World History Teachers Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Esri's GIS Systems has developed a terrific spatial technology for the classroom. Their software includes story maps for over a dozen titles in World History, including the Age of Exploration, the First Crusade, Ancient Greece, and its geography, the Black Death, the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Egyptian Funerary Practices, and many more. The story maps are engaging and include images, maps, graphs, and primary sources presented in an engaging manner like the excerpt below from the Firs

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

FAIRFAX, Va. — For years, the Fairfax County NAACP’s small education committee devoted itself mostly to fights over Confederate school names and acts of racism against individual students. It waged battles that mattered for some, “but rarely made us feel like we were having a profound impact on the system,” said Sujatha Hampton, who became chair of the committee in 2019.

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High School Elementary School Public School Social Justice 145

Edthena

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Coaching for teachers “is a powerful process.” That’s how Courtney Groskin, an instructional learning coach with St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont, Colo, recently described effective coaching. But effective coaching doesn’t just happen. Though she has over 20 years of experience in education, Courtney Groskin reflected, Just like teachers are always working to improve, I’m always looking for ways to elevate my own coaching practice.

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Professional Development Teaching Education 98

ED Surge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Like educators and students across the U.S., folks here at EdSurge are enjoying a holiday (and publishing) break during the last week of 2022. But we couldn’t bear to leave you without some worthwhile reading and listening material during this wintery week, filled with short days and long nights. So our reporters and editors have been reflecting on the articles, books and podcasts that have resonated with us most this year and we’re sharing them with you.

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Learn for Living

DECEMBER 29, 2022

During episode #104 of the School Culture By Design Podcast, Paul Lundburg shares the power of a good mid-year pit stop. If you haven’t already listened, check out the episode HERE. A breakdown of the acronym RISE: Reconnect: check-in with staff in simple and meaningful ways. Inspire: pause and celebrate recent wins. Serve: encourage the staff with food or serve a need they have.

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Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. — It was a Thursday morning in November, a few minutes into Ruby Voss’ and Amber Benson’s eighth grade math class at Northside Middle School just outside Roanoke, a city of roughly 100,000 in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Thursdays are spent in review in preparation for tests each Friday. The teachers posted a question on screen — “What’s the slope of the equation below?

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Edthena

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The end of the year is here and perhaps you’re catching up on good reads from December 2022. Maybe you’re looking for ideas for a strong 2023 start in the classroom or ways you can provide better professional development to teachers. We’ve rounded up recent resources for teachers and instructional coaches and included highlights here.

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Civics Professional Development Teaching 93

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The pandemic’s impact continues to upend life in education, and we have yet to reckon with its extent on health and the economy. That’s why we should give serious consideration to paying students 16 and older to attend after-school enrichment programs, extended summer learning and work-study programs. Recent NAEP scores showed startling declines that could amount to as many as 22 weeks of learning loss, according to Thomas Kane, faculty director of Harvard University’s Center for Education Polic

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Education High School Education Policy Research 90

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 26, 2022

College application season is in high gear, and as colleges and universities make decisions about who to accept, I urge them to pay closer attention to one group in their applicant pool: veterans. Improving access for veterans at selective institutions is important for three reasons: First, graduation rates at these institutions are significantly higher , and degree attainment is integral to realizing the many benefits, financial and otherwise, that higher education affords.

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