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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. Patty Topliffe (center right) and other English and social studies teachers at Woodstock High School, in Vermont.

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OPINION: How online and traditional teachers can work together to bring more students into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

Through this program, our brick-and-mortar teachers work alongside ALDCA teachers to combine a rigorous academic course load — which includes English, math and social studies — with online experiential learning opportunities like internships, job shadowing and project-based learning. So, how does it all work?

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

We hope students of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage share their experiences and their cultural traditions with their peers, and teachers include the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to our collective history in lessons this month. They helped shape our country into what it is today.

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Students analyze rap lyrics with code in digital humanities class

The Hechinger Report

Twenty-three states have created K-12 computer science standards. That’s up from 12 states in 2013, when Code.org launched, aiming to expand access to computer science in U.S. For every overlap, teachers have a concrete opportunity to introduce computer science in more traditional subjects.

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Math Instruction Isn’t Working. Could Better Teacher Training Help?

ED Surge

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.

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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Dear Educators, a Balm for Deep Cuts: Navigating Racial Microaggressions at School

ED Surge

as a female child of immigrants from Taiwan, this kind of behavior is practically sacrilegious; certainly scandalous and wildly antithetical to my traditional upbringing. school and university system, I wanted to find out how microaggressions shape the experiences of Asian American K-12 educators. Growing up in the U.S.