TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Most formal academic ‘platforms’ like public schools and universities tend to parse knowledge into content areas–what is being learned–rather than how and why it is being learned. This, to a degree, reduces the function of pure philosophy. John Dewey is one of the central figures in modern Western education.

Critical Thinking 300

Critical Thinking Anthropology Psychology Public School 300

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

But the same article also mentioned that in 2013, two teachers from Manhattan Public School 59 had incorporated the killing and whipping of slaves in a math lesson on subtraction and multiplication. There is evidence that racism is a psychological defense mechanism generated by feelings of insecurity and anxiety.

Psychology 74

Psychology History Library Teaching 74

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The trailer is just down the road from Hickory, a town Reader’s Digest named one of the 10 best places in America to raise a family and that business magazines have hailed for its entrepreneurial climate. Miramontes graduated from high school with a near-perfect 3.93 That’s where Maria Cantu earns a living cleaning houses.

K-12 110

K-12 High School Psychology History 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2019

In some cases, colleges and universities are trying to avoid losing enrollment; not surprisingly, students in unstable living environments or who can’t afford food have poorer physical health, symptoms of depression, and psychological stress and are more likely to drop out , research shows. Meanwhile, the rooms — smaller than the average 333.3

K-12 111

K-12 Government Psychology Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

But even if fewer than half of American adults are college graduates, earning a bachelor’s degree feels now like a necessity to many young people — because college is the new high school, practically obligatory for anyone who wants to get ahead, or at least not fall behind, in this globalized world. He was 20. “I So does U.S.

Economics 79

Economics Psychology Critical Thinking High School 79

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2018

The results are mixed: promising for preschool, not so promising for older students in high school. In the October, 2017, preschool study , published in Frontiers in Psychology, six researchers looked at two Montessori schools in Hartford, Connecticut. The author, Nienke Rujis, also found no differences on soft skills.

Education 96

Education Psychology Charter School Tradition 96

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Four years later, carrying the memories of missing recess because I couldn’t complete my multiplication table chart fast enough, and being pulled out of classes to attend speech therapy for my lisp, I entered my first year of high school. Would school eventually dim the unabashed and loud joy from my child?

Elementary School 98

Elementary School Psychology Classroom Management Humanities 98