The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

California, for example, had more school closures than any other state and some of the smallest declines in math achievement. Related: OPINION: Inequality is still at the heart of student NAEP score performance I spent part of the summer of 2022 teaching a free data science course to high school students in San Jose, California.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2024

While some progress has been made since then, institutions can still do a better job connecting their educational and economic mobility missions; recent research indicates that college graduates are having a hard time putting their degrees to work. Make coursework-career connections a campuswide priority. see College Scorecard ).

Economics 126

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Broad access to computer science resources is a critical enabler positively impacting the economic mobility of students. If we want more equitable outcomes for our students and their families, we must prioritize providing the computer science literacy skills that jobs with high earning potential demand.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2022

That’s why my district is reimagining high schools with a strong focus on helping students become leaders in their own learning and the learning of others — a pathway to future success and economic mobility. Related: OPINION: Career planning in middle school prepares students for better workforce choices.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

The arts provide dimension and perspective, and they help students develop the critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills they will need to succeed in school, work and life. Related: COLUMN: Departure of ‘Fame’ high school principal is victory for arts education and student power.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

To fix this, we need to deepen our investments in civics and history instruction, bolstered by an emphasis on critical thinking skills. Unfortunately, many Americans, especially white Americans, have rejected public initiatives to address the growing cultural and economic divides between how we invest in and educate our kids.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These and similar scenes from public schools around the country are more than just young learners having fun with recycled materials. This is STEM education in action: Hands-on projects help students develop critical thinking skills while sparking interest in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

For instance, here are the numbers from Colorado, despite our desire that high school graduates “ demonstrate the knowledge and skills (competencies) needed to succeed in postsecondary settings ”: 74.6% Colorado high school graduation rate, Class of 2009 x 52.6% Related Posts.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

economics, political science, sociology) and the natural and mathematical sciences. Many observers categorize such schools as “liberal arts” institutions, and much real and virtual ink has been spilled on the value of a liberal arts degree. for civilians over the age of 25 with only a high school diploma was 3.9

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

” Reboot aims to increase the teaching of critical thinking in schools and by parents at home. But computer usage in schools was still novel then. . “Technology is not bad in general,” she said, “although I would argue for younger children, it’s questionable whether it has benefits.”

Research 112

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Were it not for the community college course in fire science that he took as an adult, Carter wouldn’t have had access to any education after the vocational track in which he was placed in high school, nor would he have been able to advance in his work.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Parents and their students aren’t defining this demand in terms of the critical-thinking and leadership skills that broadly educated individuals gain. For many low-income families, the sticker price of a college education can seem out of reach and discourage even high-achieving high school students from applying to top institutions.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2019

It is also the developmental foundation for mastery of content that is the focus of elementary, middle and high school. More K-12 schools are emphasizing the noncognitive skills that students can access throughout their schooling and careers. There is good reason to make this investment.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When schools do not center creative learning, students have fewer opportunities to develop key problem solving and critical thinking skills — this places them at a tremendous disadvantage compared to their peers when navigating college and careers. Related: Creating a curriculum with Black girls in mind.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Matthew Porter, a student at Craig High School, inspects a “collaborative” robot at Prent Corporation, in Janesville, Wisconsin. The high school students clustered around a four-foot-tall red robot with long arms and cartoonish eyes. percent increase nationally, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A 2019 survey of teachers in gifted programs found they primarily focused on “enrichment activities” such as creative, fun projects and critical thinking exercises and discussions, keeping children on grade-level material, rather than moving them ahead to advanced academic content.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2022

After high school, Mohameth Seck enrolled in college. While he continues working on website projects, Seck is now teaching coding to high school students at a skills academy in Stamford. Nichole Samaniego, who attended the Synchrony Skills Academy as a high school senior. STAMFORD, Conn.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

Kent State Ashtabula is in a rural county near Cleveland, where black and Latino students make up about a third of the local high school. Most residents have a high school diploma, yet only 28 percent have a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to Census data. Very few have succeeded.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Emma Campbell, 17, a senior at Coventry High School, interned at Amgen last summer via PrepareRI, a statewide workforce prep program for Rhode Island students. Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series examining how schools can prepare students for the good middle-class jobs of the future.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Ryan’s situation is unusual, both because he is attending public school and because he arrived here alone. for middle or high school because their parents had been planning for it from before their birth. During that same time period, the number of F-1 visas for Taiwanese students at private schools dropped slightly.)

