The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2017

The era following the Civil War, Reconstruction , gets short shrift in high school and is rarely mentioned at all in elementary. Black representatives were elected to state and federal government, public schools were made available (for all children), and many (though tragically only a fraction of) formerly enslaved families were reunited.

History 75

History Elementary School Library Civics 75

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

In the connected gym, San Francisco Unified School District families can set up beds on the floor each night, as part of the Stay Over Program. We will not fix homelessness until the federal government believes that housing is a human right,” Ronen said. Credit: Marissa Leshnov for the Hechinger Report.

High School 145

High School Elementary School Middle School Human Rights 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

For parents applying to the dual-language program at Rochester, New York’s public school No. In 2011, one mother filed a complaint with the Cambridge Human Rights Commission, alleging that Amigos no longer served the Hispanic community. The number of dual-language public schools in the U.S.

Heritage 134

Heritage K-12 Human Rights High School 134

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thanks to a generous collaboration with Dartmouth College historian Matthew Delmont , the Zinn Education Project sent 14,000 copies of Delmont’s book Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad to public school teachers, school librarians, and teacher educators.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

By displaying the posters and photos of the teachers holding them up along the main hallway, my hope was that our trans students knew that despite what was happening in the state government, our staff and school would affirm and celebrate them. Unfortunately, this right is not adequately afforded to our transgender students.

Education 131

Education K-12 Advocacy Government 131

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The median income is about $33,000 and almost a quarter of the population is considered to be living in poverty, a poverty that is concentrated in households sending children to the county’s public schools, where the vast majority of students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch. Some in town think schools should use it more often.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Public School Government High School 145

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Too often the school curriculum in the United States has told young people — explicitly and implicitly — that some lives matter more than others. We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” government.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52