ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Twice a week, Rofiat Olasunkanmi, 22, heads back to Brooklyn to her alma mater, Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School. Rofiat Olasunkanmi helps high school seniors apply to college. Further, rates varied by school type. Photo courtesy of Olasunkanmi. And many of her students’ parents do not speak English.

Advocacy 138

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Generally, colleges of arts and sciences are large academic units within a university that offer a range of department-led majors and areas of study, research and creative activity: from the arts (e.g., English and other languages, history, religious studies), the social sciences (e.g., In addition, the median income for U.S.

Sociology 106

Sociology Education Political Science Pedagogy 106

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Roosevelt Montás, who spoke no English when he arrived in New York City at age 12 from the Dominican Republic, leads Columbia University’s Freedom and Citizenship summer program for New York City high school students. The program relies on local high school guidance counselors to find participants, DeSmidt said.

Museum 85

Museum Humanities Civics Political Science 85

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2018

In this 2017 photo, students present their history projects at a New York City high school for recent immigrants and refugees. In 2004, the late Harvard political science professor Sam Huntington made the argument that recent immigrants, particularly Hispanics, weren’t assimilating well into American society.

Education 98

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Meadowbrook High School students entering the school’s Colt College center, where they can take tuition-free college courses without leaving the campus. Turning around struggling high schools is the toughest work in education reform. Related: The high school grads least likely in America to go to college?

High School 96

High School Social Studies Leadership Political Science 96

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

. — When California schools closed on March 13 in response to the coronavirus, college counselor Brad Ward didn’t know it would be the last day she’d see many of her students at Terra Linda High School. At Menlo, her days revolved around helping students curate their high school careers and lists of colleges.

Public School 97

Public School Economics Private School High School 97

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

In my own teacher training many years ago, I took various courses in curriculum theory, classroom management, education history and educational psychology along with content-based courses like political science, economics and history. Related: Will high school segregation for refugees lead to better integration?

Heritage 68

Heritage Political Science Government Psychology 68

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2019

Related: Marching in Mardi Gras, a New Orleans school that once struggled shows off. Celeste Lay, a Tulane political science professor who studies education policy, sees a pattern in who is succeeding in this new era. The school board spared it after a group of parents, many white and middle class, organized to save the school.

Charter School 97

Charter School Elementary School Public School Political Science 97

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 12, 2023

At Teaching American History, we know teachers are hungry for resources that help their students understand the nuances of American civic behavior. For secondary and post-secondary government and political science educators, we are proud to recommend our CDC volume, Religious Liberty: Core Court Cases.

Teaching 52

Teaching Civics American History Library 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

She planned to major in digital media arts, but before she could start, Delta State eliminated that major, along with 20 other degree programs , including history, English, chemistry and music. Azariah Journey is a second-year graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, which is cutting 20 degree programs. “Is

Geography 136

Geography Political Science Sociology History 136

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

What happens with the Leah Chase School is a litmus test for a school system that was once considered failing in most metrics, and it will likely determine how it operates future schools, and when. “I I think the opening of the Leah Chase School does mark a new period for New Orleans public schools,” said J.

Tradition 143

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

But his academic science background is unclear: He declined a request from The Hechinger Report to answer questions about his science training and how he discusses pandemic-related public health measures in class. His Amazon author page lists him as an attorney who majored in political science and English in college.

Middle School 130

Middle School Controversial Topics Geography Political Science 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The ban was recently reversed in response to widespread criticism, but it is emblematic of an ongoing campaign by state and local officials around the country to dictate how K-12 and college and university educators and students address race, history and social justice. How can history teachers present the three-fifths clause of the U.S.

Social Justice 107

Social Justice Education American History K-12 107

ED Surge

AUGUST 27, 2024

Walz, who served several terms in Congress before becoming the governor of Minnesota in 2018, is a former high school social studies teacher and football coach who, to this day, holds those identities close. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, a former high school history and government teacher. Chad King Wilson Sr.

Education 114

Education Civics Government Political Science 114

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

WASHINGTON — Like many high school seniors, Grant Austin Robert Simms was bombarded with marketing materials from colleges that showed euphoric students enjoying athletics, extracurricular clubs and the excitement of living on campus. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. Nobody talks about that.”.

Tradition 107

Tradition High School Political Science Psychology 107

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I was telling my daughter, even if you’ve graduated high school, I will still always come and volunteer, because I love being a mom and I love being involved in the community.” billion funding boost for public schools that included teacher pay raises. Related: School choice had a big moment in the pandemic.

Private School 139

Private School Public School High School Political Science 139

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

Now red-state governors increasingly use the takeovers to undermine the political power of cities, particularly those governed by Black and Hispanic leaders, according to some education experts. “I’ve Austin Senior High School, in Houston. The exception was 96-year-old Phillis Wheatley High School.

Charter School 98

Charter School High School Professional Development Government 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

A few years ago, I went out to Amherst College in western Massachusetts, where Catherine Epstein took me down to the school’s archives. Catherine Epstein: We have the papers of some relatively famous alums, and then we have lots of information just on the history of the college. Kirk: Nicola Courtright teaches art history at Amherst.

Humanities 89

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 89

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

history curriculums to include more diverse figures and perspectives; yet those who oppose such initiatives continue to receive the biggest microphones, despite being in the minority. She came from a family dealing with addiction and violence, and was expelled from high school after bringing a weapon to school before earning her GED diploma.

Advocacy 124

Advocacy Charter School Political Science K-12 124

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Carlos Vega, an admissions recruiter from MIT, sets up a table for a college fair at Stone Memorial High School in Crossville, Tennessee. Rural students graduate from high school at a higher rate (90 percent) than their counterparts in cities (82 percent) and suburbs (89 percent).

High School 112

High School Political Science Economics Elementary School 112

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

By the 1960s, the American Petroleum Institute was looking to shake its reputation as a “monopoly which reaped excessive profits” and set out to cultivate a network of “thought leaders” that included educators, journalists, politicians and even clergy, according to an organizational history copyrighted by API in 1990. The idea caught on.

K-12 71

K-12 Education Elementary School Charter School 71

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Political science major Tabitha Pitzer, 20, showed up here with a few close friends at 1:45 a.m. I don’t think this is a new era but a repetition of history,” she said. Unlike in Pakistan with its long history of military coups, her parents remind her, in America, no matter the winner or loser, there is peace.

Sociology 105

Sociology Political Science Tutoring History 105

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The political division they’ve witnessed hasn’t discouraged young voters, said LoMonte, a sophomore political science major from Bloomfield, New Jersey, who was wearing a “TCNJ Votes” T-shirt. It’s not enough to throw our hands in the air and give up,” said Williams, a senior political science major from Union, New Jersey.

Political Science 136

Political Science Civics Government Social Justice 136

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

The schools have opened their doors to Hoyleton Youth and Family Services, to provide student and family counseling. Louis Center, is working with parents and high school students to get them into workforce development programs that will lead to family-sustaining careers. high schools? It is a common story. “We

Community Engagement 95

Community Engagement Elementary School High School Government 95

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. and African American history. history and civics since at least Reconstruction, the turbulent period that followed the Civil War.

Social Studies 122

Social Studies Civics History American History 122