ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2022

What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning From Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers by Stephen Noonoo The popular lesson planning site Teachers Pay Teachers has long struggled with allegations of plagiarism, racist lesson plans and poor content quality—drawing the ire of teachers and social media users.

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K-12 Tutoring EdTech Social Justice 120

TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

While games cannot replace classroom instruction, they can enhance learning when intentionally integrated into a lesson plan. A 2021 study highlighted a positive relationship between gamified learning and student motivation from 2015 to 2020. You can integrate simple gamified routines or infuse game elements into your lessons.

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K-12 Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2022

Many of Kaler-Jones’ students — most of them Black — weren’t taught about important Black figures or positive history lessons from a non-white perspective in school. When she discovered this, Kaler-Jones began weaving culturally responsive lesson plans into her dance classes. Credit: Courtesy of Cierra Kaler-Jones.

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Oral History History Pedagogy Lesson Plan 143

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

In the winter of 2020, I participated in a two-day youth organizing retreat in Detroit. In the summer of 2020, I worked with youth organizers in Detroit to conduct listening sessions with youth across the city and state; we wanted to support local organizations in developing their own education justice campaigns.

Humanities 124

Humanities Leadership Advocacy Lesson Plan 124

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. The devices are headed to seventh and eighth graders.

K-12 145

K-12 Library Lesson Plan Professional Development 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Early evidence that social studies might be used as a lever to boost reading achievement arrived in September 2020 with a quantitative analysis from the Thomas B. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr. who started kindergarten in 2011.

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Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2024

They create lesson plans and curriculums that are both rigorous and accessible and foster environments in which all students can thrive. They train new teachers to recognize and value diversity as an asset and encourage engagement with families and local communities.

Teaching 123

Teaching Lesson Plan Public School Tradition 123

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Part of the challenge of the question is that it’s easier to think about classroom instruction in terms of lessons or units of curriculum than moments or actions. I can show you my lesson plans, my binders, my Google Classroom pages, but it’s harder to show you a moment when a young person felt challenged or included or inspired.

Local History 130

Local History Civics Lesson Plan Social Science 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In 2020, some of California’s public universities allowed applicants to skip Algebra II and substitute data science. With the rise of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT that rely on data sets, students also need to understand how to use AI in a responsible way, he added.

K-12 133

K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plan Middle School 133

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In a similar vein, Indiana recently passed House Bill 1134, which requires teachers to submit their lesson plans and curriculum materials in advance of instruction so that parents can preemptively opt their children out of any undesired lessons, as though school is an a la carte menu and their children can bypass the broccoli.

Lesson Plan 120

Lesson Plan Economics Teaching Research 120

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2021

When the coronavirus pandemic first hit in March 2020, the research unit inside the U.S. Teachers don’t have to change their existing lesson plans or textbooks to incorporate it. The goal was to provide a quick guide for teachers and school leaders during remote instruction.

Middle School 138

Middle School Educational Technology Tutoring Lesson Plan 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

That changed in the summer of 2020. The district gave all kindergarten through second-grade teachers scripted lesson plans featuring phonics. In 2020, after committee membership reached an all-time high, a white Fairfax mother spoke up at one of the Zoom meetings. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

High School 145

High School Elementary School Public School Social Justice 145

ED Surge

OCTOBER 4, 2023

I applied for the role, was accepted and served as a PCM from October 2020 to June 2022. During that period, I continued my duties as a para, ensuring the students I worked with met the goals and mandates of their Individualized Education Plan (IEP). These are luxuries that are not afforded to most subs.

Classroom Management 119

Classroom Management Professional Development Lesson Plan Teaching 119

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A 2020 review of 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring is particularly helpful at improving students’ reading skills during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. Teachers are going to need a lot more planning time for lesson plans.

Tutoring 145

Tutoring High School Charter School Research 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fall of 2020, educators at Aspire Public Schools – a network of 36 charter schools in California that are privately run but taxpayer funded – were worried. And, among the students who needed tutoring the most because they had failed a class with a D or an F in the fall of 2020, only 12 percent ever logged on.

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Tutoring Charter School Research Lesson Plan 127

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 20, 2024

None of this would have been possible before 2020. Woodworking instructors from different districts started to gather monthly, comparing lesson plans and creating wish lists for new classes and equipment. It’s my favorite subject,” she said. It’s one of my favorite things.”

High School 137

High School Lesson Plan Education Humanities 137

ED Surge

DECEMBER 31, 2021

There was a time when I would come to school sick beyond belief because I did not want to disappoint anyone, and let’s face it, because the hassle of leaving lesson plans for subs who never completed them drove me absolutely crazy. In the fall of 2020, I re-entered the classroom in a new district and with a new mindset.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Humanities Teaching 127

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

The quality of a teacher’s relationship with their students has the most significant impact on their emotional engagement at work (Hagenauer, Hascher & Volet, 2015; Tucker 2020). Many teachers begin the year with community-building activities designed to help students form interpersonal relationships with their peers.

Classroom Management 146

Classroom Management Psychology Lesson Plan High School 146

ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2022

When John first came to me in fall 2020, he was a ninth grader and we were in the thick of the pandemic, doing emergency remote learning. It was tough to gauge John’s abilities and potential because he didn’t say a word and kept his camera off during every Zoom lesson. John’s sharp intellect was apparent. Young people are tech savvy.

