NCHE

JUNE 25, 2023

Teachers are professionals and experts in their field, and their subject-matter knowledge and understanding of how to accurately and adequately teach a complicated past are critical to student comprehension and achievement. History education in K-12 classrooms is often uncomfortable, and is always complex.

Social Studies 100

Social Studies K-12 History Education American History 100

NCHE

APRIL 21, 2023

The social studies standards recently approved by the South Dakota Board of Education did not adequately take into account the expertise of its teachers. In the elementary grades, the history content and skills are not developmentally appropriate, nor are they reflective of the historical content training that K-5 teachers receive.

Social Studies 100

Social Studies K-12 Pedagogy History Education 100

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Every teacher at her school, the Health Sciences High and Middle College, in San Diego, shares in the responsibility of teaching students literacy skills, regardless of the subject they teach. For decades, the primary methods for teaching students how to read in the U.S.

High School 145

High School Teaching Primary Sources K-12 145

ED Surge

OCTOBER 8, 2024

He took that proclivity to the next level a few years ago, when he accepted a position as a K-12 technology coach in a small school district in western Michigan. And he hasn’t had to abandon teaching. I just get to do the fun part now: teach,” he shares. “I If they said, ‘So you don't teach kids anymore?’

Teaching 126

Teaching K-12 Social Studies Museum 126

Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) : Teachers perceived their students’ top problem as missing social interactions at school or with friends (88 percent), followed by keeping up academically (82 percent). Social-Emotional Learning as Part of Whole Child Learning.

Teaching 140

Teaching EdTech K-12 Professional Development 140

ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2024

Of those five, one left teaching during her third year, and another will resign next month, at the end of the school year. The other three are still teaching and plan to continue. 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).

Teaching 130

Teaching K-12 Middle School Social Studies 130

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2022

As a social studies teacher and a Chinese American immigrant, I find myself subconsciously asking the following questions: How are Asian Americans viewed by the American public? We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S. What stereotypes and misperceptions still abound?

American History 111

American History History Teaching Primary Sources 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

In K-12 schools, students are facing an onslaught of emerging technologies — new developments arrive by the day — and yet we’re still teaching many of our core school subjects as if our daily lives are unchanged by these tools. Despite these efforts, programs in data science at the K-12 level remain few and far between.

K-12 143

K-12 Civics Lesson Plan High School 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While data science isn’t a new subject, there’s been growing interest recently in helping students — in both K-12 and higher ed — gain data science skills. In the last three years, 17 states have added some sort of data science education course to their K-12 offerings, Drozda said. Subscribe today!

K-12 132

K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plan Middle School 132

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

I teach in a small 6-12 independent school with my colleague and friend, Nate Wolkenhauer. Nate teaches Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. When I teach unit rates, I transform my room into a grocery store. This teaches them that they can learn anything. This isn’t really about math.

K-12 256

K-12 Teaching Pedagogy Library 256

Society for Classical Studies

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Participants will not just read primary and secondary sources (in English) on those topics, but learn, physically, how to carry out and teach Olympic athletic events and a range of daily ancient technologies like weaving, the construction of paper and ink, and the composition of concrete.

K-12 52

K-12 Middle School Social Studies Humanities 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The rate of failure for aspiring Black and Latinx teachers is even higher than for aspiring white teachers, making lack of content knowledge preparation yet another obstacle to the diversification the teaching profession so dearly needs. Only 42 percent have said they felt very well prepared to teach social studies.

K-12 122

K-12 Civics Social Studies Geography 122

ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Together, these factors have brewed a “perfect storm” of challenges keeping students from doing homework, says Jenae Cohn, the executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of California at Berkeley. But complaining about students isn’t the answer, Cohn and other teaching experts say.

K-12 131

K-12 Teaching High School Social Studies 131

TCI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

TCI’s free social studies activities will keep students engaged throughout the year as they explore the history behind Labor Day and biographies for Black History Month. Review the list to find seasonal social studies lessons, primary source activities, and biographies for K-12 classrooms. Get the lessons.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Primary Sources Heritage K-12 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Some universities and some K-12 school systems have developed media literacy courses and standards to help. West, an associate professor, and Professor Carl Bergstrom teach “Calling BS: Data Reasoning in a Digital World” (although the actual course listing uses the more colorful language).

K-12 145

K-12 Civics Critical Thinking Middle School 145

ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

Education 138

Education K-12 Critical Thinking Public School 138

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Alternatively, the National Youth Leadership Council defines service-learning as “an approach to teaching and learning in which students use academic and civic knowledge and skills to address genuine community needs. Personally, I believe that teaching SEL as a stand-alone is poor pedagogy.

