Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“That’s why good teaching about citizenship involves students in an intentional study of human behavior.” For Little, government class entails “constitutional study and human behavior study side by side.” After Little’s students read an excerpt of Federalist 51, he asks them whether Madison’s view of human nature is correct.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

This is an edition of our climate change and education newsletter. Or students in a human behavior class applying what they’ve learned to encourage cafeteria visitors to waste less food. I was struck by how professors in fields as diverse as theater, economics and architecture were participating in the “living lab” model.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Over the past 12 months, we have been part of an Opportunity America working group studying the changes needed for community colleges to become the engine for both economic mobility and national competitiveness. Community colleges provide crucial, affordable education at a moment when advancing equity has never been more urgent.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Reporting on early childhood is an immense privilege, and I appreciate the conversations and story ideas you send my way, as well as the many early educators, experts and parents who have welcomed me into their classrooms and lives. I am so grateful for your readership this year. Wishing you the best in the new year.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The drop in college graduates who majored in humanities ranges between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002. As the economy recovered, so did the humanities. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2025

Education systems were built on the belief that if we filled young minds with enough knowledge, progress would follow. We rewarded students for getting the right answers, for competing rather than collaborating, for mastering subjects rather than navigating human relationships. The best doctors dont just diagnose; they listen.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

Humanities professors across the country have ceaselessly lamented the precipitous decline in undergraduate humanities majors in recent years. During the decade following the Great Recession of 2008, the number of humanities bachelor’s degree recipients fell by a whopping 14 percent — from a peak of about 236,000.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

One of the central promises of education in America is the opportunity to cultivate the knowledge and skills we all need to get good jobs, pursue careers and live productive lives. If we don’t act now, working-class Americans will keep slipping economically. . Related: Out of poverty, into the middle class.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

That’s because “English AI Anchor,” as “he” is named, isn’t human. We are now living in a world in which robots do many of the jobs we once thought the preserve of humans. The future will leave room for human teachers. to discuss how public education will adapt to a rapidly changing world. Related: Go vote.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. Most were designed to educate clergy, according to research by Phillip R. Arrington, in 1860 the economic value of enslaved peoples in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

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.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2022

Each of these lenses — technological, economic and geopolitical — offers substantial truth. So, what might a new perspective — climate change as a “modern” educational problem — look like? Also, politically, education is an enduring priority. In algebra, educators worry about content knowledge and conceptual understanding.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Rural young people who aspire to a higher education have long had fewer choices than their urban and suburban counterparts, contributing to far lower rates of college-going. People in rural America already have far less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Kirk: So how can we close these gaps?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

What if our hope that public education can erase inequality is in vain? If there was ever a time to ask big, heretical questions about American K-12 education, it’s when schooling has been thrown into chaos by a pandemic, and Americans’ faith in institutions, including schools, is at ebb tide.

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TeachThought

JUNE 18, 2024

Relevant: Your objectives should match your overall educational or employment goals. Explore biological systems and their functions in human biology. Understand the cultural, social, and economic factors in history. How many practice essays will you write? Achievable: Aim high but stay realistic. Time-bound: Set a deadline.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

We wanted to see what the United States could learn from an education system that consistently receives top marks from UNICEF , the OECD and the World Economic Forum. states are similar in population size and demographics to Finland, and education is largely run at the state level. Related: We’d be better at math if the U.S.

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ED Surge

MAY 11, 2023

Educators around the world are shifting into learning and organizing mode in response to the release of ChatGPT and other new AI chatbots that have brought a mix of excitement and panic to education. education ministries including those in Brazil, Germany, Kenya, Malaysia, South Korea and the U.K.;

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

But they seem to miss the most important education of all: how to relate their specialization to others in an increasingly interconnected world. The point is that the connections between humanities and science have been lost in today’s separation of disciplines. And how can educators and institutions change things?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2025

