Civics Project-Based Learning Teaching 
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 27, 2018
A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Related: Making America whole again via civics education.
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Digital Promise
MAY 28, 2019
The civic curriculum for young children usually doesn’t expand beyond “do not talk to strangers,” writes Harvard professor Danielle Allen in her book Talking to Strangers. He quoted that line from Allen’s book during a recent presentation on the civic roles of children, hosted by the Ed School’s Civic and Moral Education Initiative.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 26, 2018
In the fall of 2016, increasingly frustrated by his inability to motivate his students despite his energetic teaching style and popularity inside the classroom, he was drawn to the idea that addressing emotional barriers might help them. His students chop off the “Mr.” when talking to him, and affectionately call him simply “Gallin.”.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 11, 2020
Teachers have said for decades that inflexibility on teaching, testing and innovation keep them from adapting to student needs. We can’t just teach content in school anymore. We have to teach students to seek out and demonstrate learning wherever they are. We should’ve listened. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
According to Seydel, when teachers use the school grounds as a way to learn about social issues, they’re using their school as a three-dimensional textbook. For example, schools’ energy and water conservation, architecture and lunches are rich with potential for project-based learning. “We We can learn from a textbook.
Let's Cultivate Greatness
AUGUST 24, 2023
During the 2010s, one specific group, the Civics Education Initiative, made it their goal to have all 50 states make passing some form of the US Naturalization Test (the official name of the test) a high school graduation requirement. The Citizenship Test is the axis my Civics class rotates around. Now over a dozen do.
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