ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

What am I teaching today? With a to-do list this long, do I even have time to teach? “I This is how the last year of teaching went for me. Teaching With a Broken Heart They say teaching is “a work of the heart,” and indeed, it is. I was always completing tasks for other people. It’s just a reality of the job.

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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. They helped shape our country into what it is today.

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Heritage Teaching K-12 Ancestry 59

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2022

In the early stages of designing my station rotation lessons, I was frustrated by the lesson planning process because I found every station built on the station before. I found it helpful to identify the learning objectives for a lesson and write out a traditional linear agenda since that was familiar.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It’s all about giving teachers the tools to teach effectively and students the means to show off their skills to colleges and employers. We’ve loaded it with free lesson plans and resources for teachers, plus a learn tab with videos and guided activities for students to practice on their own. million certifications.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

That leaves a small window of time for all of the other tasks and responsibilities that teachers have to juggle, including planning and designing lessons. . Planning is critical to creating meaningful learning opportunities for students. It can be as detailed and thorough as you want to be, depending on your planning style.

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Tradition Lesson Plan Middle School Teaching 218

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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Rosie the History Teacher

JULY 31, 2020

Many teachers have unexpectedly gotten a taste of teaching online in the past few months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As the 2020-2021 school year approaches, many teachers are still unsure whether they will be in their classrooms with students or logging on for more virtual teaching. Temperature control.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I began my teaching career as a Teach For America (TFA) Corps member in Jacksonville, Florida. But very quickly, I learned that teaching in a Title I school, where a high percentage of low-income students face significant educational gaps , was far more challenging than I had anticipated.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2024

I also worry about teachers using ChatGPT and other generative AI models to write quizzes or lesson plans. At least a teacher has the opportunity to vet what AI spits out before giving or teaching it to students. Kids could memorize incorrect solutions that are hard to unlearn, or become more confused about a topic.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 2, 2019

Just because something has been done in the past, or is a traditional component of school culture, does not mean it is an effective practice. turn in lesson plans, complete all observations/evaluations by a set date, etc.) The question then becomes what message or lesson are we really teaching students by giving zeros?

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2020

Even though teaching online may feel like a different animal than teaching face-to-face, there are many similarities in terms of the building blocks of a lesson. One of the biggest challenges that teachers face in this transition to online teaching is setting realistic expectations for their students.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Writing lesson plans has traditionally been a big part of a teacher’s job. Ideally, teachers are supposed to base their lessons on the textbooks, worksheets and digital materials that school leaders have spent a lot of time reviewing and selecting. But this doesn’t mean they should be starting from a blank slate.

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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 population of students I serve as a teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning are interested in pursuing a career in education.

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High School Museum Education History 120

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. We have a responsibility to really explore that to its fullest potential.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Not only was I not in classrooms enough, but also the level of feedback provided through the lens of a narrative report did very little to improve teaching and learning both in and out of the classroom. This will provide all teachers with consistent, concrete elements to focus on when developing lessons.

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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. Today I’m a performing arts teacher at KIPP Comienza Community Prep (KCCP) in Los Angeles, where I teach kindergarten through fourth grade.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Some tech leaders are predicting that, given enough data, AI will soon be able to teach students with dyslexia to read — with teachers at the helm guiding the process. The traditional education system has never worked for students with disabilities, and we could redesign it. With AI, that is feasible.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

AR can be used in the classroom to create interactive learning experiences that enhance traditional instruction. Those lesson plans are actually what stood out to my teachers,” adds Dawson, “They felt like the plans provided the support they needed to implement AR in the classroom without a lot of training.”

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Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures. As you teach students about a culture some may be unfamiliar with, it can pique their curiosity and renew their interest. Together, they learn the value of patience, teamwork, and sharing.

Heritage 98

Heritage Museum Social Studies Artifacts 98

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Traditional One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Math Lessons Although this one-size-fits-all experience is straightforward and feels time efficient, these lessons rarely meet the needs of all students. This is followed by individual practice and review as students attempt to solve similar problems to apply their new learning.

