Sapiens

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

I (Mariam) grew up in a Pakistani diaspora family, where I observed roti-making as an organizing tradition of my home culture, but one that remained a gender-exclusive space for girls, mothers, and aunties. We both started our lifelong studies of roti at a young ageboth as a frequent eater and observer of the food. where I teach.

Cultures 123

Cultures History Archiving Tradition 123

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

We were able to transform the learning culture of a traditional school and in the process got results while becoming an example that others emulated. I held monthly meetings with all members of school government across all grade levels giving them an open forum to provide improvement ideas.

Advocacy 383

Advocacy Cultures Government Tradition 383

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

In New Zealand, where schools operate far more independently than traditional public schools in the United States, it would be the job of principals like Rodgers to determine how best to teach the countrys math standards. Related: Widen your perspective. Our free weekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation in K-12 education.

Government 109

Government Professional Development K-12 Teaching 109

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

These forces can come in the form of mandates from the federal and state government or broad needs defined by the districts we work in. My observations of the inherent problems with traditional PD have informed my thinking about my own new role at the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) ?

Leadership 350

Leadership Professional Development Tradition Cultures 350

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2025

Administered by the federal government, it tracks student performance in fourth and eighth grades and serves as a national yardstick of achievement. In reading, students slid below the devastatingly low achievement levels of 2022, which many educators had hoped would be a nadir. That’s a big deal. Its almost criminal.

Government 145

Government Economics Elementary School Research 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

And the states extremely decentralized school governance system has hampered haphazard efforts to get the services into schools. Her developmental disability prevented her from attending a traditional college, but she took courses online and became a librarians assistant at a public library in Long Island.

High School 130

High School Library Government Public School 130

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In this interview with EdSurge, Black discusses Dangerous Learning, how challenges to traditional public school education enforce rather than dissolve political divisions, and the unexpected successes hidden in the sad history of anti-literacy. Government doesnt rely upon the good intentions of individuals. Religion cant do that.

Education 74

Education Government Public School History 74

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Most of Colorado’s white settlers and their leaders did not understand tribal government. Plains Indian Tribes such as the Cheyenne and Arapaho were not united under a governing alliance. Buffalo were disappearing from their traditional hunting grounds, and their people were hungry. The reality was very different.

American History 98

American History Government History Library 98

Sapiens

JANUARY 7, 2025

In October, the hard-right Dutch government approved a series of policies intended to severely restrict human migration; the legislation is awaiting approval from parliament. But the relatively welcoming attitude the Netherlands has long held toward border-crossers might be changing. Its unclear what this might mean for Amsterdams parakeets.

Museum 131

Museum Humanities Library History 131

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

government’s campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools. Bureau of Indian Education, which are not run by traditional districts. government back in the past,” she said. “We Schools also must navigate distrust dating back to the U.S.

Elementary School 91

Elementary School Charter School Cultures High School 91

ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Their inexperience can put strain on the more experienced teachers and administrators who support them, she explains, at a time when both administrators and traditional teacher prep graduates say even new fully certified teachers feel less prepared than those in years past.

K-12 135

K-12 Tradition Public School Teaching 135

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

government boarding schools. “If She said Cheyenne students have been teased over aspects of their traditional ceremonies and powwow music. Empty storefronts sit on Main Street on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in Watonga, Okla.

High School 98

High School Charter School History Cultures 98

Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 7, 2025

Agency, freewill, and vice Political corruption Epistemic Injustice Bad laws and governance The phenomenology of hate Thucydides on the origin of stasis and polemos Hubris and Apotheosis The psychology of evil Greek tragedy and vice (e.g., In this conference, we seek to explore vice and its various manifestations and effects.

Psychology 64

Psychology Government Tradition Humanities 64

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2018

For many schools, this flies in the face of a traditional schooling mindset that was more geared to learners having to buy-in to a one-size-fits-all system where success was determined by how well everyone did under the same conditions more or less. How would you rate the level of learner advocacy in your school or district?

Advocacy 246

Advocacy Cultures Government Tradition 246

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In a memo sent to tribes in the region in March, government administrators expressed concern but said they were unable to deny the permit request. A postcard from early to mid-20th century shows Hopi dancers in traditional regalia in front of Hopi House, a building in honor of Hopi connections to the Grand Canyon.

Archaeology 145

Archaeology Heritage Government Cultures 145

Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Its easy to focus on just the President when teaching the Executive Branch, but its important also to stress the role of the four million other people who make up this branch of government. Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class.

Civics 52

Civics Government Critical Thinking Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In Boston, these payments augment the traditional K-12 education system and help low-income children gain access to the middle class. The post OPINION: Cities find new ways to fill pre-K funding holes left by the federal government appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Government 81

Government K-12 Advocacy Leadership 81

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2021

The internships could be in government, in nonprofit organizations or in the private sector. And career and technical education, or CTE, schools, with their higher graduation and college-going rates than traditional comprehensive high schools, are producing strong candidates. Can the proposed three-tier initiative work?

