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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. Though she didnt initially see herself ever becoming a school librarian, Rhue has come to love the dynamism and variety of her job. So then she retired. That's what I do.

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PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies, study finds

The Hechinger Report

A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr. of a standard deviation higher, on average.

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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

The Hechinger Report

Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Hirsch’s Core Knowledge curriculum.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

But that’s not what is easing the transition to remote learning for schools like Rhodes. Now nearly 400 schools use it across 40 states. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states. Now more than ever it’s clear that Summit’s greatest strengths lie offline. They share impressive results.

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Doing Social Studies

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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What Does the End of ESSER Funding Mean?

Studies Weekly

ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) is a federal funding program to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 education. The federal government offered three rounds of funds to public, private, and charter schools nationwide. Worthington Direct.

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Arkansas schools hire untrained teachers as people lose interest in the profession

The Hechinger Report

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.