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Every student needs summer school this year to combat coronavirus learning loss

The Hechinger Report

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. As the coronavirus closes schools, online platforms are proving to be invaluable, allowing instruction to continue and alleviating the severity of students’ learning loss.

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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. In a history unit, teachers and students can choose which historical sites to write about in their postcards. The curriculum development was the subject of a 2012 paper.)

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

Kenyon Andrews Elementary School Special Education Teacher, Lubbock, Texas My high school Women’s Studies class students were each given The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Young Readers Edition to read in class and at home over two weeks. At the conclusion of the game, we hold a discussion on how the game went.

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