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Making Time for Social Studies and Science Without Sacrificing Literacy

TCI

A 2018 national survey found that K-3 teachers spend an average of 89 minutes per day on ELA and 57 minutes on math, but only 18 minutes on science and 16 minutes on social studies. Reading Integration: Use informational texts, primary sources, and document analysis to enhance comprehension and critical thinking.

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OPINION: We did not need the Nation’s ‘Report Card’ to tell us we must invest in civic education

The Hechinger Report

Add learning loss stemming from the pandemic, and scores this year actually went down: Only 22 percent of eighth graders demonstrated proficiency in the topic, compared with 24 percent the last time the subject was tested in 2018. government, and only 29 percent said they had a teacher whose primary responsibility is teaching civics.

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