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How Academic Historians can be Useful to K-12 Teachers

NCHE

After Jessica Ellison invited me to participate in a conversation about how academic historians might be of use to K-12 teachers, I did a little research: I asked teachers at our state social studies council what they most needed for their work. The answers were clear: time and confidence, they said.

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

Patty Topliffe, who teaches social studies at Woodstock High School in Vermont, said teaching vocabulary and other literacy skills to her students helps them understand primary source documents. Credit: Image provided by Patty Topliffe Poor reading skills are a nationwide issue. It gives me understanding of what’s going on,” Omar said.

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

With the internet, students can access primary source documents, research just about anything, and support their own understanding with explanations accompanied by video, animations, or other helpful visualizations. Over the past two decades, the FCC through its E-Rate program has connected just about every U.S. Access Resources.

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Fresh Food, Dance Class, and Nap Mats: What's Lost Without Federal Money for Child Care

ED Surge

She got up early and stayed open late to accommodate people who worked 12-hour shifts and needed to drop kids off as early as 5 a.m. There was enough space — three units and one house — for four classrooms, and as soon as renovation was completed on the first room, she enrolled 12 more kids. The timeline for renovation grew longer.

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OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools

The Hechinger Report

This requires several steps: an audit to see how Asian Americans are represented; the use of more Asian American primary sources; and a willingness to lean into an expanded canon of Asian American thinkers and writers, from Grace Lee Boggs to Ocean Vuong, to Cathy Park Hong. There are signs of progress. There are signs of progress.

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OPINION: Access issues for students go beyond online content, extending to housing and food

The Hechinger Report

Students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds live off the stipends from financial aid as their primary source of income. Research on online learning in both K-12 and higher-education settings points consistently to uneven benefits of online learning by student subgroups. Unequal risks.

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OPINION: Schools must do a better job teaching anti-racism

The Hechinger Report

Although GRT has been around for some time, I believe that pre-K-12 educators haven’t reckoned with the degree to which some young people will defend “whiteness.” Use primary sources. race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender).

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