The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

“This benefits the school system, it benefits the community,” Foose said. “It After attending PUC Schools for middle school and part of high school, he returned to PUC Schools to coach high school soccer. The program’s emphasis on social justice has also taught him how to craft better lessons.

Social Justice 111

Social Justice Charter School High School Public School 111

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The school visit demonstrated how they integrate culturally relevant pedagogy, differentiated instruction, and varied assessments to highlight Black brilliance in mathematics. Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School is a dynamic neighborhood school that uses technology predominately to redefine learning.

Middle School 110

Middle School Social Justice Professional Development Cultures 110

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. We could play Fantasy Geography.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

begin language study in middle or high school. have a shortage of qualified foreign language instructors at the K-12 level for the 2016–2017 school year. Equity, or social justice, is another important consideration. Most students in the U.S. Recent studies have shown that bilingualism benefits low-income children.

K-12 97

K-12 Social Justice Elementary School Cultures 97

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In 50 elementary schools, according to officials, these students now take classes in Spanish and English with an ultimate goal of achieving academic proficiency in both languages by middle school. We talk about [our dual-language school] as a revolution. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”.

Multicultural Education 111

Multicultural Education Social Justice Elementary School Advocacy 111

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As a junior in college, TFA’s "mission” of ending educational inequity appealed to students like myself: hardworking and passionate about the intersection of social justice and education. But shortly after I started the program, I realized I was unprepared for the two years that lie ahead.

Teaching 107

Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy Lesson Plan 107

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

For more than a year, social justice activists have been attacking one of education’s latest buzzwords: grit. They asked a group of middle-school students to advise an imaginary fourth-grader on how to keep trying when faced with a challenge. So they applied the technique on children.

Psychology 66

Psychology Social Justice Middle School Research 66

Edthena

MAY 18, 2021

Putnam County Schools – Eatonton, Ga. Tasha Jones is an ELA middle school teacher and this year has set up her classroom for virtual success for students who decided to stay home due to COVID-19. Alicia is also committed to equity and social justice. Broken Arrow Public Schools – Broken Arrow, Okla.

Social Justice 52

Social Justice Archiving Public School Project-Based Learning 52

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 19, 2023

Listen to the interview with Jamyle Cannon ( transcript ): Sponsored by EVERFI and Giant Steps I remember listening to a conversation once between two men I taught middle school with. Midterm grade reports had just come out, and they were talking about one kid, a player on the team, who was failing one of his classes.

Tutoring 130

Tutoring Pedagogy Library Middle School 130

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books from the Social Justice Books website offers specific things to look for when evaluating books for harmful stereotypes. SLJ (School Library Journal) recommends it for grades 7 and up. I totally agree with that. “It’s written by Brazilian author Vitor Martins. .

Library 265

Library Social Justice Pedagogy Humanities 265

Sapiens

APRIL 30, 2025

She was an ideal that I and every other middle-school girl in that program could never attain. She then praises God through what feminist biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine has called a manifesto of social justice , saying that God has brought down the proud, rich, and powerful, and lifted up the poor, hungry, and pious.

Heritage 91

Heritage Cultures Tradition Humanities 91

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Boaler also saw math as a lever to promote social justice. In 2014, San Francisco heeded that call , mixing different achievement levels in middle school classrooms and delaying algebra until ninth grade. Boaler says a half million teachers now visit youcubed’s website each month. She advocated for change.

Social Justice 144

Social Justice Middle School Tradition Civics 144

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

In the mandatory summer school study, which I described above, it was the opposite, with fifth graders benefiting much more than third graders. Unfortunately, there are few randomized control trials, the gold standard in research, for summer school. Slavin advocates fusing summer camp with intensive, daily tutoring.

Research 138

Research Tutoring Social Justice Middle School 138

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I’m hopeful that by empowering teachers to lead, these patterns can be tailored for replication in school districts and charters around the country to improve education for all of our kids. Kevin teaches math at Nissitissit Middle School in Pepperell, Massachusetts. Teacher leadership. Fellowship.

