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 Critical Thinking Humanities 106

ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

School leaders are increasingly turning to organizations like the World Economic Forum and analyzing data on the most in-demand skills for the next five years. Brian Johnsrud The latest World Economic Forum Jobs Report highlights the top skills that will rise in importance by 2027.

Advocacy 121

Advocacy Project-Based Learning Tradition Economics 121

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

“It’s no longer enough to just be thinking about helping our students across the completion finish line,” said Courtney McBeth, senior vice president and chief program officer at Strada Education Network, which is helping to fund the project. It’s an ‘and’ solution,” she said. It’s no longer degrees versus credentials.”.

Anthropology 104

Anthropology Economics Psychology Critical Thinking 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

in particle physics — has the School of Humanities and Sciences. dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g., economics, political science, sociology) and the natural and mathematical sciences. dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g., Colleges of arts and sciences are the beating hearts of many universities.

Sociology 109

Sociology Education Political Science Pedagogy 109

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

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 99

Economics Critical Thinking Leadership High School 99

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Finally, the we stage encourages participants to think about their observations, thoughts, and feelings in a broader social context. This could mean considering how a community or group (which could be as small as the classroom or as large as humanity) would perceive the subject or how it might affect or be affected by it.

Primary Sources 143

Primary Sources History Cultures Cultural Studies 143

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 141

Humanities Professional Development Critical Thinking Leadership 141

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 79

Sociology Psychology Humanities Cultures 79

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 120

Economics High School Critical Thinking Research 120

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 84

K-12 Economics Critical Thinking Cultures 84

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 111

Pedagogy High School Economics Humanities 111

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 134

Geography Political Science Sociology History 134

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

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 105

Humanities History Critical Thinking Teaching 105

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

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

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.).

High School 92

High School Economics Museum Charter School 92

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

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 58

Education Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Geography 58

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

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.

High School 80

High School Charter School Economics Critical Thinking 80

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 Critical Thinking History 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 Teaching Humanities Professional Development 125

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 142

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 142

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 108

Economics History Humanities Critical Thinking 108

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 90

Education Economics Civics History 90

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 105

High School Geography Middle School Critical Thinking 105

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.

Critical Thinking 101

Critical Thinking Humanities History Cultures 101

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 145

Elementary School Professional Development Leadership Public School 145

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 122

Economics Junior High Advocacy Critical Thinking 122

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 140

Anthropology Human Rights Humanities Cultures 140

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

—Breck Foster High School Social Studies Teacher, Lake Oswego, Oregon Last year was my first year teaching World History and I was in need of high quality simulations to help my students understand and engage their critical thinking. I ask the students to think small about big wars and the human costs on both sides of the conflict.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

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 102

Humanities History Sociology Cultures 102

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Ive always known my educational goals: enroll in college as a humanities major, explore the literature I love and eventually attend law school. In the last 10 years, enrollment in humanities majors has decreased by 17 percent. Our results-driven culture is also affecting societal attitudes toward the humanities. In 2021, Gov.

Cultures 70

Cultures Humanities American History Critical Thinking 70

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