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A real - time electronic poll of members attending the Conference found that: A third said their school or college was not a safe space for LGBTI teachers; More than four in ten (43 %) say they have experienced some form of discrimination, bullying or harassment because of their LGBTI identity during the last year; Only 4 % said their school has a programme of activities to mark LGBT History Month; 85 % do not think schools and colleges are being held to account sufficiently in relation to LGBTI equality.

PS 126 teacher finds inspiration for his social studies lessons in the rich history of his Manhattan school's Lower East Side neighborhood.

A 1987 study found that less than 20 percent of the questions developed by secondary - school history teachers required the integration of ideas.

Communication Comparisons 06/20/2001 [World History, Language Arts Grades 3 - 5, 6 - 8 Submitted by VaReane Heese] VaReane Heese, a teacher at Springfield (Nebraska) Elementary School submitted this week's lesson in which students use online and print resources to research different methods of communication, use graphic organizers to compare the methods, and share their findings with classmates.

Hoping to establish the same recognition for academics that athletics receives, former high school history teacher Will Fitzhugh founded The Concord Review, a quarterly journal of outstanding high school history essays.

Trevor Baisden is a founding fifth grade ELA and history teacher at a public charter school.

Founded in 1988 by former Concord - Carlisle (Massachusetts) Regional High School history teacher William Fitzhugh, the quarterly publishes about 11 essays in each edition.

He also founded and directed a K — 8 school in Bedford - Stuyvesant, N.Y, served as the founding director of Teach For America in New York City, and was a teacher of African History in Botswana.

An Education Week analysis of more than 450 bills related to school safety filed in the days, weeks, and months after the deadliest K - 12 school shooting in U.S. history found that legislators have proposed solutions that include arming teachers, adding guards or police officers, and shoring up the security of school buildings.

Ted Wachtel: Restorative practices developed from the experience of the Community Service Foundation (CSF), a non-profit organization founded in 1977 by my wife, Susan, a former elementary school teacher and me, a secondary school history teacher.

«Negro History Week» was founded by Carter G. Woodson, a black historian and public school teacher, in February 1926, when little (if any) black history was acknowledged in sHistory Week» was founded by Carter G. Woodson, a black historian and public school teacher, in February 1926, when little (if any) black history was acknowledged in shistory was acknowledged in schools.

The story also covered the history of Reid Traditional Schools, which was founded 20 years ago by teachers and has since become a top - ranked, National Blue Ribbon School.

Throughout this school year, Facing History will mark 40 years of working with teachers and students worldwide, not by looking back but by looking forward, together, to help young people find and focus on the things that connect rather than divide us.

1 We consulted the following educators by e-mail and telephone: Jacqueline Ancess, Codirector, National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, and founding Principal of Manhattan East Middle School, New York, NY; Sanda Balaban, Autonomy Zone Liaison for New York City Department of Education and Coordinator of Homework Audit for New Mission High School, Roxbury, MA; Avram Barlowe, history teacher, Urban Academy, New York, NY; Ann Cook, Codirector, Urban Academy, and Cochair, New York Performance Standards Consortium, New York, NY; Cecelia Cunningham, Director of Middle College National Consortium and former Principal of Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY; Herb Mack, Codirector, Urban Academy, New York, NY; Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar, New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, and founding Principal of Central Park East Elementary and Secondary Schools, New York, NY, and Mission Hill School, Boston, MA; Marian Mogulescu, education consultant and former Codirector of Vanguard High School, New York, NY; and Sylvia Rabiner, Project Manager, the Institute for Student Achievement, and founding Principal of Landmark High School, New York, NY.

Many instructional coaches found great success as classroom teachers but struggle when coaching teachers to make dramatic changes in their practice, especially when focused on students who have had a history of failure in school.

Several large - scale studies have identified specific ways in which professional community - building can deepen teachers» knowledge, build their skills, and improve instruction.13 For example, a comprehensive five - year study of 1,500 schools undergoing major reforms found that in schools where teachers formed active professional learning communities, achievement increased significantly in math, science, history, and reading, while student absenteeism and dropout rates were reduced.

The poll of 1,000 likely voters, conducted for the Kean University Center for History, Politics and Policy, found 70 percent of those questioned were very or somewhat satisfied with local public teachers and school quality.

Dr. Newell was a high school history teacher and coach, a mentor teacher, a college professor, a Director of Clinical Experiences at two universities, and is a founding member of the EdVisions Leaders Center.

Luckily, I had high school history teachers who found articles and academic books to satisfy my interests, and I attended a college where I could take as many courses in black history as I liked.

Waltham High School, Mondovi, WI 1/2010 to 6/2012 Teaching Aide • Assisted lead teacher in imparting history lesson instruction • Researched for appropriate learning materials and gathered resources • Observed students to determine their interest or lack thereof and reported findings to the lead teacher • Assisted in marking assignments and grading exam papers • Handled student behavior within classrooms and during extracurricular activities • Provided logistical support in creating exam reports

About Blog This is a webpage written by high school teachers for those who teach US history who want to find online content as well as technology that you can use in the classroom.