Civic Engagement 138

Civic Engagement Civics K-12 Education 138

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

The e-mail, written by a principal for an elementary school in central Texas, detailed a complex new plan for remote learning in the fall and was full of jargon: asynchronous time, maximum continuous minutes and a separate plan to teach special subjects like art, music and physical education. while the other attends from 12:30 to 3p.m.,

K-12 143

K-12 Elementary School EdTech Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2019

The science behind climate change is complicated and evolving, and most teachers aren’t prepared to teach it well. Lots of teachers feel they don’t have the content knowledge or pedagogical know-how to teach climate change effectively.”. Ten years ago, you teach climate change and you could see eyes roll.”.

Teaching 110

Teaching Social Studies Humanities High School 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nilsson is an English teacher by training, but he has embraced the “digital humanities,” teaching students how to code to answer questions about books, speeches, news coverage, rap lyrics and more. Nilsson teaches at Deerfield Academy , a private school in western Massachusetts. Subscribe today!

Humanities 111

Humanities K-12 Tradition Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

NEW YORK — Social studies teacher Karen Rose stepped out of New Rochelle High School last month for what will likely be the last time. My biggest worry is the kids I’ve gotten no response from,” said Rose, who is retiring in June and never expected to end her career struggling with online teaching. “My

K-12 143

K-12 Elementary School Social Studies Middle School 143

TCI

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Active learning strategies have transformed K-12 classroom instruction, shifting away from passive lectures to interactive, student-centered learning experiences. By 2014, a large-scale study found that students in active learning environments scored 6 percent higher on exams and were 1.5

K-12 52

K-12 Education Critical Thinking Tradition 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

It took Jasmine Lane five years to discover and fulfill her passion for English literature and teaching — but a year and half to burn out. In a state with 96 percent of its teaching staff being white, choosing teaching was to be no different,” the 27-year-old high school teacher in Minneapolis wrote in her blog this winter. . …

K-12 145

K-12 Middle School High School Cultures 145

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

While there has been considerable focus on developing K-12 computational thinking pathways in major U.S. This question structured the two-day event at South Fayette School District (SFSD) , which has a nationally recognized program for teaching computer science and computational thinking.

K-12 123

K-12 Middle School Elementary School Social Studies 123

ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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. Currently, I serve as the executive director of Thinking Nation , a nonprofit organization working to shift the paradigm of social studies education.

Civics 133

Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 133

TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

In a recent TCI Summit session on gamification, we explored how incorporating games into teaching can transform the learning experience. Effective Review and Teaching Tool: Gamification is an excellent tool for reviewing content or even introducing new material. What Are the Elements of a Good Game?

K-12 52

K-12 Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

ethos to her teaching. The show has everything — sociology, psychology, interpersonal relations, ethics,” says Barile, who is in her 24th year of teaching. “We Students learn at different paces and via different teaching styles, the thinking goes. We watch the show and dissect it.”.

Teaching 112

Teaching Oral History High School Sociology 112

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience.

Heritage 59

Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

“The biggest problem is there is not enough time to really do the training that a teacher needs to understand how to teach online,” said Jennifer Mathes, interim chief executive officer of the Boston-based Online Learning Consortium , a nonprofit that offers webinars and resources on online teaching and learning.

K-12 142

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Charter School 142

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Paula Stamey, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Benton, Tennessee, taught for 20 years before her school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School and adopted one-to-one technology in 2017. Mrs. Stamey never went back to her old ways of teaching.

Professional Development 132

Professional Development K-12 Educational Technology Social Studies 132

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? The conversation around math instruction suggests that not that much is really known about how to teach K-12 math.

K-12 136

K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 136

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Teacher summer camp,” Aimee Hollander, an assistant professor and director of Nicholls State University’s Center for Teaching Excellence, jokingly called it. McMillan, who teaches in a rural southeast part of the state, said the geography of her school is one reason she applied to the fellowship.

Controversial Topics 118

Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 118

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In 16 letters opposing the repeal, most argued there was a need to keep teachers from indoctrinating students in critical race theory (a legal concept not typically used in K-12 schools) and that only parents should teach children about political doctrine. Teaching them this sort of thing trains them to be.”

History 88

History K-12 Social Studies Public School 88

ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

Inclusive Curriculum 106

Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 106

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

Library 111

Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 5, 2023

Built on 14 key practices, it’s a way of teaching that gets students up on their feet, collaborating and thinking through challenging problems on a daily basis. “Language arts, social studies, science. When I first saw a video of this strategy in action, I was immediately captivated. ” Liljedahl explains.

Pedagogy 130

Pedagogy K-12 Library Tradition 130

Studies Weekly

MARCH 11, 2024

How Studies Weekly Uses Scientific Principles to Innovate Science Teaching Mar. 11, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Explore Science is Studies Weekly’s newest K-5 science curriculum. Explore Science is the scientific solution to teaching science. Innovate how you teach Science!

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School 52