Critical Thinking Economics Elementary School 
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 2, 2023
A student in an elementary school drops an egg wrapped tightly in paper straws and tape to test whether it can survive a high fall. These and similar scenes from public schools around the country are more than just young learners having fun with recycled materials. Adopt a curriculum that exposes students to STEM early on.
ACRE
OCTOBER 31, 2022
It’s #EconEdMonth, the time of year where we highlight resources and strategies for teaching Economics across disciplines and content areas. This year, I asked a few Arkansas teachers to share what they love about teaching economics. I have fallen in love with teaching Economics! Here is what they had to share.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Scholars applaud New York City’s plan to stop testing 4-year olds and wait until later in elementary school to identify students. “As In New York City, the system relied on parent initiative and many Black and Hispanic parents didn’t register their 4-year-olds to take the test.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 20, 2020
NEW YORK — When the mayor ordered New York City public schools to close in March to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Daniel Russo broke into tears. Ninety-six percent of children at the Walton Avenue School, a K-5 school in the Bronx he’d founded in 2013, face economic hardship, and about a third are homeless.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Next, and perhaps most importantly, the 162 students who made the cut attended a five-day boot camp in which they learned crucial workplace skills such as goal setting, effective communication, teamwork, public speaking, conflict resolution and critical thinking. “It These are also 19th-century skills.”.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2016
The results from those new Common Core tests – designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills – have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep-seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 23, 2016
Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Estonia had the second smallest gap in performance between its poorest and richest students out of all participating countries known as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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