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 She had started public school and no longer traveled to BMCC with her mother, and didn’t understand why she saw so little of her. “I It takes a lot of persistence and dedication.”.

Economics 93

Economics Junior High Advocacy Critical Thinking 93

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

After finishing her junior year at Coventry High School, a large public school in Rhode Island, she figured her best shot at summer employment would be at Dunkin’ Donuts, or maybe a local coffee shop. These are also 19th-century skills.”.

K-12 111

K-12 High School Elementary School Critical Thinking 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

School leaders say that their students, many of whom are low-income, must juggle jobs along with their coursework, lengthening the time it takes them to graduate. They also said local public schools don’t prepare young people for the rigor required for university classes.

Tutoring 145

Tutoring Heritage Cultures Psychology 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2016

You can gain the same skills — critical thinking, civics, writing — through different content that feels more relevant.”. We’re a land grant public institution with a commitment to our state and our city, and that’s the talent we should be cultivating,” said Nancy Cantor, who has been chancellor at Rutgers-Newark for two years.

Tradition 84

Tradition Sociology Civics Critical Thinking 84

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

In Jefferson County Public Schools in 2011-12, the first year of Common Core testing, 25 percent of black third-graders were proficient or better in reading, compared to 54 percent of white third-graders. The plan means that unlike schools in many big urban districts, every school here has some level of racial and economic diversity.

K-12 77

K-12 Charter School Elementary School Economics 77

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.

Elementary School 136

Elementary School Leadership Professional Development Humanities 136

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

to discuss how public education will adapt to a rapidly changing world. The panel I spoke on responded to the work of Andreas Schleicher, education director for the intergovernmental Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The event brought more than a hundred people to Seattle, Wash.,

Humanities 98

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 98

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.

Civics 106

Civics Education History Critical Thinking 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

Social Studies 120

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 120

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2020

President Donald Trump recently announced his intention to create a 1776 Commission, charged with restoring patriotic, “pro-America” education to public schools. Daniel Hale Williams , the first doctor to perform open-heart surgery and a Black man who graduated from medical school just 18 years after the abolition of slavery.

Museum 126

Museum American History Education History 126

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.

Education 80

Education Economics Civics History 80

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

A number of white families left the public schools in these communities in the 1960s and 1970s to start these small, private academies , many of which still thrive. Board of Education cases, I found virtually no white students attending the local public schools.

Economics 68

Economics Private School Elementary School Public School 68

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

Jesse Hagopian , Rethinking Schools editor, co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives, and Zinn Education Project leadership team member Astoundingly, today, almost half of all children in the public schools are in a jurisdiction that has passed a law or policy that bans honest education , about race, about gender, about sexuality.

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

In 2014, white students became the minority in our public schools (partly a result of white students’ overrepresentation in private schools). And a way to prevent numerical power from converting into political and economic power is to see the majority of its public students as “its,” as workers, not citizens.

Education 76

Education Government Private School Civics 76

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

That’s prompted new Janesville Schools Superintendent Steve Pophal to enact a plan to give kids the critical thinking and specialized skills he hopes will help them meet local business needs while avoiding the trap of low-skill, low-wage work that accounts for a growing share of the city’s economy. That compares with a 1.6

Pedagogy 107

Pedagogy High School Economics Humanities 107

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.

Political Science 54

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 54

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Challenge Antisemitism Given the rise of antisemitism in the United States, as well as the frequent conflation of criticism of Israel with antisemitism, we share the following resources on dismantling antisemitism from a framework of collective liberation.

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. Without question, different groups experience white supremacy and racism in the U.S. differently.

History 59

History Critical Thinking Leadership Economics 59