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OPINION: Three misunderstandings about open resources

The Hechinger Report

Our nine districts have been considering free or low-cost open educational resources alongside traditional options. As many states adopted new state standards in recent years, educational leaders voiced concerns that traditional publishers had not developed adequately aligned materials.

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When the entire class is a game

The Hechinger Report

These quests might be called “assignments” in a more traditional classroom. But Isaacs doesn’t run a traditional classroom — and not just because his students spend most of their time in a fantasy world. But he maintains that teachers of all subject areas can build more student agency into their lesson plans.

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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. “This study shows that a well-designed project-based curriculum might be more effective than traditional instruction.” Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. When a classroom of second graders in Waterford, Mich.,

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

A 2016 study by the American Institutes for Research noted that about a third of Chicago’s public high school students fail one or both semesters of algebra I. Teaching experts say that will mean slowing down to fill in knowledge gaps —detouring from lesson plans, adding extra periods for tutoring, and more.

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Arkansas schools hire untrained teachers as people lose interest in the profession

The Hechinger Report

It is just one of a slate of waivers approved by lawmakers, including class size, teacher preparation time, hiring and firing rules, and others, allowing traditional public schools to operate with the same educational requirements as their area charter schools. In 2013, 7,758 were enrolled, and in 2016 that number fell to 3,944.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

It’s also important for all students to feel represented, Laura Thomas said in her Edutopia article from August 2016. Traditional Foods Fascinate your students with not only what people eat in Asian and Pacific Island countries, but how they prepare their meals.

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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 hope is that by providing students access to resources they did not previously have, including after school programs and individualized lesson plans for students in need of remediation, the district can help every student reach his or her full potential.