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Why You Shouldn’t Use Physical Education As Punishment

TeachThought

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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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. One such challenge asked elementary school kids to design an exercise for their physical education teacher to perform on video. It was the kind of report students traditionally deliver orally to their classmates.

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Chrome Can: Interactive, Non-linear Stories

Dr. Shannon Doak

Do you remember reading those great books in elementary school that let you choose what happened next? It can also incorporate variables, which encompass the traditional trappings of games such as hit points and score. A great place to start is at the Twine Wiki. Example of the code used to link story parts. Options in Twine.

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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. Hope Koumentakos High School Social Studies Teacher, Takoma Park, Maryland I currently teach U.S. In lieu of a traditional exam for one of my U.S. History I and II to 10th and 11th graders, respectively.

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As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools

The Hechinger Report

“There was a breakdown in communication in the school and the students,” said Honani, who works as a program manager for The Hopi Foundation. Initially, Honani put some blame on herself as a mother, chiding herself for failing to stay on top of her son’s teachers and deprioritizing traditional schooling during a hectic time.