The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Now, based on the latest science and human behavior, I predict that on-campus classes will not be safe until late 2022. At the same time, ensuring that college students are getting the best learning experiences possible is urgent, to prevent a steep drop in graduation rates as the country grapples with economic crisis.

Teaching 138

Teaching K-12 Pedagogy Economics 138

Moler's Musing

DECEMBER 17, 2023

I posed the question “Can humans ever achieve a perfect society?” For the lesson, I posed the question “What do the different social, political, and economic stories in this early newspaper suggest about life in Cincinnati in 1794?” Finally, the assessment was a Thick Slide.

Local History 52

Local History Economics History Critical Thinking 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Optimization: Polynomials can be used to find the maximum or minimum values of a function, which can be useful for solving optimization problems in fields such as engineering and economics. This is due to a number of factors, including the aging of the population, increases in life expectancy, and slower economic growth.

Economics 125

Economics Humanities Teaching Professional Development 125

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2018

Automation will boost demand for science-and-tech skills as well as soft skills such as critical thinking, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Those that are have long had a clear focus on human capital development. Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report.

Education Policy 101

Education Policy Government Critical Thinking Humanities 101

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: “We see a lot of spending everywhere on tablets, computers, counting the ratio of computers per student,” said Helen Lee Bouygues, who founded the Reboot Foundation in 2018. . ” Reboot aims to increase the teaching of critical thinking in schools and by parents at home.

Research 112

Research Critical Thinking Educational Technology Economics 112

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2016

And the confluence of language, history and economics on the Seaway provided an ideal – not to mention local – lens through which to view the liberal arts. The confluence of language, history and economics on the Seaway provided an ideal – not to mention local – lens through which to view the liberal arts.”.

Economics 93

Economics History Humanities Critical Thinking 93

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

My mother thought it ruined me, which shows that alarm about the potential for education to change us is not new, but also that it will always be ill-fated, for at least two reasons: because we humans are made to learn, and because education frees us to be who we are in the process of becoming. We are not made from whole cloth in college.

Economics 107

Economics Critical Thinking High School Research 107

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

Businesspeople need to understand human nature more than ever before. Sometimes, executives need to break the rules and think outside the proverbial box. Still, to understand human nature, leaders need to do more than crunch numbers. China and other economic rivals add them. Of course, data should inform decisions.

Sociology 61

Sociology Psychology Humanities Cultures 61

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. The lifelong economic benefit that a college graduate will realize is a welcome byproduct of earning a degree, but it cannot be a primary motivator in the pursuit of a higher education.

Economics 79

Economics Critical Thinking Leadership Humanities 79

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2016

We talk about the lack of diversity in technology and dearth of economic opportunities for black and Hispanic young people as a problem now. But in the future, it will be major economic crisis, once people of color become the majority of our workforce. The white seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in October of this year was 4.3

K-12 74

K-12 Economics Critical Thinking Cultures 74

ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

And that’s worse than the humanities, English and finance degrees in the U.K. With a few notable exceptions, they do not train skills that students need to gain economic independence. However, the subject has some of the worst rates of graduate unemployment at 5.6 percent, and has been totally stagnant over that past decade.

Cultures 98

Cultures EdTech Economics Critical Thinking 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

But now the professional degree that could propel her entire family toward the economic stability they had never known was vanishing from sight. “I It’s not black and white, there is a lot of critical thinking,” Asknes said. At BMCC, whose students are among the most economically disadvantaged in the U.S.,

Economics 97

Economics Junior High Advocacy Critical Thinking 97

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 Where they’re struggling is to correct some of the behavior issues.”.

K-12 111

K-12 High School Elementary School Critical Thinking 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Instead, the companies are working with edX and others to provide what they say are the educations that all of their employees require in common, including such abilities as critical thinking and collaboration. A cookie-cutter course is not going to solve the need for creating thinking in the future. Choose as many as you like.

Humanities 90

Humanities History Critical Thinking Economics 90

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

The state is making a sizable investment in these schools, with an eye toward fueling its economic engines by teaching students how to play a role in high-need, growing fields like advanced manufacturing and health services. Just over 18 percent of the school’s students are economically disadvantaged. Xerras said afterward.).

Economics 81

Economics Museum High School Charter School 81

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

That’s because “English AI Anchor,” as “he” is named, isn’t human. We are now living in a world in which robots do many of the jobs we once thought the preserve of humans. The future will leave room for human teachers. The news anchor seemed very knowledgeable and responsive but don’t expect a warm handshake. Related: Go vote.

Humanities 100

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 100

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. My class would be in YouTube heaven.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: “‘You guys have really high grades, so we expect you to be able to at least go to a SUNY,’” Mejia recalls staff telling the group. ‘“But A 2012 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that most high-achieving low-income students don’t apply to any competitive colleges.

