The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

A new study, published online on Feb. 26, 2024, in the peer-reviewed journal Developmental Psychology, now provides stronger causal evidence that building background knowledge can translate into higher reading achievement for low-income children. Students were also given related books to read during the summer.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Young kids do notice skin tone, they do notice race groups,” said Christia Spears Brown, a professor and associate chair of development and social psychology at the University of Kentucky, who has researched and written about identity development. “We Young kids do notice skin tone, they do notice race groups.”.

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 22, 2023

See how the College Board, Cambridge International, and the International Baccalaureate approach psychology courses.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2024

Maybe you can do that in social studies. A study by researchers at the University of Southern California , released Aug. 15, 2024, documented widespread psychological distress among teenage girls and preteen boys since the pandemic. The word that was going around was ‘acceleration not remediation’,” the teacher said.

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 4, 2023

The organization that oversees the Advanced Placement program said Florida has “effectively banned AP Psychology in the state.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2020

When puberty hits, the brain reorganizes dramatically, said Laurence Steinberg, a professor of psychology at Temple University, who specializes in adolescence. Teachers say they can see the toll social isolation is taking on their students. Related: Why the preteen years are a critical period for brain development.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

On this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we dig into education and the metaverse, with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a professor of psychology at Temple University and one of the authors of that new Brookings paper. So what do educators want these metaverse world-builders to know?

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ED Surge

APRIL 1, 2022

During a virtual learning circle, Daria Hall, a high school teacher from North Carolina, shared about how she usually focuses on teaching history and social studies, but recently finds herself having to step in to fill many additional administrative roles as one after another, teachers at her school burn out and leave.

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 22, 2023

Some districts opted for alternatives to the College Board's course to ensure compliance with state law.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

Even as California enacted the ban, IQ tests became central across the country to the relatively young and rapidly expanding field of school psychology. Today he’s in seventh grade and receives regular instruction with his peers in math, English, science and social studies, with modifications.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

on day four of the strike, Nadia Morales, a counselor at Los Angeles High School, and Pedro Martinez, a social-studies teacher at Eagle Rock High School, prepare their children for the day. At 7 a.m., Tammy Kim/Hechinger Report.

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Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 7, 2024

There are both psychological and physiological reasons why hands-on learning is so effective at information retention. According to Psychology Today , listening and analyzing processes happen in the left hemisphere of the brain, but visual and spatial processes happen on the right side. They are not available for homeschools.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

said Christina Ciocca Eller, an assistant professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University who studies regional public universities. psychology professor, saw how it hurt the shops and eateries along Court Street. There is big tension over purpose and identity.”. Basic questions — Who should O.U.

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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 class, students study all the familiar concepts of high school English, but they’re applying these concepts to a work they care about passionately. We watch the show and dissect it.”.

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Schools that implement comprehensive emotional learning and well-being programs saw a 10% reduction in absenteeism rates within a single academic year, according to a 2019 Journal of Educational Psychology study. The Impact of Social and Emotional Learning on Chronic Absenteeism: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Fast Track Curriculum.”

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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. Racism and health. Alsaidi, S.,

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

I teach social studies in Edmonton, Alberta in what we would consider a medium-sized school of slightly under a thousand students. While the numerous routes may allow for flexibility in finding and developing teaching staff, the cost of inconsistency likely does not serve students or schools very well.

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Leah Cleary

JULY 9, 2023

As a social studies teacher, I’m always looking for patterns. Command: DOK Level 2 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 2 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for junior US History students studying the Cold War. It’s also generating essays for our students. For better or worse, AI is here to stay.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Bagley encourages teachers to use Studies Weekly print publications with the Studies Weekly Online learning platform. “I honestly cannot imagine teaching social studies without providing each student with a copy of their student publication.” Current Directions in Psychological Science , 27 (5).

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Addressing the psychological and spiritual aspects of healing was important as well. Discover more perspectives and experiences through Studies Weekly’s social studies and science products. John Bennet Herrington, “Notable Native Americans,” American Indian Education Fund, nativepartnership.org and aiefprogram.org.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 8, 2024

Elias, Rutgers University professor of psychology I would also recommend that you use Goal Journals in your classroom to track success. Warmly, Debbie Learn more about Studies Weekly Teacher Advocate Debbie Bagley here. From small success, larger successes can be built.” – Maurice J.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 3, 2025

Research in neuroscience and psychology explains these lasting benefits. And you may be the only positive thing they can rely on. You know that students will always learn best when they feel cared for and valued by their teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2021

If no school employee in Oklahoma can share material that makes any individual “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex,” how will educators teach about the Tulsa massacre or all the other massacres of Black people by whites across the continent over the last 400 years?

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Research has established that there are positive psychological and physiological benefits when we write about our life experiences and our feelings (Smyth, 1998). The Effects of Writing on Learning in Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis. Kiuhara, S. A., & MacKay, M. Graham, S., & Hebert, M.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Informing non-certified teachers of their options is part of a strategy for training local residents, like new Central High School 8th and 9th grade social studies teacher Tiffany Gant. My degree is in psychology but I’m teaching history! and a Provisional Professional Teaching License among others. ’”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

She taught social studies and worked as the “dean of culture,” a role that allowed her to plan field trips and work with families on discipline issues. She wanted to major in psychology and minor in criminal law, she told me. She left in 2009 because her husband, Dave, who’s from Maryland, wanted to move back to the East Coast.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In surveys, teachers also predicted that students with obesity weren’t good in other subjects such as math and social studies. “To She plans to study psychology. “I To be able to make a judgment about somebody’s mathematical abilities based on a short essay seemed pretty remarkable,” said Finn.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2020

Not when she left the small town of Cameron, Texas, located about 73 miles northeast of Austin, to get her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at Prairie View A&M University. Or when she graduated from Texas A&M with a master’s degree in educational psychology. She loved her job in the school system.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Social studies classes spend only 8 to 9 percent of their time on Black history, treating it as a niche topic instead of a core part of American history. It builds a sense of belonging and even creates a psychological buffer against anxiety from experiencing racism. That plays out in both our policies and our textbooks.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2018

The opportunity for full-day K should be available for all,” said Harris Cooper, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. During previous school years, she said, she was only able to get to science or social studies on any given day, not both. “My

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Not only did Caleb never return to his local school, but he learned little throughout his elementary, middle and high school years — which included hundreds of hours struggling through computer lessons in math, science and social studies. Some of this helped.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Chatfield High School in Minnesota doesn’t offer sociology (or German, or criminology, for that matter), but when senior Keagan Clarke, 18, finished a fall semester class in psychology, his teacher suggested he try sociology.

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