ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

I was more of a periodical girl, with the magazines and the newspapers and an occasional novel or self-help book. In K-2, I'm integrating finger spelling with American Sign Language to help them with letter recognition within the books, because the books have letters that make words that make sentences.

Library 101

Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 101

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

Library 111

Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Pushing students to get involved in research early can also amplify inequities among those who don’t have access to expensive research programs or opportunities at elite institutions. That’s not to say that teaching research skills in high school is bad, though.

High School 124

High School Research Research Skills Private School 124

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This phase underscores the significance of critical evaluation, research skills, and reasoning. Character Traits: After reading about a character in a book, students make a claim about that character, provide evidence from the text, and ask questions about the character’s motivation, relationships, or impact on the story.

Critical Thinking 165

Critical Thinking Research Skills Humanities Cultures 165

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Yet researchers and nonprofit and government leaders are calling on colleges to think bigger, beyond their own students, to consider how they can lend their expertise and resources to make a difference off campus, too. Research shows that like education, it has spillover benefits for society.”

Government 114

Government Research Skills Humanities Research 114

C3 Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Heritage months are celebrations of culture, they provide teachers with opportunities to shift from the official curriculum and focus on celebrating the richness of the peoples and cultures too often left out of our history books and regulated to victim-based narratives.

Heritage 52

Heritage American History Pedagogy History 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

She and her classmates created their own books, which they presented to their families and community members in January as a final, public hurrah. Each student’s book featured photos, narrative and copies of some of the vital records they tracked down. Reagan is already using her newfound research skills in a history class.

History 139

History Ancestry Heritage Project-Based Learning 139