ED Surge

MARCH 3, 2025

Research shows that children from low-income families often start school with fewer numeracy skills than their peers, putting them at an academic disadvantage. High-quality, research-based numeracy programs offer an opportunity to bridge these gaps. Teacher training is another cornerstone of effective numeracy instruction.

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K-12 Professional Development Pedagogy Psychology 66

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Vocabulary Lesson Plan Sept. Vocabulary instruction aligns with well-being because the research shows a strong relationship between vocabulary and intelligence, one’s ability to comprehend new information, and one’s ability to succeed. 2010) A Review of the Current Research on Vocabulary Instruction. Urrutia, K.,

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Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development History 52

The Effortful Educator

MARCH 17, 2025

I believe the last few monthly professional development offerings at my school have had a portion of time dedicated to different AI tools available to teachers to assist with writing lesson plans or developing questions from text or organizing and presenting content.

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Humanities Lesson Plan Professional Development Research 94

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

” I hear this lament frequently when I lead professional development. Allowing students to research, discuss, and share their findings takes time. Yet, if we want students to develop these crucial life skills–finding and evaluating information, communicating and collaborating with peers–they need time.

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Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition 168

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2024

An AI instructional coach designed to help English teachers create lesson plans and project ideas. Over five weeks this spring, about 300 people – teachers, school and district leaders, higher ed faculty, education consultants and AI researchers – came together to learn how to use AI and develop their own basic AI tools and resources.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tutoring Educational Technology 101

ED Surge

MARCH 16, 2023

In it, the report authors list the myriad tasks, in addition to instruction, that teachers do as part of their jobs — meeting with parents, participating in professional development, grading. In addition to craving more planning time, studies have found that teachers want to devote their working hours to, well, teaching.

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Professional Development Lesson Plan Middle School Teaching 145

Digital Promise

APRIL 20, 2021

The lesson plans are typed up and printed out and the lesson objectives and daily agenda are posted artfully on the board. All professional development sessions were recorded or planned as asynchronous sessions. Then I researched what experts and other teachers were recommending.

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Professional Development Lesson Plan Classroom Management Middle School 139

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Researchers and scientists shared the ways different economic, infrastructure, and environmental factors are altering Louisiana’s coastline. Teachers in the fellowship will work with Hollander, Touchet and others this year to create and implement the lesson plans in their classrooms. Credit: Image provided by Aimee Hollander.

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 113

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. Meanwhile in Indiana, a bill would have required teachers to turn in a year’s worth of lesson plans in advance. Yes, I’m deviating from my lesson plans. The lesson plan would still be there.

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Lesson Plan K-12 History Professional Development 120

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Developer: Michigan State University Research. Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. Developer: Stanford University Research. Developer: University of Washington Research. Curriculum. 2nd grade social studies. Curriculum. Related 2018 Hechinger coverage.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The day’s professional development for these Chicago Public Schools teachers, alumni of the program, was a refresher, a way to strengthen their teaching practice, share ideas and return to the classroom newly inspired. LEAP is a nonprofit organization that trains schools and teachers to use personalized learning in their classrooms.

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Education Charter School Professional Development Tradition 145

ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. The project was simple for me because it came with the guidance like a rubric, a model and examples to help with lesson planning.

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High School Museum Education History 140

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

While every school is unique, research has identified several elements that can almost universally increase the chances for successful teacher development and create a powerful and positive school community. Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities.

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Research Education Professional Development Leadership 53

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Webinar panelists Stacie Johnson , leader of professional development at Khan Academy, Pat Youngpradit , chief academic officer at Code.org and leader of TeachAI , and Brian Johnsrud , global head of education learning and advocacy at Adobe , each offered unique and valuable perspectives on the intersection of AI and creativity.

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Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Professional Development 134

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When will this PD end so I can get back to lesson planning and grading student work?” Not sure how to set a five-year plan? Similarly, 92 percent of teachers indicated that most relevant professional learning was job-embedded coaching. It’s time to construct your purposeful and intentional professional learning plan.

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Artifacts Professional Development Leadership Lesson Plan 98

TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

While games cannot replace classroom instruction, they can enhance learning when intentionally integrated into a lesson plan. Motivation and Engagement: Research shows that gamified learning positively impacts student motivation and engagement. You can integrate simple gamified routines or infuse game elements into your lessons.

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K-12 Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Social Studies 52

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I’ve spent two decades as a literacy specialist coaching teachers and providing professional development and I’ve seen a lot of transition in the field. Understanding Generation Alpha The name “Generation Alpha,” was coined by Mark McCrindle, a generational researcher and corporate consultant in Australia.

