A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2011

A few months back Verizon Wireless visited New Milford High School and we had a fantastic meeting. The end result was the formation of a pilot program where students and a teacher would be given a tablet device and then be tasked with developing a plan to extend learning beyond the school day.

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Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

Many teachers avoid bringing current events into the classroom and often for good reason. However, current events are a great way to connect your curriculum to the real world and work on social studies skills. So, I encourage you to try - when relevant - to bring some current events into your lessons.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

When Johnathan settles inside momentarily, the women, both teachers at Johnathan’s high school, ask Cannon the question that’s brought them there: “What are your hopes and dreams for Johnathan?”. Cannon doesn’t hesitate: She wants him to finish high school, get a job and maybe go to college. “I

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 29, 2019

They will also receive opportunities for networking, presenting, and sharing thought leadership at national conferences and virtual events. The first round of recruitment identified six innovative middle and high school educators in Canada: Jen Giffen, Digital Literacy Coach at York Region District School Board, Ontario.

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C3 Teachers

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A student, who would only be in my class for less than a month before transferring, asked it during my third year of teaching and my first year teaching a high school history class. Like many history teachers, I love the subject I teach—the events, the historical figures, and the stories they leave behind.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

The principal at that school said, Well, we have a school librarian position at our preK-8 charter school, which is where I am now, Providence Englewood Charter School. Since 2010, I've been here as the school librarian and media specialist. My mantra now is: I'm a successful educator and businesswoman.

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Active History Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The events in these timelines are often times not related, which leads to some great critical thinking! I love this game from Social Studies Success. Can students identify dates, who was president at the time, causes, key events and the effects of each war? What are my go to activities every year? I’d love to hear!

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Passion for Social Studies

JULY 15, 2024

Academic Decor Honestly, high school students are going to daydream. Specifically, the timeline has 29 events, such as The Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. Teachers can even edit and modify the events before printing to hang up. Luckily, I have the perfect government classroom decor for you!

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Students of History

MAY 13, 2025

Students of History is proud to announce Max Nguyen, a graduating senior from Rancho Alamitos High School in Anaheim, California, as the recipient of the 2025 Students of History Scholarship. Elizabeth Jones, a social studies teacher at Rancho Alamitos High School who wrote Max’s letter of recommendation.

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Active History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

F avorite Episode: 1800: Tiebreaker Skimm This – Looking for current events podcast? It keeps me in the loop on all things current events. Sanford 1857 Anti-Social Studies – Really well written and funny! High School Middle School STARR/EOC review JOIN Thank you for subscribing!

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Passion for Social Studies

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Thankfully, teaching the election will be a fun, exciting, and motivational process with The Political Socialization Lesson , Campaign Finance Lesson , and Electoral College Lesson ! The Importance of Elections Elections are not merely events where people cast votes and wait to hear the winner.

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Passion for Social Studies

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

However, high school students do not remember the day like teachers do due to their age. Specifically, students will learn about a timeline of events. Thankfully, the 9/11 Lesson is ready to engage students and encourage them to analyze the historical event critically. This single day transformed America in many ways.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 22, 2025

Invited to attend a TAH multiday seminar on the Cold War at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, social studies teacher Cade Lohrding was thrilled. Cade Lohrding teaches social studies for all three grades at Kiowa County Junior High School in Greensburg, Kansas.

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Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 23, 2019

One day, I was browsing Facebook and saw a short video, obviously made by high school students, making fun of Parliament’s reaction to the Boston Tea Party. First, their memes must be respectful, both to the person or event being portrayed and to the people who will later view the meme.

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Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sociology is such a fun class to teach in high school. Since students love to be social, they love learning the reason behind interactions. This includes proper pacing, course organization, current events, projects, and Socratic discussions. Sociology Review Games $ 7.00 Add to cart Sociology Projects $ 30.00

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

“Who is the school board really representing? Vida Mendoza, high school freshman, Oakland, California. Jessica Ramos, a 17-year-old senior at Skyline High School in Oakland, California, sits outside the Oakland Town Hall with her dog Lucky. Things … the government does affect us, but we can’t vote,” she said.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class. Its a bit complicated, which means it also offers great opportunities to practice critical thinking and social studies skills. But first, lets go over what the branch does exactly.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

