The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Supreme Court declared racially segregated public schools to be unconstitutional. Private “white academies” — also known as segregation academies — sprang up to preserve the advantages held by the previously white-only public schools. Next year will mark seven decades since the U.S.

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Political Science Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This summer, the American Political Science Association partnered with Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) District’s Summer Rise Program to offer three high school students the opportunity to gain experience in political science knowledge production and higher education non-profits.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

In my own teacher training many years ago, I took various courses in curriculum theory, classroom management, education history and educational psychology along with content-based courses like political science, economics and history. Related: Will high school segregation for refugees lead to better integration?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Morales ended up enrolling at the University of Puerto Rico, where she finished in December with a degree in political science. As a graduate of a high school in Puerto Rico, she was beating the odds even to accomplish that. “The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2024

After receiving the dispiriting news, Funes, who has a bachelors degree in psychology, left her job. Her plan was to get on public assistance and access a subsidy so that she could finally get a job and at least have some income. But that year, the state maximum was set at $33,820. Funes made about $98 too much each month.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Anthony Leiserowitz , director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication , likened industry-sponsored curricula that ignore climate science to advertising. As early as the 1940s, the industry’s largest and most powerful lobby group targeted K-12 schools as a key element of its fledgling marketing strategy. “The

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