Charter School 71

Charter School High School Economics Critical Thinking 71

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). Estonian schools are often economically integrated, so poor and rich students are frequently in the same classrooms. College is free.

Elementary School 0

Elementary School Economics Cultures Tradition 0

Dr. Shannon Doak

MAY 28, 2024

For example, a project on climate change could encompass science, geography, economics, and politics, providing students with a holistic understanding of the issue and its implications. Peer Assessments: Encouraging students to evaluate each other’s work, fostering collaboration and critical thinking.

Education 65

Education Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Geography 65

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

But I think that’s starting to change because of what students want,” said Ben Wildavsky, a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development and author of the new book “The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections.”

Humanities 119

Humanities Professional Development Critical Thinking Economics 119

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Eastern Kentucky University shut down theater, economics and other majors. A disproportionate number of humanities and science programs are being dropped. Humanities graduates have critical thinking, communication skills and a lot of other things that are important in the workforce.”.

Geography 121

Geography Political Science Sociology History 121

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

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. They even dressed as aliens in order to ask why they weren’t being treated as human. Recently, Russo had seen a little boy wrapping up some of his school lunch.

Elementary School 139

Elementary School Professional Development Leadership Humanities 139

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Like many cities across America, Lowell is struggling to find its economic footing as millions of blue-collar jobs in manufacturing, construction and transportation disappear , subject to offshoring and automation. So we urgently need to equip young people with those skills — critical thinking, problem-solving and communication.”.

High School 97

High School Geography Middle School Critical Thinking 97

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: In recent years, division over how social studies should be taught has plagued school districts around the country.

Social Studies 126

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 126

Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Each describes some component of democracy, such as free and open elections, freedom of the press, transparency in government, economic freedom, an independent judiciary, and so on. Kansas is small enough that I could invite former governor and Director of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to visit my class two weeks ago.”

Social Studies 98

Social Studies Research Archiving American History 98

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

What we think the purpose of a university is, and this will get to why I'm doing this project now, is to give human beings the ability to better understand themselves and the world. So to develop what we commonly think of as critical thinking or critical capacities. What answers are better?

Humanities 105

Humanities Cultures Tradition Psychology 105

Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Let’s be clear: this may be the reality in our country but the vitriolic hate and utter dismissal of basic human dignities that have been major political themes during this election represent the worst of human nature and American society. The declining economic value of routine cognitive work. Related Posts.

Social Justice 106

Social Justice Economics Humanities Critical Thinking 106

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

They were juniors at Niles West High School, an economically diverse school serving approximately 2,500 students in the Chicago suburbs. million in state funds for a three-year pilot that would incorporate labor history in civics, economics and history classes, along with simulations like those run by the DePaul center. Weekly Update.

Education 81

Education Economics Civics History 81

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Human rights experts and activists have named the situation in Palestine “ scholasticide ” or “ educide ,” terms that refer to the systematic destruction of a people’s educational system. Protecting academic freedom and freedom of expression is crucial—especially given the widespread silencing of Palestinian human rights advocacy.

Anthropology 128

Anthropology Human Rights Humanities Cultures 128

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

However, to collapse education and labor into a single agency is to also reduce education’s role in developing full human beings. Children need to view themselves as full human beings, as citizens even, something a good liberal arts foundation provides. Department of Health Education and Welfare (now Health and Human Services).

Education 77

Education Government Private School Civics 77

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The humanities add some color into that.”. It’s a fast-spreading skepticism that has resulted in significant drops in the number of students majoring in the humanities on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian The proportion of students who major in the humanities has fallen from a high of nearly one in five to one in 20.

Humanities 92

Humanities History Sociology Cultures 92

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Instead, they’re working, socializing or partying and, as a result, show limited gains in critical thinking — the hallmark of American higher education. Maitland Jones: Well, I don’t think it’s supposed to be that transactional. So what’s really happening inside classrooms? At least I would hope it isn’t.

Humanities 69

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 69

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

A so-called collaborative robot, programmed to work with humans at the Prent Corporation, a packaging company, it looked cute, not intimidating. percent increase nationally, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. JANESVILLE, Wis. — Statewide, inflation-adjusted median wages were just 0.3 That compares with a 1.6

Pedagogy 110

Pedagogy High School Economics Humanities 110

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” Jews for Racial & Economic Justice’s “ Understanding Antisemitism: An Offering to Our Movement.” This dehumanization fuels violence and oppression.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2019

Since Trump won in 2016, there’s been a debate about whether it is useful for different ethnic groups , religions, genders and economic classes to form their own political alliances instead of forming a more collective association. Black Americans weren’t even considered fully human under the Constitution. differently.

History 61

History Critical Thinking Economics Leadership 61

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The education sector in which I work is committed to critical thinking and the study of history. Women’s rights are human rights: That was Eleanor’s view before the slogan became associated with Hillary Clinton, from her speech at the 1995 U.N.

History 72

History Human Rights Critical Thinking Economics 72