Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

What research has to say about reading instruction. 2022), “Using the annotating strategy to improve students’ academic achievement in social studies,” Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning , Vol. It takes time to learn, but it seems to be well worth your while. 10.1598/0872071774.10.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2024

I determined their independent reading levels and organized my classroom library according to reading difficulty. Perhaps the most famous piece of evidence for this knowledge-centered theory of reading comprehension is the “ baseball study ,” in which researchers gave children an excerpt about baseball and then tested their comprehension.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

I was so excited to teach this class, I spent the summer collecting articles and artifacts from the local library and historical society. Social studies was the class I excelled in because it felt most meaningful. Noah Dougherty is the CEO and co-founder of Relevant Learner and a former teacher of social studies and ELA.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I loved my colleagues on my social studies team; we shared resources and supported each other. Teachers can use our digital Resource Library to find engaging and informative resources for their students. Teachers planning lessons for micro-credential submission can draw on our extensive library for student materials.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

For the fall, district leaders are working with Dr. Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, to modify, update, and provide cultural relevance and accuracy for the Social Studies curriculum. The knowledge of these tenets will then be infused into other core content areas as appropriate.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

I also pay attention to what lights up their faces, and will often research their interests so that I can ask them questions later! Research reliably points to this emotion derailing kids’ ability to learn (Immordino-Yang & Damasio, 2007). Tier 6: Test Pulling Nate When I was in high school, I cheated on a social studies test.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

They noted the menu of research reports, graphics and videos, and the “About” page describing the site as a project of a “nonprofit research organization” called the Employment Policies Institute. High School social studies teacher. They got duped.”. Or, as one student put it, loudly, “fudge nuggets!”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Clearly delineated areas (You might see a dress-up area, an artist’s station or a mini-library, for example.). Academics: Children should learn fundamental academic skills in reading, math, science and social studies through discovery and creative activities. Low shelves with accessible toys. Child-sized tables and chairs.

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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. Research shows that the following features of effective leadership can improve student achievement (Leithwood et al.,

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ED Surge

JANUARY 2, 2023

In November, the Virginia Board of Education tossed out its plan to revise the state’s standards of learning for history and social studies. A number of states are fiercely battling over curriculum standards, and not just in history and social studies. The fusion of politics and education is hardly unusual.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Research shows that many adolescents in the United States struggle with reading, and one key reason is their limited vocabularies. This research-based intervention focuses on “all-purpose” academic vocabulary words — words that are relevant across disciplines, but that are infrequently used in casual conversation.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

But in the last decade, more and more researchers have advocated for what Menéndez does during purple time – what they call “translanguaging.” Researchers point to Dos Puentes Elementary as a school realizing the promise of the model. Gladys Aponte, researcher and former dual language teacher.

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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. For now, however, they were mired in the initial research and needed to get out of their own heads.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Research shows that many adolescents in the United States struggle with reading, and one key reason is their limited vocabularies. This research-based intervention focuses on “all-purpose” academic vocabulary words — words that are relevant across disciplines, but that are infrequently used in casual conversation.

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Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 72

ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

Research & Present: Early Economic Policies of the Great Depression The Hoover and Roosevelt administrations both worked to develop economic policy ideas to address the banking crisis and the Great Depression.

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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.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In another project, students used Photoshop Elements to create typographical portraits of people and characters they researched in class. Middle school students use pre-crafted story maps to learn standard classroom content in science and social studies. By Chloe, Age 6. Safari Books. Read more about Safari Books’ work.

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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 also has representatives that can arrange classroom presentations for your students. Learn more and access the guide and video resources here.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? For a Socratic Seminar in your social studies class, rearrange your classroom to resemble a circle. Head to my Free Resource Library and sign up for my email list.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I love the strategy, but why use them in a social studies class? For a Socratic Seminar in your social studies class, rearrange your classroom to resemble a circle. Head to my Free Resource Library and sign up for my email list.

