Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

DOWNLOAD RESOURCE Boss Tweed in courtroom, Courtesy of Getty Images Second Wave of Irish Immigration In 1845, the Potato Famine spread across Europe, but nowhere did it cause more devastation than in Ireland. See why over six million students across America love using Studies Weekly Social Studies.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2012

Teachers can download the app onto their iPhones or iPads and to access evaluation forms, rubrics, lesson tracking and several other forms specific to the program model. These mentor and master teachers observe other teachers and lead reflective meetings about how to improve student performance based on data they’ve collected in evaluations.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

Find strength in numbers, networking with other librarians through support groups and organizations that advocate for librarians Look for opportunities to give teachers more professional development about what librarians can offer. Over 50,000 teachers have already joined—come on in.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Our collective goal is to create an immersive experience that moves beyond the typical one and done professional development. You can access and download the form HERE if you wish. The group conversations and reflection that ensued after the walks were conducted was terrific!

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 7, 2025

AI in the Classroom Harness the benefits and avoid the pitfalls with these best practices for integrating AI in the classroom.

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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2021

The Digital Equity Checklist includes supports and procedures that can help sustain digital equity in a learning ecosystem over time Download the guide. Professional Development. Click here to download the League’s Digital Equity Checklist. Communication & Engagement. Teaching & Learning.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This year, traditional approaches to professional development may feel daunting because teachers are spread thin due to substitute shortages and the challenges associated with returning to physical classrooms. A book club may present a more manageable, self-paced approach to professional learning.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

Experience with Studies Weekly Frances recently attended a Professional Development training hosted by Studies Weekly. She also stresses the importance of staying open to learning, trying new approaches, and reflecting on best practices. Education is an evolving journey, and its okay not to have all the answers right away.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Each participating school received a grant which included tools, resources, professional development and mentorship for coaches, and support for administrators and their goals. The coaches, as well as school and district administrators, receive sustained mentoring and ongoing professional development throughout the school year.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

If you do a professional development session for 100 people, you get 100 surveys back, and 99 of them had positive feedback and one of them said something slightly critical, ten years later you remember that slightly critical thing. “Our minds have a negativity bias. This is a survival mechanism for humans; we remember danger.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

For a deeper dive into research-based strategies, download our free eBook, Rethinking Literacy in K-5 Classrooms: How Social Studies and Science Drive Academic Success. To improve student outcomes, schools must take a more integrated approach to literacy instruction.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Integrate Science and Social Studies into Literacy Blocks Embedding content-rich instruction within literacy blocks allows students to develop reading, writing, and speaking skills while gaining essential knowledge. Planning Support: Provide common planning time, cross-grade collaboration, and resource-sharing tools.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2021

Establishing a strong culture of coaching, however, requires structures to be in place in a school or district such as designated time for coaching, and ongoing professional development for coaches and administrators. To learn more about the impact of the coaching pilot in Puerto Rico download the full report in English or Spanish.

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Anthropology News

JULY 16, 2024

Professional Development: They explored the theory of praxis, the methods of autoethnography, the institutions of scholarly publishing, and the techniques of science communication. Growing Together: From Research to Action Download Marlo Shah Marlo is an eleventh grader at San Ramon Valley High School.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

How satisfied are teachers with professional development, micro-credentials, and coaching as mechanisms to support their use of technology in their practice? To learn more about the case study in Puerto Rico, download the full report. What supports do teachers still need to effectively use technology?

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Train Educators to Teach Content-Rich Literacy: Provide professional development that helps teachers integrate social studies instruction into literacy frameworks effectively. Incorporate Inquiry-Based Learning: Engage students in discussions, debates, and primary source analysis to deepen comprehension and critical thinking.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Primary Source Analysis Worksheet: Photograph Analysis Start Learning with Primary Sources Start engaging with primary sources with our free downloadable Primary Source Analysis Tools.

