Superlative Social Studies Instruction
Helping Educators Teach Civic Competence and Critical Thinking
The Rand Corporation published its findings of a survey it conducted of K-12 teachers on the purpose of Civics instruction. The survey produced some interesting results. By far the number one response was promoting...
Civics / current events / education policy / U.S. History
by derekr1024 · Published October 12, 2022
I ran across a good discussion on a podcast about how to discuss controversial issues in classrooms. It involves several teachers, including Robert Pondiscio who is a fellow at AEI, and a Texas state...
I recently ran across a post from earlier in the summer about using the Four Question method in discussion of controversial issues in class. Gary Shiffman and Jonathan Bassett propose that discussions should revolve...
The New York Times ran a series of op-eds this week trying to answer the question “What is School For?” The authors put forth various perspectives and arrived at divergent answers to the question....
While doing some interviews for a book I am writing, I had a chance to interview Dr. Sarah Zerwin, an English teacher at a nearby high school in the Boulder Valley School District. She...
The media continues to report poorly on the controversy over critical race theory, so I thought I’d add another blog post on the issue. Five thirty-eight posted an article today that misses the mark...
I was having a discussion recently with another teacher in the lunchroom about whether it was useful or desirable for teachers to have an advanced degree in their subject. I had previously worked at...
Ever wonder why some students stare off into space, talk incessantly, or fail to turn anything in on time? Cognitive Psychologist, David Willingham, attempts to address those questions in Why Students Don’t Like School, now...
A few weeks back, I reviewed a book by Bree Picower on Culturally Responsive Teaching. I didn’t like her approach, especially how she painted different races and cultures with an all or nothing brush...
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