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A ‘summer camp’ for teachers fills a gap in environmental education

The Hechinger Report

McMillan, who teaches in a rural southeast part of the state, said the geography of her school is one reason she applied to the fellowship. Teachers in the fellowship will work with Hollander, Touchet and others this year to create and implement the lesson plans in their classrooms. Credit: Image provided by Aimee Hollander.

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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. When a classroom of second graders in Waterford, Mich.,

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. The current desegregation order, issued in March 2016, mandated a Biracial Advisory Committee to oversee implementation of the desegregation plan. Students returned to Starkville High School in Starkville, Mississippi on August 4, 2016.

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Beyond Screens: The Benefits of Paper-Based Learning for Elementary Students

Studies Weekly

The visual geography of paper has memory-linking effects that help students connect what they have read with where they saw it on a page or how far into a book it was. Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2773–2777. Our brains give more weight to words on a printed page. 2021, May 9).

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

Since 2016, when the couple launched an LLC to coordinate much of their charitable giving, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has committed $142.1 I’m getting directly into interventions, targeted materials, resources, lesson plans, pedagogical skills that are tailored toward the kids I have sitting right in front of me.”.

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

The Hechinger Report

In a city that recorded 762 murders in 2016, the most in the nation , security measures like these were authorized years ago for every public high school. Ocon describes lesson plans that were based around presenting content and then giving quizzes and tests at predetermined intervals.

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It’s not about sex: Teaching young children where babies come from (and other stuff)

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Roffman said 4-year-olds want to know about geography (Where was I before I was born?); Rights, Respect, Responsibility was developed by Advocates for Youth and includes free lesson plans for all of the elementary grades. workbooks for grades K-4 and grades 4-6, as well as free lesson plans for grades 4-6.