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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. And so on… .

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"What are we teaching? Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum" - a review

Living Geography

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards. The capabilities approach helps geography educators everywhere to articulate the importance of children learning how to think geographically.

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His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. Maybe I could work in a museum or a library. history, European history, human geography, AP government.

History 128
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How to raise rural enrollment in higher education? Go local

The Hechinger Report

Lindsay also faced a huge cultural obstacle — geography. By 2019, Ayers had helped impoverished Perry County reach an 86 percent college-going rate (57 students), the highest in the state, according to government figures. Government and Politics exam. She closed, at 1 a.m., She is from Clinton, Missouri (pop.

Education 143
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OPINION: Why Thomas Jefferson would be proud of Florida’s students

The Hechinger Report

Student protesters from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida demand government action on firearms. No one is confused about why we have public fire departments or libraries: We all understand their mission for the public good. Photo: Mike Stocker/TNS via ZUMA Wire. How are we doing in that department? Not so well.

Civics 89
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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource — a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools — called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). Josh Walton, principal, Walton Middle School, in sAlbemarle County, Virginia. That’s why, for example, 92.9

Library 106
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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

The Hechinger Report

Erie County Community College, or EC3PA, has used federal pandemic funding to make tuition free and is offering courses and services virtually and in person at a vocational high school, branches of the county library system and an education center run by nuns.

Tradition 131