2016 Professional Development Social Studies 
Studies Weekly
MAY 2, 2024
It’s also important for all students to feel represented, Laura Thomas said in her Edutopia article from August 2016. Teach Social Studies through different cultural perspectives using our printed and online K-6 Social Studies curriculum.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 6, 2017
For example, in the ‘COW Project ’— a collaborative initiative between three of our districts that is profiled here — teams of educators produced new Social Studies and Science unit content entirely from OER. District sponsorship allows for the development of broader materials: entire units, rather than lesson plans.
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The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Melissa Hedges, the math curriculum director for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers at a professional development seminar how folded paper can be used to demonstrate the solution to a fractions problem. He helped develop a “spectrum” that became the centerpiece of the program. Why am I enjoying myself right now?” I hate math.”
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 27, 2020
They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. Ever since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May spurred what may be the largest social movement in U.S. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 21, 2022
Hollander said the project, which is structured as a fellowship, is set up to look at both aquatic and terrestrial science phenomena in the state, as well as social studies elements because “there is a lot of history around that changing landscape of Louisiana and the cultural groups that are affected as well.”.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2016
An April 2016 study of a large urban school in Georgia reported the frustration of many elementary level teachers. That can come in the form of a class that focuses on content for teaching class or in the form of professional development, instruction that teachers receive on the job.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 6, 2019
Schools across the United States are wrestling with how to incorporate the study of climate change into the classroom as its proximity and perils grow ever more apparent. The social studies curriculum at Piedmont Intermediate emphasizes human interactions with the environment. I just don’t feel qualified,” she said. “I
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