ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It is essential for educators to tap into professional development (PD) opportunities to advance their understanding of how to use AI to improve the classroom experience. Leveraging AI in the classroom can enhance teaching while preparing students for a future where AI is integral to the workforce. What were your goals?

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ED Surge

MARCH 16, 2023

In it, the report authors list the myriad tasks, in addition to instruction, that teachers do as part of their jobs — meeting with parents, participating in professional development, grading. One 45-minute planning period is not enough time to prep for three different classes,” a high school teacher surveyed by the task force wrote. “I

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

Meanwhile in Indiana, a bill would have required teachers to turn in a year’s worth of lesson plans in advance. I’ve taught high school English for years. Yes, I’m deviating from my lesson plans. I don’t teach English language development, I teach Maria, Alex, Yun Mei and Linh. We paused our reading.

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Lesson Plan K-12 History Professional Development 122

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. Developer: Stanford University Research. High school Advanced Placement. Developer: University of Washington Research. Curriculum. Related 2018 Hechinger coverage. 6th grade science. Curriculum. Government and Politics curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Notably: In reviews of 17 middle school math programs , just one was deemed standards-aligned across grades six to eight. Of the 14 elementary school math programs, only two products were found to be standards-aligned across grades K-5, again both published by nonprofits.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Roschelle said he wants to see school leaders and educators experiment in ways that don’t carry big risks for students, such as changing a few lesson plans. “I I personally would advise school districts not to rush into buying a particular product, but really treat this year as a chance to educate yourself,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Nicholls State’s department of teacher education, in partnership with Louisiana State University’s school of education and the Louisiana Sea Grant program based at the university, was awarded a two-year National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant for the project. Credit: Image provided by Aimee Hollander.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

When they have a whole curriculum, aligned to the state’s common core standards and flexible enough to be adapted for the schools’ own particular students’ needs, she said, teachers can spend the bulk of their time teaching. But she said professional development and support are essential, too. And they’re lacking.

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K-12 Professional Development Lesson Plan Middle School 96

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Yet, in the United States, just over half of high schools actually teach it. The need for real-time 3D development skills across industries is growing exponentially and shows no signs of slowing. And enjoy access to an educator portal with lesson plans, tutorials, activities and other resources.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Library Professional Development 115

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

LEAP is a nonprofit organization that trains schools and teachers to use personalized learning in their classrooms. The day’s professional development for these Chicago Public Schools teachers, alumni of the program, was a refresher, a way to strengthen their teaching practice, share ideas and return to the classroom newly inspired.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2022

I wish I had worked with John to develop more traditional writing skills and set him up for the reality that he would not always be in a quiet environment where the computer could clearly hear what he wanted to say — or for that matter, that he would have access to a computer at all. One that created a false narrative about his potential.

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Edthena

AUGUST 4, 2021

Teachers can search your video library by lesson objectives or standards, and they can filter to specific grades and subjects, too. Forget scouring YouTube and welcome to your district’s secure video library hosted by Edthena, where you can curate model teaching videos to your professional development heart’s content.

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Library Teaching Digital Resources Lesson Plan 105

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework.

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K-12 Library Lesson Plan Professional Development 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, is all done with shushing. Photo: Kelsey Aske.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

Most of us are well aware of the needs in our local K-12 schools; rarely does a light shine on the adults in our communities who haven’t completed high school and are now left with few opportunities to improve their skills. We developed a Design Guide for students to follow. Success Factors. Create a clear design guide.

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K-12 Lesson Plan Professional Development Social Studies 91

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 96

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Senior Remi Savard is part of the last class at Montpelier High School that experienced the system before the school’s switch to a proficiency-based model. Remi Savard is one of the last students at Montpelier High School who remembers what class was like before the school switched to a proficiency-based model three years ago.

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High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies 97

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The teenagers attend high schools and middle schools in the lowest-scoring school district in the state of Mississippi, West Bolivar Consolidated. This fall, 91 schools across the state have students signed up to take courses online, a number that could rise if schools add classes this spring.

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Education K-12 Tutoring High School 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

A 2011 study by University of Massachusetts researchers had also found standardized test-score gains by students in two EL schools in Rochester, New York, compared with peers in other city schools. The network was purposefully capped at about 150 schools, because the partnerships rely on intensive, in-person training and coaching.

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Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. Since 2017, Summit has revised its middle and high school curriculum and teachers routinely say it’s high-quality.

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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., In the summer of 2021, Mr. Broccolo and I reconnected to review and refine lesson plans created by teacher candidates.

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Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The data dashboards make clear which students need extra help and which need more challenging work, giving teachers an opportunity to tailor their lesson plans accordingly. The Atlanta district is in its third year of rolling out the dashboards to members of the school community.

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Public School Middle School Lesson Plan Psychology 82

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots.

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Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School 86

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. Leadership is second only to teaching among school-related factors that can improve student achievement, and it tends to show greatest impact in traditionally underserved schools ( Leithwood, Seashore Louis, Anderson, and Wahlstrom, 2004 ).

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Research Education Professional Development Leadership 53

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

Long a staple of industry, fab labs have recently been popping up in affluent high schools and middle schools. In the hope of spawning more hands-on tech in early education, the museum will soon offer Fab Lab-focused professional development to encourage teachers to get more comfortable with the software and tools.

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Museum Lesson Plan Elementary School Professional Development 75

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

She led the fight for desegregation in Arkansas schools and hand-picked the “Little Rock Nine” – the first Black students to enroll in the all-white Little Rock Central High School. Learn how Studies Weekly Social Studies can help teach students about history’s humanitarians.

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Museum Social Studies Advocacy Heritage 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 3, 2025

You balance lessons, planning, creating, preparing, copying, data assessing, meetings, grading, paperwork, responding to emails and phone calls while trying to teach the students in your care. High School this year because they have been influenced by a teacher like you! You do this day after day, week after week.

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Primary Sources Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Carolyn McGrath, an art teacher at Central Valley High School, in Pennington, New Jersey, shows off portraits of climate activists painted by her students. At Hopewell Valley Central High School, in Pennington, art teacher Carolyn McGrath piloted a lesson on climate change this summer with a handful of students.

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Teaching Elementary School Middle School High School 145

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2022

-based EdTech Evidence Exchange, sees it as a major problem , especially given that more schools are using technology following the pandemic. Too many schools think the cost of training and professional development and support are optional,” Epstein has told EdSurge. hours to 10 minutes.

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EdTech Tutoring Lesson Plan Professional Development 122

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kristen Danusis, a former school psychologist who became the principal in 2013, tells me that many of her students live “off the grid,” in households that earn little regular income. Summit flew Gill and her team to San Francisco, for school visits and training, and won them over. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.

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K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Looking back, our high school has crowned a Latina Homecoming Queen, as voted by the student body and has recognized the first Latino Valedictorian. In his first four-year term, he had closed three high schools because of falling enrollment and a budget shortfall he inherited.

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High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 20, 2018

Last spring, Ryan Brown, a former substitute teacher at Ben Franklin High School in New Orleans, felt he had license to employ the N-word in the classroom. Brown could have taught an entire lesson on the word to situate his white privilege in that racist system and possibly still be teaching in Ben Franklin today. Yet they try.

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Lesson Plan History Professional Development Economics 90

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

As Chris Tims, a high school teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, sees it, history education is about teaching students to synthesize diverse perspectives on the nation’s complicated past. Chris Tims, Iowa high school teacher. This story also appeared in NBC News. Credit: Chris Tims. But Iowa state Rep. A chilling effect.

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Social Studies Civics History American History 117