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

The Hechinger Report

A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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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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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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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

The committees are different from traditional student government, she said, because any student can join. Berkeley voters passed a measure giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote for school board members in 2016, but it has stalled out amid financial and technical hurdles.

Civics 143
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How Two Innovative School Districts Prepare Students for the Future

Digital Promise

Many classroom spaces in VUSD are far from traditional, as the district is creating more flexible learning spaces for students. Montgomery students prepare to film their video project for Social Studies, explaining Buddhism and the Eightfold Path. There are no assigned seats in this VUSD kindergarten classroom.

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

The Hechinger Report

Within each subject, schools identified learning targets, clearly explaining what students would need to demonstrate in order to be considered “proficient” — a shift away from the traditional system’s emphasis on logging seat time to earn credits and progress. considered passing. Elizabeth Hewitt for The Hechinger Report.

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When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

The Hechinger Report

That law, known as Act 77, “opened up learning beyond the four walls of the traditional classroom,” says John Fischer, who was a deputy secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education at the time. “It Some students were learning well in a traditional classroom, and for others, it wasn’t working for them.”.

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