Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Primary sources include: Personal correspondence and diaries Government and civil documents Speeches and oral histories Audio and video recordings Photographs and posters Unfortunately, most textbooks provide just facts and figures, not an immersive experience.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Social Studies Teaching Oral History 52

ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Why it matters: The federal government spent almost $2 billion on tutoring over the course of 2020 and 2021, and venture capitalists followed suit in 2022, investing more than $300 million in tutoring companies. Industry heavyweight Canvas bought Learn Platform , citing the company’s capabilities in assessing product efficacy as a rationale.

EdTech 125

EdTech Tutoring Classroom Management Government 125

ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2023

Even though the work paraprofessionals do is critical and is proven to improve student learning , I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve been thanked and it often feels like my voice is the last to be heard in shaping routines, classroom management practices and instruction, even for students I have worked with for years.

Professional Development 97

Professional Development Classroom Management Government Education 97

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In 1967, 13 years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools to be inherently unequal, the federal government charged that the parish had maintained a segregated system. In Avoyelles, black residents are all too familiar with racial inequities between their parish’s schools.

Charter School 81

Charter School Elementary School High School Tradition 81