4QM Teaching

MARCH 17, 2025

History course that covers 1492-1877. Its a full school year: ten units, 10 -15 lessons per unit. Our curriculum is being used in an expensive New York City private school, an ex-industrial city in New England, and rural school districts in Texas. Today were almost done with a 4QM U.S.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Primary Sources Lesson Plan Private School 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Johnson feels about Friday,” she told the students as she paced around the cafeteria in an “I am black history” shirt. “If During its first year, the charter school’s student body was 70 percent white; enrollment in the local public schools was 4 percent white. A junior high principal resigned from the public school to lead it.

Charter School 109

Charter School History Library Public School 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

schools, especially those that serve low-income children, have moved in the opposite direction. Educators have felt pressure to cut time for science, social studies and the arts in order to carve out more time for reading and math, the two subjects that are tested annually by every state and by which schools are judged.

Charter School 145

Charter School Geography Public School Private School 145

ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2024

For James Singewald, a typical week goes something like this: Learn about the history of boarding schools in an Indigenous Studies class. It’s inspired by Deep Springs College, a tiny, two-year, private school in California founded a century ago by banking and power-company magnate L.L.

Education 113

Education Government High School Private School 113

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

This week’s post comes from Thomas Fulbright, current KCSS president and history teacher at Hope Street Academy, a public charter school in Topeka since 2008. Thomas intends “to spend my entire life convincing them how exciting and important history is.” His bio picture is daughter Claire and Thomas meeting President Lincoln.

Lesson Plan 67

Lesson Plan Charter School History Library 67

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

When the debate over teaching race-related concepts in public schools reached Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart’s home state of South Dakota, she decided she couldn’t in good conscience send her youngest daughter to kindergarten at a local public school. I want my children to know who they are,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart. “I

American History 145

American History History K-12 Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In history, students might pick historical characters and analyze major events of their era from the character’s perspective. Revere’s school district is one of the leaders in Massachusetts in advancing student-centered learning, which is surprising on multiple levels. Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report.

Teaching 112

Teaching Oral History High School Sociology 112