A Principal's Reflections

JULY 6, 2014

It is a conversation that I relish as the students themselves ultimately discover the value of this type of learning over traditional pedagogical techniques that are mostly passive in nature and do not require critical thought. best practices inquiry New Milford High School pedagogy science Tahreen Chowdhury'

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Many adults, as well as the vast majority of my high school-age peers, don’t seem to understand how government works and as a result don’t trust it. And as I began my freshman year of high school this fall, I joined the O’Connor Institute Ambassadors Online Civics & Debate Club. Related: Become a lifelong learner.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

Theyre part of Samsungs Solve for Tomorrow tech competition for public middle and high school students, and winning means big prize money for their schools to purchase more tech tools. Drozda says schools dont necessarily need to rush into building AI classes or programs. The easy thing to do is develop a class.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While mastering technical skills is essential, students must also develop soft skills like communication, collaboration and critical thinking to thrive beyond the classroom. In our tech-driven world, the value of human connection can’t be overstated.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Jami Rhue thought her first stint as a school librarian would be a quick detour in her career as a classroom teacher. 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. If you can't manage, you can't teach.

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Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 111

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 30, 2012

These schools and educators, whether they realize it or not, are not only enhancing the teaching and learning process, but they are also providing their learners with essential skill sets pivotal for success in today’s society. Technology is often viewed either as a frill or a tool not worth its weight in gold.

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Education Professional Development Educational Technology Pedagogy 383

Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching government at Hilliard Darby High School in Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Amy Messick helps students understand how our constitutional system works. One former student who appreciates what he learned from Messick now serves on the school board for the district in which Messick teaches.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This hurt her teaching time, and she wanted to know if I experienced the same phenomenon in my teaching career; without hesitation, I admitted to facing the same problem. In my fifth year of teaching Arabic as a second language, I often reflect on how frequently my subject is undervalued.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 18, 2019

The following is a guest post by Rachelle Dene Poth ( @Rdene915 ), Spanish and STEAM Teacher at Riverview High School in PA. While there are many digital tools to choose from when it comes to teaching and having our students create, Buncee’s versatility and ease-of-use make it a go-to tool for all creative needs.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 3, 2011

As a science teacher I routinely utilized case studies as they provided a relevant context to what I was teaching. Claire Davis and Elizabeth Wilcock conducted an excellent literature review and created a phenomenal resource called Teaching Materials Using Case Studies. They expose students to real-life issues.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 26, 2013

The annual Edscape Conference will once again be held at New Milford High School in New Milford, NJ on Saturday October 19, 2013. Hundreds of educators from over ten different states and Canada descended upon my school last year to learn together and network in an effort to move their respective school cultures down an innovative path.

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Professional Development Critical Thinking High School Leadership 238

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Deductive reasoning is one of the key skills in critical thinking, as it requires students to take a logical approach to turning general ideas into specific conclusions.” Critical thinking is not just a skill, but a habit formed to help with problem-solving.”

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

Cognitive engagement: Encouraged students to think deeply about the content. Problem-solving and critical thinning: Encouraged problem-solving and critical thinking. Instructional monitoring: Monitored student progress and adjusted their teaching strategy as needed. What might educators glean from the findings?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

New Jersey is set to become the first state in the nation to mandate teaching media literacy to students of all ages as a bill with the requirement heads to Gov. A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. Subscribe today!

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

As the school year comes to an end at New Milford High School, I can’t help but begin to think about sustaining the many changes that have taken place over the past few years as well as identifying other areas where change is needed.

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Leadership Professional Development Educational Technology Critical Thinking 291

ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2025

One of the first times I felt like I was in community was in my high school jazz band as a teenager. I auditioned to be a part of the Ravinia Scholars , joining a group of teenage musicians from high schools all over Chicago. Our worldviews collide, and we are no longer alone; we are in a community.

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Heritage Critical Thinking High School Humanities 118

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Image credit: [link] A Biology Teacher’s Thoughts on Critical Literacy by Lynne Torpie Science teachers can tend to be myopic, focusing on acquiring content detail and teaching the steps of the scientific method instead of fostering the investigative, critical thinking and written communication skills that embody real-world scientific endeavors.

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ED Surge

MAY 21, 2024

Ellen Galinsky has been on a seven-year quest to understand what brain science says about how to better teach and parent adolescent children. And then critical thinking, like making a decision on the basis of what you think is valid and accurate information and going forth in implementing that decision.

