The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Elijah Corbin Irving, a senior at Snowden International School in Boston, uses the American Student Assistance’s Boston Public Library College Planning Center as a resource. Thacker said the application should be less a catalogue of a student’s accomplishments and more a picture of the student as an ethical human being.

Library 105

Library K-12 Public School Geography 105

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 30, 2024

Reading groups, library and computer time, literature, science, math, geography, art, and even holidays can all help our students learn about human society. Her perspective on Social Studies taught me that it is not an isolated area of study but exists in everything we teach.

Social Studies 59

Social Studies Geography Lesson Plan Library 59

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

I also love my 3D relief United States map , which is really helpful in explaining events and helping my students study for their semester-long US geography test series. Travel or Hobbies – Find a way to highlight your outside hobbies to humanize yourself. Here’s one of a world map and one of the United States.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics Sociology History 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The University of Alaska System scaled back more than 40 , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources and hospitality administration. Many of the programs affected are in the humanities and languages, making those disciplines less available to rural students than they are to urban and suburban ones.

Geography 135

Geography Political Science Sociology History 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Lowell’s amped-up program goes a step beyond typical enrichment offerings, with coursework intended to prepare kids for continuing education and jobs in local and state industries that are actively hiring and projected to grow. Moureen’s economic ascent, however, may also depend on geography.

High School 105

High School Geography Middle School Critical Thinking 105

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Library of Congress, U.S. data show just how little students across America have actually learned about the nation’s history, civics and geography. Leave this field empty if you're human: In 1977, Fannie Lou Hamer died of breast cancer and heart failure at age 59. Photo: From the U.S. News & World Report Collection.

Civics 75

Civics K-12 Geography Library 75

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Distribution of Delmont’s book is a direct challenge to the widespread removal of books from libraries and classrooms across the country. Additionally, the book was fascinating and engaging to read, and I really appreciate the Zinn Education Project for providing this book to me for free to add to my personal and professional library.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

Maitri Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

For your walls, you can use our Fine Art Display cards or cut out the pages from old books of art from library sales or used art calendars. Making art for others is a time-honored act of human generosity. Think about approaching your art collections just as you would approach geography.

Museum 52

Museum Lesson Plan Cultures Geography 52

Maitri Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

For your walls, you can use our Fine Art Display cards or cut out the pages from old books of art from library sales or used art calendars. Making art for others is a time-honored act of human generosity. Think about approaching your art collections just as you would approach geography.

Museum 52

Museum Lesson Plan Cultures Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The teachers learned about the Tougaloo Nine , a group of students from historically black Tougaloo College in Jackson, who staged read-ins at the white-only Jackson Municipal Library in 1961. In the Canton Public School District, Howard Hollins teaches sixth-grade world geography and citizenship. Mississippi: the Magnolia State.”.

K-12 97

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 97

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Virtually all school districts buy web filters from companies that sort the internet into categories. The Markup requested records from 26 school districts. Is that fair?”

Library 101

Library Advocacy Humanities High School 101

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

Deng was tempted, as she struggled with subjects like chemistry and geography and the intense pressure to do well on tests. She wants a bigger library and more latrines (the school has 18 right now for 3,000 students, although an additional 16 are under construction). It was all about human beings.”.

High School 111

High School Teaching Geography Humanities 111

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life its easy to overlook. Published by Cambridge University Press, Public Humanities is pitched as a very large tent. Its open to all disciplines, geographies, periods, methodologies, authors, and audiences across the humanities.

Humanities 145

Humanities Oral History Archiving Pedagogy 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Walz, the governor of Minnesota, worked for roughly two decades in public schools, as a geography teacher and football coach. Earlier this year, he signed a law barring libraries from banning books based on ideology; book bans nationwide have largely targeted LGTBQ+-themed books.

K-12 135

K-12 Education Public School History 135