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Strengthening Civic Education: The Role of High-Quality Curriculum and Teaching Strategies

TCI

We’ll discuss the findings from state evaluations, the importance of high-quality instructional materials, what defines HQIM in social studies, and how they can transform classrooms into environments that inspire active citizenship. State Evaluations Reveal Gaps in Civics Education In 2021, The Thomas B.

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

To help them succeed, the school — which last year served just over 500 high schoolers , roughly 80 percent of whom qualified for free or reduced priced lunch — provides its teachers with daily professional development and coaching on literacy instruction and other topics.

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New National Survey Analyzes Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning

Digital Promise

For the fall, district leaders are working with Dr. Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, to modify, update, and provide cultural relevance and accuracy for the Social Studies curriculum. Edtech and Professional Development.

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

The Hechinger Report

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.

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

Studies Weekly

Yet Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent have been underrepresented in this country for years, according to Connie Chang’s article for Parents published April 2021. Teach Social Studies through different cultural perspectives using our printed and online K-6 Social Studies curriculum.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

ED Surge

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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Bringing ‘inclusive innovation’ to school districts

The Hechinger Report

The Sunnyside district, where roughly 90 percent of students are Hispanic, signed on at the start of the pandemic, after discovering that many of its ninth graders were struggling with the demands of recently adopted state standards for social science. There was much more emphasis on critical thinking and primary source investigation.