Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Equip young people with lessons from history on organizing for voting rights. That is why GOP lawmakers are making it illegal for students to learn from history how to defend voting rights — at the same time they are making it harder to vote. Help us reach more teachers with people’s history lessons on voting rights in 2024.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2020

One of the peculiar things about higher education is that it runs in the opposite direction of the economy. The federal government invested a lot of money in new students,” said Shapiro. Ironically, funding for education plummeted. During the last recession, online education was dominated by for-profit universities.

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

When longtime educator Zachary Cote first read about the release of ChatGPT about 15 months ago, he says his first instinct was to be “concerned” about its impact in the classroom, worried that students might simply ask the AI tool to do work for them. Cote is not alone in pinning hopes on AI to help the teaching of civics. “One

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2024

For James Singewald, a typical week goes something like this: Learn about the history of boarding schools in an Indigenous Studies class. Attend student government meetings. At least 30 colleges closed in 2023, according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.

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Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

While earning her Masters in secondary school education at Arizona State University, she’d observed Lindblom’s class. The course would prepare students for her fast-paced junior-level AP American History class. A study of Cherokee Indian removal during the 1830s would inform her on a part of history she knew little about.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In 2020, California’s State Board of Education adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement to students who demonstrate excellence in civics education. In my 20 years as an educator, I have seen firsthand how service-learning engages students as they become leaders in their communities.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

A supportive and engaged group of educators. We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. appeared first on Teaching American History. Historic locations.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you're a US History teacher looking for PDF worksheets for your high school or middle school classroom, I have tons to share, including this 30+ page packet of free engaging assignments you can download and start using right away. Each US History unit also include thorough 9-page worksheets packets for every unit in the curriculum.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022 as part of the Voices of Change project, EdSurge Research convened 80 Asian American K-12 educators in a series of virtual learning circles to listen to their stories. Our conversations spanned the gamut of topics that are top of mind for educators in all corners of the U.S.

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TeachThought

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Best Science Podcasts by TeachThought Staff Today, there is a wealth of content out there that’s both educational and entertaining, including some pretty amazing shows on scientific topics that are equally interesting to the layman and the professional. AMNH Podcast The American Museum of Natural History hosts a monthly podcast series.

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4QM Teaching

MAY 23, 2023

Is the Four Question Method applicable to civics education? As history / social studies people we’re often in contact with civic education advocates and organizations, and as a small organization interested in growing we’re sometimes advised to make a pitch for ourselves as civics educators.

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Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

The Bill of Rights Workshop for Secondary Educators Katie Munn Fri, 05/12/2023 - 08:50 Body Participants in this online workshop will study the history of the Bill of Rights by analyzing primary sources. Registration is free, and the program will be held via Zoom. Certificates of participation will be available by request.

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ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

Depending on how you look at it, Ed Secretary Miguel Cardona’s assertion that “we’re closer to a reset in education than ever before” is either a beacon of hope at the end of a long, dark tunnel, or the opening of a new front in an increasingly polarizing culture war.

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ASHP CML

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This summer thirty middle and high school teachers from throughout the United States joined the ASHP/CML for a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Summer Institute on LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States. The institute introduced the rich body of recent scholarship covering the span of U.S.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

But educators around the country continue to pledge to teach the truth about structural racism. Background on Juneteenth Here are key points from scholars Greg Carr, Christopher Wilson, and Clint Smith on the history beyond the traditional textbook narrative about Juneteenth. Source: Alamy.In

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Why Science Education Matters in Your Elementary School Classroom Feb. 26, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Science is a critical part of elementary education. The most recent National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education published in 2018 found that elementary teachers taught science for just 18 minutes a day on average.

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Geogramblings

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One of Maisy Summer’s beautiful images for the YPAC creative book How can climate change education address rather than exacerbate eco-anxiety, whilst also valuing and learning from diverse perspectives? Following a strong collective youth voice at COP26 , climate and sustainability education have become more prominent on governments’ agendas.

