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Our Doors Are Always Open

A Principal's Reflections

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. Probably the most interesting idea Eric shared with me is how his school has structured their schedules to provide time for daily professional development.

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How social studies can help young kids make sense of the world

The Hechinger Report

Experts say that requires regular and high-quality social studies lessons, starting in kindergarten, to teach kids to be critical thinkers and communicators who know how to take meaningful action. Most states either don’t test social studies, or the social studies test doesn’t really count toward adequate yearly progress.”.

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The Impact of Inclusive STEM Education

ED Surge

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

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Celebrating ConnectED’s Achievements Toward Transforming Education

Digital Promise

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. Middle school students use pre-crafted story maps to learn standard classroom content in science and social studies.

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Teaching Broke My Heart. That's Why I Resigned.

ED Surge

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. Teachers have been accosted with endless professional development training, increased testing, and frequent surveys. Oh, shoot.

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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

Studies Weekly

In addition, when children know about their own family history, they are more resilient and emotionally stable, according to research as reported by Bruce Feiler in 2013 in the New York Times. Engage your students in studying the past with Studies Weekly’s pre-K–6 Social Studies curriculum.

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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Schools used their professional development budgets, and were able to use federal money, for teacher training to support work toward the switch. It’s a new innovation lab that combines two different disciplines — social studies and math. Related: When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk.