Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

The Digital Promise maker learning team spent some time in Greer, South Carolina this winter observing and filming the Riverside Middle School Library Club students as they worked to design solutions to problems they identified in their community. If that doesn’t sum up middle school, I don’t know what does.

Library 102

Library Middle School Tradition Lesson Plan 102

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. It fosters critical thinking, problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of mathematical principles by placing students as active learners rather than passive recipients of information.

Education 120

Education Pedagogy Critical Thinking Middle School 120

Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you are teaching high school, this likely means that you can broach most news-worthy topics. However, if you're a middle school teacher, there are going to be some things you'll want to steer clear of. 3) Encourage critical thinking. What are the implications of it? Thanks for stopping by!

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics Critical Thinking World History 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2020

What stands out for me is how readers remain interested in basic research into how kids learn, from reading to critical thinking to collaborating with peers. Will history repeat? A study on teaching critical thinking in science. How the last recession affected higher education.

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Research Tutoring Education Critical Thinking 108

Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2018

According to the Future of Jobs Report by the World Economic Forum, creativity is one of the top three most important skills for future workers, along with complex problem solving and critical thinking. They can research art, history, nature, foreign countries, science fiction – and the list goes on. If so, how?

Middle School 67

Middle School Critical Thinking Economics History 67

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Civics education had just become a required part of the curriculum in Massachusetts , and I looked forward to offering my students the tools and techniques needed for honest discussions and debates, teaching them critical thinking skills, and educating them about their duties as citizens. immigration policy.

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Civics Charter School Government History 93

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. It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. We could find history games at Playing History or Flight to Freedom.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2019

This single assignment asks students to master science, math, history and language arts standards, which is par for the course for these sixth graders. Their school schedules don’t make distinctions among the four core subjects, which are co-taught by two teachers in an interdisciplinary, project-based environment.

Project-Based Learning 112

Project-Based Learning Tradition Middle School Social Studies 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

In middle school, he was selected for the Rutgers Future Scholars Program, which provides academic support and college scholarships to low-income students. Despite the program’s guidance, he missed a lot of class in high school, got some Ds and Fs, and was barely accepted to Rutgers University-Newark. West had tried to adapt.

High School 99

High School Oral History Middle School Charter School 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Moheeb Kaied, a seventh-grader this fall, shows a visitor how he checks his academic progress using a monitoring website that one of the teachers at the school developed. NEW YORK — Few middle schoolers are as clued in to their mathematical strengths and weakness as Moheeb Kaied. Mastery-based learning, of course, has its critics.

Tradition 107

Tradition Middle School High School History 107

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Middle school, with flexible curriculums and idealistic, determined students, can be an ideal time to delve into environmental causality. Learning to dissect these complexities and create sensible solutions can help develop the critical-thinking skills necessary to understanding the challenges of environmental stewardship.

Teaching 48

Teaching Middle School Critical Thinking History 48

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

North Philadelphia’s The LINC High School, set in an area with one of the city’s highest violent crime rates , has faced several obstacles in its short history. He says a big part of that shift was the relationships he forged at school. We’re not just project-based, we’re a community-driven school,” he said.

Project-Based Learning 99

Project-Based Learning Leadership High School Tradition 99

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Meanwhile, at one of the tables in the hallway set up for kids working together, a girl named Silver Anderson said that doing three courses in Jaguar Academy (physical science, English and American history) gave her the schedule flexibility to meet with the band teacher on Friday mornings for an informal class in music theory and composition.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School American History Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies. Glenn Youngkin.

Social Studies 126

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 126

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

In Philadelphia, seventh grade in particular is, for many, an important time for another reason: the grades students earn that year largely determine whether they will be chosen for one of the city’s admissions-only high schools. Related: Middle school is often difficult. So I wouldn’t want anyone going back to school yet.

High School 145

High School Social Studies K-12 Middle School 145

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 15, 2024

history and to restrict students’ ability to ask questions and think critically. She received an enthusiastic response, with many educators affirming the need to teach banned books and banned history. From there, participants heard about the history and present day efforts to protect the Wyandot burial grounds.

Teaching 87

Teaching Library Museum Social Justice 87