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Using Conversational Video

HistoryRewriter

Conversational Videos in the Classroom from Social Studies School Service on Vimeo. Previously published by Social Studies School Services. Participating in oral histories improves engagement and increases the amount of historical empathy students develop. Access slides at bit.ly/CONVOvidSSSS. CONVOvidSSSS.

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Teaching to the student, not the test

The Hechinger Report

Also, Massachusetts public schools have been relatively slow to adopt student-centered learning, perhaps in part because traditional teaching approaches seem to work so well here—last year the state’s averages topped the National As sessment of Educational Progress test scores in reading and math. This approach is dynamic.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

The school has lost a bunch of teachers, but three of my son’s core subject teachers — English, social studies and science — have all left since Christmas. Fourth graders got to have their traditional field day. Credit: Image provided by Betsy Bloodworth. Next year is] going to be another tough year for the schools. …