The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This summer, the NCSE ramped up its efforts to help teachers grapple with controversial topics. Then they received training in how to teach the lessons in their classes so they could launch the series this school year. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Controversial Topics Lesson Plan Teaching Research 137

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

After the field work, the teachers were placed in small groups — based on which grade level they taught — to learn how to develop lesson plans for their students and other educators based on what they had learned. Credit: Image provided by Aimee Hollander. Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 118

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. When Rebecca Brewer started teaching high school biology 20 years ago, it seemed like everyone trusted science.

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