The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2020

Leah Hampton, an eighth grader at Falling Creek Middle School in Virginia, likes to joke that without her friends, she’d sleep through school. When puberty hits, the brain reorganizes dramatically, said Laurence Steinberg, a professor of psychology at Temple University, who specializes in adolescence.

Middle School 145

Middle School Psychology Humanities Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The science and social studies topics should be sequenced so that the ideas build upon each other, and paired with vocabulary that will be useful in the future. The big question is whether the theory that more knowledge improves reading comprehension applies to real schools where children are reading below grade level.

Teaching 140

Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 140

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Washington University in St.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: In recent years, division over how social studies should be taught has plagued school districts around the country.

Social Studies 142

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 142

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Solórzano and Lindsay Pérez Huber contextualize these harmful lived experiences through vivid storytelling and rigorous research,⁴ illuminating their lasting physical, psychological and social consequences. American Psychological Association. ⁷ Critical race and education scholars like Daniel G. There is a way we can connect."

Education 110

Education K-12 Psychology Cultures 110

ED Surge

APRIL 1, 2022

“We need to talk about the trauma of teaching through a pandemic,” urges Christopher Bowen, a STEM curriculum specialist for Johnson City Schools in Tennessee. As Bronx middle school teacher Roxanne Leak put it during an interview, “It’s unfortunate. Teachers are leaving. I need to do the same.'"

Middle School 117

Middle School Psychology Teaching High School 117

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

He’s been talking since middle school.”. She and her family spent a school year in Texas, then returned to New Orleans in 2006 so Pierre-Floyd could help reopen a creative-arts middle school. She spent four years as the principal of a charter middle school in D.C., I’m asking Jesus. Stop Jalal.

Charter School 106

Charter School High School Cultures Public School 106