2017, Professional Development and Social Studies

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies Feb. 25, 2025 Studies Weekly Its often difficult to connect students to the real-world, real-time applications of events from history and the real people who lived them. For example, most people over 30 can remember where they were on Sept.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Social Studies Teaching Oral History

Why Professional Learning Is a Crucial Piece of a 1:1 Program

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Paula Stamey, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Benton, Tennessee, taught for 20 years before her school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School and adopted one-to-one technology in 2017. The inconvenient truth, however, is that it is not easy to come by high-impact professional development.

Professional Development

Professional Development K-12 Educational Technology Social Studies

PROOF POINTS: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. Developer: Michigan State University Research. 2nd grade social studies. Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. Developer: Stanford University Research. Four new studies released in February 2021 are helping to fill this void.

Project-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School

The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. Now nearly 400 schools use it across 40 states. It’s a mindset shift.”.

Junior High

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies

Teaching Broke My Heart. That's Why I Resigned.

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

I hope no behavioral concerns arise, because if I can avoid a parent phone call I might be able to get some of this done—well, that is if I do a virtual assignment during social studies. Teachers have been accosted with endless professional development training, increased testing, and frequent surveys. Oh, shoot.

Teaching

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development

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

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Schools used their professional development budgets, and were able to use federal money, for teacher training to support work toward the switch. percent between 2009 and 2017. It’s a new innovation lab that combines two different disciplines — social studies and math. percent to 89.1

High School

High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies

Why Maine’s new high school graduation rules could hurt more than help

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Social Studies teacher Michelle Adler talks to sophomores Maiya Schwartz, left and Emily Terranova about an assignment in an Honors Human Geography class at Gray-New Gloucester High School on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Michelle Adler, social studies teacher and local union president, Gray-New Gloucester High School.

High School

High School Social Studies Leadership Tradition

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

. “Comprehensive social emotional learning programs have the potential to transform educational outcomes by addressing the underlying socio-emotional factors contributing to absenteeism,” said Linda Darling-Hammond in a 2017 article for the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Damon, William. Free Press.

Psychology

Psychology Lesson Plan Professional Development Social Studies

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

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Bagley encourages teachers to use Studies Weekly print publications with the Studies Weekly Online learning platform. “I honestly cannot imagine teaching social studies without providing each student with a copy of their student publication.” References American Optometric Association. Annisette, L.

Artifacts

Artifacts Primary Sources K-12 Psychology

A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

His comments at the 2017 meeting were ineffective: The board had already approved the charter’s application before they opened up public comment, according to MCSA’s minutes. “We They would have science and social studies, because you can’t read if you don’t know anything about the world, she said. We never really integrated.”.

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Charter School History Library Public School

The Impact of a Teacher

Studies Weekly

MARCH 3, 2025

When surveyed about the characteristics of an impactful teacher in 2017, Terada expressed that people rarely mentioned academics or test scores. Teacher Advocates are only available for classroom teachers currently using Studies Weekly materials. That has huge implications for what you do in schools.

Primary Sources

Primary Sources Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development

State takeovers of ‘failing’ schools are increasing, but with little evidence they help students

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

Another law passed in 2017 incentivized districts to contract with outside entities, including charter school managers, to assume control of schools that aren’t meeting state standards. That new rule tipped it from a D to an F under an A-F rating system Abbott had signed into law in 2017. It failed on a 5-4 vote.

Charter School

Charter School High School Professional Development Government

Why we could soon lose even more Black Teachers

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Partly because of these and related efforts, the number of teachers from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups more than doubled over the last 30 years—from about 327,000 in the late 1980s to 810,000 in the 2017-18 school year. Lusher enrolls students in kindergarten through 12th grade across its two buildings.

Leadership

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies

Will new standards improve elementary science education?

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

In the summer of 2017, she passed that training on to 19 of her Redmond colleagues who wanted to learn more about teaching science in their elementary school classrooms. Read about math , reading and social studies (publishing Thursday). The state also published a science and math education strategic plan in 2016.

Education

Education Elementary School K-12 High School

California finally ended a ban on bilingual education. Now it can’t find enough teachers for these classes

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The school opened a dual language program in 2017. In 2017, it funded six grants, totaling $20 million, to help districts coach up bilingual staffers and prepare them to lead bilingual classrooms. They can learn social studies in Spanish; its still history and geography. The whole school is dual language.

Elementary School

Elementary School Education K-12 History

Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. A mixer/mystery activity on Zionism, anti-Zionism, peasant resistance, the Great War, the British Mandate, and more. Independence or Catastrophe?

Teaching

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice

In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Between September 2016 and June 2017, the number of licensed work-based learning coordinators in Vermont increased from 38 to 53. Next year, the state will ramp up professional development opportunities for work-based learning coordinators, state officials said.

High School

High School Economics Tradition Social Studies

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Why Professional Learning Is a Crucial Piece of a 1:1 Program

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PROOF POINTS: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning

The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

Teaching Broke My Heart. That's Why I Resigned.

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

Why Maine’s new high school graduation rules could hurt more than help

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

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

A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

The Impact of a Teacher

State takeovers of ‘failing’ schools are increasing, but with little evidence they help students

Why we could soon lose even more Black Teachers

Will new standards improve elementary science education?

California finally ended a ban on bilingual education. Now it can’t find enough teachers for these classes

Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs

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