The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

He laments that his tenure in Chicago will be remembered for this more than for creating community schools, increasing access to Advanced Placement classes in high schools, and raising the high school graduation rate by 12 percentage points. Gates Professor of sociology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

K-12 80

K-12 Elementary School Sociology High School 80

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Richard Ingersoll, education and sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, detailed the numbers in “The State of Teacher Diversity in American Education,” a recent report published by the Albert Shanker Institute, a nonprofit organization endowed by the American Federation of Teachers, a union.

Sociology 112

Sociology Cultures High School Elementary School 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2019

. “The advantage of what I did is that income reported by parents is more reliable but I’m using different kinds of tests,” said Reardon, who admits there’s no ideal way to study achievement gaps over long periods of history with existing data.

Sociology 110

Sociology Tutoring Research High School 110

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

y Christmas, 12 percent of Sci Academy’s first graduates had either dropped out or transferred to a community college. But he spoke up in Romantic Literature, and he helped other students with their African American Religious History papers. Her mother drove across Lake Pontchartrain, then Williams’s old neighborhood appeared.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

Social Studies 142

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 142

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The show has everything — sociology, psychology, interpersonal relations, ethics,” says Barile, who is in her 24th year of teaching. “We In history, students might pick historical characters and analyze major events of their era from the character’s perspective. We watch the show and dissect it.”.

Teaching 111

Teaching Oral History High School Sociology 111

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

Jesse Hagopian: The Condemnation of Blackness is a history of the construction of the idea of Black criminality in the making of the United States, and it reveals the influence of this pernicious myth rooted in statistics on our society and our sense of self. Wells had been a direct witness. to tell these stories.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I’ve looked at President-elect Trump’s campaign website , and read the speeches he’s given that mentioned K-12 education. There’s a basic theme: America spends a great deal on K-12 education, but our results are mediocre, making us less competitive with other countries. Read more about higher education.

Charter School 109

Charter School K-12 Education Sociology 109

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Whitaker to talk about his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America , a history of the idea of Black criminality in the making of the modern United States. I appreciated hearing about the history of how data has been (mis)used to construct a narrative of Black criminality.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52