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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 5, 2020
A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr. who started kindergarten in 2011.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Overall, about 63 percent of virtual for-profit schools were rated unacceptable by their states in the latest year for which data was available, according to a May 2021 report by the University of Colorado’s National Education Policy Center (NEPC). Murphy teaches business education at a middle school in a neighboring county.
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The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 28, 2017
In the aftermath of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA, President Barack Obama tweeted a Nelson Mandela quote: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…” The tweet became the most liked in the history of Twitter. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 30, 2018
Audrey Watters, author of a forthcoming book on the history of education technology. What personalization means to the Gates Foundation is a specific — it’s software,” said Audrey Watters, author of a forthcoming book on the history of educational technology. “Where there’s money, that fuels the fire,” said Barbot.
ED Surge
AUGUST 27, 2024
When Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris’ running mate earlier this month, his ascendancy helped to elevate the idea of educators serving in public office. Once a Public Servant, Always a Public Servant Plenty of former educators hold public office today, including at the federal level, such as Sen. Chad King Wilson Sr.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 7, 2023
In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 12, 2023
This story also appeared in The Nation “I knew that the public school system would not benefit my child without the important and critical history and culture of Indigenous people being taught,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. And so they just don’t, so there is no Native history being taught.”
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