The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938 , which was sponsored by the Library of Congress, is a great resource for teachers and students to learn from those who were enslaved — and who, by the way, were among the ancestors of the students. But I stand corrected.

Psychology 73

Psychology History Library Teaching 73

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

It doesn’t follow from that that more choice is always better,” said Barry Schwartz, professor of social theory and social action at Swarthmore College and the author of “The Paradox of Choice,” about the psychological ramifications of a supermarket culture that offers 175 kinds of salad dressings and 275 breakfast cereals.

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K-12 Political Science Tutoring Advocacy 132

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Now, several years later, after pursuing a degree in psychology and taking courses in child development, Foster is more educated about Montessori education and realizes little about the “Montessori garden” actually adhered to Montessori practice. The cultural area introduces students to puzzle maps, flags and globes.

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Library Middle School Teaching Psychology 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Aaliyah Williams, a junior at The Charter School of San Diego, takes notes while watching an online video for her AP Psychology class. Staff say that they try to be strategic with locations, setting up shop within strip malls and sites that are easy for students to access and that are close to other resources like the public library.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2016

Knowing his culture and practicing his religion help ground him, Helgeson said. As a teacher at Hays-Lodge Pole High School on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana, Helgeson works hard to pass on that cultural knowledge. There is no grocery store, no movie theater, no bowling ally, no public library.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

ATLANTA — School had already let out for the day, but the teachers at Hollis Innovation Academy in northwest Atlanta were gathered around tables in the library, laptops open, strategizing. Also, there’s a psychological factor. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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Public School Middle School Lesson Plan Psychology 82

Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 20, 2023

There’s human development and linguistics and neuroscience and psychology and special education and speech language pathology. There also needs to be an increased attention paid to how language, like multi-lingual learners or culture, comes into play when discussing developing literacies.” I could go on and on.”

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Pedagogy Teaching Research Psychology 130

Anthropology 365

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Institutional academic cultures often contribute to these mental health challenges, suggesting that these concerns are not purely individual but systemic within academia. The project invited students to consider how scientific knowledge develops and is situated in the historical and cultural dimensions of the times.

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Pedagogy Anthropology Cultures Psychology 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The story dominated headlines for more than a year, cost New York City Schools Chancellor Joseph Fernandez his job and opened a new chapter in the culture wars. “Heather Has Two Mommies” has once again become a lightning rod in culture wars: Credit: Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House. Fast forward to 2022.

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Library Social Justice History Psychology 110

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

Lindsey Kimery, the coordinator of library services for Metro-Nashville Public Schools, said she has “no hidden agenda other than that reading was my favorite thing.” What I try to convey is that a library is a place for voluntary inquiry.” It just means we have books for those readers, too. This alarmed librarians.

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Library Heritage K-12 High School 129

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For two years, the club, known as PRISM (People Respecting Individuality and Sexuality Meeting), gathered in the town’s public library, because its dozen members couldn’t find a faculty adviser to sponsor it. Around the country, LGBTQ+ students and the campus groups founded to support them have become a growing target in the culture wars.

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Library Advocacy High School Psychology 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

It’s planning to build the first 34 of an eventual 300 homes on land it owns; residents will be able to take courses and use the recreation, library and dining facilities. Colleges and universities in general “tend not to be built for that, when you have layers of culture and hundreds of years of tradition behind you,” Manley said.

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Economics Social Justice Psychology Lesson Plan 85

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

That includes, the editors note, anthropology, archaeology, classics, cultural studies, disability studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, law, linguistics, literary studies, performing arts, religious studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, queer studies, psychology, sociology, visual arts, and women's studies.

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Humanities Archiving Oral History Pedagogy 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Because of the new state law, the university last year closed the Black Cultural Center, the Center for Equity and Student Belonging, the LGBT Resource Center and the Womens Resource Center in addition to making funding cuts to the student affinity groups. A few days a week, they set up camp in a study room in the library.

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Cultures Government Library K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Leiserowitz — whose research has focused on how culture, politics and psychology impact public perception of the environment — said fossil-fuel companies have a stake in perpetuating a message of oil dependency. You’re exploiting that trusted relationship between the student and the teacher,” he said.

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