EdTech 112

EdTech Professional Development Tradition Lesson Plan 112

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Teaching experts say that will mean slowing down to fill in knowledge gaps —detouring from lesson plans, adding extra periods for tutoring, and more. A minute or so in, the lesson foundered — students didn’t remember quadrants, X-axes and Y-axes, concepts that were covered in their middle school math.

Tutoring 134

Tutoring Middle School K-12 Lesson Plan 134

ED Surge

APRIL 11, 2023

In January 2022, a National Education Association survey found that 55 percent of educators were thinking of leaving the profession earlier than planned, nearly double the number of teachers who said the same in July 2020. labor force, at 44 percent. Most educators have not left, and many never will.

Teaching 132

Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School 132

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

But between the start of the pandemic and December 2020, up to 12% of K-12 public school students gained internet connectivity who lacked it previously, and a similar share of students got access to digital devices, estimates Titilayo Tinubu Ali, senior director of research and policy at the Southern Education Foundation. “The

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K-12 Tutoring Public School Lesson Plan 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

By the fall of 2020, all Northern Cass students will plot their own academic courses to high school graduation, while sticking with same-age peers for things like gym class and field trips. This summer, Northern Cass teachers and administrators have continued rewriting lesson plans and assessments, including those for “habits of work.”

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Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

Becoming a History Teacher

JUNE 11, 2024

They understood the need to prioritise and advocate for lesson planning as an important aspect of beginning teacher’s training despite it being in conflict with wider school developments. School leadership in England 2010 to 2020: characteristics and trends, [link] DfE (2024). International Journal of Learning. DfE (2022).

Education 88

Education K-12 Leadership Lesson Plan 88

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work? 18, 2020 • Studies Weekly Learning Objectives: Students will identify the three branches of the federal government. Lesson Plan: All Grades: Ask the students if they know what the U.S. Students will identify the officials who lead the three branches. is governed. is governed.

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Government Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Black and Hispanic students and students living in poverty were most likely to have to go without substitutes, according to a 2020 study from the Annenberg Institute at Brown University. It also sent templates of lesson plans that teachers can leave for their temporary replacements. Covid made a bad situation worse.

Elementary School 137

Elementary School High School Public School Advocacy 137

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics data show a higher rate of people working in education quitting as of February this year than in the same month in 2020. It would mean spending a lot of time alone, with occasional visits with her sister and outdoor walks with a friend before the remote teaching of the 2020-21 school year would kick off.

Teaching 92

Teaching Elementary School Middle School Lesson Plan 92

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Parachuting In, Unprepared for Duty During the first quarter of the 2020-2021 academic year, I needed to make my first-ever parent call. One of my students, Justin, was consistently unresponsive during Zoom classes, failing to engage with classwork or respond in the chat.

Teaching 109

Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy Lesson Plan 109

ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

The commission also proposed a career ladder that would provide classroom teachers with leadership opportunities without pulling them out of the classroom, as well as a rebalancing of the educator workday to include more time for educators to improve their instruction and plan lessons.

Leadership 134

Leadership Teaching Lesson Plan Public School 134

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

Then, in the spring of 2020 when the pandemic erupted, Soka sent students home. But Salvatore is finding that so many students lack basic background knowledge that he sometimes teaches a mini lesson from instructional materials that he discovers online. Salvatore moved in with his mom in Brooklyn, New York.

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Tutoring Lesson Plan Library Elementary School 117

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office Sept. 18, 2020 • Studies Weekly Learning Objectives: Students will learn the qualifications for people running for office. Lesson Plan: Explain to the students that they are going to act like the Founding Fathers. natural-born citizen: a person who was a U.S.

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Lesson Plan Social Studies Government Professional Development 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Let their dreams and longings be the starting point for lesson plans, not something that’s cordoned off or relegated to 20-minute enrichment. 2020 = 125,000; 2040 = 185,000+. 2020 = 75,000; 2040 = 110,000+. 2020 = 11,000; 2040 = 13,000. Bring out the beauty that’s in their souls. Microplurality.

Education 91

Education K-12 Anthropology Advocacy 91

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. on March 18, 2020. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020.

Elementary School 88

Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School 88

ED Surge

JULY 14, 2022

And then, of course, there was the great toilet paper shortage of 2020. As I reflected on this challenge, considering how to move through it—whether to hold off on promoting certain books this year or whether to encourage teachers to build buffer time into lesson plans to allow for more discussion—something else struck me.

Library 22

Library Humanities Lesson Plan Professional Development 22

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

“Centering science lessons on phenomena that are universal — like light — or deeply rooted in a region’s culture or location … can make science more relevant and interesting for students. Constructing lesson plans around the 5Es improves instruction and allows student-driven learning. What causes that to happen?’”

Lesson Plan 52

Lesson Plan K-12 Professional Development Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

The shift came to the school ahead of a statewide deadline to have proficiency-based graduation requirements in place for all of Vermont’s 2020 high school graduates. Most schools are on track to have new graduation requirement systems in place by 2020, but on-the-ground changes look different from district to district.

High School 99

High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies 99

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lesson 4: Voting and Elections (Grades 4-5) Sept. 18, 2020 • Studies Weekly Weekly Summary: The constitution sets out very few absolute qualifications to run for national office, yet the unofficial qualities of candidates often play a much larger role in who actually gets elected.

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Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development History 52