The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2024

Attending school in America has been a “positive culture shock” to Marzia Mohammadi, a 17-year-old senior at Mt. Lebanon High School. Lebanon High School, apart from her regular classes, she chose electives like global studies, business and political science — three of her favorite subjects.

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Cultures Political Science High School K-12 110

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Yet we want our babies to be bilingual and our grade-schoolers to be surrounded by second languages — and one signal of a quality high school is how many languages it offers (and how exotic). Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jon Reis for The Hechinger Report. That is also true for Maya Wilson. The bad news?

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Heritage Global Studies Advocacy High School 97

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The proportion of middle-class high school graduates heading straight to college at all — meaning those from families in the middle 60 percent of income — is gradually declining, sliding from a high of 67 percent in 2010 to 62 percent in 2015. Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM. Federal data show they are less also likely to drop out.

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Global Studies High School Research Education 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He completed the equivalent of high school in Lebanon. But to study in his preferred major, bioinformatics, he is determined to go to a university in the United States, which has the top programs in the field. If there was one for coping with bureaucracy, he would have already won it. It’s not affordable.

Education 106

Education Museum Global Studies Economics 106

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

The website for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History features a collection of essays, primary sources and teaching materials for educators teaching Reconstruction to students in high school and college. Reconstruction is the answer to that question.”. Bill Bigelow, Teach Reconstruction curriculum writer.

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Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 108

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2017

He completed the equivalent of high school in Lebanon. But to study in his preferred major, bioinformatics, he is determined to go to a university in the United States, which has the top programs in the field. If there was one for coping with bureaucracy, he would have already won it. It’s not affordable.

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Archiving Museum Global Studies Economics 46