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

If I was still a high school senior, I wouldn’t come here,” she says. If I was still a high school senior,” said Witherspoon, who is scheduled to graduate in the spring, “I wouldn’t come here.”. Eastern Kentucky University shut down theater, economics and other majors. Credit: Ji Stribling for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

In a darkened classroom in Essex Technical High School, Anna Maria Miller takes careful notes while watching a subtitled video sampling from Rwanda’s infamous “hate radio,” which helped fuel the genocide of the minority Tutsi population in 1994. There are only so many hours in the school day, and we fill every one of them.”.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 25, 2024

The rapidly changing demands of the workplace and life require individuals who are self-motivated, adaptable, and capable of critical thinking and problem-solving. Students become dependent on teachers for direction and approval, hindering their ability to develop crucial problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

But even if fewer than half of American adults are college graduates, earning a bachelor’s degree feels now like a necessity to many young people — because college is the new high school, practically obligatory for anyone who wants to get ahead, or at least not fall behind, in this globalized world.

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Economics Psychology Critical Thinking High School 92

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2017

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has praised vocational schools and/or community colleges as “noble pursuits” for low-income people who can’t afford a four-year bachelor’s program. On its surface, that sounds like a generous, open-hearted argument. A worthy goal we hope they’ll aspire to on their own.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

At Bishop Seabury, a small independent school in the Episcopal tradition, high school students take two or more of Czarnecki’s courses. Having crafted their own historical narratives, students also feel empowered to evaluate the work of professional historians more critically. Who gets to construct truth?

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. I could incorporate Stanford University’s amazing library of historical critical thinking assessments at Beyond the Bubble.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

QUEENS, N.Y. — When Ismelda Mejia, 16, a junior at a large public high school in the Bronx, was invited to the principal’s office earlier this fall along with nine of her classmates, she was thrilled to discover the reason why. Legal Outreach Staff member Tamika Edwards leads a class discussion.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Middle and high school students’ scores also dropped. “Of Part of Common Core’s mission was to streamline math, cutting out the fluff that bogged down old standards in many states, and focusing instead on learning concepts in a progression that will teach kids what they need to know to master algebra in high school.

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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.

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Elementary School Charter School Middle School Critical Thinking 76

ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

With a few notable exceptions, they do not train skills that students need to gain economic independence. And to advise that young people take such a risk with their futures at such a high financial cost can only be irresponsible. Kay thinks all we want when we finish high school is to make more money.

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Cultures EdTech Economics Critical Thinking 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

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). Private schools, although an increasing threat to public education, are still a relatively small slice of the educational system.

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

What experiential learning and civic engagement activities promote critical thinking about what it means to live under a democracy? In this Author Meets Critics roundtable, we explore these questions through the lens of Engaging Citizenship. Trojahn et al.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

Wilkins-Walker teaches career and technical education at West Philadelphia High School, where she has worked for a decade. Her classes focus on computer systems networking; students earn certificates for jobs in fields like IT while also providing tech support to the high school. This story also appeared in Billy Penn.

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High School Oral History Middle School Charter School 132

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As commissioner, Cardona, heads an agency of about 300 people — not including employees in the technical high school system — and oversees a $3 billion budget, including all state and federal programs. Housing insecurity, hunger, you know, economic instability,” he said. “So How do we continue increasing the bar?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Ben Lara, a senior at Lowell High School, walks his dog before school. Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series exploring how schools can prepare young people for the good middle-class jobs of the future. Amber Phoumyvong, 17, is a Lowell High School senior.

High School 105

High School Geography Middle School Critical Thinking 105

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 11, 2017

1-4, 25-26) While children who visit the library to immerse in their favorite books may not realize it at the time, they’re building the skill of thoughtful reading—the foundation of critical thinking, academic success, and, eventually, a happy and productive adult life. (1, High School Graduation. Economic Growth.

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