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Teaching Humanities Critical Thinking Middle School 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Red states are where the annual issuance of new high school equivalency diplomas has fallen by more than 50 percent between 2012 and 2016. Their best shot at earning one is passing a high-school equivalency exam, what was known as the GED before 2014 but has now splintered into three exam options: the new GED , the TASC and the HiSET.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The annual Edscape Conference will once again be held at New Milford High School in New Milford, NJ on Saturday October 13, 2012. This requires a shift in instructional techniques that focus on critical thinking, inquiry, problem-solving, authentic contexts, and technology. Innovation begins with a desire to change.

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Professional Development Critical Thinking Leadership Educational Technology 222

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

High school students read together in the library. It is harder now for high school students to focus on and make sense of long, complex texts, particularly the underserved students who were already struggling with reading. Their attention is no longer split between decoding and critical thinking.

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High School Library Critical Thinking Humanities 106

ED Surge

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Baldwin school district is also teaching students not to take everything they see on social media at face value. Media literacy classes begin at sixth grade and continue through high school. That includes what Camhi calls academic wellness, support for students who have been avoiding attending school.

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K-12 Middle School Critical Thinking High School 122

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2018

Kate Allender, of Tesla STEM High School, has designed a course integrating AP Psychology with a hands-on study of forensics. At most high schools, however, the book learning and hands-on experiences are kept separate. Christine Lee, a 17-year-old junior at Tesla STEM High School. REDMOND, Wash. —

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

High school students often combat social media trolling by leaping before they look, jumping into heated arguments online. Only half of Americans say their schools gave them strong critical-thinking skills, according to a study released this week by the Reboot Foundation, where I serve as executive director.

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Teaching Psychology Lesson Plan High School 111

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources.

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

My classmates at th e public high school I attend in New York City are not unusual: In a recent survey, 89 percent of students who responded said they had used ChatGPT for homework. While project-based learning may help lift standardized test scores, its real power lies in improving problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

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Project-Based Learning Psychology Critical Thinking High School 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Mark’s blog post about teaching empathy mentions both the refugee VR video and one about the lives of police in Flint, Michigan. “In Boyd County High School teacher William Parker and a 10th grade student immerse themselves in “One World, Many Stories: Amman Jordan.” Cayne Letizia, middle school English teacher, Valhalla, N.Y.

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Teaching Middle School Humanities Professional Development 103

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

West, an associate professor, and Professor Carl Bergstrom teach “Calling BS: Data Reasoning in a Digital World” (although the actual course listing uses the more colorful language). Related: Can we teach our way out of political polarization? We’re teaching web credibility as if it’s 2002,” he said.

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K-12 Civics Middle School Critical Thinking 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The topic of trauma — specifically, trauma-informed teaching — has become a focus in education. have experienced some form of trauma, so it’s critical that educators be equipped to support every student. As the visual arts teacher at an elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., Almost 50 percent of students in the U.S.

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Critical Thinking Elementary School High School Teaching 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2024

The other day, one of my students told me that she’d been assigned the lyrics of Kendrick Lamar for her high school English class. It was the first time I had encountered a high school English assignment involving an author with whom I was wholly unfamiliar.

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TCI

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Research shows that active learning increases student performance, reduces failure rates, and fosters deeper critical thinking. In the 1980s and 1990s, research confirmed the effectiveness of active learning , leading to its integration into modern teaching methodologies across K-12 and higher education. What Is Active Learning?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Latin is rarely offered in high school. Why, then, are recent attempts to tinker with the high school math canon eliciting such a backlash? Case in point: the debate over including data science courses as high school math options. The high school teachers remain unconvinced.

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Education Tradition High School Critical Thinking 138

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I

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Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 96

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In educational settings, AR can be used in numerous ways to enhance teaching and engage students. Heather Brantley, an instructional technologist and teacher at a Texas junior high school, recognizes the value of integrating augmented reality tools into her lessons. Augmented reality lets you explore together with your students.

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EdTech Junior High Geography Critical Thinking 132

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

Related: OPINION: Inequality is still at the heart of student NAEP score performance I spent part of the summer of 2022 teaching a free data science course to high school students in San Jose, California. The course was optional, and the students earned no high school or college credits.

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K-12 High School Critical Thinking Economics 144

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The novel follows the twins Joshua and Christophe, who recently graduated high school. These kinds of conversations were not possible when I began teaching in the district. Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts. In response, a mother said, “No, no.

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Cultures Advocacy Lesson Plan High School 139

Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Its easy to focus on just the President when teaching the Executive Branch, but its important also to stress the role of the four million other people who make up this branch of government. Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class.

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