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Education Middle School Global Connections K-12 140

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Roschelle said he wants to see school leaders and educators experiment in ways that don’t carry big risks for students, such as changing a few lesson plans. Roschelle said he wants to see school leaders and educators experiment in ways that don’t carry big risks for students, such as changing a few lesson plans. “I

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K-12 Lesson Plan Tutoring High School 96

Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

As researchers have pointed out for some time now, good ideas get to scale when teachers begin “increasingly to think of themselves as operating in a web of professional relations that influence their daily decisions, rather than as solo practitioners.”. Good assessments of learning, for students as well as teachers, cost something.

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Leadership Education Policy Lesson Plan Tradition 115

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework.

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K-12 Library Lesson Plan Professional Development 145

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.

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Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 95

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

of the population, according to research from New American Economy, and are the fastest-growing ethnic minority group in the United States, according to Pew Research. Why Asian/Pacific Heritage Month Is Important Asian Pacific Islanders make up 6.8%

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Heritage Museum Social Studies Artifacts 98

Digital Promise

AUGUST 27, 2019

To help ensure there’s data to back up a request for edtech, Desjarlais says VPS has “a phenomenal researcher on staff” who will “conduct research on a product or pull studies from vendors or third parties” to verify the research alignment of any given product before moving on to next steps in the edtech purchasing process.

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EdTech Learning Science Lesson Plan Research 124

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

And right now, some district leaders and researchers say that's precisely what both students and teachers need. This Brookings Institute report and these LEGO Foundation research projects , along with teacher experiences, tell us that play—specifically purposeful play—has a staggering list of benefits in the classroom. Why Teachers ??

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Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development Social Studies 98

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

To be fair, I’m not the only one making her feel this way — she gets this message from professional development, from people who write books and articles and create media directed at teachers, and from her school leadership. Lesson planning : Do they come up with interesting activities to teach their content?

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Pedagogy Lesson Plan Library Leadership 130

Edthena

AUGUST 23, 2023

Micro-teaching has one of the highest measured impacts on improving teachers’ practice for stronger student achievement, according to John Hattie’s Visible Learning research. This blog post outlines what you need to consider for effective micro-teaching, as well as two concrete ways to implement this research-backed technique.

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Teaching Research Lesson Plan Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2018

Instead, every day, new teachers work with veteran teachers and administrators to write all of their lesson plans together. While it’s common for teachers to plan long-term goals or curriculum together, the fact that teachers at this Bronx school plan each individual lesson together is unusual.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Humanities Professional Development 81

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

There’s the cost of the warranty, professional development for teachers to learn how to incorporate the devices into their lesson plans and troubleshoot tech problems, repairs for inevitable damages and the price of software those laptops run. Chromebooks have become the dominant device in U.S. public schools.

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K-12 Professional Development Lesson Plan Elementary School 70

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

Related: Customized math lessons could help students learn more, research says. That can come in the form of a class that focuses on content for teaching class or in the form of professional development, instruction that teachers receive on the job.

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Elementary School K-12 Professional Development Tutoring 76

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Founding Fathers: the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 Think Deeply: Research the three branches of your local and state government. Lesson Plan: All Grades: Ask the students if they know what the U.S. is governed. Constitution is. If they do, have one of them explain what it is.

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Government Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

citizen at birth Think Deeply: Conduct research on the qualifications for local and state political offices. Lesson Plan: Explain to the students that they are going to act like the Founding Fathers. February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders?

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Lesson Plan Social Studies Government Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. Researchers tend to agree that screen time itself is not bad, at least for older kids. I’m not spending as much time on the ground level,” McIntosh said.

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Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 126

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ask students to research any unanswered questions about voting. Ask students what they know about voting and record that information in the K (Know) section of the chart. Ask students what questions they have about voting and record those questions in the W (want to know) section of the chart.

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Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development History 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

In the weeks ahead, the girls would weave the interview and their own research into four individual narratives about Millones, one of several immigrants telling their stories at King, where nearly a quarter of the students were born overseas. For now, however, they were mired in the initial research and needed to get out of their own heads.

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Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Online learning can be a useful tool for districts facing stubborn teacher shortages, because it can help fill teacher vacancies with instruction from high-quality professionals, according to recent research from the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that supports the increased use of technology in education.

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Education K-12 Tutoring High School 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Some research shows as many as 85 percent of students with disabilities can master general education content if they receive educational supports. Students with disabilities who are placed in general education classrooms get more instructional time , have fewer absences and have better post-secondary outcomes, research shows.

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Middle School Professional Development Teaching Advocacy 93