2015 Leadership Social Studies 
Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 5, 2015
It’s late 2015, we’re still overblocking the Internet, and the blame is on us as administrators… I read a post recently that stressed yet again how access to the wide range of the Internet is an equity issue. Administrator mindset and leadership are critical here. Related Posts. Nullifying the Web [SLIDE].
Dangerously Irrelevant
AUGUST 4, 2015
All sports, all clubs, all leadership opportunities… Why are you angry? Let’s cut Social Studies. That bonus you didn’t get at work (aka Iowa education reform in 2015). We can do better! Let’s cut extracurriculars while we’re at it. Have you already forgotten our quest to be ‘world class?’ We can do better!
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Digital Promise
MARCH 10, 2015
8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. They are outstanding districts with strong leadership - and we know they’re not alone. Our Improving Ed-Tech Purchasing study found that districts often use “ pilot tryouts ” to make decisions about learning technology tools. Director of Research and Program Evaluation.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 28, 2019
NOME, Alaska — Before they got down to business for the day, students in Devin Tatro’s social studies class were offered a quiet moment of self-reflection: On this golden fall afternoon at Nome-Beltz Junior/Senior High School, were they feeling chipper, distressed or somewhere in between?
The Hechinger Report
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.
The Hechinger Report
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. On the 2015 state assessments only 5 percent of eighth grade English language learners met English standards for their grade level and none exceeded those standards. SAN DIEGO, Calif.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 28, 2017
Because local unions can reflect the racial attitudes of the confined geographic area, leadership and involvement from the national-level group is almost always necessary. In 2011, South Carolina established academic standards for what students should learn in social studies classes, including “the economic necessity of slave labor.”.
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