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

The Hechinger Report

They devised detailed lesson plans for teachers to follow, specifying when kids work individually, in small groups or come together as a class. To be sure, Duke and her fellow curriculum designers have left some flexibility for teachers to customize lessons to their communities.

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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

ED Surge

She’s always thinking through lesson plans and seating charts, even at the grocery store and in the shower. Welch and his colleagues traveled around the mid-Atlantic and used a phone, a small router and a computer to broadcast themselves teaching from historic sites. During a memorable lesson filmed in Washington, D.C.,

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

In using the How We Remember lesson plan, our students engaged with Smith’s writing and started to explore the spaces he visited where the history of enslavement is either remembered or forgotten. This lesson plan allowed students to assume roles, address problems, and create solutions. It was absolutely awesome!

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