The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Middle school science teacher Kent Heckenlively has spent part of his time teaching, well, not science. Heckenlively works at Gale Ranch Middle School in San Ramon, California. middle-school science teachers have no scientific background. This story also appeared in USA Today. Department of Education.

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Middle School Controversial Topics Geography Political Science 125

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Ali McMillan, an instructional coach and intervention specialist at West Feliciana Middle School, Louisiana. Ali McMillan, an instructional coach and intervention specialist at West Feliciana Middle School in West Feliciana Parish, is one of 20 educators participating in the program. Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 116

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

And topics that are listed in the standards, like DNA, lend themselves to teaching about vaccines, said Mike Fumagalli, principal at Glenn Westlake Middle School in Illinois and a former high school biology teacher.

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Controversial Topics Middle School Lesson Plan Teaching 113

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

While in middle school, students need to read nonfiction texts that contain many technical, discipline-specific words, but these texts also include many ‘all-purpose’ academic words, such as factor , structure , function , and interpret. Generating knowledge of academic language among urban middle school students.

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Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 76

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

While in middle school, students need to read nonfiction texts that contain many technical, discipline-specific words, but these texts also include many ‘all-purpose’ academic words, such as factor , structure , function , and interpret. Generating knowledge of academic language among urban middle school students.

Controversial Topics 72

Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 72

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University, said that because good history and civics instruction invites discussions about controversial topics, good classroom culture is especially important. Does every student feel like they matter?”

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Teaching Civics American History Controversial Topics 139