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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. Then in 1992, Congress passed a law that designated May as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. They helped shape our country into what it is today.

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3 Ways to Keep Students Engaged When Summer Is Calling

Studies Weekly

JUNE 3, 2024

March 15, 2024 How Studies Weekly Uses Scientific Principles to Innovate Science Teaching March 11, 2024 The post 3 Ways to Keep Students Engaged When Summer Is Calling first appeared on Studies Weekly.

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How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School

Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School May 6, 2024 • By Studies Weekly In elementary school, students learn and refine an immeasurable number of skills. They develop math, reading, spelling, grammar, and writing skills that teachers measure and monitor.

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Double Duty Teachers

Studies Weekly

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Double Duty Teachers Have Double the Love for Studies Weekly Jul 11, 2024 Video Transcript Speakers: Morgan Mercado and Taylor Wallace, 4th Grade Gifted Education Teachers Morgan Mercado and Taylor Wallace: Hey, I’m Morgan, and I’m Taylor, and we’re the Double Duty Teachers.

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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

You Have Primary Sources in Your Family May 10, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Primary sources transport students through history. They help students understand what real people of the past saw, felt, and heard as they lived through the events we study in school.

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Help Calm your Elementary Students with these Breathing Exercises

Studies Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2024

Help Calm your Elementary Students with these Breathing Exercises Aug 6, 2024 • By Debbie Bagley Focusing your breathing with various exercises can bring a sense of calm and comfort, as well as many emotional and physical benefits. Breathing techniques can be a fun and engaging way to teach students to regulate their emotions.

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The Nationwide Reading Struggle

Studies Weekly

JULY 9, 2024

March 15, 2024 The post The Nationwide Reading Struggle first appeared on Studies Weekly.

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Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance

Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance May 28, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Education in the United States has changed since the 2020 pandemic and still faces many lingering challenges due to the shutdown. One of the most pervasive issues is chronic student absenteeism. Mervosh, Sarah, and Francesca Paris. The New York Times.

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10 Summer Tips to Prepare a Great Classroom

Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

6, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Creating a great classroom involves thoughtful planning and preparation to ensure the space is welcoming, engaging, and conducive to learning. 15, 2024 and tell us what you love most about Studies Weekly to be entered into a raffle for a $100 Amazon Gift Card to help you get ready for the school year!

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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

13, 2024 • By Studies Weekly History would not be the same without the inspiring lives of Black humanitarians. He believed that African Americans should embrace their heritage and culture and work together to overturn oppression. 4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians Feb.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Herrington honored his heritage by carrying six eagle feathers, a braid of sweet grass, two arrowheads, and the Chickasaw Nation’s flag into space. In 2002, Herrington was selected as a mission specialist for STS-113, the 16th Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

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The Science of Reading: Phonemic and Phonological Awareness

Studies Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2024

The Science of Reading: Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Aug 26, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Reading has the wondrous power to transport us across time and space. It enhances our imagination, sparks our creativity, and helps us see others’ perspectives.

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Connecting Local Communities to Paleoanthropology in Kenya

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The group shares information about the islands ancient history and the role of local collaborators in discovering that heritage. All members are united in the goals of educating the local community about Rusingas incredible fossil heritage. Teachers ask us to clarify the science for their lesson plans.

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Then, in mid-May 2023, a member of the school board told Grimes that it would not be renewing his contract, which was to end in June 2024. Experts, books, videos, detailed lesson plans — to teachers at the time, it felt like a blur of continuous learning. Slowly, educators began sharing strategies and co-teaching classes.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Teachers now must use lesson plans, and they finally have a curriculum to use in English, science and math classes. In its first report following a January 2024 visit, the monitor found the bureau in violation of 72 of those requirements. Teachers used no lesson plans, in any subject, and the school had no librarian.

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

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3 Ways to Keep Students Engaged When Summer Is Calling

How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School

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You Have Primary Sources in Your Family

Help Calm your Elementary Students with these Breathing Exercises

The Nationwide Reading Struggle

Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance

10 Summer Tips to Prepare a Great Classroom

4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

The Science of Reading: Phonemic and Phonological Awareness

Connecting Local Communities to Paleoanthropology in Kenya

A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

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