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- Valuable Lessons About Cultural Diversity
- Puzzle Me a New
- Empower the Children
- Standardized Thinking in an Innovative World?
- Simple Practice, Simple Justice
- Project Darfur (A Children’s Movement)
- Teaching for Social Justice: the Challenge of Selecting Teachers
- What Social Studies Teachers Should Do and Think (but often don’t)
- First Grade Learns What?!
- Changing with Collaboration
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Standardized Thinking in an Innovative World?
By: Maria Wahlstrom (Instructional Coordinator) When we were in school, we were graded on correct answers versus incorrect answers. Our percentage was based on our ability to repeat what teachers tell us. If we didn’t regurgitate things correctly, we probably … Continue reading
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Simple Practice, Simple Justice
By: Surya Kundu (Science Teacher) When I tell others that my school is pioneering the creation of a “Social Justice curriculum for elementary students,” I’m usually met with confused stares. While I could go on and on and on explaining … Continue reading
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Project Darfur (A Children’s Movement)
By: Miesha Ebacher (first grade teacher) It is easy to convince yourself that you are powerless to the problems of this world. Looking outside of my classroom windows, I can easily imagine the nameless acts of violence, ignorance and destruction … Continue reading
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Teaching for Social Justice: the Challenge of Selecting Teachers
By: Nakisha Hobbs (Principal) Most administrators would agree that teacher quality and effectiveness are the best predictors of student achievement. This suggests that the selection of teachers is probably one of the most, if not the most, important decisions that … Continue reading
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What Social Studies Teachers Should Do and Think (but often don’t)
By: Maria Wahlstrom (Instructional Coordinator) I was reading AEI’s latest research: “Highschool Civics: What Social Studies Teachers Do and Think“ and felt a great disappointment in the misuse of (and even lack of) a comprehensive, critical, and rigorous social studies curriculum … Continue reading
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