2018 Critical Thinking Professional Development 
NCHE
APRIL 1, 2025
The goals of the program have included providing instructional materials, tools, education and professional development that enhance teachers ability to integrate digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress into instruction that builds student literacy, critical thinking skills, content knowledge and ability to conduct original research.
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
The Dynamic Learning Project is a classroom-based coaching program in which participating teachers are coached to use technology to support student engagement and promote the development of agency, as well as skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity.
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TCI
MARCH 25, 2025
However, research increasingly shows that integrating knowledge-rich instruction across subjects is essential for improving literacy, critical thinking, and overall student success. Successful integration requires strategic planning and professional development to ensure teachers feel confident in implementing this approach.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 13, 2018
While in some cases, technology is used in powerful ways to support students in developing critical thinking and collaboration skills, and to develop a sense of agency, in other situations it is used in things like drill and practice exercises, test prep, and reading online content. 2 Kraft, M.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Studies suggest that instructional coaching is one such thoughtful intervention, providing a critical form of professional development to improve teacher practice (Kraft, Blazar, & Hogan, 2018; Knight, 2007). New rubric guides classroom technology use. West Virginia Department of Education. SAGE Publications.
Digital Promise
MAY 23, 2019
To highlight some of the standout programs and great work that has taken place at Verizon Innovative Learning schools across the country over the course of the 2018-19 school year, we’re excited to announce the initiative’s annual Schools of Excellence Award winners. Verizon Innovative Learning schools standouts.
TCI
MARCH 25, 2025
Explore how social studies boosts academic success and how science instruction enhances critical thinking and vocabulary. A 2018 national survey found that K-3 teachers spent an average of 89 minutes daily on ELA and 57 minutes on math, but only 18 minutes on science and 16 minutes on social studies.
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