American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2018 Nov. 16-18 New Orleans actfl.org LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: K12 curriculum roundup: More than words National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference Nov. 30 – Dec. 2 Chicago socialstudies.org Emily Ann Brown is associate editor.

Resources: Native Knowledge 360¬ˆž is the National Museum of the American Indian’s national initiative, which includes lesson plans for all grade levels. www.nmai.si.edu/nk360 American Indians In American Literature blog, written by Debby Reese, provides analysis of indigenous peoples in children’s and young adult books. americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/p/about.html Zinn Education Project offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized […]

Recently, I reread Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, and I was struck by how he viewed success in the United States. We forget that much of individual success is built on hard work with a focus on what we enjoy doing. We see successful people and call them “lucky.” Gladwell’s stories about success impacted me as an […]

Today’s most progressive language instruction covers more than speech. Educators now work to build students’ fluency in the culture behind the words. Global competency, also called “interculturality” has emerged as a priority in districts seeking to develop students’ understanding of both their own and other cultures, says Jacqueline Van Houten, world language instructional lead for […]

Matthew Joseph led the first 1-to-1 device rollout in a public school in Massachusetts more than a decade ago, and also spent 11 years as an elementary school principal. Now director of digital learning and innovation for Milford Public Schools, he is overseeing implementation of the district’s 1-to-1 Chromebook program in grades 3 through 12. […]

Why is it important that social-emotional issues and unconscious biases are addressed? All of us have biases. It doesn’t matter who you are. But self-awareness becomes critical, particularly in schools. Anybody who interacts with students has responsibilities toward their social and emotional wellness, not only their academic instruction. There’s a lot of power, not only […]

Questions from three leading assessments. Panorama Social Emotional Learning Survey The rating scale ranges from “almost never” to “almost always.” Student perception assessment Self-efficacy: How confident are you that you can learn all the material presented in your classes? Growth mindset: In school, how possible is it for you to change your level of intelligence? […]

The Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Technology program at Duval High School in Maryland recently graduated its first class of 43 students. For a senior research project, one of those students met with third-graders at an area elementary school. She used music and dance to teach the students the forces of flight—lift, thrust, drag and weight. […]