The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. Wayne Grimm, Library Instructional Technology Teacher at Westview High School, Beaverton, Oregon.

Library 111

Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Through ConnectED, Esri made a billion dollar offer: any K-12 school in the United States could acquire professional online Geographic Information Systems (GIS software), instructional activities, professional development events, and resources for educators and mentors. Safari Books. Read more about Safari Books’ work.

Education 104

Education K-12 Middle School Professional Development 104

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

We can do this by taking field trips to local museums and historical sites, inviting experts into our classrooms, participating in programs like Empatico that connect students worldwide, creating robust class libraries and using content-rich curriculums across subject areas to build student knowledge.

Historic Sites 98

Historic Sites Education Museum Tutoring 98

TCI

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Video Activities: We added new video activities for middle school and high school social studies programs. Customizable Vocabulary Cards: Images, examples, extra terms—the new cards can do so much to support vocabulary development. The new Assessment Library makes finding, editing, and assigning assessments even easier.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources Professional Development Library Middle School 52

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Word Generation introduces new words by embedding them in brief texts about controversial issues of interest to many adolescents, such as steroid use among athletes, legalization of euthanasia, and censorship of libraries and popular music. The social studies teacher organizes a debate about the dilemma, using one of several possible formats.

Controversial Topics 76

Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 76

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

They would have science and social studies, because you can’t read if you don’t know anything about the world, she said. Library class is one of Clarksdale Collegiate’s core programs. In the school’s first year, every child had library every day. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

Charter School 109

Charter School History Library Public School 109

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

PORTLAND, Maine — On a recent fall morning in the library of King Middle School here, four seventh-grade girls interviewed an immigrant from Peru named Luis Millones, now a Spanish professor at Colby College. A Crew of seventh graders at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, plays a conflict-resolution game called “Is This Seat Taken?”

Middle School 111

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Word Generation introduces new words by embedding them in brief texts about controversial issues of interest to many adolescents, such as steroid use among athletes, legalization of euthanasia, and censorship of libraries and popular music. The social studies teacher organizes a debate about the dilemma, using one of several possible formats.

Controversial Topics 72

Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 72

ACRE

AUGUST 23, 2022

Over the summer, Arkansas Social Studies, CTE, and Mathematics educators attended Personal Finance Day at UCA, an event focused on teaching the Arkansas Personal Finance standards. Primerica: How Money Works The How Money Works guide is available from Primerica, a company that provides insurance, investment and financial services.

Economics 52

Economics Social Studies Library Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

If you brought a pencil to class or not, that would be factored into your grade,” the high school senior said during a study period in the library. Schools used their professional development budgets, and were able to use federal money, for teacher training to support work toward the switch. It’s better than it was.”.

High School 101

High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies 101

TCI

APRIL 30, 2024

Video Activities are available in TCI’s middle and high school social studies programs, while the elementary social studies programs incorporate videos through fun songs, storylines, and inquiry projects. Request a sample to dive into TCI’s rich video library. Interested in exploring TCI’s programs?

Library 52

Library Social Studies Tradition High School 52

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.

Heritage 52

Heritage Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan 52

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. Job-Embedded Professional Development. Above all, it is most important to remember that effective professional-development programs are job-embedded and provide teachers with five critical elements (Darling-Hammond et al.,

Research 54

Research Education Professional Development Leadership 54

Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

But instead of helping these Irish immigrants, many US citizens blamed them for creating these unsanitary conditions, according to the Library of Congress. According to the Library of Congress, Railroad construction was so dangerous that it was said, [there was] an Irishman buried under every tie.”

American History 90

American History History Teaching Primary Sources 90

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jefferson County Public Schools revamped its social studies curriculum in 2019. It’s difficult to find enough teachers with the subject-area knowledge to teach it, and over the years, many of the teachers who’d initially received professional development in the subject had left, Jimenez said. Santana goes deep.”

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sometimes, Talbott says, she was the first Black teacher her students had had at Lusher, even after she began teaching sixth-grade social studies in 2013; it meant a lot to her to provide students with that self-recognition and affirmation. Lusher enrolls students in kindergarten through 12th grade across its two buildings.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

Wheatley principal Sabrina Cuby-King credits several moves for Wheatley’s gains: professional development for teachers on how to fill gaps in student learning caused by Covid, holding teachers accountable for “bell to bell” instruction to wring every minute out of each class, pairing each student with a teacher or staff mentor.

Charter School 98

Charter School High School Professional Development Government 98

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Mamie Till-Mobley, Library of Congress Mamie Till-Mobley In 1955, Mamie Till-Mobleys son, Emmett, was tortured and killed because of his race. See how Studies Weekly Social Studies teaches world history from different cultural perspectives by requesting a sample. In 1931, she co-won the Nobel Peace Prize.

World History 98

World History History Archaeology Social Studies 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

But job one is to address the social, emotional and physical issues that will make academic learning more challenging if they are not met, particularly for the students who have fallen most behind. They have not been able to borrow books from the library, take field trips or participate in hands-on learning activities.

K-12 139

K-12 Elementary School Library Professional Development 139

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

We share the text of their conversation for discussion in high school classrooms and professional development workshops. And of course, history and social studies teachers. With documentation and clear explanations, Muhammad challenged prevailing stereotypes about race and crime.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98