TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Don’t Use Physical Education As Punishment contributed by Dr. Kymm Ballard, Executive Director for SPARK Think about any time you’ve seen “army boot camp” portrayed in pop culture — are you picturing the traditional drill sergeant, ordering his troops to do endless laps and push-ups, as punishment for their errors that day?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

“There are many schools that are effective at helping students learn, even in high-poverty communities,” said Sean Reardon, a Stanford sociologist who was part of the team that developed the Stanford Education Data Archive. Teachers in each school used the same shared curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Derrick Fields, 9, works on his assignment during a Spanish-language history lesson at Sherman Elementary School in San Diego, California. The evolution in thinking on the value of bilingual education and the specifics of the voter proposition was covered in depth by The Hechinger Report in this story from our archives.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JANUARY 18, 2019

Parents are more connected to the learning happening in the school and a better relationship around learning can be formed at home. Overall, a better learning environment and culture is formed.” Do you remember reading those great books in elementary school that let you choose what happened next? Options in Twine.

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Life and Landscapes

APRIL 21, 2025

I had traveled over much of the North Fork territory, experiencing the wonders of unique cultures, hidden in such beautiful, mountainous, riverine environments. And its famous concentration of Appalachian Culture suffered the most. The first-floor auditorium and radio station were flooded with mud, and their archives severely impacted.

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Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

To activate their interest, I spent the first class period showing the Freedom Archives’ COINTELPRO 101 documentary. The primary and secondary sources are perfect for middle school readers at multiple levels. I think it is important that the categories include culture, music and family.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

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

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