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. Related: With a focus on equity, Estonia has quietly joined ranks of the global education elite. Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 30, 2019
Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trends. Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, makes the case that one of the biggest education trends — critical thinking — isn’t taught properly in schools.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 15, 2019
Leave this field empty if you're human: The survey found that instead of moving bright kids ahead to more advanced topics, gifted classrooms are preoccupied with activities to develop critical thinking and creativity, such as holding debates and brainstorming.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 5, 2024
Related: One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies Instead of caving in, educational institutions should double down on DEI efforts. Education is meant to broaden horizons and encourage critical thinking. When paradigms are shifting, they rarely go without resistance.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Polites, who testified before the legislature on the need for media literacy, said the subject goes “hand-in-hand” with a recently passed state civics-education law , that will help students to become well-informed voting citizens, regardless of political party. It’s about civic responsibility,” Polites said. “I
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 25, 2016
Instead, overwhelming evidence shows that the key to children’s long-term success is a range of cognitive and noncognitive capacities like language and executive function skills, reasoning, critical thinking, problem-solving, persistence and the ability to get along well with others.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 22, 2019
Issuing a 30-year bond to finance a new school building makes sense, says Ross Rubenstein, a professor at Georgia State University who specializes in public finance and education policy. We want kids to be good collaborators with critical thinking and problem-solving skills,” says Funk.
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