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How to Do a Close Reading Lesson in Any Subject

Cult of Pedagogy

By the middle of elementary school, it is assumed that most students have basic decoding skills they know how to turn letters into sounds and sounds into words, but reading is a lot more than saying the words on the page. But many of them don’t really know how to do that.

Pedagogy 270
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Knowing Where We Are Paves the Way for Change: The Impact of Coaching

A Principal's Reflections

During my first visit to the high school in August, I spent the entire day visiting classrooms and then providing feedback to the admin team. One, in particular, Charles Carpenter, who taught economics and history, took the feedback pretty hard as we saw a reasonably typical lesson being implemented.

Pedagogy 428
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Game Design as a Catalyst For Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Warren developed this program for middle and high school students, but Judy convinced him that elementary school students could do it. With the help of teachers who stepped out of the box to work with the kids – Justine Kostenbader (Technology) and Mr. James Laieta (Language Arts) – the after school program was born.

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His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher.

History 128
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Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Schools also must navigate distrust dating back to the U.S. government’s campaign to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools. Less than 10 percent of Native American students attend BIE schools. 1, 2024, at Algodones Elementary School in Algodones, N.M. (AP

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Field of Dreams

A Principal's Reflections

First a little history on 1:1 laptop programs in Iowa. Last year approximately 17 Districts had deployed these programs in their schools. These same students Skype back into their classes when on vacation, sharing, with their peers, pictures and the history of the location they are visiting.

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Encounters with Archetypes

HistoryRewriter

The Archetype Foursquare EduProtocol (Chapter 13) helps students at all levels demonstrate that they can transfer their learning from one subject (English) to another (History). Take a look at these elementary school lessons. When students start to see that all of their subjects are connected. They become more engaged learners.