TCI

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Selecting high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for social studies is one of the most impactful decisions a district can make. By choosing and implementing HQIM, district administrators can drive deeper student engagement, improve academic outcomes, and ensure long-term success in social studies education.

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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

It's the year 2023, and teaching social studies is more of a challenge than ever before. Between the students, administrators, parents, and the community, social studies teachers are feeling pressure from all directions. Many of them are burned out on Google Classroom, digital activities, webquests, Kahoot, etc.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

Are you a K-12 educator or administrator? Digital Promise is crowdsourcing best practices for piloting learning technology tools, and we want to hear from you! This spring, Digital Promise is working with six school districts conducting education technology pilots. 8 PM ET, March 27, 2015. Click here to share it.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Additionally, while teachers reported having less say into the educational technology they use now than in our fall 2019 survey, those who have this input are much more likely than those without it to see their online classes as effective. Social-Emotional Learning as Part of Whole Child Learning. Lessons Learned to Move Forward.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I loved my colleagues on my social studies team; we shared resources and supported each other. Rather than just giving educators access to information about teaching strategies, micro-credentials help us provide educators with a chance to demonstrate that they can implement those strategies in their classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

The stereotypical library can seem like a vestige, making it an easy target when budgets are tight, according to Mark Ray, Vancouver’s director of innovation and library services, “but we want libraries to be the lynchpin of education transformation.” based education advocacy group. “It I go wherever teachers need me.”.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

JUNE 28, 2017

In this post: Pacing Guides Fourth Grade Morning Work Reading Writing Guided Math & Workshops Social Studies & Science Classroom Management Top Ten Resources Pacing Guides It’s hard to start the year without a plan, so you can download example fourth grade pacing guides here. They may also be quite overwhelming!

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