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Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 18, 2024

If parents and teachers do not trust one another, then no necessary steps might be taken for their child’s educational progress. You might also like this to give you time back to foster positive parent teacher relationship United States History Course $ 200.00 Add to cart AP US Government Course $ 200.00

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 27, 2024

A supportive and engaged group of educators. We are hosting seminars on a variety of topics in American history and politics. Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. Discussion of primary documents. Historic locations. Free professional development.

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Political Science Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This summer, the American Political Science Association partnered with Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) District’s Summer Rise Program to offer three high school students the opportunity to gain experience in political science knowledge production and higher education non-profits.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2019

An abundance of research indicates that culture-based education, an approach at the heart of the camp, positively affects Native students’ college aspirations, sense of belonging in school and connection to community. Department of Education for systematically discriminating against and mistreating Native students.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. I was finally satisfied with the plan I had for my 10th graders, when it hit me: none of this actually matters.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2024

Each year, the federal government budgets billions of dollars for research and development, and gives much of the money to universities and research laboratories that train and support STEM researchers. Many of the women who earn STEM degrees trickle out of academia after receiving years of government investment in their specialized training.

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

This follows my work as Vice President: Education of the RGS. A review of the 11-16 Curriculum and Assessment , chaired by former Education Secretary Charles Clarke. I've been fortunate to work on a few things linked with OCR's work over the years, and serve on their Consultative Forums for both Geography and Natural History.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We get what we educate for. That’s why it’s time to educate for the future we want: healthy, just and sustainable for ourselves and for generations to come. Children can also collect and publish oral histories about a place. There are lots of ways to begin. Distinguishing weather from climate is a good foundational step.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 6, 2021

suburbs and whose parents worked for the federal government, today’s events have been… challenging. I think that what I will say here is: Policymakers, you know how you’ve minimized the importance of history, government, and civics in all of your education reform efforts over the past couple of decades?

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Young citizens need civics education to understand their constitutionally guaranteed rights. They teach self-government as a cooperative activity. Pushing students to learn about local government, they teach habits of civil conversation about issues close to home. Yet both go further. Peters agreed.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2019

Her plan is to open an educational center on desegregation within her former school. Board of Education, which declared school segregation unconstitutional. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Tate believes that education about racism is the way to get people to open up. Tate listens and disagrees.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

“Extreme weather is going to increasingly impact and disrupt learning,” said Laura Schifter, senior fellow at the Aspen Institute where she leads K12 Climate Action, an initiative to foster climate-friendly practices and policies within the education sector. But the community is rebuilding. We should not wait until disaster strikes.”.

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Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

On Independence Day, we watched a “ bipartisan reading of the Declaration of Independence ” organized by legislator and educator Sean Brennan , representative to Ohio’s House of Representatives for District 14. The post Sean Brennan Leads Bipartisan Reading of the Declaration appeared first on Teaching American History.

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

They’re simply products of government policies — like the decision to tie school funding to property wealth — and policies can be changed. The district spends a significant portion of its budget on bilingual education, translation services, and family engagement. It’s time to draw the line.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Department of Education. It’s a revealing example of how people inside higher education often bristle at adopting strategies from the private sector, and why colleges and universities continue to be slow to change. Related: How higher education lost its shine. It’s not a retail company. And you can’t. It’s not a bank.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Artwork decorates the government-run nursery classroom at Badock’s Wood Primary School in Bristol, England. could learn a lot about early education from our international counterparts. That’s the conclusion of a comprehensive, multi-year study of six early education systems that are beating the U.S. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

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Political Science Now

JULY 30, 2024

Professor Schickler received his undergraduate education at the New College of Florida and his doctorate from Yale University. Since 1997, he has been associated with the University of California, Berkeley, where he has chaired the Department of Political Science and served as co-director of the Institute of Government Studies.

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Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Frayer Model Activity Next, I handed out paper Frayer models where students wrote a colony name in the middle and added information about its government, geography, economy, and religion. The class averages ranged from 82% to 90%—pretty solid, especially for a Monday. Introducing Bacon’s Rebellion Next, I introduced Bacon’s Rebellion.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. At the same time, the government helped developers build new suburban subdivisions exclusively for white people.

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