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

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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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. 2nd grade social studies. Related 2018 Hechinger coverage. Four new studies released in February 2021 are helping to fill this void. It’s an open question whether large numbers of teachers will enjoy teaching detailed lesson plans created by curriculum designers.

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

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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. I just remembered I have a training during my planning period today. In 2018 and 2019, teachers in my state were ready to strike.

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Alaska schools pay a price for the nation’s slowest internet, but change is coming

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

NOME, Alaska — Before they got down to business for the day, students in Devin Tatro’s social studies class were offered a quiet moment of self-reflection: On this golden fall afternoon at Nome-Beltz Junior/Senior High School, were they feeling chipper, distressed or somewhere in between?

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What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us?

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Young gets the utility of online lesson plans geared to math standards and targeted to students at any level. Indeed, this year, the district’s new math curriculum is aligned with units from the web-based Khan Academy, and Young started directing students to the site’s online videos and lessons for extra practice or new challenges. “It

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Why Science Education Matters in Your Elementary School Classroom

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The most recent National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education published in 2018 found that elementary teachers taught science for just 18 minutes a day on average. However, science incorporates elements of reading, math, social studies, and more, making it an excellent tool for teaching other subjects concurrently.

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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.”.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A 2018 Mindful Schools study reported a 20% reduction in stress-related absences among students who participated in mindfulness-based SEL interventions. The Condition of Education 2018.” Stress Management Often when students can’t manage their own stress levels, they don’t cope at school well. Mindful Schools.

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

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

At Montpelier High School, in Vermont’s capital city, teachers spent years defining the school’s “proficiencies” and rewriting their lesson plans to highlight those core objectives in the lead-up to the transition in 2016, when all grades and classes switched to a proficiency-based model at once.

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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.” Mayo Clinic Health System. Delgado, P., Fernandes, M. Wammes, J.

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Teachers are first responders to the opioid crisis

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

It’s Cruey’s job to keep track of these particulars, even more than lesson planning or standardized test preparation. “My My job as a teacher is to be a first responder to poverty,” said Cruey, a 58-year-old middle school social studies teacher at Southside K-8 school. “If Photo: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost.

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Her daycare center was already on the brink — then coronavirus struck

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2020

She opened her doors in July 2018 with five children enrolled. Only four states pay adequate rates for infant care at child care centers, according to a 2018 report from the National Women’s Law Center. In Texas, a 2018 market rate survey determined the 75th percentile for full-day infant care at a licensed center to be $49 a day.

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Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

To inform his lessons, Gorman chose a curriculum called Teach Reconstruction created by the Zinn Education Project, a collaboration between social justice education nonprofits Teaching for Change, based in Washington, D.C. Many states require lessons on the Civil War as part of U.S. history and social studies curriculums.

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

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

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

Alaska schools pay a price for the nation’s slowest internet, but change is coming

What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us?

Why Science Education Matters in Your Elementary School Classroom

The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

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

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

Teachers are first responders to the opioid crisis

Her daycare center was already on the brink — then coronavirus struck

Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

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