The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Research in economics and psychology shows that these tests fail to measure key traits like perseverance, motivation and conscientiousness qualities that strongly predict long-term success. Effective teaching isnt about fidelity to a rigid curriculum its about fostering connection and allowing curiosity.

Economics 111

Economics Psychology Education Policy Humanities 111

Passion for Social Studies

JUNE 30, 2024

Honestly, there are so many topics to teach in any history course. Thankfully, that is not the case when teaching the Cold War! There is such a fascination when learning how these two competed for political, economic, and ideological superiority. Luckily, this lesson has everything you need when teaching the Cold War.

Teaching 130

Teaching History Social Studies Economics 130

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2025

In fact, he references teachers using lessons from the Zinn Education Project as playing a key role in teaching peoples history, outside the textbook. This class is in preparation for the 5th annual Teach Truth Day of Action.

History 97

History Historical Literacy Professional Development Economics 97

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Efforts like these are part of an instructional approach known as the “campus as a living lab,” in which classroom teaching mixes with on-the-ground efforts to decarbonize campuses. I was struck by how professors in fields as diverse as theater, economics and architecture were participating in the “living lab” model.

Psychology 113

Psychology Economics K-12 Sociology 113

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. That’s why good teaching about citizenship involves students in an intentional study of human behavior.”

Humanities 52

Humanities Teaching American History Government 52

Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

They wrote about Abena—and Akaina, a young girl in Eastern Africa living 3,000 years from today—to help teach K–12 students about possibilities for a sustainable future. In addition, colonial economics created food shortages in Banda and across West Africa. Logan does not shy away from the political implications of her work. “If

Oral History 141

Oral History Archaeology Heritage History 141

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2023

What is the best way to teach? The study, “ Teacher’s use of class time and student achievement ,” published in the Economics of Education Review, gives us a rare glimpse inside classrooms thanks to a sister experiment in teacher ratings that provided the data for this study. Others favor discussions or group work.

Teaching 145

Teaching Project-Based Learning Tutoring Economics 145

Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

The Zinn Education Project provides free resources to teach outside the textbook about the Tulsa Massacre and the continuing history of institutionalized racism and displacement. In a growing number of states, it is becoming dangerous to teach about Tulsa. Please pay attention to the upcoming school board elections in your area.

Teaching 111

Teaching Library Archiving Social Justice 111

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 16, 2019

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. It has and will continue to, fundamentally change the way we engage with each other, work, and go through life. It is exhilarating as it is terrifying.

Education 401

Education Leadership Critical Thinking Economics 401

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2024

In today's rapidly changing world, where new challenges and technologies emerge at an unprecedented pace, students need to be relevant thinkers to successfully navigate the complex social, economic, and environmental issues they will face. However, the premise remains the same.

Critical Thinking 464

Critical Thinking Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Cultures 464

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

When we abruptly transitioned online in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, I thought the classes I teach at my flagship research university would resume in person in a matter of weeks — and for sure by the fall semester. I was naïve. My living room and personal MacBook Pro were no longer adequate. There are over 1.5

Teaching 141

Teaching K-12 Pedagogy Economics 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In Rockville Centre, tracked classes also led to racial and economic segregation in a high school where a fifth of the nearly 1,100 students are Black or Latino and the rest of the student body is nearly entirely white. Is it possible, they wonder, to teach all students at all levels together in one class? In Washington, D.C.,

Teaching 139

Teaching Economics High School Private School 139

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 18, 2023

Her 2021 book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education , is one I wish I’d had available to me before I started teaching; it would have made a world of difference in how I saw my students and designed my classroom practices. ” An Equity-Centered Lens Venet’s approach to trauma-informed teaching puts equity at the center.

Teaching 130

Teaching Pedagogy Classroom Management Social Justice 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

At Brewbaker, which in 2020 served more than 700 students in pre-K through second grade, nearly 20 percent of her students are English learners and 71 percent are economically disadvantaged. But experts caution there are still elements of teaching a child to read that a computer can’t replicate. “If

Tutoring 141

Tutoring Teaching Humanities Economics 141

ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2025

The school where I teach science is nestled in the historic Mission District of San Francisco, mere miles from the sprawling campuses of X, Meta and Google. As a physics teacher, I am supposed to teach Newtons Laws of motion and how electricity works.

Library 94

Library High School Teaching Economics 94

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2022

During last year’s widespread remote schooling, teachers found greater flexibility—no commute, no hallway duty—and liked it, even if they didn’t like teaching virtually. Without a significant change in the economics of education, changing the grammar of schooling is actually the most realistic approach. So let’s imagine.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School K-12 Advocacy 145

ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2022

Initially, the built-in education to counteract uncontrollable mega-modernity was Home Economics—emphasis on economics. It still teaches preventive and protective physical and mental health, but the content has broadened to include climate and technology defenses. It taught civilian survival and resilience.

Humanities 104

Humanities Teaching Economics Government 104

ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

They can start with mastering spreadsheets, coding languages like Python or teaching students to use AI chatbots. Try two weeks on a concept in mathematics, try this data set to cover the existing unit you already have on ecosystems in biology, teach the booms and busts of economics through data from the Federal Reserve.

