The news always seems to be moving a thousand miles an hour, with much of it impacting our students’ lives—either now or in the future. This two-part series will explore ways we connect those current ...
As a teacher of a high-school current-events course, I encourage other social-studies teachers not to shy away from including current events in the curriculum (“Teachers Leave Current Events Out of ...
We’ve all been there. Students presenting current events, reciting the “news” but not having any idea what it actually means. The problem is that students’ lack of background knowledge, which is often ...
Wars, humanitarian crises, politics, shifting COVID-19 regulations, and many other issues dominate the media and public discourse week in and week out. To better help students fully utilize their ...
“Don’t talk about it."Reports of leaders instructing teachers to not talk about sensitive issues are growing. Here a comment from a reader of Madeline Will’s post, The Election Is Over, But for ...
KASSON -- The worldwide pop star Shakira helped drive home a lesson on Monday for a class of Kasson-Mantorville High School students. Elizabeth Averbeck, teacher of the Advanced Placement Human ...
PARKVILLE, Mo. — Political science educators in the Kansas City area are meeting the moment and using current events as an opportunity to teach the curriculum. Dr. Matt Harris has been teaching his ...
Not even a week into summer vacation, Ron DeGregorio’s students were asking to be back in the virtual classroom. As protests unfolded following the May 25 death of George Floyd, DeGregorio, 31, who ...
March 8, 2016; Austin, TX - Today at the South by Southwest (SXSWedu) Education Conference, NPR and Listenwise announced a relationship to bring more NPR programming into the education space. With NPR ...