Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. Will that system help build capacity of states and districts and the teacher leadership that requires for long-term school improvement?

Leadership 114

Leadership Education Policy Lesson Plan Tradition 114

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2022

Traditional systems, practices and policies in many cases cater only to general education students. Instead of using traditional methods that are reactive and punitive in nature, we must cultivate systems that view behavior challenges as expressions of social-emotional needs and identify appropriate and effective supports.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Leadership 126

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Our nine districts have been considering free or low-cost open educational resources alongside traditional options. 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.

Lesson Plan 105

Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Middle School 105

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2018

This strategy of tapping into students’ own experiences as part of a lesson plan is an increasingly common one in U.S. schools, as teachers attempt to make a traditional, Eurocentric curriculum personally interesting to a diverse student body. That was Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rationale for his casting.

Cultures 111

Cultures American History Tradition Lesson Plan 111

ED Surge

JUNE 23, 2023

When I was nine years old, my mother enrolled my brother and me in folklorico — a traditional cultural dance that emphasizes Mexican folk culture — at our local recreation center. During one of my social justice blocks, we dedicate a week to the Day of the Dead and its traditions. At first, I was annoyed.

Community Engagement 110

Community Engagement Cultures Social Justice Leadership 110

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

At one table, the conversation turned to the growing pains of changing course from the traditional “sage on a stage” teaching model, where a teacher holds forth at the front of the classroom while students listen, to a student-focused, personalized model. “We Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. “As

Education 145

Education Charter School Professional Development Tradition 145

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

I was always completing tasks for other people—school leadership, district leadership, state officials—at the expense of the students in my care. Attending weekly team planning meetings made me anxious, because usually, that’s where we would learn of the latest effort leadership had come up with. There was the NCELI (N.C.

Teaching 104

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: The kind of leadership and responsibility that shone through EB’s speech is actively encouraged at this unusual program in rural Maine. In her decades at the traditional high school, she saw her students becoming increasingly aimless and disengaged. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

Project-Based Learning 99

Project-Based Learning High School Lesson Plan Tradition 99

ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

Rapidly changing technology, particularly the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education has positioned faculty and leaders with a pivotal decision to make: Stick with the known comfort of traditional methods or experiment with the enticing, yet intimidating, potential of AI.

Humanities 98

Humanities Psychology Education Library 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Kids in traditional schools sometimes act like they’re on a cruise ship, where they sit on deck and teachers bring them stuff to do,” Berger said. “We Young gets the utility of online lesson plans geared to math standards and targeted to students at any level. Ten schools began using the model in 1993.

Middle School 111

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It focuses on lesson planning, instruction, assessment and academic language – all in support of student learning. The results from our large scale field trials and two years of operational use are promising – data show more equitable results for edTPA than traditional standardized measures of teaching knowledge and skills.

Teaching 84

Teaching Pedagogy Leadership Tradition 84

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

In a session focused on teacher leadership, Adelaja came up with a nature-based metaphor for her work: “A bird who every day came to the nest and fed its young until the young learned to fly — giving my kids the information and knowledge, and eventually that agency and self-sufficiency to find their own solutions to their own problems.”

Teaching 95

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 95

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

In dozens of interviews, Summit leadership, education researchers, and the people who teach and learn in schools that use Summit agreed that the platform offers a systematic way to achieve the otherwise complicated, messy objective of personalizing learning. She finds the program gives her extra time to meet individual kids’ needs.

Junior High 131

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 131

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

She has learned through experience how to teach students with a variety of disabilities, and works with a veteran special education teacher to modify lesson plans and tests. These days, Mary Fair navigates her classrooms with ease. A lot of my training was for that ‘middle of the road’ kind of kid,” Herrera said. “I

Middle School 97

Middle School Professional Development Teaching Advocacy 97

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Meanwhile, at New York City’s first net-zero school, the Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability (P.S. My lesson plan is: Here’s a problem. Starting in 2019, the plan is for all Discovery students to do sustainability audits, not just the Eco-Action club. Solve it,” said Becker. “We

K-12 111

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. Will that system help build capacity of states and districts and the teacher leadership that requires for long-term school improvement?

Leadership 48

Leadership Education Policy Lesson Plan Tradition 48

Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

Preschool programs are also not subject to the same limitations as the traditional public school system, so some states can fund private or faith-based pre-K programs. Preschool prepares children for the structured learning programs, social interactions, and schedules of traditional K-12 schooling. 2021, May 10).

K-12 52

K-12 Professional Development Economics Tradition 52

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Cultivating leadership in staff, parents, and community partners.

Research 52

Research Education Professional Development Leadership 52

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

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. Inc, according to ilctr.org.

Heritage 59

Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

They also added a school support coach to help teachers improve their lesson plans and use more data to track students’ progress. Edgecombe County’s leadership spent time considering what it wanted to do at the four struggling schools, according to Erin Swanson, director of innovation for the school system. “We

Elementary School 93

Elementary School Charter School K-12 High School 93

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

But as Grimes’ star rose statewide, according to local educators and residents, his relationship with city leadership started to unravel. Experts, books, videos, detailed lesson plans — to teachers at the time, it felt like a blur of continuous learning. Slowly, educators began sharing strategies and co-teaching classes.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Debilitating slowdowns and districtwide outages in past years have been so common that some Nome teachers even now prepare two lesson plans per class—one to use if the internet cooperates and one that requires only textbooks. New state leadership will likely shape the future of rural broadband, but in what ways is yet to be determined.

Social Studies 99

Social Studies Public School Charter School High School 99

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Teachers now must use lesson plans, and they finally have a curriculum to use in English, science and math classes. A year later, the Nations Report Card found Native students in traditional public schools performed much better than those in BIE schools. A new principal pledged to stay longer than a school year.

Education 99

Education Elementary School Government K-12 99

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

He did it at Tuskegee in 1906, and in his remarks which were covered in the New York Times , he said such things as Today, you graduates of Hampton are continuing a tradition of law-abiding Black men, because at this college something like 6,000 graduates have come from here, but only two have proven to be criminals.

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Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52