ED Surge

JANUARY 4, 2024

Looking back at the EdSurge K-12 stories that resonated the most with readers last year, many of them relate in some way to the teacher shortages felt around the country. Not just the numbers, either, though there was plenty of interest in the data. While there was still discussion around attracting new teachers, there was an increase in talk about keeping teachers, too — including from teachers speaking frankly about what would make them stay or why they left.

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Learn for Living

JANUARY 4, 2024

The new year gives us time to take a pause and reflect on the first part of the school year. Take a moment to celebrate what’s worked great and consider ways you want to continue to grow in 2024. Use this Reflection Guide with your staff to find ways to support one another in the second half of the year.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JANUARY 4, 2024

The judicial branch has always been my favorite of the three branches to teach, perhaps because it’s the most skimmed-over and underappreciated. Even almost 250 years later, it still hasn’t fully shaken off Alexander Hamilton’s famous brush-off when he called it the “least dangerous branch.” Of course, in recent years, the branch, particularly the Supreme Court, has gotten increasing attention with its sharp turn to a conservative super-majority that has led to several news-making rulings.

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Life and Landscapes

JANUARY 4, 2024

WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT JOHN CHARLES FREMONT? You don’t, if you’re not into the west. Or care about how Kit Carson guided the way [he was born in Kentucky]. Before Brigham Young founded Salt Lake City [what a great place to name a city]. And he used Fremont’s notes to get there! Before Mexico had been forced to give up California.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JANUARY 4, 2024

There’s no teaching civics and government without a lesson on how a bill becomes a law, but it’s one that’s often left to verbalizing the steps and displaying a flowchart. How in the world do you make the legislative process engaging? When you really break it down into each minuscule step a bill goes through, it’s a few dozen. So, it can feel like it’s never-ending.

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