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Here Are the 10 Stories K-12 Readers Couldn’t Put Down in 2024

ED Surge

As we look back at the K-12 stories that resonated the most with our readers last year, a trend quickly emerges: 2024 was the year of the personal essay. Here are the most popular K-12 stories of 2024. They gave their takes on innovating in math and social emotional learning.

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TAH Multiday Prompts Discussion of Partisanship, Then and Now

Teaching American History

Invited to attend a TAH multiday seminar on the Cold War at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, social studies teacher Cade Lohrding was thrilled. Lohrding, who is the only junior high social studies teacher at his rural, K 12 school, has few opportunities to share ideas with colleagues.

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Rev Up Your AmRev Curriculum

NCHE

The For 2026 conference includes two specialized conference tracks focusing on the history and interpretation of the American Revolutionary era: RevEd (a series of workshops and panels of special interest to K-12 and museum educators) and the Slate Seminar (a series of sessions organized by the W&M Bray School Lab).

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Uncertified teachers filling holes in schools across the South

The Hechinger Report

By 2030, as many as 16 million K-12 students in the region may be taught by an unprepared or inexperienced teacher, the Southern Regional Education Board projects. Preservice teachers take an ethics seminar provided by the Athens State college of education, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Athens, Ala. Credit: AP Photo/Vasha Hunt.

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Application deadline March 5: NEH K-12 Summer Institute at Monmouth College

Society for Classical Studies

The seminar will focus on the ancient Olympics and the daily life surrounding that quadrennial event. Teachers of Latin, social studies, physical education, a range of sciences, and English are just a few of those whom we would encourage to apply.

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OPINION: This is no time to ban DEI initiatives in education; we need DEI more than ever

The Hechinger Report

That’s a good start, but to be transformative, nationally, content should be representative and include African American studies; Asian American studies; Latinx studies; Native American Studies; women, gender and sexuality studies; and sociology and other social sciences across the K-12 curriculum.

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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

ED Surge

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation.

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