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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

I have coursework in school librarianship, so that's definitely a part of my progress, having actual school librarianship theories and pedagogies and systems under my belt. My focus is on charter schools, multiliteracies and school librarianship. That's what I do. So you don't necessarily say, I'm a school librarian? I'm an educator.

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Social Studies and Science Vocabulary

Ashleigh's Education Journey

These words are important because they help students comprehend text across different content areas such as social studies and science. Pre-teaching vocabulary is not having kids look up definitions or other boring practices. Below you can see an example of my social studies and science vocabulary terms.

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Teaching Elementary Science and Social Studies

Ashleigh's Education Journey

State and federal mandates and high stakes testing have made teaching elementary science and social studies a battle for time in the classroom. This battle has resulted in minimizing social studies and science instruction to focus on tested areas. There should also be intentional social studies and science instruction.

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

Patty Topliffe, who teaches social studies at Woodstock High School in Vermont, said teaching vocabulary and other literacy skills to her students helps them understand primary source documents. Patty Topliffe (center right) and other English and social studies teachers at Woodstock High School, in Vermont.

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Fun & Engaging Executive Branch Activity Ideas

Let's Cultivate Greatness

Simulate the Electoral College The Electoral College is definitely not something to rush through. Its a bit complicated, which means it also offers great opportunities to practice critical thinking and social studies skills. You can grab this ready-to-go project kit here.

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How flawed IQ tests prevent kids from getting help in school

The Hechinger Report

became the lead plaintiff in a California lawsuit alleging that IQ tests discriminated against Black students and were too often used to label them “educable mentally retarded” and remove them from traditional classes. There are some kids who don’t get services under that model who definitely deserve and need support.”

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Math Instruction Isn’t Working. Could Better Teacher Training Help?

ED Surge

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? I definitely think we need to invest a lot more money in high-quality professional development,” Brown says. Or even newer math ?)

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