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Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies 52

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

Previously, the Spanish Influenza was part of the larger conversation about the League of Nations’ clause about an international agreement to study and prevent diseases. But the development of the Coronavirus required the creation of a whole new “case study.”

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Primary Sources Library from the Bill of Rights Institute When teaching the Constitution, we want to offer students time in the classroom to analyze the text in-depth. The Federalist Papers (Accessed through the Library of Congress) Video from Mineola Creative Content on YouTube. Since its ratification, the U.S.

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Primary Sources Civics Government Archiving 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The home visits are set up in advance, in contrast to unannounced visits by social workers or school attendance officers. Cathy Jack, Johnathan’s social studies teacher, nominated his family for a visit in large part because she knew very little about him other than he’s “sometimes a little sleepy” and “stays on that phone too much.”.

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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. Another 13 were in “developing” stages of adoption, according to Competency Works , an online project of iNACOL, an education research nonprofit. It’s better than it was.”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Research found that a $3.5 Funded by a $15 million state grant awarded to the Ohio Appalachian Collaborative and shared among its member districts, Meadowbrook decided to convert their seldom-used library into Colt College, a facility built for its dual-enrollment program. Photo: Amadou Diallo/The Hechinger Report . SPECIAL REPORT.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

“A lot of our kids don’t have internet access,” said Coe, who knows students who routinely head to the library or the town’s McDonald’s to get online. The Federal Communications Commission estimates that about 21 million Americans lack broadband access, with an independent research group indicating the actual number is twice as high.

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Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As we reboot Doing Social Studies, we’d love to introduce you to this month’s author, Nathan McAlister. Nathan McAlister is the Humanities Program Manager – History, Government, and Social Studies with the Kansas State Department of Education. So, you need to design a CBA? You have an idea, check.

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Primary Sources Archiving Library American History 67

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Then came the anti-CRT movement Andy Rotherham, who was appointed to the state board of education in 2022 by Youngkin, said the outcome of the social studies debate shows that people can get past politics to a good result. This class usually involves a senior research paper about a book of students’ choice.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

And a slightly higher percentage of nonwhite teachers than white ones—45 percent vs. 42 percent—said that they were considering leaving their position last school year, researchers at the University of Arkansas’ College of Education & Health Professions found. identify as people of color, compared with more than half of students.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jefferson County Public Schools revamped its social studies curriculum in 2019. It never sat well with me, and it was the catalyst to want to research more and was why I went to study history in the first place.” “I On the Wednesday following the A.P. Santana goes deep.” Blacks were just slaves.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2024

There were a handful of other Black kids in Corey Robinson’s seventh-grade social studies class, including a friend whom Corey considered his ride or die. But in social studies, Corey felt compelled to keep upping the ante. On the cusp of an A in the class and eager to claim his $100, Corey had studied hard.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

Distribution of Delmont’s book is a direct challenge to the widespread removal of books from libraries and classrooms across the country. Courtney Bennis High School Social Studies Teacher, Virginia Beach, Virginia A huge “Thank you!” Thank you, @ZinnEdProject , for helping me teach my students.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

At least three studies have found that takeovers don’t increase academic achievement. The latest, a May 2021 working paper by researchers from Brown University and the University of Virginia, looked at all 35 state takeovers between 2011 and 2016. “On Race, meanwhile, plays a role in the likelihood of a district being taken over.

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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. She sought opportunities to research in Antarctica, but the people who headed expeditions kept turning her down because of her gender. In 1931, she co-won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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World History History Archaeology Social Studies 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In Port Orford, Oregon, it’s a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library—the two buildings are right down the street from each other. In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district’s two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017.

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Library Geography High School Civics 129

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In the 2015-16 school year, none of the social studies textbooks listed for use in the state’s fourth grade classroom was published before 2005. The Civil Rights Movement was once a footnote in Mississippi social studies classrooms, if it was covered at all. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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