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years of my career at Weehawken High School, where I taught Algebra I (students in grades seven to nine) and AP Calculus (grades 11-12). Wong Baesa is resigning at the end of the school year to pursue a career outside of K-12 education. I spent the first 3.5 For the past 1.5

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

Piles of debris have collected outside Buckhorn School, a K-12 school damaged by severe flooding in eastern Kentucky. Auggie had been excited to return to school for his favorite classes — social studies and reading — and Robinson’s robotics club. It took weeks in some cases for regular classes to resume.

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APRIL 29, 2024

In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business. For further reading, visit jacl.org , the National Women’s History Museum , or the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies. Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese American computer programmer who founded Yahoo!

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MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Schools superintendent Dennis Dupree came to the city 12 years ago, promising innovation. Coahoma county schools have been under interim leadership for more than a year. First, she got a fellowship with Building Excellent Schools, a charter leadership incubator. His son now attends Clarksdale Collegiate.).

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MARCH 15, 2024

What is Universal Pre-K? 15, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Universal pre-K is a state policy framework to provide every child with a quality, publicly funded preschool education. What makes a Universal Pre-K Program universal? This gives states more flexibility to fund existing childcare programs rather than create their own.

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MAY 1, 2020

As an example, Hudson cited a lower elementary school in the Delta where none of the K-3 teachers are certified to teach. Even candidates who struggle with math are likely to pass the Praxis exam in their area of study — social studies or biology, for example.

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MARCH 6, 2017

All of our districts are members the members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, an 86-district coalition recognized for innovation and leadership in education. 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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JUNE 10, 2017

Maine is the pioneer,” said Chris Sturgis, co-founder of CompetencyWorks , a national organization that advocates for the approach in K-12 schools. “I By 2021, schools must offer diplomas based students reaching proficiency in the four core academic subject areas: English, math, science and social studies.

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

They sit alongside teachers on some of Revere High’s 12 school improvement teams that focus on different aspects of student-centered learning, such as how students demonstrate proficiency, or how to extend learning beyond classroom walls. “If He was the only minority in a leadership role at Revere High, for instance.

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

As a prelude to discussing leadership, peer pressure and conflict, a Crew of seventh graders at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, played a game called “Instigator.” That said, EL’s leadership now relies heavily on technology to spread Crew and expeditionary learning concepts more broadly. Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

They were not involved in our school anymore, not involved in our athletics, our clubs, and not providing leadership in the building.”. I always wanted to teach higher-level history and government,” said Ray Mertz, a social studies teacher who joined Meadowbrook in 2014. We saw our best and brightest students leaving.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

on day four of the strike, Nadia Morales, a counselor at Los Angeles High School, and Pedro Martinez, a social-studies teacher at Eagle Rock High School, prepare their children for the day. At 7 a.m., Tammy Kim/Hechinger Report. Tammy Kim/Hechinger Report.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

Because local unions can reflect the racial attitudes of the confined geographic area, leadership and involvement from the national-level group is almost always necessary. In 2011, South Carolina established academic standards for what students should learn in social studies classes, including “the economic necessity of slave labor.”.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Healey School to bring student-led, project-based learning to regular math, science, language arts and social studies classes. Andre Green, a school committee member, worried that district leadership wouldn’t have the time or energy to commit to Powderhouse, given their other responsibilities. Theories vary.

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APRIL 19, 2019

Portland’s district leadership has said it plans “ to stay the course with its transition to a proficiency-based diploma,” regardless of changes in the law. Charlie Toulmin, Nellie Mae’s policy director, insists his foundation wasn’t the driving force behind the law. Staying the course in Portland.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Post photos and videos to social media with the hashtag #TeachTruth Below are examples of day of action activities, from prior events around the country. Interested in adding your organization as a co-sponsor? It is important that we are in touch with all the site coordinators so we can offer support and resources.

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MAY 8, 2023

To gain more insight into our experience, I reached out to my network of Palestinian American K-12 educators. The organization, founded in 2018 by a social media influencer, conflates anti-Zionist advocacy with antisemitism and uses a “name and shame” approach that seeks out “consequences” for supporters of Palestinian human rights.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

Leadership The annual Teach Truth Day of Action is coordinated by Rethinking Schools’ and Teaching for Change’s Zinn Education Project and led by educators around the country with the support of the co-sponsors listed below. Below are examples of day of action activities, from prior events around the country.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

I supported the legislation’s focus on wraparound services and universal pre-K for families, as I’ve seen the many benefits these services have had in our community. And the plan would take advantage of the expertise of veteran educators by supporting them as they try to take on leadership roles to address key challenges in their buildings.

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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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APRIL 4, 2020

Or when she enrolled at Lamar University, where she earned her second master’s degree, this time in teacher leadership. Teachers with a bachelor’s degree or higher earn more if they work in a school-based public pre-K, for example, than if they work in a federally-funded Head Start center. She loved her job in the school system.

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JULY 9, 2021

The board is currently reviewing the state’s K-12 health standards, which mention suicide prevention parenthetically. Currently 12 states, including Texas and Vermont, require that education on suicide awareness and prevention be included in the curriculum, according to an email from Gibson. She started off with a list of myths.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Last spring, Derrick Fields, 9, sat in his social studies classroom at Sherman Elementary School, learning about the creation of the telegraph. When Perez-Duque arrived, he convinced the school’s leadership to shift to teaching Spanish using phonetics, the same way it’s taught in Spain. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

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APRIL 19, 2016

Last spring, Derrick Fields, 9, sat in his social studies classroom at Sherman Elementary School, learning about the creation of the telegraph. When Perez-Duque arrived, he convinced the school’s leadership to shift to teaching Spanish using phonetics, the same way it’s taught in Spain. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

NOME, Alaska — Before they got down to business for the day, students in Devin Tatro’s social studies class were offered a quiet moment of self-reflection: On this golden fall afternoon at Nome-Beltz Junior/Senior High School, were they feeling chipper, distressed or somewhere in between?

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MARCH 7, 2024

So what started in the public arena of K–12, and extended to higher education and Florida public college and universities, has now extended to private universities. And of course, history and social studies teachers. Wells had been a direct witness. to tell these stories.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The laws have contributed to a climate in which “every classroom has been turned into a front” in a battle, said Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, executive director of GLSEN, which advocates for LGBTQ+ individuals in K-12 education. Every educator, every administrator now has to be on that front line every single day,” she said.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Denver high school social studies teacher Nick Childers, right, chants as teachers picket outside South High School on February 11, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. It was developed in 2005, by DCTA leadership, in collaboration with the school district.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

But once she left the K-8 school at the top of her grade, Siyuja stopped feeling so smart. Last year, eight years after Siyuja graduated, the K-8 school still did not offer pre-algebra, a course that most U.S. It had no textbooks for math, science or social studies. She graduated valedictorian of her class. Nonexistent.

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MAY 23, 2020

A high school social studies book, also used in Texas, says of rising temperatures, “Some critics say that this warming is just part of the Earth’s natural cycle,” though, in truth, there’s overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that the current warming is due to human activities.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Last spring, when the odds seemed far longer, Bob Cousineau, a social studies teacher at Pennridge High School, predicted that whatever happened in his embattled district would become a national “case study” one way or another. Bob Cousineau teaches social studies at Pennridge High School, in Pennsylvania.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

So what started in the public arena of K through 12, and extended to higher education and Florida public college and universities, has now extended to private universities. And of course, history and social studies teachers. Teaching for Black Lives study group coordinator Linnet Early (in St.

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