ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Even years later, San Francisco Unified School District casts a shadow over attempts to quash long-standing disparities in math. In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths. The district hoped that scrapping honors math classes and eighth grade algebra courses would reduce disparities in math learning in the district.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Bill of Rights dayDecember 15commemorates the day in 1791 when the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, were ratified. To celebrate Bill of Rights Day, we offer below a condensed version of the introduction to the Bill of Rights core document volume , available, as are all the document volumes, in the TAH bookstore. Our late colleague, Gordon Lloyd, edited the volume and wrote the introduction.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The post How Frugal Innovation Inspires Students Resourcefulness and Creativity appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Its easy to focus on just the President when teaching the Executive Branch, but its important also to stress the role of the four million other people who make up this branch of government. With a few targeted activities, though, you can cover the president and the operations of the whole branch in just a couple of weeks. Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Bill of Rights dayDecember 15commemorates the day in 1791 when the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, were ratified. To celebrate Bill of Rights Day, we offer below a condensed version of the introduction to the Bill of Rights core document volume, available, as are all the document volumes, in the TAH bookstore. Our late colleague, Gordon Lloyd, edited the volume and wrote the introduction.

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Government Museum Tradition American History 98

Living Geography

DECEMBER 10, 2024

OK, a small milestone reached but we're properly up and running with my special RGS blog as I've just posted my 100th entry since I started it back in May, when I was able to announce my role as Vice President Education. It's designed to sit alongside and support my current role as Vice President: Education of the Royal Geographical Society and share some of the activity that might be of interest to geography educators in particular.

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Institute for Citizens & Scholars

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The final blog in this series examines how we can redefine citizenship in a modern context through a pilot survey of Gen Z.

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Sapiens

DECEMBER 10, 2024

An anthropologist takes a critical eye to a long-running holiday tradition: a U.S. military mission that drops toys and supplies throughout Micronesia. On a balmy December morning at Andersen Air Force Basea U.S. military installation on the tropical island of Guamseven gargantuan C-130 Super Hercules cargo planes prepare for a mission over a vast stretch of the Pacific Ocean.

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Exploring Open Education Pedagogy in Research Methods Classrooms: Diversifying Methods By usta Carranza Ko and Michael Shochet , University of Baltimore Despite the known benefits of open pedagogy that involves collaborative and interactive creation of knowledge and learning experiences, it remains underutilized as a framework for teaching in research methods classrooms.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The idea of being bad at math or not a math person is deeply entrenched in American education for students and teachers alike. But it doesnt have to be, says Phonisha Hawkins, director of instructional excellence for secondary math at KIPP Texas Public Schools, a branch of the national KIPP charter network. If we encourage teachers to be more confident in their own math abilities, Hawkins believes, the next generation of students will have stronger skills and greater confidence in math as well.

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