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Teaching World Geography and Ancient Civilizations
…There will be two scheduled 75-minute webinars (with the option to watch the recording). Each week will include a mix of readings, online activities, and video clips. You will write…
Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
…a book review for amazon.com; exposing students to a wider variety of courses via websites and online social networks; giving students “a voice in their own learning” by allowing them…
Technology Update at HEC Academy
NORTHAMPTON, MA – HEC Academy rolled out a new one-to-one laptop initiative for students last week, the culmination of years of review, research and planning. HEC Academy students now have…
School panel takes aim at gun violence
…class … and then the phone rang, a voice telling us to turn out the lights, lock the door and get down on the floor,” Thalheimer recalled in front of…
Chocolate milk is heading back to school
…on “years of feedback from students, schools and food service experts about the challenges they are facing” from the rules. He signed a proclamation that his department would move to…
Chris Appy
…National Identity (Viking, 2015); Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides (Viking, 2003), and Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam (University of North Carolina Press, 1993). Patriots won…
Charter school debate looms over raising state caps
…tuition for about 200 students while receiving about $359,000 in aid during fiscal year 2015. She said she and fellow League of Women Voters member Margie Riddle have already spent…
As Massachusetts charter schools enroll more students with disabilities, who exactly are they serving?
At Lawrence Family Day Charter School, which caters to poor and minority students, fewer than 7 percent of students have special needs – far below the statewide average. Director Ralph…
Karen Albano
Karen Albano began working with the Emerging America program in 2015. She is currently the editor of the weekly History eNews, and has contributed to many facets of the Emerging…