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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2013

Steve visited New Milford High School on Thursday February 28, 2013. Today I had the opportunity to meet with Eric Sheninger before he headed off to the 2013 NASSP Conference. He has dual NYS certification in Secondary Social Studies and as an Educational Technology Specialist- daily utilizing both skill sets.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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In 2013, Senator Inouye was awarded posthumously with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business. He lost his right arm in the war. Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese American computer programmer who founded Yahoo!

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I hope no behavioral concerns arise, because if I can avoid a parent phone call I might be able to get some of this done—well, that is if I do a virtual assignment during social studies. I was always completing tasks for other people—school leadership, district leadership, state officials—at the expense of the students in my care.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

During the Apollo program he held several important management and leadership positions, including the lead Retrofire Officer on the Apollo 13 mission. In 2013, she was a nominee to become the U.S. Discover more perspectives and experiences through Studies Weekly’s social studies and science products.

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What is Universal Pre-K?

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MARCH 15, 2024

2013, May 2). Categories Corporate Educator Spotlight English Language Arts Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher Tips Thinking on Education Tutorials Uncategorized Well-Being Recent Posts What is Universal Pre-K? First Five Years Fund. New America.

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Why we could soon lose even more Black Teachers

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sometimes, Talbott says, she was the first Black teacher her students had had at Lusher, even after she began teaching sixth-grade social studies in 2013; it meant a lot to her to provide students with that self-recognition and affirmation. Lusher enrolls students in kindergarten through 12th grade across its two buildings.

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Rural schools join forces to make college the rule rather than the exception

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

And from 2013 to 2016, the number of its graduates enrolling in associate or bachelor’s degree programs rose dramatically, from 28 percent to 47 percent, according to school officials. 47 percent of graduates at Meadowbrook High School in rural Ohio enrolled in associate or bachelor’s degree programs in 2016, up from 28 percent in 2013.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. That’s held true in Takoma Park, a Maryland town of 18,000 near Washington, D.C.

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What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us?

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

After three years in an expeditionary learning school, students outpaced traditional school peers by 7 months in reading achievement and 10 months in math, according to a 2013 study by Mathematica Policy Research that EL commissioned. Overall, the approach gets good academic marks. Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report.

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How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education

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JUNE 10, 2017

By 2021, schools must offer diplomas based students reaching proficiency in the four core academic subject areas: English, math, science and social studies. Former state education commissioner Stephen Bowen was a cheerleader for the idea during his tenure at the Maine Department of Education from 2011 to 2013.

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California voters poised to gut English-only instruction law

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NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Last spring, Derrick Fields, 9, sat in his social studies classroom at Sherman Elementary School, learning about the creation of the telegraph. When Perez-Duque arrived, he convinced the school’s leadership to shift to teaching Spanish using phonetics, the same way it’s taught in Spain. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

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Bilingual battle brewing in California…again

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APRIL 19, 2016

Last spring, Derrick Fields, 9, sat in his social studies classroom at Sherman Elementary School, learning about the creation of the telegraph. When Perez-Duque arrived, he convinced the school’s leadership to shift to teaching Spanish using phonetics, the same way it’s taught in Spain. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

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Are we ready? How we are teaching – and not teaching – kids about climate change

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MAY 23, 2020

A high school social studies book, also used in Texas, says of rising temperatures, “Some critics say that this warming is just part of the Earth’s natural cycle,” though, in truth, there’s overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that the current warming is due to human activities. Limited information.

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The Condemnation of Blackness: Lies We’re Told About Crime

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JANUARY 9, 2024

And of course, history and social studies teachers. 14, 2013: Jonathan Ferrell Killed by Police Aug. He is an editor for Rethinking Schools , the co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives , editor of More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing , and on the leadership team of the Zinn Education Project.

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