The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

As a social studies teacher and a Chinese American immigrant, I find myself subconsciously asking the following questions: How are Asian Americans viewed by the American public? Even more importantly: How can policies and education help improve our status in the U.S.? What stereotypes and misperceptions still abound?

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In it, the California educator assumes the persona of a Gen Z teacher from the future, delivering overviews of historical figures and events using a hilarious mix of opaque (if you’re a Millennial or older) slang and Taylor Swift lyrics. It's why she studied history and journalism as an undergrad, and why teaching history appeals to her.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

Soft skills help prepare students to be critical thinkers and problem solvers who can succeed in higher education, future careers, and adult life. Elementary teachers can help students hone these skills through science, social studies, and health. When students learn about history, they see social skills in action.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

New York City’s Department of Education is the latest public school system to require that U.S. The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. KELLEN ZENG. Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. “At

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Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

19, 2023 • By Studies Weekly Even before the start of the pandemic, national reading scores were dropping. The 2022 Stanford National Assessment of Educational Progress showed that math and science reading test scores dropped significantly between 2019 and 2022. This is where Studies Weekly can help.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

Engage your students in studying the past with Studies Weekly’s pre-K–6 Social Studies curriculum. Family-sourced primary sources can help students see themselves in the past and realize just how important and relevant history is to each of us.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Double Duty Teachers Have Double the Love for Studies Weekly Jul 11, 2024 Video Transcript Speakers: Morgan Mercado and Taylor Wallace, 4th Grade Gifted Education Teachers Morgan Mercado and Taylor Wallace: Hey, I’m Morgan, and I’m Taylor, and we’re the Double Duty Teachers.

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 3, 2024

Although extra time for educators is as rare as a golden flamingo, spending a few precious minutes to call home to check on a student’s well-being is probably worth more than a golden flamingo. Take Time for Self-Care At Studies Weekly, we care about educators at every level. Are you taking time for self-care?

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

“It was kind of cool, kind of scary,” said Ophelia weeks later, while taking bites of barbecue chips at Heritage Kitchen, a restaurant a block away from her family’s apartment. Auggie had been excited to return to school for his favorite classes — social studies and reading — and Robinson’s robotics club.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance May 28, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Education in the United States has changed since the 2020 pandemic and still faces many lingering challenges due to the shutdown. Education Week. Promoting Inclusion, Social Connections, and Learning Through Peer Support Arrangements.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 21, 2023

While these students — a group we’re calling experienced multilinguals — are probably quite comfortable and fluent with speaking English socially, they may still be unfamiliar with the academic language used in science, social studies, math, and other content areas. You’re pulled out. So what is the problem?

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2024

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

He believed that African Americans should embrace their heritage and culture and work together to overturn oppression. Marshall realized at that moment how unequal the quality of segregated education was for Black children, prompting him and his colleague, Charles Hamilton Houston, to dedicate themselves to ending school segregation.

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

This is an essential question educators and policy makers face in education systems across the globe. I teach social studies in Edmonton, Alberta in what we would consider a medium-sized school of slightly under a thousand students. Related: Light a Fuse: How one state’s teachers are sparking digital innovation.

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Herrington honored his heritage by carrying six eagle feathers, a braid of sweet grass, two arrowheads, and the Chickasaw Nation’s flag into space. Even without a formal education, Parker made some of the most important discoveries in archeology. He became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space.

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Education Week - Social Studies

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A Navajo scholar offers both perspective and resources for making Native American Heritage Month part of your classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Pulling students from Coahoma County and its county seat of Clarksdale, the school serves an area of the Mississippi Delta known for its rich blues heritage, low incomes and abysmal educational outcomes. They saw the charter school as a new way to create a free but essentially private education for the privileged. he Brown v.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2024

” Reading is a crucial skill that helps our young learners become informed, educated, and empowered adults. Institute of Education Sciences. .” Substitution is changing phonemes to other phonemes to make new words. For example, changing the /c/ in “cat” to a /b/ makes “bat.” Reading Rockets.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 2, 2023

While many educators embrace the goal of diversifying classroom materials in theory, they may not be confident about how to achieve it. “And the reality is that the Arab heritage and the Arab culture is something that is across content areas. Websites like We Need Diverse Books and Diverse Book Finder are great places to start.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

This story about the opioid crisis and foster care was produced as part of a series, “Twice Abandoned: How schools and child-welfare systems fail kids in foster care,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. They’re proud of their heritage.

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ACRE

JUNE 21, 2023

The Lakeport Plantation, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, in Lake Village, Arkansas is one of the only remaining antebellum homes in Arkansas on the Mississippi River. The Arkansas Humanities Council provides Arkansas teachers funding for a variety of educational programs like field trips & class experiences!

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

Her seventh grade social studies class, like every other in Jefferson County Public Schools, the largest school district in Kentucky, would be online. Almost 1 in 10 of the state’s educators left the classroom from 2010 to 2018. During her junior year, she had contemplated adding an educational studies minor.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

Tilsen-Brave Heart worried that her 5-year-old daughter, Pia, would be exposed to even fewer lessons taught through a cultural lens than her older siblings had been, robbing her of an educational experience that would foster a sense of belonging and self-identity. “I I want my children to know who they are,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart. “I

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Raised by educators in this tribal village at the base of the Grand Canyon, she started kindergarten a little ahead of her peers. Siyuja, now 22, wiped tears from her face as she sat alongside her mother and grandmother the educators of the family one afternoon last year in the Havasupai Tribal Council chambers. SUPAI, Ariz.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Eighth-grader Zakaria Ali, right, a student of Somali heritage, talks about how Muslims lose their freedom when Americans equate Islam with terror, as eighth-grader Hadil Ramadan, left, listens. This year in the project, which encompassed social studies, English, math and science, the topic of Islamophobia was popular.

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Diane Ravitch

JULY 16, 2024

Now Walters has appointed a list of rightwing luminaries to rewrite the state’s social studies curriculum. She then reminds readers that, “The Heritage Foundation is the think tank behind Project 2025 , a movement that proposes to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.”

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