The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

While private high schools can often afford to employ staff like Ward who are devoted exclusively to helping students plan for college and their futures, these jobs are rare at public schools. At a public school,” said Ward, “you might be lucky to meet with some students once for half an hour or 45 minutes.”.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

History 105

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Many of the people who signed the petitions, which popped up at beer festivals, outdoor stores and nature centers throughout the state, attended outdoor school themselves as children. Oregon has a long history of offering overnight, outdoor learning programs as part of the regular school year schedule.

Public School 108

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher. I was always interested in history.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

One pair of kids from his class ended up comparing the person with the most toes in history to the person with the fewest toes. Fishers school, Breakwater, is small, with about 180 students and class sizes of around 15 students. Unsurprisingly, this exerts different pressures on teachers than public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images. Given that teachers are charged with imparting the contributions of women to their students throughout Women’s History Month, a special place should be reserved during March for the women teachers who go unrecognized. Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2023

Ron DeSantis or the College Board to curate and disburse Black history to us. As despicable and harmful as the Florida governor’s recent rejection of the pilot Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course was, DeSantis does not get to decide when and how we learn Black history. DeSantis’ playbook is plagiarized.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

history and civics curriculum to be more inclusive and equitable? As an Asian American, my lived experience and this research make me firmly believe that we must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. — We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Johnson feels about Friday,” she told the students as she paced around the cafeteria in an “I am black history” shirt. “If White abandonment of the public system impoverished the public schools that served Clarksdale’s African American majority. Related: Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi? he Brown v.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

NEW YORK — There’s a new look to history classes in New York City schools: a curriculum in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. New York City’s Department of Education is the latest public school system to require that U.S. history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years. Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. Like many people who learned new skills during the pandemic, I immersed myself in Black history, pedagogy, and education reform.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Sallie Holloway Director of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science for Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia Recently, EdSurge spoke with Sallie Holloway , the Director of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science for Gwinnett County Public Schools. Why is it important for students to be AI ready?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Most (94 percent, or 248 letters) supported repeal, citing concerns such as a climate of fear among teachers and the worry that history couldn’t be taught fully and honestly. OF GILMANTON “The Divisive Concepts law has a chilling effect on teachers, who are afraid to teach honest history for fear of losing their jobs.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 29, 2025

Despite some improvements notably in fourth-grade math the national results were pockmarked by widening gaps in student performance and declines in reading scores, including the largest share of eighth graders who did not meet basic reading proficiency in the assessments history.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Financial constraints Justin Baeder, a former public school principal in Seattle who now conducts professional development for school leaders, posted a video commentary on X. Special education has such a history of seclusion and separation and segregation that having nuanced arguments is hard.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2019

Almost all of Tate’s years in public school — from first grade to high school graduation — were spent within the turmoil of newly desegregated schools. The story’s breadth is rarely explained, said Tate, who wants visitors to McDonogh 19 to learn the history, within the very space where history was made.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 14, 2012

The experience was truly a culmination of history: taking an Amtrak Train from Metropark to Washington DC, navigating the Metro subways of DC and lastly, filing through security and joining the ranks of US Senators and Senate Staffers for the day.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2023

We have to place facts, history and science at the heart of our education systems. My high school, like so many public schools today, offered very few AP classes. This was controversial for some, but gay people are a part of American history and life, and California is where Harvey Milk did his activism.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2024

During a recent presentation to the Lockhart City Council, ACC Chancellor Russell Lowery-Hart told city leaders he appreciated that the site would represent the community’s history juxtaposed to “what we think the future looks like.” But ACC leaders said the issue ultimately has to play out in the community.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Schools also must navigate distrust dating back to the U.S. government’s campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools.

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 11, 2025

As public events are confirmed, they are added to the map below. The map is hosted by one of our co-sponsors, Heal Togther Public School Strong. We are collaborating so that in addition to Teach Truth events, you can find Public School Strong actions and organizing near you. And add your city !