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Tradition Lesson Plan Teaching 78

ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2022

Based on the assessment system I use, many of my students were reading at a level between kindergarten and second grade, which is not ideal, given that I teach high schoolers. In my classroom, I usually teach English language arts in 70-minute blocks. To be clear, I don’t see John’s progress as a reflection of my teaching.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

My teaching workweek was practically full-time, but I had two other jobs. I first got into teaching because I loved kids and I loved books. While I loved working with that age group, I eventually left my school largely because administration favored scripted curriculum and discouraged teachers from augmenting lesson plans.

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ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

But his book, and that demo, are also attracting some pushback from teaching experts who think AI may have lots of uses in education, but that tutoring should be reserved for humans who can motivate and understand the students they work with. In fact, we said, ‘Hey, this could be really valuable in a teaching setting.’

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based simulations have been part of his teaching arsenal for the last nine years, ever since he first tried it. “I

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Middle School Teaching Lesson Plan History 136

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Despite headlines about teacher shortages and a workforce that must become more diversified, recent federal regulations and a decade of policy has focused on the quality of teaching and teacher preparation to ensure that all teachers are ready to teach and meet high standards of performance from Day One. How do we know this?

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Teaching Pedagogy Tradition Leadership 78

ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2022

Since then, our game-based learning platform has been used to teach over 20 million students real-typed Python, JavaScript and C++ coding languages through the power of play. The game does the heavy lifting, while the included lesson plans and student-facing lesson slides make in-classroom implementation turnkey and enjoyable.

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Tradition Lesson Plan Elementary School High School 103

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2022

Traditional systems, practices and policies in many cases cater only to general education students. Only 17 percent of general education teachers say they feel well-prepared to teach students with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities. Ask yourself: What is your current system for helping students with disabilities fill skill gaps?

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Leadership 124

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

But Native American and Muslim leaders say they believe rates have increased in their communities as well, after the pandemic gave families the time and space to reflect on whether traditional schools were really serving their needs. Related: Schools provide stability for refugees. Covid-19 upended that. You’re stronger minded.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

The curriculum was recently the subject of an experiment involving 684 students to see if this approach actually teaches kids the reading and writing skills and the content they need to succeed in school. “This study shows that a well-designed project-based curriculum might be more effective than traditional instruction.”

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Most of the schools where I coach have a wonky Wednesday schedule that I have to navigate with teachers when we co-lesson plan together. However, teaching these skills and helping students to develop their metacognitive muscles takes time and practice.

Lesson Plan 144

Lesson Plan Tradition High School Teaching 144

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

is a stickler for notes when he teaches algebra I to ninth graders at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Teaching experts say that will mean slowing down to fill in knowledge gaps —detouring from lesson plans, adding extra periods for tutoring, and more. math-teaching?experts.? Ishmael Brown Jr.

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Tutoring Middle School K-12 Lesson Plan 135

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

The thing that we’re trying to debunk with this research is to actually show that project-based learning is a rigorous form of teaching and learning. The Lucas foundation originally tried to finance the development of a project-based curriculum to teach math. The positive spillover effects for other subjects are noteworthy.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School 145

Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Classroom Layout and Furniture Flexible Seating Incorporate a variety of seating options, like traditional desks for seat work time, bean bags for the class library, other types of seating for listening, art, and science centers, and floor cushions to accommodate different learning styles and other center activities. Submit your info by Aug.

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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. I’ve been teaching for 30 years, and now you’re gonna make me do what?”. I didn’t have the mindset to make this shift.

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Education Charter School Professional Development Tradition 145

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

LEGO Education designs standards-aligned sets for K-8 students and offers plenty of free support for teachers, including more than 400 online lesson plans —ranging in focus from computer science and English Language Arts (ELA) to robotics and coding— self-guided professional development and an online community where teachers share tips and ideas.

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Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development Social Studies 90

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.

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Cultures American History Tradition Library 110

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

If schools want their teachers to be innovative and teach outside of the box, then they need to take a closer look at their schedules and talk to their teachers and students about how their schedule is either encouraging or stifling creativity. How did having more time impact your lesson planning? into your shorter periods?

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