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Waiting for the traveling teacher: Remote rural schools need more hands-on help

The Hechinger Report

Rural students tend to do well in elementary school, but something changes as they get older. Although rural schools have made tremendous gains in high school graduation rates, these students are still less likely than their suburban and urban peers to successfully continue their education after high school.

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Civil Conversation Protects Our Civil Rights

Teaching American History

Kymberli Wregglesworth, a 2016 MAHG graduate, teaches Civics, World history and social studies electives at Onaway High School in Michigan. Our Apprenticeship in Liberty Begins at the Local Level “Civics class should give students an apprenticeship in liberty ,” Wregglesworth argued. Peters agreed.

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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

Research Empowers Students of History Research work benefits everyone, Czarnecki feels. At Bishop Seabury, a small independent school in the Episcopal tradition, high school students take two or more of Czarnecki’s courses. For eleven years, while serving as Dean of Students at Bishop Seabury, she taught world history.