article thumbnail

Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session

The Hechinger Report

This is an edition of our climate change and education newsletter. I was struck by how professors in fields as diverse as theater, economics and architecture were participating in the “living lab” model. Our responsibility is to ensure we have educated our students to capably deal with these challenges and identify the solutions.

article thumbnail

Arkansas Economics Challenge 2024

ACRE

What is Econ Challenge: The National Economics Challenge (NEC) is the country’s only economics competition of its kind for 9-12th grade students. Educator Name * First Name Last Name Email * (This will be our primary form of contact for event updates.) Register your team of three to four students by filling out the form below.

educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school

The Hechinger Report

Public trust in higher education has reached a historic low. However, researchers at Georgetown University project that by 2031, 72 percent of jobs will require some type of education or training after high school. Education leaders have long called for expanded postsecondary pathways. College isn’t for everyone.

article thumbnail

Integration!…Using Children’s Literature to Teach Economics and Civics

Teaching Civics

…Using Children’s Literature to Teach Economics and Civics Tuesday, June 20 | 8:30AM-2:30PM CST | Gr. K-5 Join us as we consider how economic and civic concepts and skills foster reasoned decision-making for ourselves and our community. Copyright (C) 2023 Minnesota Council on Economic Education. Integration!…Using

Civics 52
article thumbnail

Claudia Goldin, Women & Work: The 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (in Memory of Alfred Nobel)

ACRE

Women have always worked, and yet their economic contributions are often undervalued. Her economic history research expands 200 years to provide an account of women’s participation in labor markets over time and describe the history of women’s continuing economic liberation. Dr. Claudia Goldin wanted to understand why.

article thumbnail

Education for the 4th Industrial Revolution

A Principal's Reflections

Take this view from the World Economic Forum : We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. Now more than ever, the importance of education cannot be overstated. It is exhilarating as it is terrifying. However, things do need to change at scale.

Education 400
article thumbnail

OPINION: Our schools must tell a better and more complete story about our growing economic inequality

The Hechinger Report

However, as the economy has grown, so has economic inequality, increasing dramatically across the country. This growing economic inequality is also widening educational achievement gaps and causing many young people to have a lack of empathy and understanding for those outside their socioeconomic peer groups.