Anthropology 365

APRIL 23, 2025

Jon had been teaching a graduate seminar just across from the shooting and hunkered down with his students as the campus locked down. The book dismantles the idea that genetic similarity can explain what makes us humanor that genes can do the cultural and historical work of explaining behavior, intelligence, or social life.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology Humanities Cultures History 98

ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

Civics 125

Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 125

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Timothy Kanold Co-Creator and Author, Wellness Solutions for Educators As Kanold explains, teacher and administrator mental and emotional well-being is an essential component of student learning. Research indicates that educator wellness directly affects education quality , student achievement and school climate.

Education 115

Education Psychology Professional Development Cultures 115

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 31, 2010

Department of Education visited with a group of Polish educators to learn more about how our school teaches the Holocaust and genocide. The nine educators who visited New Milford were part of the International Leadership Program of the U.S. Department of Education. Department of Education.

Museum 150

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2024

Higher education has finally come around to the idea that college should better help prepare students for careers. Related: Interested in innovations in the field of higher education? Subscribe to our free biweekly Higher Education newsletter. Subscribe to our free biweekly Higher Education newsletter.

Economics 125

Economics Advocacy Critical Thinking Research 125

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 22, 2010

The success and impact of this tiny experiment motivated me to seek out other students whose stories and reflections could provide an inspiration to educators from all over the world. What other principals and educators should take from this is that you can’t just hand your students everything.

Leadership 163

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2024

At least 30 colleges closed in 2023, according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. She says she joined the faculty because she was intrigued by the opportunity to be part of an education institution “that is actively working to put back those things that were taken from our people for so many decades.”

Education 105

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

On windswept fields outside Fargo, North Dakota, a bold experiment in education has begun. But as the movement against seat-time learning grows, more schools nationwide will be grappling with grade levels, deciding whether to keep them or to hack through thickets of political, logistical and cultural barriers to uproot them.

Tradition 111

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2019

But for now, it’s focused on training existing educators to become more “culturally responsive,” representing diverse cultures and frames of reference in their teaching. Its experience shows how committed educators can create classrooms where all students feel respected and included.

Cultures 112

Cultures Social Justice High School Pedagogy 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

It’s a perfect storm of change,” said Dahl, speaking before education reporters at a Feb. 27, 2020 seminar on adolescent learning and well-being in Berkeley, California. Higher Education. For educators and parents, the opportunity to intervene is at the front end of this learning spurt during early adolescence.

Psychology 140

Psychology Humanities Research Cultures 140

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community.

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2017

Remedial education has been the proverbial thorn in the side of higher education for decades. A Hechinger Report investigation of 44 states found that nearly all two-year schools that award associate degrees report having students who are placed into developmental education. The answer surprised him. But not Guttman.

Tradition 92

Tradition High School Cultures Research 92

ED Surge

OCTOBER 12, 2022

A former student of mine shared this opinion in a class seminar about Transcendentalism. Like many educators who saw the early pandemic fallout, administrators in my school knew that we had to respond to students’ needs as they faced increased isolation and unprecedented stress levels. Need to foster relationships between students?

EdTech 127

EdTech Humanities Pedagogy Lesson Plan 127

ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

"BREAK MY SOUL", in particular, reflects my work as a public high school history teacher as I have had my own renaissance navigating the toxic landscape that further marginalizes educators struggling to hold on to their humanity while teaching. Educators are no different.

Teaching 101

Teaching Professional Development Humanities History 101

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

They’re known as cultural proficiency seminars and attendance is mandatory. But they say the discussions are helping them to become better educators within a system in which predominantly white staff teach in schools with significant numbers of black and Latino students. Am I just always going to be wrong?”.

K-12 111

K-12 Cultures Library Middle School 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2018

Related: Choosing personalized learning as a strategy for educational equity. Siwaju is a seminar-style program that gives students a platform to discuss various topics that influence their own lives. Higher Education. Related: Using creative classroom design to promote instructional innovation. Weekly Update.

Middle School 106

Middle School Economics Tradition Humanities 106

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

college undergraduates, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, and each year far more women are enrolling in higher education than men. Related: How higher education lost its shine Still, it can be a challenge persuading men to seek academic help, said Sanders, who is Black. But then there’s this resentment.”

Museum 130

Museum Tutoring High School Psychology 130

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In a few minutes, I would be arriving on Dongmen Island with a group of strangers to collaborate on an educational program called by its conveners “ a summer utopia with humanistic knowledge.” They draw a diverse student body in terms of ages, places of origin, and education levels.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology History Humanities Tradition 98

Maitri Learning

JANUARY 18, 2022

Several years ago, I worked with NCMPS , Libertas School of Memphis , and a team of brilliant people to launch a new, radical approach to Montessori Teacher Education. My goal in writing this is, first, to share what worked so other teacher education programs might benefit from the positive results seen at Libertas. No problem.

