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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

ED Surge

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. Next, they deconstructed a cellphone as part of a lesson about all of the people and resources around the world required to create the technology that many of us take for granted. history teacher in Pittsburgh.

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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. They devised detailed lesson plans for teachers to follow, specifying when kids work individually, in small groups or come together as a class.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

With thousands of teachers using Zinn Education Project lessons each year, we hear amazing stories about the impact these lessons have in the classroom. History students. Paradoxically, teaching people’s history leaves more room for hope than any other educational framework. Here are just a few.

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