High School 145

High School Economics Project-Based Learning Tradition 145

ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

Even before the federal government closed the spigot on billions in emergency funds for schools, declining student enrollment already had districts fretting over how they would balance their books. Texas’ Arlington Independent School District announced earlier this year that 275 staff positions will be cut.

Charter School 128

Charter School Private School Government Public School 128

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. There was nothing like this.

Charter School 135

Charter School Heritage K-12 Education 135

HistoryRewriter

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I want the books to be different from a traditional History or ELA class reading so that students understand the purpose of Ethnic studies is supposed to bring students and communities together. In my traditional History course, I like having students corroborate facts from historical fiction and non-fiction with the facts in our textbook.

History 130

History Tradition Government Research 130

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For the past six years, Digital Promise has convened a national network of Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters)—leaders working to collaborate outside the traditional silos of sector and institution to design and implement transformative learning tools and programs in their communities. Reengaging the role of government.

Education 142

Education Leadership Government Learning Science 142

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Related: Simpler FAFSA complicates college plans for students and families “As much staff as government has, it’s not enough for students right now,” said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the national advocacy group Complete College America. She wants colleges to do more to directly help applicants still struggling to fill out the forms.

Advocacy 141

Advocacy Library Government Public School 141

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Through annual ritual traditions, local people communicate with and care for Mount Everest, or Jomolangma as she is called in the local Sherpa language. Featuring images of their namesake wind horses , lungta prayer flags are a significant symbol in Indigenous Bõn and Buddhist traditions. Affordability poses another challenge.

Tradition 132

Tradition Humanities Cultures Government 132

ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2024

Providers of some of the most popular standardized tests are rethinking their offerings as new AI tools are challenging traditional techniques for finding out what students know — and allowing new ways to give and score tests. Thousands of students complained about their resulting scores, and some governments launched formal investigations.

Tradition 138

Tradition Critical Thinking Government Education 138

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A majority of public schools have begun providing services that are far afield from traditional academics, including healthcare, housing assistance, childcare and food aid. But she also predicts that some will endure as schools raise money from state governments and philanthropies to continue popular programs.

Psychology 144

Psychology Public School Government Community Engagement 144

HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Student A The Underdogs written by Mariano Azuela is an incredibly famous novel of the Mexican Revolution as it highlights several traditions in a narrative format. Literature that was once filled with European tradition now contains Mexican events, culture, tradition, and history.

Archiving 130

Archiving Social Studies Tradition World History 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Which all begs the question: Should we expect the traditional education system to add responsibilities when we already know that it has not been able to keep up over the past few years? We need to encourage innovation in our education system and explore learning opportunities that can work alongside traditional public schools.

Tutoring 117

Tutoring Education K-12 Tradition 117

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2016

It was even worse for those students juggling sports, debate, student government, or afternoon jobs. hours every other day, it didn’t make sense to then send them home with additional work like a traditional class. Despite having clear motivations for assigning homework, I always worried I gave students too much homework.

High School 168

High School Government Tradition Teaching 168

ED Surge

JUNE 25, 2024

government invests in home visiting programs, and funding is set to expand. Then, in 2010, the federal government invested in home visiting programs for the first time with the creation of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting ( MIECHV ) program. “It Many home visiting programs have been around for decades.

Government 137

Government Tradition History Humanities 137

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Together, these partners collaborate outside of the traditional silos of sector and institution to form a network that is uniquely poised to design, implement, iterate on, and disseminate breakthrough learning practices and tools. We’ve observed that there are several components that make a successful EdCluster.

Education 110

Education Museum Tradition Government 110

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

They point to dismal scores on national history and civics exams — less than 25 percent scored as proficient — as proof that schools need to spend more time teaching students core facts about our system of government, and warn that civics projects are displacing that instruction. plastic bags) from accumulating in the first place.

Civic Engagement 142

Civic Engagement Civics Teaching Middle School 142

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

The problem that parents and students currently face stems from a legal principle known as the state action doctrine , which emphasizes that the federal Constitution primarily regulates government action — not private conduct.

Public School 111

Public School Private School Government Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

No school governance model is predominant. It’s also clear that the laws governing school improvement must be revisited and strengthened. While district policies can provide opportunities for improving student achievement, our results suggest that this impact varies widely and requires strong school-level leadership and effort.

K-12 116

K-12 Professional Development Tutoring Government 116

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Earlier this year, a handful of governors asked the federal government for more funding , but it’s uncertain whether Congress will step up. Nasha Patel is a managing director at Watershed Advisors, a consulting firm that helps governments design, implement and scale transformative education plans.

Education 136

Education Government Professional Development Tradition 136

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2019

These Native American children are learning to play double ball , a traditional indigenous game, or at least that seems to be the focus of their activity. Like, playing double ball — that’s a traditional game. Department of Education for systematically discriminating against and mistreating Native students.

Cultures 107

Cultures Education K-12 Government 107

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We already have good evidence that school and college rankings can distort normal educational processes , reinforcing social hierarchies that govern who enrolls in a school , how those students are treated and what happens to them thereafter. Even “global authorities” can screw up! The trouble is, it doesn’t work.

Middle School 145

Middle School K-12 Sociology Economics 145