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His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher. But nothing felt quite right, until he considered teaching.

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Schools on a screen: One tech-savvy school district has lessons for others going online

The Hechinger Report

He’s 89 years old, so this is the way to archive a community member,” Appelbaum said. Though teachers at the high school did not have to use technology, it was everywhere. Your brain has to have something to hook on to,” said Joe Clement, co-author of “Screen Schooled” and a teacher in Virginia.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

To activate their interest, I spent the first class period showing the Freedom Archives’ COINTELPRO 101 documentary. This approach not only enriched the learning experience but also empowered students to develop critical thinking skills essential for navigating the multifaceted dimensions of global issues.

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Segregation in Steel Valley: How these Pittsburgh-area elementary students are separated by race and academic performance

The Hechinger Report

The Steel Valley School District operates two elementary schools in a shoulder of the Monongahela River. One school enrolls mostly black students. When Terrance Frey learned that his son’s school, Barrett Elementary, is 78 percent black and Park Elementary is 84 percent white, he was shocked. “Not