2019 Classroom Elementary Instructional Materials 
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 11, 2024
Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. It’s an indirect way of teaching reading comprehension.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science.
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Edsurge
JULY 2, 2020
Five years ago, I ditched whole-class lectures in my fifth grade brick-and-mortar classroom in favor of small group rotations. I taught that way for three years before switching to a model in which I served more like a facilitator for students as they worked through material independently. Consider a flipped classroom approach.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 8, 2019
When the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Golden Grove Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL pad around the classroom in their (possibly) smelly socks, everyone cheers. Linda Edgecomb is the principal of Golden Grove Elementary and a huge fan of Stinky Feet Day. Flashlight reading at Golden Grove Elementary School.
ExcelinEd
MAY 12, 2020
In 2019, 35% of fourth-grade students in the U.S. for the 2019-2020 school year. The 2019-2020 school year began with business as usual. Meanwhile, North Carolina elementary and middle school students will not receive traditional grades at all. And this is before a projected COVID-19 learning loss.
Edsurge
MARCH 30, 2018
The message reads: “TenMarks will no longer be available after the 2018-2019 school year. Licenses for TenMarks Math and Writing will be honored through June 20, 2019.” A company spokesperson wrote via email that “after a thorough review of TenMarks, we’ve made the difficult decision to no longer offer this service after June 30, 2019.”
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
. — Scotty Matthews took a seat on a small bookshelf and peered at a page of poems held by a third-grader in his southeast Alabama classroom. Matthews, a former tutoring aide who had just come to Rehobeth Elementary School, was used to working with students who needed some extra help with reading. This story also appeared in AL.com.
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