ED Surge

JULY 9, 2024

The 10 future teachers we interviewed span different geographies, backgrounds, education experiences and motivations. Some took a traditional path, from high school straight to college and then the classroom. Each story — each person — is unique.

Geography 132

Geography Tutoring Elementary School Teaching 132

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 3, 2020

We must use this crisis to create a better and more equitable system for all learners, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, geography, or learner variability. The Digital Learning Gap existed long before the pandemic; COVID-19 just brought it to light for the general public.

Geography 143

Geography Professional Development Middle School Cultures 143

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Scott Benson, managing partner of New School Venture Fund’s Innovative Schools team, pointed to the Valor charter network in Nashville as a promising new example. Valor, which operates two middle schools and a high school, is particularly known for its focus on social and emotional learning.

K-12 109

K-12 Geography Middle School Humanities 109

ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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. For the most part it's been positive.

History 128

History Museum Social Studies Geography 128

Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2020

This led into him asking questions about plants, animals, geology, and geography. Vic Vuchic (Elementary and Middle School Parent): My son is in third grade and my daughter is in sixth grade. We then made planets out of clay. We even made up a planet of our own and described what it would be like and how far away it is.

Elementary School 166

Elementary School Geography High School Psychology 166

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Get rid of the societal lies that everyone needs to go to college and everyone must strive to go to an Ivy League school rather than one that is their best fit. I got As in middle school but soon as high school the teaching got muddled. That was geography.” You will see more success all around.”

K-12 110

K-12 Geography Middle School Economics 110

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Her son, who also has ADHD, was several years behind in reading by the time he got to middle school. Black students in Wicomico County schools are sent to psychiatric emergency rooms at a higher rate than their peers. Wicomico school officials said they do not discriminate against any of their students.

Middle School 137

Middle School Professional Development Geography Public School 137

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The pressure of high-stakes testing has caused districts and schools to reduce or even eliminate coursework in civics, along with history, geography, science, arts, and fitness. Middle school students at Polaris Academy in Chicago recently led a campaign to address gun violence in their community. They studied the U.S.

Civics 91

Civics Geography Public School Library 91

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This analysis helped students build context and draw connections between geography and colonization strategies. Being at a new school, I’ve been feeling like I’ve fallen into a bit of a rut—relying too much on traditional methods and dry content that just wasn’t resonating with my 8th graders.

Geography 122

Geography Critical Thinking Tradition Middle School 122

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Josh Walton, principal, Walton Middle School, in sAlbemarle County, Virginia. Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource — a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools — called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS).

Library 106

Library Middle School High School Government 106

Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Down the road at Okoboji Middle School , students learn about coding, robotics, computer-aided drafting, and 3D design in their Designing for the Future and Robots: Let the Races Begin projects. They discover how to weld by creating a new sculpture for the community.

Project-Based Learning 66

Project-Based Learning Geography American History Middle School 66

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

communities of geography – Connected learning gallery walk – Interrogating our instruction: Are these connected lessons any good? traditional classroom ‘projects’ (how is PBL different from what we normally do in our classes?) – Interrogating our instruction: Are these elementary and middle school projects any good?

Leadership 107

Leadership Professional Development Geography Project-Based Learning 107

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The assessment organization NWEA measures children two to three times during the year using a test called Measures of Academic Progress or MAP, which is taken by millions of elementary and middle school students around the country every year. We also looked at different combinations of race, income and geography.

Geography 98

Geography Elementary School Middle School History 98

Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By Lisa Sutterer Geography, World History and Early High School Teacher Littleton High School “Why is starting class so difficult each day?” Many middle school teachers are aware of the strength of this “straight down the middle” current events news source, and show it religiously.

World History 52

World History Geography Middle School History 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school.

Junior High 134

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

When a position teaching geography to ninth graders at a private high school opened, she took it. She found interesting geography lessons online. The next school year, she was asked to teach not only the regular-level geography course but also AP Human Geography and World History. This was December.

Teaching 52

Teaching Geography Ancestry Primary Sources 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

It’s about improving education for all kids,” said school district Superintendent Lewis Holloway. John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. Jones came to Starkville High in 2015 from East Oktibbeha County High School. And the Department of Justice bought into that.”.

Private School 111

Private School Elementary School Public School High School 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Social Studies teacher Michelle Adler talks to sophomores Maiya Schwartz, left and Emily Terranova about an assignment in an Honors Human Geography class at Gray-New Gloucester High School on Thursday, June 1, 2017. I was in middle school when they started it,” said junior Tyler McVey, 17, “and it was junk.”.

