Sentences with phrase «for civics teachers»

It's been a year of new norms for civics teachers, especially those with immigrant and undocumented students.

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So, if nothing else, I applaud the Roosevelt students (and their civics teacher, Tim Meegan) for giving voice to their concerns and successfully getting the district's attention within a matter of days.

In other districts informal civic groups will organize a slate of «reform» candidates for school board, and in at least one exurban Colorado school district, a bunch of people who were also leaders in the county Republican party where the school district was located put together a slate of unofficially Republican school board candidates to square off against a teacher's union slate of candidates.

«I ran for NYC Council in 1997 after a career as a teacher, city planner, small business owner, district manager of a community board, and having held a number of civic leadership roles.»

Still, the teachers note that teaching the controversy has made for lively lessons in civics, politics and skeptical thinking — part of the goal of the whole unit.

Banfield sounded an alarm that should resonate for teachers, administrators, and curriculum committees today as they consider their civic education duties.

At the same time, the students of the Facing History teachers demonstrated significantly greater historical thinking skills, civic efficacy, and tolerance for others with different views than control students.

PBL - group teachers received detailed plans for four project - based units (on economics, geography, history, and civics and government).

His grant - funded project, Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA), helped more than 100 ELA and social studies teachers in Oakland bring action civics inside their classrooms from 2011 through 2015.

Content: C - SPAN Classroom is a Web site that features video clips for teachers to show classes in the course of teaching social studies, civics and U.S. history.

«The program believes that every teacher needs to be a civics teacher,» added Michael Wildasin, ASCD project director for the First Amendment Schools Project.

Levinson introduces the new (for me) and unwieldy term «Guided Experiental Civic Education» to describe the education for civic struggle she favors, and she goes far beyond education talk in showing how it has been worked into her own experience as a teacher, and how she hopes it will work in the future.

Civics teachers must create a classroom of «inclusion, belonging, and support» for their immigrant and undocumented students, says Levinson.

Torney - Purta recommends putting a focus back into civics with an opportunity for discussion in the middle school curriculum, enhancing professional development for teachers, recognizing the differences within immigrants, and using ethnic identity as a source of motivation.

That is but seven lessons — one for each day of a single week — of the many, many truths about American civic life that we look to our teachers and our schools (although not them alone) to help teach our daughters and sons.

Substantive classroom discussion is demanding on students and teachers alike, to say the least, and yet research indicates that this practice is as important in citizenship formation as civics classes and, for some students, can compensate for a home life bereft of such debates.

Lesson plans, class starters, resources, and tools for teachers of Religious Education, Civics, History.

And those teachers are often the first nominated for PTO awards, district recognitions, civic / foundation (Rotary, Lions Club, Junior Achievement...) and business - partnership awards, and state and national programs.

Last week, a season - long, nationwide collaborative of teachers produced 37 finalized ideas for civic education.

The Center for Civics Education has specific standards that all teachers can use across all grade levels.

Now Fairview teachers weave civics lessons into their K - 5 standards, creating engaging and relevant lessons for their students.

Dear Mr. Berry, Thank you for not being afraid to be a radical high school civics teacher in a small town.

Inspired by a lecture from Albert Shanker, the longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers (whom Reichgott Junge heard describe charter schools as «the best answer so far» to the ills of the American education system) she worked with civic leaders and fellow representatives to draft and implement a bill granting greater autonomy for a subset of the North Star state's schools.

The case is designed for teachers and school leaders, as well as for parents and for middle and high school students themselves, to encourage nuanced conversations about the many pedagogical, ethical, and civic issues at play.

Information for teachers, principals, and district leaders about walkouts, free speech, and civic activism

Justice O'Connor started the web - based education project because she was concerned that students» failing grades on civics examinations were due to inadequate information and tools required for civic participation, and that civics teachers needed better materials and support.

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Create an award for a teacher (other than a social studies teacher) who provides high school students with quality civic learning opportunities.

