ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

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. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive.

Library 111

Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 111

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Pushing students to get involved in research early can also amplify inequities among those who don’t have access to expensive research programs or opportunities at elite institutions. That’s not to say that teaching research skills in high school is bad, though.

High School 124

High School Research Research Skills Private School 124

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Lawrence Seaway and Power Project” that I had joined with an environmental historian to teach. These are questions of a sort every thinking person confronts every day. My students were starting to figure things out, using their critical thinking skills. How did they do it? Are we really better off now?

Economics 107

Economics History Humanities Critical Thinking 107