K-12 95

K-12 Education EdTech Lesson Plan 95

ED Surge

MARCH 2, 2023

Colleges found new ways of scaling, rethinking how teaching is done online. teach remote students. The institution was built with online in mind, and focuses on a so-called competency-based teaching method, where students work at their own pace and get credit when they show they know the material. It turns out he was right.

Teaching 112

Teaching Tradition Economics History 112

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

It has been quite the ride since I changed my perspective on teaching, learning, and leadership eight years ago. More than that, it's seasoned throughout with deep, real-world experience of teaching and learning, policy and practice in innovative schools and pioneering districts across the nation.

Leadership 292

Leadership Cultures Professional Development Economics 292

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2025

We continue to treat relationships as secondary a soft issue compared to academic rigor or economic productivity. As LinkedIns chief economic opportunity officer notes, relationship skills are essential in an increasingly relationship economy. Related: What aspects of teaching should remain human?

Humanities 71

Humanities Economics Professional Development High School 71

ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2023

A college probably wouldn’t hire a teaching assistant who tends to lie to students about course content or deadlines. The university has spent many years building its own AI chatbot that it uses as a teaching assistant, known as Jill Watson. Georgia Tech happens to have an unusual ally in its quest to tame ChatGPT.

Teaching 117

Teaching Humanities Economics Research 117

The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

will ultimately shift the country’s power base: Nearly one in three Americans say they are extremely or very concerned that native-born Americans are losing “economic, political and cultural influence” in this country because of the growing population of immigrants. There is only one way: teaching anti-racism. Use primary sources.

Teaching 108

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 108

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Together they not only engage both sides of the brain, they bring us a fuller experience of the world — to say nothing of the economic opportunities. There is a clear need and dependency on both.

Education 113

Education Economics Tradition Humanities 113

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2025

Such cross subsidies have long been a part of higher educations financial strategy, under which students in classes or fields that cost less to teach generally subsidize their counterparts in courses or disciplines that cost more. About half said they put the money back into their institutions general operating budgets.

Economics 113

Economics Tutoring Educational Technology Tradition 113

ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2022

We do this first by equipping our educators with the resources they need to effectively teach our students our hardest historical lessons, including George Floyd’s death and the history that envelops it. Teaching the Truth A lesson centered on the historical events that preceded George Floyd’s murder should be widely taught.

History 101

History Teaching Civics Civic Engagement 101

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

In all, the new regulations completely give up on quality teaching and simply shoot for compliance. This latest change was pushed out on Wednesday, August 31, just days before schools welcomed back students. On Monday, a few days later, Education Commissioner David Hespe resigned. A bit shady, huh?

Education 285

Education Pedagogy Professional Development Public School 285

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In many cases, making roti wasnt a willful choice but an economic necessityor part of unpaid domestic laborwithin a highly gendered and classed society. where I teach. Later, as a documentary filmmaker, Nilosree met many girls, women, daily wagers, small holding farmers, and homemakers across India who made roti day in and day out.

Cultures 130

Cultures Archiving History Tradition 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2020

As part of an introductory economics class, Swiss students had the option to work in study groups with their peers. She argues that professors and teaching assistants might purposely cluster women together in study and laboratory groups instead of spreading them evenly throughout a class, which relegates them to the minority.

Economics 136

Economics Research High School Teaching 136

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. Subscribe to our free biweekly higher education newsletter. Jeffrey Abramowitz understands firsthand how math can help someone after prison.

Sociology 94

Sociology Tutoring High School Leadership 94

Becoming a History Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Understanding Seb’s choices One of the hardest things for beginning teachers to grasp is that teaching is about a lot more than designing activities which will engage/ enthuse/ occupy the pupils for the lesson. Learning to Teach History in the Secondary School. Had it been worth all the effort? London: Hodder Murray.

Lesson Plan 68

Lesson Plan Pedagogy History Teaching 68

Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. His best-known writings challenged views in liberal economics about the origins of money, attempting to reconceive the historical relationship between debt and social institutions.

Anthropology 135

Anthropology Economics Sociology Archiving 135

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It’s not the first time I’ve cried after class,” the professor, Romi Hitchcock-Tinseth, said later, although she was teaching only her fourth session at the prison. Credit: Manuel Orbegozo for The Hechinger Report Humboldt Professor Roberto Mónico, who teaches a course called Multiethnic Resistance in the U.S.,

Education 124

Education Leadership Government Teaching 124

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ramsey blamed Americans for their economic struggles amid a pandemic that has decimated the economy and left more than 20 million people unemployed, arguing that “you have a career problem, you have a debt problem, you have a relationship problem, you have a mental health problem, or something else is going on if $600 changes your life.”.

Economics 145

Economics High School Government History 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2022

Each of these lenses — technological, economic and geopolitical — offers substantial truth. Before unpacking these benefits, let’s differentiate between a “modern” educational problem, like climate change, and its more traditional counterparts, like teaching algebra. We face a problem with the problem of climate change. Technological?

Education 27

Education Economics Tradition Teaching 27

Education Week - Social Studies

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The sources students consult, the kinds of arguments they make, differ from history to economics to geography.

Social Studies 77

Social Studies Geography Teaching Economics 77

The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2021

Scholars are trying to understand why more rural students don’t pursue studies that could lead to well-paying careers for themselves and a more productive economic future for their communities. Many small towns started as market towns or as small manufacturing towns in the industrial era and are now economically struggling.

High School 143

High School Economics Professional Development Middle School 143