ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

DENVER In Zach Kennellys senior civics class, students are building custom chatbots with artificial intelligence. Many teachers, already, are looking for ways to use AI to build lesson plans and improve student feedback, Huh says: We know its coming. could do with the emerging technology.

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Education Charter School Civics Lesson Plan 115

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Calling for more civics and history instruction is nothing new. A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr.

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Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 145

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

This week’s post comes from Thomas Fulbright, current KCSS president and history teacher at Hope Street Academy, a public charter school in Topeka since 2008. For a copy of my lesson, follow this link. For a copy of a completed student version of this lesson, follow this link.

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Lesson Plan Charter School History Library 67

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

It is just one of a slate of waivers approved by lawmakers, including class size, teacher preparation time, hiring and firing rules, and others, allowing traditional public schools to operate with the same educational requirements as their area charter schools. She uses the New York Times lesson guides, the U.S.

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Charter School Tradition Public School Civics 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Sarah Swanson-Hysell, a teacher at Lighthouse Community Charter School in California’s Oakland Unified School District, sympathizes with students like Benjamin. Sarah Swanson-Hysell, a teacher at Lighthouse Community Charter School in California’s Oakland Unified School District. “I

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Charter School Middle School Government Civics 111