The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

MILWAUKEE — On a muggy afternoon in late June, about 20 kindergarten through second-grade teachers sat in a classroom on the third floor of Milwaukee’s North Division High School. You had the university professors from education and mathematics, as well as the Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent, who was very supportive.”

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Professional Development Public School Leadership High School 127

ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

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Education K-12 Critical Thinking Public School 136

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.

Education 105

Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 105

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2018

Louis Park High School, just outside of Minneapolis, take time out of their social studies class for a team-building exercise that is part of the school’s Building Assets, Reducing Risks program. Louis Park High School. Freshmen at St. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

High School 110

High School Social Studies Government Professional Development 110

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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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Middle School 107

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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Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

ED Surge

AUGUST 21, 2023

Last year, Talley Ochoa taught as a long-term sub in a public school in San Jose, California. history at a high school in East Palo Alto while she wraps up her coursework. Marine Corps right out of high school, and later, went to work for a large clothing retailer. I knew in high school I wanted to be a teacher.

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Professional Development Social Studies High School Teaching 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

The Sunnyside district, where roughly 90 percent of students are Hispanic, signed on at the start of the pandemic, after discovering that many of its ninth graders were struggling with the demands of recently adopted state standards for social science. There was much more emphasis on critical thinking and primary source investigation.

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Primary Sources Social Science Professional Development Critical Thinking 128

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.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School Social Justice American History 145

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? I definitely think we need to invest a lot more money in high-quality professional development,” Brown says.

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K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 135

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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History Heritage K-12 American History 112

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

I teach at Zama American Middle-High School , a Department of Defense school in Kanagawa, Japan. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) dependent schools are run by the U.S. schools more broadly. Related: Schools on U.S. Catholic Schools performed relatively well too. I went all the time.”.

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Historic Sites Education Museum Tutoring 97

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2019

Mary Morrow, high school science teacher in Lincoln, Nebraska. Melinda Landry, who teaches science at Patriot High School in Nokesville, Virginia, joked that she uses the word “conservative” only when it comes to scientific modeling, and keeps politics out of all discussions. Others said they knew a little about it.

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Teaching Social Studies Humanities High School 110

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 101

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.

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 123

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Now nearly 400 schools use it across 40 states. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states. 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.

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Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 133

Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

While participants indicated that they joined the course to get instructional design experience, the majority said that they also joined because of the social cause and need it was supporting. A reading lesson including a social studies theme asks adult learners to consider the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Success Factors.

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K-12 Lesson Plan Professional Development Social Studies 91

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sometimes, Talbott says, she was the first Black teacher her students had had at Lusher, even after she began teaching sixth-grade social studies in 2013; it meant a lot to her to provide students with that self-recognition and affirmation. Talbott experienced microaggressions at times.

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Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

ED Surge

JUNE 27, 2023

Memories of the continual improvement he was able to do back then have stuck with him as his career has progressed, including jobs as a high school history teacher, an edtech consultant to schools, a doctoral student and professor, and director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab. How well have you seen that approach go?

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Artifacts EdTech Charter School Teaching 103

TCI

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Video Activities: We added new video activities for middle school and high school social studies programs. Key Science Concept Videos: In middle school science programs, Key Science Concepts now include a slideshow, video, and interactive questions.

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Primary Sources Professional Development Library Middle School 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Ragan Toppan, a junior at Deering High School, took part in a walkout last fall to protest a change in the school’s grading policy. This past fall, Ragan Toppan, 16, walked out of her Algebra II class at Deering High School to protest her school’s recent switch to standards-based grading.

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High School Tradition Cultures Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Read the whole series, “ Willing, able and forgotten: How high schools fail special ed students,” here. BRUNSWICK, Maine — Kate Lord didn’t have a plan when she graduated from Brunswick High School in 2014. Experts and advocates say that high schools can do more to help improve the situation, though.

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Education High School Advocacy Professional Development 100

ACRE

AUGUST 23, 2022

Over the summer, Arkansas Social Studies, CTE, and Mathematics educators attended Personal Finance Day at UCA, an event focused on teaching the Arkansas Personal Finance standards. Primerica: How Money Works The How Money Works guide is available from Primerica, a company that provides insurance, investment and financial services.

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Economics Social Studies Library Professional Development 52

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. Every year, about 10 new schools join EL and a similar number leave. We have to get some stuff online,” Berger said.

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Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

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

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Young children are “super curious,” said Matt Krehbiel, director of science for Achieve, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students graduate high school ready to start college or to pursue a career. “We But science has long been given short shrift in the first few years of school.

Education 93

Education Elementary School K-12 High School 93

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., Doing so also offers valuable resources that can be used to help bring history to life. Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center.

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

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 55

TCI

APRIL 30, 2024

Video Activities are available in TCI’s middle and high school social studies programs, while the elementary social studies programs incorporate videos through fun songs, storylines, and inquiry projects.

Library 52

Library Social Studies Tradition High School 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

For Johnson, the school was a bid to cultivate the greatness she saw in these local kids, including her own daughters. They were so bright, so eager, and yet if the current statistics held, 25 percent would not graduate from high school. The surrounding Coahoma schools also began consolidating in March. he Brown v.

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Charter School History Library Public School 109

4QM Teaching

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We often hear from schools and teachers that we work with that one of their main goals is to increase or improve the quality of student discourse. I once participated in a professional development session in which we watched a video of a class of about fifteen eighth graders sitting in a circle talking about the U.S.

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Artifacts Primary Sources Social Studies Professional Development 40

Studies Weekly

MARCH 3, 2025

High School this year because they have been influenced by a teacher like you! Teacher Advocates are only available for classroom teachers currently using Studies Weekly materials. They are not available for homeschools.

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Primary Sources Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The standards, which went into effect this fall, introduce students as young as kindergarteners to the subject, not just in science class but in the arts, world languages, social studies and physical education. How we are teaching — and not teaching — kids about climate change.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School Middle School High School 145

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. Michelle Adler, social studies teacher and local union president, Gray-New Gloucester High School.

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High School Social Studies Leadership Tradition 75

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

One day this spring, Victoria Trice’s high school students in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, peered through virtual reality headsets as part of a lesson on Afrofuturism. LOUISVILLE Just blocks from where hundreds of protestors gathered near the Ohio River waterfront after the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020 sits Central High School.

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History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Incoming first graders will need to acclimate to the school environment, learning things like raising their hands when they have questions and helping friends when they fall on the playground. Related: Summer school programs race to help students most in danger of falling behind.

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K-12 Elementary School Library Professional Development 139

C3 Teachers

OCTOBER 1, 2022

MaryBeth learned about inquiry the previous year at a district-wide professional development. The inquiry based approach has managed to be the tool that I have used and continue to use most to guide my instruction as a high school Social Studies teacher.

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Professional Development Social Studies History High School 52