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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Make the Citizenship Test the Best Part of Your Civics Class

Let's Cultivate Greatness

During the 2010s, one specific group, the Civics Education Initiative, made it their goal to have all 50 states make passing some form of the US Naturalization Test (the official name of the test) a high school graduation requirement. The Citizenship Test is the axis my Civics class rotates around. Now over a dozen do.

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5 Ways To Create Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

Passion for Social Studies

You might also like this to give you time back to foster positive parent teacher relationship United States History Course $ 200.00 Add to cart Civics and American Government Course $ 125.00 Add to cart AP US Government Course $ 200.00 Add to cart Sociology Course $ 200.00

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5 Top Trends for Teaching Social Studies in 2023

Students of History

For example, I will have students read an online article and complete an interactive notebook graphic organizer based on what they read. I have these available for my entire curricula in World and US History. Another trend in social studies education is the emphasis on project-based learning.

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What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?

ED Surge

The organization says it is producing and testing project-based learning experiences that will give students credits as well as certified badges that break courses into smaller components and recognize the skills they’ve gained.

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Teaching kids not to be scared of math might help them achieve

The Hechinger Report

Working with Eskolta School Research and Design, a New York-based education-consulting firm, and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a California-based education research center, the Department was testing solutions inside dozens of schools. Gallin’s school was one of them. Hulleman and Kenn E.

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OPINION: We did not need the Nation’s ‘Report Card’ to tell us we must invest in civic education

The Hechinger Report

Many educators probably weren’t surprised by today’s announcement of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results for civics and history. In past years, the scores for civics have been flat, which is hardly encouraging. The scores tell an all-too-familiar story.

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