoor adventures, entrepreneurship, civics and wellness, along with some art-focused badges. There’s a brand-new Digital Leadership badge. Eman El-Sheikh, University of West Florida.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2021

Related: Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life. Heidi Chapin is a junior at the Houston Academy for International Studies in Houston, and a leadership member of the Houston Independent School District Student Congress, which represents the 200,000+ students of HISD.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

The February 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, gave new life to student activism, prompting a level of civic engagement among students that many had never considered. Bonstingl said most school improvement efforts that focus on leadership develop the skills among the adults in the building.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2024

Related: Marjory Stoneman Douglas students give legislators a civics lesson In the aftermath of this national tragedy, I was tasked to take over leadership at Stoneman Douglas to guide the school in its recovery. It’s a fear that still lingers in the halls of Stoneman Douglas and in the hearts of our community.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2022

That’s where federal leadership comes in.” YouthForce is an education, business and civic collaborative that helps prepare public school students in New Orleans for in-demand career pathways. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2020

It aims to cultivate attributes — empathy is one — associated with leadership and civic responsibility. In addition to field-specific knowledge in, for example, computer science or history, sound liberal arts education delivers the development of transferable skills, such as “critical thinking.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2020

Providing justice-involved people with second chances and the tools to examine their own lives and mistakes has incalculable outcomes on civic engagement both within and beyond prison. Education opens doors to self-confidence and leadership. Education has benefits that far exceed the tangible.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Our new information landscape requires citizens and workers who are fluent with technology tools and online environments and is reshaping how we learn, interact, gain the attention of others, and engage in civic togetherness. The schools that are doing a good job of preparing students for the right side of this chart are few and far between.

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Political Science Now

JUNE 3, 2024

Meet the Panelists: Dr. Andra Gillespie ‘s courses and research cover African American Politics, particularly the politics of the post-Civil Rights generation of leadership, and political participation, in which she uses experimental methods of inquiry. The post Webinar Series: Engaging the 2024 U.S.

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Political Science Civics Psychology Leadership 52

Digital Promise

JANUARY 2, 2019

Marshall Ganz — an expert on political organizing, leadership, and social movements to build change — unionized farmworkers alongside Cesar Chavez and organized students and voters for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Along the way, he learned a few things about coaching people to do their best work. Why are they struggling?

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Civics Leadership Classroom Management Education 77

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

There is strong leadership from the superintendent and middle school principal, focused on using technology to power personalized learning. Including American History, World History, Civics, and Geography. Piedmont is a small district in rural Alabama, with about 1,200 students total and 300 students in the middle school.

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Social Studies Middle School Geography Civics 86

ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Young people are often the face of powerful movements as they have the potential to break the systemic barriers embedded in the traditional education system by distributing leadership to the community. Likewise, youth can help educate school, district and state leaders on community needs and wants.

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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. This is her third year in the profession. History class.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Last week, in a letter addressed to the “KIPP Team and Family,” the executive leadership of the powerful charter school network announced the dismissal of one of its co-founders, Mike Feinberg, stemming from a sexual abuse allegation by one of Feinberg’s students from the late 1990s.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

In a session focused on teacher leadership, Adelaja came up with a nature-based metaphor for her work: “A bird who every day came to the nest and fed its young until the young learned to fly — giving my kids the information and knowledge, and eventually that agency and self-sufficiency to find their own solutions to their own problems.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2019

They have the drive, work ethic and leadership skills to succeed in the classroom. They’ve also demonstrated the leadership skills and work ethic necessary to succeed and contribute in America’s top classrooms. National service is no longer considered a civic responsibility by America’s upper class.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

From there, he went on to the University of New Mexico and now works for an Albuquerque nonprofit that includes land-based and outdoor education in civic leadership programs for young people. Yepa earned a Grammy Award as a child and later graduated from NACA as part of its inaugural class in 2012.

