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K12 embraces video games

By Adam Galvan

Welcome to the second annual game-based learning special report in District Administration. Games continue to grow in popularity in K12 lessons ranging from science and math to English and social studies. They include alternate reality games that hook students' imaginations and introduce social-emotional learning lessons to help students process feelings and thoughts. In a soon-to-be-released […]

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November 20, 2016

A national push for well-rounded students

Schools that offer more comprehensive instruction, increase school safety and student health, and better integrate educational technology may be eligible for new federal funds. A new grant program from the U.S. Department of Education will reward schools that improve access to music, social studies, environmental education and computer science, as well as support college and […]

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October 13, 2016

Hands-on history with students at the helm

New teaching techniques and learning technology top the agenda at this fall's conference of the National Council for the Social Studies. Technology is quickly becoming a popular tool in social studies classrooms as teachers find ways to make history come alive for their students, who simultaneously learn about content and improve their technology skills, says […]

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October 13, 2016

Investigation and inquiry make for successful students of history

Teacher Ron Hustvedt is selling a smart product. In his classroom at the Salk STEM Magnet School in Elk River School District in Minnesota, Hustvedt encourages his history students to buy into his brand of inquiry-based learning. This year's National Council of the Social Studies Outstanding Teacher of the Year at the middle school level […]

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April 12, 2016

Schools textbooks change with times

Despite recent controversies, most K12 U.S. history textbooks now devote more space to viewpoints outside of the white-European male narrative, historians say. "The whole approach to historiography has changed" says Luess Sampson-Lizotte, vice president of humanities & science product development at Pearson. "It is a little broader and more inclusive of multiple perspectives of the […]

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K12 embraces video games

Playing with stocks and skills

Use the news to teach reading comprehension

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A national push for well-rounded students

Hands-on history with students at the helm

Investigation and inquiry make for successful students of history

Schools textbooks change with times