A big fan of tech in ed, civic learning, PBL's, flipping, and all things TED, I frequently write about these topics for Edutopia.org, KQED's In the Classroom, PBS's Teacher's Lounge, and several other online, education - related publications as well.

With members in all the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 69 foreign countries, NCSS serves as an umbrella organization for elementary, secondary, and college teachers of history, civics, geography, economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law - related education.

Site Review: C - SPAN Classroom C - SPAN Classroom is a website that features video clips for teachers to show classes in the course of teaching social studies, civics and U.S. history.

ED shall award competitive grants to eligible entities for the establishment of Presidential and Congressional Academies for the Teaching of American History and Civics, through which seminars or institutes shall be offered to teachers and students.

The ESSA would also establish a new program known as Presidential Academies for the Teaching of American History and Civics, which would provide professional development to improve the teaching of history and civics to between 50 and 300 teachers annually, selected from public and private elementary and secondary schools throughout the coCivics, which would provide professional development to improve the teaching of history and civics to between 50 and 300 teachers annually, selected from public and private elementary and secondary schools throughout the cocivics to between 50 and 300 teachers annually, selected from public and private elementary and secondary schools throughout the country.

In deciding whether to prompt students to openly debate Donald Trump's proposal to create a registry for new Muslim immigrants, Northern's social studies teachers must weigh their commitments to professional neutrality, civic education, democratic values like religious freedom and respect for persons, and students» social - emotional well - being.

The consensus among business leaders, policymakers, teachers» unions, and civic groups of what constitutes a good school has converged with a view of schooling that many parents and taxpayers have held for decades.

His vision, outlined in a speech to a Little Rock civic group earlier this month, calls for raising academic standards by requiring more rigorous course requirements for graduation, linking teacher pay raises to student performance, and restructuring the state's accountability system to include annual spring testing.

The quest for truth is quickly subordinated to civic uplift when teachers see their role as fostering certain civic dispositions in their students.

A broad array of groups — including advocates for parents, students, teachers, administrators, and school boards, as well as business and civic organizations — agree: Michigan needs a more systematic way to support improvement of teaching and learning.

Rocky has been recognized personally for his professional and civic leadership, being awarded by organizations such as The United Way, Leadership Georgia, Retired Teachers of Georgia, and Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement.

We're a group of teachers, educators, parents, civic and business leaders working together to ensure that every student in New York State receives a first - rate education and graduates high school prepared for college and beyond.

In 2000, we simply highlighted how the Internet could be used by teachers to access information and people to support the development of children's (a) «personal civic beliefs,» (b) «capacity for social and public action,» (c) «ties to their localities and the world outside,» and (d) «awareness of past present and future» (Cogan, Grossman, & Lei., 2000, p. 50).

Teaching and learning (intentional social, emotional, and civic learning; support for learning; professional development offerings for teachers and administrators).

Illustrative examples are useful for beginning teachers; however, they are clearly time specific and were offered up without consideration of a deeper theoretical and pragmatic understanding of civic life and the Internet itself.

In the newly adopted College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards, social studies teachers are encouraged to inform students about politics and civic behavior, both among individuals and within and across governmental bodies.

Tanya St. Julien currently serves as chief of staff at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE), a national leadership development organization that works with teachers to become civic leaders in advocacy, community organizing, policy, and elected office to improve education for all kids.

Thank you so much, Jeff, for the introduction, and thank you to the Press Club for inviting me here to speak with you today about a topic about which I am passionate, both as a former social studies teacher and as an American: the importance of civic education as part of a well - rounded education.

Students with a master's degree, or international equivalent, who are preparing for careers as teachers, department chairs, supervisors, curriculum developers, museum educators, and consultants in the disciplines of history, government / civics, geography, economics, and other social sciences.

«I want to thank everyone for joining us at this important event this evening and thank the parents, teachers, civic and government leaders that advocate for educational equity daily.»

For this effort to be a success, we need representation from the entire public education community including: parents, grandparents, teachers, school leaders, policymakers and civic leaders.