Leadership 103

Leadership Social Justice Middle School Public School 103

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

They are part of a nationwide movement to embrace what cognitive science shows us about how students learn to read, particularly about the role of phonics—and they see this as a path toward social justice. By middle school, Jackson said, he started to despair of ever catching up. “It Seventh grade was pivotal.

High School 145

High School Elementary School Public School Social Justice 145

Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2017

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Should middle school teachers let a failing eighth-grade student graduate, knowing that if she’s held back, she’ll likely drop out? Should a private school principal condone inflated grades? Read the original version here.

Social Justice 67

Social Justice Political Science Middle School Human Rights 67

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

When Texas’ House Bill (HB) 25 went into effect earlier this year, banning transgender students from participating in K-12 sports, I invited teachers at my middle school to stop by my classroom to help with a project to reaffirm our school’s support for trans students.

Education 127

Education K-12 Advocacy Government 127

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Trevion Williams (left) and Jashun Griffith (right), both 13, students at Crystal Springs Middle School in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, chat at the Haley Farm lake gazebo. The theme of the five-day event was “Hope for Our Future: From Weeping to Working for Justice for Our Children.”. CLINTON, Tenn.

History 84

History Teaching Social Justice Advocacy 84

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In this school system, in a politically liberal city in a swing state where more than half of students are Black and nearly a quarter are Hispanic , there’s been little of the pushback or controversy over African American history that has roiled other school districts and states. “In Santana goes deep.”

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the State Education Department had rejected 35% of the social studies textbooks submitted for review because of leftist content. The DeSantis administration objects to any references to “social justice” or negative references to capitalism. history and world history courses.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Social Justice K-12 Civics 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive. And even before June’s historic civil rights protests, the issue of racism permeated the National Association for Gifted Children’s (largely white) November 2019 conference in Albuquerque.

Education 145

Education Elementary School High School Public School 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Zach Leverenz speaking to students at New York City middle school MS 258 during the New York launch of EveryoneOn, in June 2014. Photo: Clay Williams. Shortly before 1 a.m. About 10 percent of the spending went to the educational television Voqal still provides.

Library 96

Library Social Justice Digital Resources Middle School 96

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 15, 2024

Area Educators for Social Justice hosted interactive Teach Truth pop-up display tables on June 8 at: Busboys and Poets Brookland. Hundreds of people stopped by the booth hosted by the DC Area Educators for Social Justice at the Capital Pride festival on June 9. District of Columbia The D.C. Capital Pride Festival.

Teaching 87

Teaching Library Museum Social Justice 87

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Today, every EL student belongs to a group of peers that meets regularly with an adult; the students remain together through their time at school. Service is key, so projects often involve themes of social justice and community improvement. There are few numbers detailing EL schools’ performance.

K-12 57

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

middle school work on a Reconstruction lesson. To inform his lessons, Gorman chose a curriculum called Teach Reconstruction created by the Zinn Education Project, a collaboration between social justice education nonprofits Teaching for Change, based in Washington, D.C. and Rethinking Schools, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Teaching 108

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 108

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 10, 2024

A People’s Tribunal on the Coronavirus Pandemic Source: Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP This people’s tribunal by middle-school teacher Caneisha Mills begins with the premise that a heinous crime is being committed as COVID-19 endangers tens of millions of people’s lives. Who’s to Blame? But who or what was responsible for this crime?

K-12 52

K-12 Social Justice Human Rights History 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

They went door-to-door recruiting participants for a parents council to elicit community input in the day-to-day operations of the school. Two weeks before school started,” said Fuller, “the superintendent, Lee McMurrin, moved the principal to another school and brought in a middle school principal.

Charter School 107

Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 107

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

On a hot Friday afternoon in late August, Amia Bridgeford stood outside of the chain-link fence bordering Western Middle School of the Arts, an imposing brick building with arched windows in western Louisville. It was four days before the beginning of a new school year. Louis Redd, middle school teacher.

Middle School 139

Middle School Heritage Teaching High School 139