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Civil rights lessons in Ala. can vary by school
Educators in Alabama say the Civil Rights Movement is often taught differently, depending on whether a school has a predomina -More-
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Mo. teachers use cross-curricular lesson plan to teach about WWI
Chris Daniels, a ninth-grade social studies teacher at Kearney Junior High School in Missouri, approached his colleagues with -More-
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Minn. school district prepares for changes in state social studies standards
Faribault School District in Minnesota is getting ready as the next school year will bring changes to the state's social stud -More-
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Teachers increasingly share resources, lesson plans online
Lesson-sharing websites are gaining increased traction as educators search for free resources to help them implement the Comm -More-
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Minn. officials weigh options in wake of glitches during online testing
Officials with the American Institutes for Research are citing a server malfunction for online testing problems recently expe -More-
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S.C. second-grade students to present park plans to city's mayor
Students at Pleasant Knoll Elementary School in South Carolina are taking on real-world issues by answering this question: Ho -More-
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Kan. students produce historical films, websites for national competition
Students at Lawrence High School in Kansas gave their history lessons a Hollywood twist, by producing documentaries on the 19 -More-
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Conn. high-school world-history students learn about religions on field trip
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2013 Conference speaker Warren Zanes
Warren Zanes, executive director of Steven Van Zandt's Rock and Roll Forever Foundation (RRFF), is scheduled to speak at the -More-
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NCSS Summer workshop -- Teaching With Documents and Works of Art: An Integrated Approach
This three-day workshop -- July 22 to 24 -- will provide a varied program of lectures, demonstrations, collaborative work, an -More-
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I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
Diane Ackerman,American author, poet and naturalist -More-
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Iowa 2nd-graders Skype with students in Uganda for geography lessons
The power of Skype connected teacher Jessie Greiner's second-grade class at Cardinal Elementary School in Eldon, Iowa, with 1 -More-
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Some students embark on career exploration in high school
Several states -- including Illinois, Georgia, New York and Tennessee -- are creating new high-school pathways targeting care -More-
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Programs praised for boosting civics education in students
A recent paper from the Education Commission of the States highlights civics programs that use controversial or newsworthy su -More-
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Calif. governor: Fair school funding is a civil rights issue
California Gov. -More-
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School-grading system in Miss. to include graduation rates
The Mississippi Board of Education on April 19 approved a policy change to add graduation rates to its school-grading system -More-
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Report: Disadvantaged students may struggle to meet Calif. graduation requirements
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Will one-to-one laptop program transform education in Texas district?
Houston Independent School District Superintendent Terry Grier says a plan to issue laptop computers to every student at its -More-
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S.D. students petition for Native American song at graduation
Students from South Dakota's Chamberlain School District, where the Native-American student population is as high as 50%, hav -More-
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