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.
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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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.
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.
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?
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.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 28, 2022
The isolation of spring 2020 sent Lindsay Richmond’s 13-year-old son AJ into severe depression. This story also appeared in USA Today. Born with a traumatic brain injury, he’d been diagnosed in kindergarten with a serious emotional disability and severe ADHD. Stuck at home during the early months of the pandemic, his mental health declined. That fall he was briefly admitted to a psychiatric hospital after threatening to hurt himself—just after he started seventh grade at Sobesky Academy, a publi
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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.
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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