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Political Science Now

JULY 24, 2024

Shogan is deeply committed to civic education and public engagement, and has made it a priority to expand the reach of the National Archives to a wider audience. Prior to becoming Archivist, Shogan served in a number of leadership roles. Most recently, she was Senior Vice President and Director of the David M.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

“When you look at college mission statements, they’re loaded with grand pronouncements about the skills and habits of mind they’re going to inspire in their students,” said Alexander McCormick, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Because local unions can reflect the racial attitudes of the confined geographic area, leadership and involvement from the national-level group is almost always necessary. 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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Economics Geography Civics History 81

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Wayfinding College co-founder Jones previously taught organizational behavior and leadership at Concordia University Portland, which closed last year because of growing debt and declining enrollment. Strapped for enrollment though they are, he said, other institutions “do overlook potential students right in their own back yards.”.

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Geogramblings

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Now there are (according to one count) 32 references to climate change across a range of subject areas: civics and citizenship, geography, history, science, mathematics, technologies, and the arts. Up until 2022, when version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum was released, climate change was mentioned explicitly only four times.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2018

They are providing much needed leadership where adults have left a void. If adults learn a lasting lesson from them, let it be that youth are already civically engaged, they will not be silent, and they can be powerful allies in effecting change. They are crafting artful, incisive commentary through words , images and sounds.

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Civic Engagement Civics Leadership High School 61

Political Science Now

AUGUST 7, 2024

Instructor : Titus Alexander has four decades of experience in civic education, engagement, and advocacy at a local, national, and international level. He currently teaches an advanced apprenticeship in Campaigning, Leadership and Management for Britain’s biggest trade union.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Carthage students visited the local Civil War museum to connect theory with history, while Columbia asks participants to spend their senior year of high school working on a civic leadership project. Daye and classmate Iaisha Johnson, 16, used a break during the two-and-a-half-hour class to continue discussing Hobbes.

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Museum Humanities Civics Political Science 83

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

For the first few years, white students refused to elect black students to the homecoming court and to leadership positions, for example. You can usually trace it back to strong civic leadership,” McGraw said. Still, tensions occasionally erupted between white and black students.

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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. Rainville had to persuade 10 people from the sales leadership team before she could make the change. I said, ‘That’s got to go.’”.

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Economics Civics Research Cultures 112

Political Science Now

APRIL 4, 2024

At this pivotal moment in our nation’s democracy, we must look to social science thought leaders to help us reimagine American world leadership and secure economic opportunity for future generations,” said Marta Tienda, AAPSS president. “It

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

It was founded as a contract school (similar to a charter) with Chicago Public Schools, by civic-minded tech leaders appalled that their booming industry was struggling to find enough new talent despite being surrounded by neighborhoods where, quite often, roughly 50 percent of the young adults were unemployed.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Sign Up to Host an Event Leadership These events are coordinated by the Zinn Education Project (coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change), Black Lives Matter at School , and the African American Policy Forum. Or march to a local civic building. Interested in adding your organization as a co-sponsor? Walking tours.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Leadership The annual Teach Truth Day of Action is coordinated by Rethinking Schools’ and Teaching for Change’s Zinn Education Project and led by educators around the country with the support of the co-sponsors listed below. Or march to a local civic building. Interested in adding your organization as a co-sponsor?

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Teaching Historic Sites Museum Archiving 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Early in his tenure, Alexander worked on a summit addressing black male achievement, joined the 100 Black Men civic organization and began serving as the faculty liaison to the university’s branch of the NAACP. I want other students, not only black students, but all students to see a black student is just as capable in a leadership position.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

She was still feeling wounded the next morning, as she stood by her sister Taravia’s black Honda Civic. Then Jarrin met a mentor, Jonny Bartlett, the principal of KIPP Leadership Academy middle school and the varsity baseball coach at the nearby KIPP high school, now Frederick Douglass. Credit: Kathleen Flynn for The Hechinger Report.

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