Remove Government Remove K-12 Remove Political Science
article thumbnail

‘Positive culture shock’ spells challenges and triumphs for Afghan teen students

The Hechinger Report

Lebanon High School, apart from her regular classes, she chose electives like global studies, business and political science — three of her favorite subjects. ARYSE provides out-of-school programming for immigrant and refugee youth in grades 6-12 in Allegheny County. Lajja Mistry is the K-12 education reporter at PublicSource.

Cultures 103
article thumbnail

How higher education’s own choices left it vulnerable to the pandemic crisis

The Hechinger Report

Some members of the institution’s own governing board were surprised when they were confronted with these facts. In a system of shared governance, they’re also served by keeping the faculty content. Other spending, too, continued to go up. The university overspent its budget by millions of dollars in each of the last five years.

educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Some colleges start to confront a surprising reason students fail: Too many choices

The Hechinger Report

So college has become more like the K-12 experience, where we are teaching them how to be adults in the world.”. Those are not necessarily skills that they’re learning in K-12 education.”. Those are not necessarily skills that they’re learning in K-12 education.”. That should not shock anyone.

K-12 134
article thumbnail

TEACHER VOICE: When it comes to teacher training, the U.S. could learn a thing or two from Canada

The Hechinger Report

Education is a provincial responsibility in Canada and is highly centralized by the Alberta government. The curriculum is developed and coordinated by government officials and staff, but the writing is done largely by committees of practicing teachers according to agreed-upon directives (a broad curriculum revision is currently underway now).

article thumbnail

Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

Steven V. Miller

The default here is “american-political-science-association.csl”. stevepubs %>% print_refs () #> Curtis, K. The Big Five’s Effects on Political-Territorial #> Identification.” European Union Politics* 22(2): 202–26. Comparative Political Studies* #> 45(12): 1655–83. #> all ( is.na (.x

K-12 52
article thumbnail

What do Philadelphia’s students want? More college counseling

The Hechinger Report

Nor did she understand how to identify schools that would allow her to major in zoology and prepare for her dream job as a veterinarian, but where she could also explore her interests in political science and film. Her mother, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, had never been to college and didn’t know how to help.

article thumbnail

Rural schools join forces to make college the rule rather than the exception

The Hechinger Report

I always wanted to teach higher-level history and government,” said Ray Mertz, a social studies teacher who joined Meadowbrook in 2014. Today, the school counts 11 teachers on staff who are certified to teach college classes. They expect to add five more next year. “I Photo: Amadou Diallo/The Hechinger Report .