Education 52

Education Library Public School Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2016

It’s a global initiative, with China launching a new educational Center , and Korean mathematics educators evaluating the practices for teaching mathematics in Korea. In science education, cultural origins and ethnic diversity are not marked as topics of discussion.

Teaching 72

Teaching Social Science Cultures Humanities 72

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

We know that these obstacles exist, and we haven’t addressed them,” said Wil Del Pilar, vice president for higher education policy, practice and research at the Education Trust, a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping students of color and low-income students.

K-12 145

K-12 Advocacy High School Leadership 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Across the hall, Beth Schefelker and Claire Madden, two other math education specialists, led a group of teachers and principals in adding fractions. Huinker, a professor who advised Hedges’ doctorate in math education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is a legend among Milwaukee’s math teachers. she asked colleagues. “I

Professional Development 128

Professional Development Public School Leadership High School 128

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2018

Since developing this system, named “ GradeCraft ,” five years ago with two colleagues, education professor Barry Fishman gleefully admits he’s awarding many more A’s. Those results were published in the January, 2018, issue of Games and Culture. In another graduate seminar, Fishman assigns only one paper.

Political Science 93

Political Science Tradition Cultures Teaching 93

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Two meta-analyses on growth mindset were published online in the fall of 2022 in the journal Psychological Bulletin and arrived at opposite conclusions about one of the most popular ideas in education. That question is currently the hottest topic in educational psychology. Credit: Getty Images. Which one is right?

Psychology 137

Psychology Research Teaching Cultures 137

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

When she walked into his first-year seminar at Dickinson College, Steve Riccio was impressed by his new student’s enthusiasm. billion a year, collectively, in foregone tuition, according to a review of 1,669 institutions by the Educational Policy Institute. For many faculty, this new role requires a culture shift. That’s $13.3

Tradition 104

Tradition Psychology Cultures Education Policy 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

And in Philadelphia, the poorest big city in America where almost 40 percent of children live below the federal poverty line , educators and students say college planning often takes a back seat to helping young people persevere through high school and cope with anxiety, trauma and other mental health needs. trillion in 2019.

High School 111

High School Political Science Public School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

That’s more than any other reason they considered “very important,” including “to gain a general education and appreciation of ideas” and “to learn more about things that interest me.”. One reason is that they require resources many higher education institutions don’t have. Yet such programs remain the exception rather than the rule.

Advocacy 107

Advocacy Educational Technology Cultures Education 107

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Among Rutgers’ goals is boosting the educational fortunes of a city that has some of the lowest rates of college attainment nationwide. Higher Education. What we’re trying to find are people who are curious and interested in taking control of their education,” said Brian Murphy, who started as the Honors College director in 2016.

Social Justice 96

Social Justice Economics Public School Library 96

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

At first glance this strength-based approach seems like the educational equivalent of kitsch, a bit fringe and hardly necessary. It’s different from “character education,” a method focused on instilling various traits like grit and perseverance, because a strength-based approach focuses on what children already have going for them.

Elementary School 96

Elementary School Psychology K-12 Private School 96

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

A non-partisan voter poll released on Friday found that 68 percent of California voters plan to vote yes on that state’s Proposition 58, known as the Multilingual Education Act. Ricardo Lara (D), the new proposition would largely eliminate the red tape involved in creating a bilingual education program. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

Charter School 111

Charter School K-12 Elementary School Archiving 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

She’d been one of the first graduates in a new charter school landscape that many in New Orleans believed could fix a broken education system. By 2008, education reformers had opened charters in Texas and New York with similar “college for all” promises. bill to pay for his education.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

They’ve seen the man behind the curtain and the illusion of education as a magical path to success has lost its power. For the next few weeks, my posts will be part of a series called Reclaiming Education–What to Lose and What to Keep After the Pandemic. The educational standards have set us up to fail.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Library Geography World History 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2016

Now part of California’s extensive education code , the law holds that “all children in California public schools shall be taught English by being taught in English.”. I am in the camp that says it’s just a terrible waste,” said Patricia Gandara, an education professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Charter School 80

Charter School K-12 Elementary School Public School 80

Transcending Pedagogy

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this case, there’s a clear rationale for it, but I incorporate this strategy in all my classes, albeit modified as my other courses are not directly focused on generating excitement for a career in education. One of the endeavors of the course is to write and teach a brief lesson (5-10 minutes) to a small group of peers in the class.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Teaching History Public School 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

Charter School 87

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 87

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Credit: Manuel Orbegozo for The Hechinger Report California has been a leader in prison education programs, starting with a 2014 rule authorizing state funding for community colleges to set up programs for students who are incarcerated. Offering prison education programs is key to community safety.” I’m trying,” she tells them.

Education 132

Education Leadership Government Teaching 132

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2020

The recent unrest, violence and protests for justice in the United States provide a whole new set of challenges for educators, both at home and abroad. Like my multiracial background, my background as an educator is diverse. universities, they often experience culture shock. Credit: Collin Cherubim.

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