Math literacy often contributes to economic success: A 2021 study of more than 5,500 adults found that participants made $4,062 more per year for each correct answer on an eight-question math test. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report Plus, math and education in general can be empowering.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Historically, career and technical education (CTE) was seen as a dumping ground for students who weren’t considered college material. A two-tier educational system tracked predominantly low-income students and students of color into career and technical classes, then known as vocational education. Perkins Act.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2021

But after 27 years with a company with education benefits — benefits Thomas pitches to other employees — she still hadn’t taken advantage of them herself. “I Network, a consultancy that surveys employers and employees about education programs. million students are using employer-provided education benefits.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

Over 40 years, she’s developed strong views on what’s wrong with American math education, but one problem has rankled her since she first walked into a classroom: unequal access to higher-level courses. one educator asked. It takes time, and money, and human capital and training,” Coleman told me in a follow-up conversation.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2017

In recent years, cognitive scientists have done gobs of research on how making mistakes help us learn, much of it funded by the federal Institute for Education Science. Traditionally, educators and psychologists in the U.S. American educators, perhaps influenced by Skinner, have tended to see things the same way. classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

of Education, 2018. Education Department suddenly had a big pot of money to give away to “innovations” in education. a research and consulting firm that was hired to analyze the results of the Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund for the Department of Education. Why is innovation so hard in education?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

If asked to assess the current posture of higher education leaders across the nation, it would be reasonable to describe it as a “defensive crouch.” in particle physics — has the School of Humanities and Sciences. dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g., dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g.,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

Nettie explains to her daughter the meaning of the high court’s ruling in the Brown Vs. Board of Education case that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. In education, America does everything but equity.” Most states cut education spending in the 2008 recession. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images. “In

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A solid early education serves as a cornerstone for a child's future. However, many young children have limited access to high-quality educational opportunities because of socioeconomic factors and technological barriers. He aspired to make high-quality education financially viable and scalable for a broader system.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

We’re thrilled to launch a brand-new set of education resources for 7–13-year-olds, exploring how we connect to the ocean! This module looks at how humans interact with the sea using aquariums as the lens in which to see them. A cross-posting from my RGS blog: 'At the Home of Geography'. to discuss the terms of a licence.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2019

National Center for Education Statistics blog, December 2018. According to the government’s report, education spending rose for the third straight year in 2015-16 to $11,841 per student in kindergarten through 12th grades. A small upswing in education spending first began in 2013-14 after cuts of $600 per student.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2020

Hotter classroom temperatures and polluted air are affecting children’s brains at school, according to a new body of education research. (AP Education researchers have traditionally focused on the obvious ingredients of teaching and learning, such as instruction, curriculum, student motivation and school funding. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

Early research is finding that the new artificial intelligence of large language models, also known as generative AI, is approaching the accuracy of a human in scoring essays and is likely to become even better soon. In one batch of 943 essays, ChatGPT was within a point of the human grader 89 percent of the time.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Arizona State University is striving to become a model of how higher education can solve many of its own problems. We as a society — and especially those of us in the education community— must do everything we can to achieve this goal. Higher Education. Photo: Arizona State University. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

percent of the nation’s population, nearly 12 percent of Native Americans and indigenous Alaskans live in these so-called education deserts, the institute found. VonWeller, 31, has since moved with her teenage son to Williston, North Dakota, so he has more educational opportunities. Higher Education. While that’s only 1.3

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2022

Those few words also help explain a principal reason many states are boosting their budgets for public higher education more than at any time since 2008 and proposing even higher allocations down the road. The connection between education and the workforce has become more explicit, and the urgency has become much greater,” Harnisch said.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. How would you respond to that?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition, fostering children's overall welfare and empowering women. Lauren Lichtman Head of Strategy & Partnerships Learning Equality Learning Equality offers educational opportunities for the 2.6

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TeachThought

MAY 4, 2024

Depending on your workplace or educational attainment, potential roles include: Community Health Educator Insurance Underwriter Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) Community Service Manager Sense of Objective As a healthcare manager, your contribution is crucial in overseeing healthcare administration and ensuring seamless facility operations.

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