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Digital Promise

MAY 21, 2019

Majorities of those surveyed say edtech improves students’ learning experiences by helping students discover new information and ideas, find new learning strategies, and develop organizational and task management skills. Download our primer report on learner variability, Learner Variability Is the Rule, Not the Exception.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

As an emerging professional development strategy, educator micro-credentials can enable teachers to continuously identify, capture, recognize, and share their best practices. Download the report. The Deeper Learning micro-credentials are just the beginning of this promising practice. Share this report on Twitter.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Five reviewers rated most of the online materials that teachers download as “mediocre” or “probably not worth using.” The researchers excluded those sites, they explained, because they couldn’t identify which lessons are intended for high school English and they were unable to sort lessons by downloads. stars out of 4.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

But some respondents noted that “any professional development for technology is the barest it can be to save time and money.” Download Promethean’s full report, The State of Technology in Education 2021/2 , and talk to the experts.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

To use the core four, we recommend articulating the goals of your personalized learning program, assessing the readiness of your teachers, and conducting professional development that addresses all four but goes deep on one or two. You can download it here. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Be sure to visit her Pinterest account , Twitter account , Instagram profile , Facebook page , and YouTube channel for great ideas, free downloads, and tips, including diverse book recommendations and ratings. She has a deep passion for teaching and comes from a long line of educators.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2022

Some readers, regardless of disability, may want to download readings into file formats compatible with use on a mobile device. Institutions must incentivize instructors to pursue professional development and partner with centers for teaching and learning. Texts may require conversion into another file format or into braille.

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Edthena

JANUARY 24, 2017

The new Chromebook app is available for download from Chrome Web Store and is free to use for all Edthena users. At Edthena we want to increase teachers’ access to high-quality professional development. Designing for the device you already have. We think this leads to changes in classroom teaching.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

That requires a huge investment in ongoing teacher professional development. That's the easier step. The difficult bit is, then, how do you support teachers in that education system to be able to deliver it?

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

To be fair, I’m not the only one making her feel this way — she gets this message from professional development, from people who write books and articles and create media directed at teachers, and from her school leadership. None of us are sending that message in quite those words.

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Dr. Preece

APRIL 20, 2024

But I thought I’d share some reflections and learning – and now that the session downloads are starting to come through, I’ve got time to explore some of the sessions I didn’t get to. It’s been a while since the Conference, and I’ve been on some annual leave and playing catch up with work afterwards. Are they as smart as they claim?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2022

But more importantly, you can download the historical data to look at the accomplishments you have achieved and identify trends that might be helpful in preventing future challenges. Bump it up: I recommend using a Google form to set up this ongoing reflection. This way, you can quickly input your responses to the set of questions.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 17, 2017

By filming themselves and choosing which lessons to share, researchers say, teachers became collaborators in their own professional development. Download the full video observation toolkit from Best Foot Forward. Best Foot Forward’s latest research results show the effectiveness of video as a learning tool for teachers.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2022

To learn how to implement an accessibility program for your organization, download our whitepaper. Looking at emerging edtech trends relative to DEI, we need to understand how accessibility is being addressed (or not) and provide strategies to help ensure that it is prioritized. This requires a focus on content, design and user experience.

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Rosie the History Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Download my resource to introduce your students to The Christmas Truce. Speaking of half days, usually the afternoon is meant for staff professional development. You can grab the free download here. So I created a companion Bingo chart for the kids to use, also a free download! Please send ideas my way!

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Geogramblings

APRIL 5, 2023

If you are attending this year’s conference (GAConf23) either online or in person, download this shortlist of sessions. DOWNLOAD THE PDF In addition to the shortlist, GAConf23 delegates can download a ‘log sheet’ to record their learning and pen some ideas for growth to decolonise their classrooms and practice.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 18, 2024

Directors of Graduate Studies, Directors of Placement, and PhD advisors can also use the minimum standards to advise graduate students as they enter the job market or as part of professional development courses.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Recently, Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) hosted the Digital Promise’s Maker Learning Leadership Institute, a professional development workshop for school districts looking to build their maker learning programs. Now it’s your turn!

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

AbD’s four downloadable thinking routines [available as PDFs from the educator resources page ] are short, deceptively simple strategies that can be used in a variety of classroom settings to encourage these capacities. offer more maker-related professional development experiences for educators.

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ACRE

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Download Budgeting Basics Resources for Digital Classrooms: Do you use an online learning system for your classroom? If you’ve developed your own lessons and activities for teaching personal finance (or any other social studies topic) consider sharing your ideas on the Social Studies Arkansas blog.

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