The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Using skills they’d learned in their computer science lessons, the students designed a traditional button blanket on a laser cutting machine. They found a meaningful way to apply all of that skill and knowledge that they have learned and in such a way that it was authentic,” said Luke Fortier, the school librarian and math teacher.

K-12 129

K-12 Heritage Middle School Cultures 129

Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

While parts of the education system have incorporated tailored methods to keep students engaged, mathematics is often still taught in traditional, non-differentiated ways. For example, many math lessons focus on teaching the one correct path to reach the one right answer to a problem.

Heritage 133

Heritage Pedagogy Psychology Cultures 133

ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

Creativity, learning and innovation flourished in African communities, and that heritage lives in African descendants, especially apparent in the way we teach and radically care for our students. We influence our classrooms, schools, and districts. African communities built cities, states and kingdoms.

Education 128

Education Heritage Tradition Teaching 128

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

He was glad he had something from home as he walked alone into North Middle School to start eighth grade in his new hometown of Sioux City, Iowa. That meant Cristian started his first day of school in America without a hug from his mom or a reassuring smile from his dad. Nor did he walk into school with his brother.

Middle School 106

Middle School Cultures High School Tutoring 106

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

At his middle school, he says he felt discouraged from speaking Spanish in the building. It is pretty rare that a district is doing dual immersion and is able to meaningfully extend it into high school,” Williams says. At Muñiz, from the start, “they can be excellent in math, in Spanish,” Abramoski says.

High School 112

High School Heritage Economics Cultures 112

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

SLJ (School Library Journal) recommends it for grades 7 and up. I had it in my middle school library, and of course I have it in my high school library too.” Darius calls himself a fractional Persian due to his mother’s Iranian heritage, and he never feels like he fits in. I totally agree with that.

Library 249

Library Social Justice Pedagogy Humanities 249

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

It began in September 1975, when several board members of the Island Trees Union Free School District on Long Island, New York, attended a weekend education conference in Watkins Glen, New York, organized by a far-right group, Parents of New York United, Inc. Reading it made him less alone; he gained confidence as he reached high school.

Library 131

Library Heritage K-12 High School 131