The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One solution is to teach about climate change by focusing on strategies to address its consequences. The goal of climate education should not only be to teach students the scientific basis of climate change but also to empower them to address it — not thrust them into a state of despair.

Civics 104

Civics Project-Based Learning Government Humanities 104

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.

Sociology 130

Sociology Government Social Studies Civics 130

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

BB2C fosters student, business, and civic relationships to inspire career choice through experience, entrepreneurship, and education. With BB2C’s first micro-credential, they verify the educator’s skill in developing and implementing real world, problem-based learning with community partners.*. Carey Institute for Global Good.

Professional Development 82

Professional Development K-12 Project-Based Learning Civics 82

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.”.

Teaching 105

Teaching K-12 Civics Psychology 105

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.

Project-Based Learning 103

Project-Based Learning Civics Tutoring Private School 103

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Undeterred, Doreen Gehry Nelson, now 86, went on to start her own nonprofit , win a slew of awards and share her city-building teaching methods with thousands of classroom teachers and other education professionals around the world, though not nearly as many as she would like. “As far as I’m concerned, you kill any creativity.”

Education 89

Education Project-Based Learning K-12 Museum 89

ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

For more than 100 years, high schools and colleges have relied on the same stalwart tool to measure teaching and learning: the clock. Now, the institution that developed the time-based standard more than a century ago that is used throughout education is calling for the creation of a different way to quantify academic progress.

K-12 142

K-12 Civics Project-Based Learning High School 142

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The internships are also part of a larger turnaround effort at ChiTech, centered on project-based learning. The school, where more than 90 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 14 percent are counted as homeless, was founded in 2009 to teach skills valued by the booming technology sector.

High School 63

High School Project-Based Learning Psychology Charter School 63

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Many educators probably weren’t surprised by today’s announcement of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results for civics and history. In past years, the scores for civics have been flat, which is hardly encouraging. At the end of 2022, Congress grew the federal allocation for civic education from $7.75

Civics 104

Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 104