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

The Hechinger Report

They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. The 20-lesson unit culminated in a presentation before a Pontiac City Council member named Randy Carter, who listened to the kids make their case at a podium with a microphone and PowerPoint slides.

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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

ED Surge

I'm a human being. She’s always thinking through lesson plans and seating charts, even at the grocery store and in the shower. I'm a human being that sometimes needs to eat food and go to the bathroom when I want to,” she says. During a memorable lesson filmed in Washington, D.C., Photo by Rebecca Koenig.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

It is a powerful lesson that gets to the humanity of the enslaved and helps students really engage with the subject. Within the unit, students learn about the causes of climate change, earth’s climate history, how climate change is impacting humans, animals, and ecosystems, and the many possible solutions. invasion in 2002.

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