Civics Social Science Teaching 
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.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 10, 2022
New Jersey is set to become the first state in the nation to mandate teaching media literacy to students of all ages as a bill with the requirement heads to Gov. Spikes, director of Teach for Chicago Journalism at Northwestern University and co-founder of the Illinois Media Literacy Coalition. Subscribe today!
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ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
In 2020, California’s State Board of Education adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement to students who demonstrate excellence in civics education. There is no better way to integrate SEL and civic engagement for the next generation of learners. SEL programs are not reported either.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 2, 2023
This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I Social science does not support that.
ED Surge
JANUARY 10, 2023
Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 22, 2024
Tens of thousands of teachers and parents flocked to her 2013 online course on how to teach math. But Boaler has become the public face of nontraditional teaching ideas in math. It’s often not as precise as the hard sciences or even social sciences like economics. Instead, she focused on changing classrooms.
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