In the five classrooms I’ve had in my career, I’ve discovered the must-haves that make my social studies classes run smoothly. While many of these are universal tips for any middle or high school classroom, several are social studies-specific. Things that go way beyond classroom décor.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Her team is working with school districts outside of the tech and research-heavy Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle area, as well as with more rural and underserved districts, to help educators build data science concepts into their curriculum. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Officials in at least 44 states have sought — and in many cases succeeded — to enact restrictions on what teachers can say about history and current events. Hayley Breden High School U.S. Meanwhile thousands of classroom teachers refuse to be bullied into lying to children and have pledged to continue to teach the truth.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

What’s less clear is how prepared elementary school teachers are to put these seismic events into context. A look at the courses required by teacher preparation programs reveals scant attention to the broad social studies knowledge aspiring elementary teachers need to provide essential context to world events.

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Teaching American History

MAY 6, 2025

Now, having taught social studies for two years at Oakcrest School in Vienna, Virginiaan independent girls school in the Catholic traditionshe knew what she didnt know. After a busy career in law, he had reduced his practice and taken up teaching history at the high school Boles graduated from in Pasadena, California.

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HistoryRewriter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

See Chapter 15 in the Social Studies Edition. Our special guest will be Camarillo High School history teacher Mike Hernandez. Lastly, it is a powerful and fun EduProtocol that gives students practice writing accurate summaries that describe relationships and connections between key historical figures and events.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2024

I’ve heard often in my reporting on rural education about the importance of school districts collaborating with one another to help more kids succeed after high school. What are the pros and cons of rural school districts working so closely together? Sign up today to get it delivered straight to your inbox.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

I attended Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, where many of my classmates came from very well-off families. The “world” (or at least, their world) was more accustomed to seeing Black men teaching PE or social studies. Michael the Archangel High School (Louisiana). – Lorenzo Foster, St.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2024

Rather than obsessing over the difficulty of texts, educators would better serve students by asking themselves other questions, such as: Does our curriculum expose children to topics they might not encounter outside of school? Does it offer opportunities to discuss related historical events?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

11, 2001, high school social studies teacher and football coach Robert Lake stood outside with students waiting to get picked up from school. Lake and his high school students watched the world change that day. Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images. NORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — On the afternoon of Sept.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 8, 2024

When I was studying to become a teacher, I had to choose a major and a minor, and I picked social studies as my major and computer science as my minor. After the pandemic, I think a lot of school districts realized that teachers needed more support with technology, and a lot of tech coach positions came up.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Kicking off the Tough as Nails project, educational leaders from Floyd County and Pikeville Independent Schools convened just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to think about how schools can adopt computational thinking. . Computational thinking in the classroom. How do you integrate computational thinking in the classroom?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. Ever since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May spurred what may be the largest social movement in U.S. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The survey asked 41,000 Americans adults to show their knowledge of American history by, for example, placing presidents in context of historic events, naming some of the 13 original states, and determining the time periods of various wars. A score of 60 percent or higher is considered passing.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

One cause is the pandemic, and how it disrupted middle and high school for today’s traditional-aged college students. This is a sequence of events where learning and environments for learning just feel harder and harder to cultivate.” But complaining about students isn’t the answer, Cohn and other teaching experts say.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The program will be piloted this fall at selected schools and fully rolled-out in over 1,800 schools by the spring. The curriculum is part of the Hidden Voices Project , initiated by the New York City Department of Education’s Social Studies Department and the Museum of the City of New York. society. “At

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

18, is holding in-person and virtual events at a “Climate Education Hub.” “We As a case in point, I recently interviewed Danny Cage, a high school student and organizer for the Sunrise Movement in Portland, Oregon. 75 percent of youth in a UNESCO survey said that they are frightened about their future because of climate change.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Related: LISTEN: In this Kentucky town, refugees can choose a separate high school. Far too many schools preach, rather than practice, democratic ideals. From elementary school on, we are told both implicitly and explicitly that our opinions either shouldn’t or can’t be voiced. Where did we go wrong?

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Through ConnectED, Esri made a billion dollar offer: any K-12 school in the United States could acquire professional online Geographic Information Systems (GIS software), instructional activities, professional development events, and resources for educators and mentors. Safari Books. Read more about Safari Books’ work.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Esther was my student five years ago at my former school, where I taught in an accelerated learning pilot program designed to service students in danger of aging out of high school due to their age at enrollment. schools for less than two years. What mattered most to Esther was that she felt understood.

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