High School 78

High School Social Studies Leadership Tradition 78

TCI

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For example, collaborative activities in geography or history lessons can transform abstract concepts into tangible experiences, helping students retain information and stay engaged. When Thomas was a middle school teacher, he taught about the American Revolution in a hands-on, minds-on way.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Teaching Professional Development Geography 52

Living Geography

MAY 6, 2024

This includes various notions to help them understand why sea level changes, how ice sheets and glaciers evolve and are studied, the ideas of uncertain futures, mitigation and adaptation.

Middle School 52

Middle School Humanities 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Middle school science teacher Kent Heckenlively has spent part of his time teaching, well, not science. Heckenlively works at Gale Ranch Middle School in San Ramon, California. middle-school science teachers have no scientific background. This story also appeared in USA Today. Department of Education.

Middle School 131

Middle School Controversial Topics Geography Political Science 131

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies. Glenn Youngkin.

Social Studies 142

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 142

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Six months before she graduates, she is not about to hide her feelings: She hates school. Elementary school: hated it,” Amber says. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. School just isn’t for me. I hate coming to school. Moureen’s economic ascent, however, may also depend on geography. I hate waking up early.

High School 105

High School Geography Middle School Critical Thinking 105

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Barton teaches English full-time at Clarksdale High School. Not long after Cortez Moss accepted the job as principal of Quitman County Middle School in 2016, he realized that his first months would be devoted nearly entirely to teacher recruitment. Related: Former educators answer call to return to school. MARKS, Miss. —

Charter School 108

Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 108

ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

Our most recent cohort of fellows included educators across a variety of grades and content areas, including a high school principal, an elementary school paraprofessional, a math and computer science teacher, and a school and community engagement manager, to name a few.

Education 101

Education Elementary School EdTech Geography 101

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

He writes, “Nearly everything about the war — the start and end dates, geography, vital military roles, the home front, and international implications — looks different when viewed from the African American perspective.” Steph Schares Middle School Extended Learning Teacher, Ames, Iowa Half American by Matthew F.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

When the new standards emerged, Camille Lesseig was a first-year teacher, teaching social studies for grades nine to 12 in the Meridian Public School District in Lauderdale County in east Mississippi, where roughly a third of children live in poverty. Her assigned ninth-grade textbook back then? Mississippi: the Magnolia State.”.

K-12 97

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 97

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This past legislative session, the House passed a bill to ban LGBTQ+ flags and symbols from schools. It also expands to middle schools the current “Don’t Say Gay” law , which prohibits instruction or discussion of LGBTQ+ issues in elementary schools. Alabama has among the strictest anti-gay policies in the nation.

High School 140

High School Elementary School Geography Public School 140

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In Port Orford, Oregon, it’s a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library—the two buildings are right down the street from each other. Similarly to Garrett County in Maryland , the geography of this rural district makes broadband access inaccessible for many families.

Library 132

Library Geography High School Civics 132

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Roffman said 4-year-olds want to know about geography (Where was I before I was born?); In fact, a SIECUS review found that only 31 states require sex education at any grade level (mostly in middle and high school). Most children never get the chance for that kind of help before they reach middle school.

Teaching 92

Teaching Elementary School Lesson Plan Middle School 92

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

While dual-language programs often stop after elementary school, the bilingual advantage stretches through students K-12 years and into their working lives. Dual-language students have been found to score higher than their peers on both math and English language arts exams by middle school.

Elementary School 125

Elementary School Education K-12 History 125

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Students in older grades tended to have higher rates than students in younger grades with high school seniors, already coping with the stress of exams and university admissions, suffering most often. Geography mattered too.

Psychology 108

Psychology High School Geography Research 108

TCI

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Instead of letting groups form organically, assign clear roles like: Discussion Leader Recorder Timekeeper Presenter “I assign roles to make sure everyone is responsible, but I also give students a chance to own their role and adapt as they go,” says Kati Hash , a high school world geography and civics teacher.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Geography Civics Middle School 52

TCI

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Kathleen Geraghty , a former middle school classroom teacher and current district resource teacher, understands this hesitation. Kati Hash , a high school world geography and civics teacher, echoes this sentiment, emphasizing that teachers dont need to dive in all at once.

Classroom Management 52

Classroom Management Geography Civics Critical Thinking 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

A high school social studies book, also used in Texas, says of rising temperatures, “Some critics say that this warming is just part of the Earth’s natural cycle,” though, in truth, there’s overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that the current warming is due to human activities. Credit: Courtesy of Beatriz López.

Teaching 138

Teaching Middle School Humanities High School 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

WILDWOOD, Missouri — A middle school student in Missouri had trouble collecting images of people’s eyes for an art project. We’re setting up a system in which students, by the accident of geography, are getting very different kinds of education,” Ross said. “Do Do we really want that to be the case? Is that fair?”

Library 115

Library Advocacy Humanities High School 115