The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Today, it enrolls roughly 500 students from 60 different tribes in grades K-12, bolstering their Indigenous heritage with land-based lessons and language courses built into a college preparatory model. Still, the network dispatches experts on finance, community engagement, student experience, curriculum and professional development.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

It benefits Latino children to have a Latino provider because they have the same lived experience, same heritage — it’s easier for them to connect to families, to get more family engagement.” “It’s a resource to speak Spanish, but if you don’t have good English skills, it can also be really hard to get those degrees,” Villarroel said. “It

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

To get a sense of how students in New York feel about these changes, The Hechinger Report spoke with six public school students, representing four of the city’s five boroughs, whose heritage is Asian American or Pacific Islander. Karen Kong, 16, has unwavering pride in her Chinese American heritage, rooted in her sense of family and honor.

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 3, 2024

We have strategies for dealing with anxiety, overcoming fears, learning how to utilize a growth mindset, and much more. March 15, 2024 How Studies Weekly Uses Scientific Principles to Innovate Science Teaching March 11, 2024 The post 3 Ways to Keep Students Engaged When Summer Is Calling first appeared on Studies Weekly.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

As a former high-school social studies teacher and professional development specialist, I have found that connecting with cultural centers (e.g., Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Muñiz Academy teachers, 65 percent of whom are Latino, strive to create an environment that celebrates their students’ heritage and allows them to embrace this piece of their identities. They hope to create a professional development center to help educators from around the country learn from their work. That somehow.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 2, 2024

Students find it engaging, and teachers find it easy to implement.” ” Learn more about Studies Weekly’s PreK-6 Social Studies.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 10, 2024

Family-sourced primary sources can help students see themselves in the past and realize just how important and relevant history is to each of us. Engage your students in studying the past with Studies Weekly’s pre-K–6 Social Studies curriculum.

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Studies Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2024

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Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Professional Development Workshops and Training Attend workshops or training sessions now to gain new ideas and strategies for classroom management and design. Calm and Focus Zones Quiet Areas Set up a quiet corner where students can go to read or take a break if they need a moment to themselves.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 28, 2024

Make the school day engaging with hands-on Social Studies , Science , and Health curricula. March 15, 2024 How Studies Weekly Uses Scientific Principles to Innovate Science Teaching March 11, 2024 Ways to Increase Student Memory Power March 6, 2024 The post Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance first appeared on Studies Weekly.

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Herrington honored his heritage by carrying six eagle feathers, a braid of sweet grass, two arrowheads, and the Chickasaw Nation’s flag into space. In 2002, Herrington was selected as a mission specialist for STS-113, the 16th Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

He believed that African Americans should embrace their heritage and culture and work together to overturn oppression. Du Bois’ advocacy extended across the world through many Pan-African conferences and an appeal to the United Nations to recognize the suffering of Black Americans, according to the NAACP.

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Museum Social Studies Advocacy Heritage 52

Studies Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2024

Learn more about Phonological Awareness and strategies to support structured literacy in our five-part Professional Development webinar series. Starting with individual letter and word sounds better equips them for phonics, decoding, and fluency. Register for the first webinar, Phonological Awareness, here. Reading Universe.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Pulling students from Coahoma County and its county seat of Clarksdale, the school serves an area of the Mississippi Delta known for its rich blues heritage, low incomes and abysmal educational outcomes. Johnson opened the doors of Mississippi’s first rural charter school in this temporary space a year ago.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In a nod to the cultural heritage of its surrounding neighborhood, two displays feature Chinese-themed art, including pretty sprays of cherry blossoms and red and gold lanterns. . — Little Sunshine Preschool looks orderly: Its hallway is lined with cheery murals in primary colors, and construction-paper snowflakes adorn classroom doors.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

They are already struggling — it would be too confusing to be in a dual language program,’” said Emily Bivins, former principal of a dual-language school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina whose company provides professional development for dual-language programs. “We We all know the research is counter to that.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2016

For added confirmation, just check out the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. At NOCCA, faculty are required to prove they also work as professional artists. Consequently, they don’t do “professional development” as much as they continue their education and practice their crafts.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 28, 2025

Explaining this connection helped students see how their linguistic and cultural heritage extended beyond national borders. Journaling and professional development courses can help you identify areas for growth. During this unit, I also introduced Somalia's political and cultural significance as a member of the Arab League.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We The district also invested in professional development for teachers, ensuring that it happened during work hours, said Ezzell.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

” Districts have used these funds for professional development and other efforts to recruit teachers and improve teacher quality. The budget says this program “is poorly targeted and spread thinly across thousands of districts with scant evidence of impact.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Legislators also sought to cut professional development requirements in half for child care workers, from 16 hours a year to eight. Sixteen-year-olds, previously required to be supervised by an adult, would be able to work unsupervised. And they wanted to give these potentially younger caregivers more children to care for on their own.

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