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2020

Sasha Behm, grades 6-8 Computer Science and Yoga teacher at Broward County Public Schools, Florida. Zelia Capitao-Tavares, grades 4-5 teacher and Technology Coach at Toronto District School Board, Ontario. Valerie Crawford-Meyer, grades 6-8 Computer Science teacher at Broward County Public Schools, Florida.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2017

On Twitter, users add lessons and resources to the #CharlottesvilleSyllabus and #CharlottesvilleCurriculum pages; everything from identity charts to readings on the history of white supremacy to conflict resolution activities. This work needs to begin in elementary school, where students’ ideas about their place in the world are shaped.

History 75

History Elementary School Library Civics 75

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2016

Board of Education, the landmark case that put in motion the Civil Rights Movement and remains a poignant moment in American history. The 1954 United States Supreme Court decision declared “separate but equal” unconstitutional and required the integration of those schools that were segregating students. The post From Brown v.

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History K-12 American History High School 75

Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2021

– Dr. Mark Benigni, Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut). – Dr. Brown, Reynoldsburg City Schools (Ohio). “We – Dr. Michael Nagler, Mineola Public Schools (New York). “We – Dr. Mark Benigni, Meriden Public Schools. – Willam Porter, Mentor Public Schools (Ohio).

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 28, 2025

Ellen Tucker, long time blog contributor for Teaching American History [1] But not as proactive as some. But two years after the decision, more than 350 school districts in nine of the 17 states had desegregated their public schools. Schools in the nations capital were also opened to all (Reprint of New South [Vol.

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Education American History Junior High History 59

Education Week - Social Studies

JUNE 5, 2023

a summer program focuses on the diverse histories of Africans and African Americans. Petersburg, Fla.,

Public School 40

Public School History Teaching 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2022

While evidence is clear that many Pennsylvania schools need more funding to operate effectively, the plaintiffs in the case face a difficult path to victory. After all, Pennsylvania has a long history of refusing to fund public schools adequately. Related: “Kids who have less, need more”: The fight over school funding.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

But until 2011, civil rights history was not part of the required curriculum in Mississippi public schools. In 2011, the Mississippi Department of Education issued a new set of standards requiring lessons on civil rights history.

History 59

History Social Studies Public School Education 59

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2019

As a former public school parent and a white woman with a white son who performs well on the metrics that get students into the most selective public schools, I know the peer pressure that white parents feel to get their children into these high-status schools.

Public School 111

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ankita Ajith is one of four college-age friends who are petitioning the Texas State Board of Education to create an antiracist American history curriculum. They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. And they aren’t the only ones advocating the adoption of such curricula.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School Social Justice American History 145

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It was an extreme example of the political strain public school teachers are under from parents and activists. But the real trouble for schools may come when those teachers decide to leave. A former history teacher from Florida, Long left the classroom in 2019. It can be fierce.

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Civics History Public School Teaching 128

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This is the demographic of parents with the widest mismatch between their stated ideals and their actions when it comes to public school choice. This paradox is too often rationalized in terms of test scores and shared perceptions of schools that enroll many students of color and have even slightly lower test scores.

Middle School 139

Middle School Sociology Public School Cultures 139

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2024

Only 10 percent of public school principals nationwide are Black , which helps explain why hiring and retaining Black teachers has been so problematic. Fenwick notes that policy efforts today must acknowledge and deal with the relics of that “systematic dismissal of Black educators from public schools.”

Education 142

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Originally designed as an academic conference to share research, the event brought together Florida K-12 and college teachers and students, national journalists and professionals from libraries and museums whose work focuses on history and civics. One of Robinson’s fellow panelists at the conference, Hayley McCulloch, a U.S. Florida Gov.

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Civics K-12 Museum American History 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

Linda Brown was a third grader in Topeka, Kansas, when her father, Oliver Brown, tried to enroll her in the white public school four blocks from her home. Meanwhile, from 2000 to 2022, the percentage of white students attending a school that is 90 percent or more white fell from 44 percent to 14 percent. One legacy of Brown v.

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K-12 High School American History Public School 132

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

First, that charter schools are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools. Second, that public funds are not diverted to charter schools at the expense of the public school system. Are charter supporters suggesting that they are beyond accountability?

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