T.E.A.C.H. Teachers Exploring American Culture and History

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New interactive online exhibit tells Michigan Holocaust survivors' stories A Slovakian-born Jew, Man- ny Mittelman was 17 in 1942 when he was taken from his home to a N**i concentration camp in Poland. Three months later he was shipped to Auschwitz-Birchenau, the largest of all the death camps, where a million Jews died in the gas chambers.

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A better way to grade teachers It's becoming a familiar story: Great teachers get low scores from "value-added" teacher evaluation models. Newspapers across the country have published accounts of extraordinary teachers whose evaluations, based on their students' state test scores, seem completely out of sync with the reality of t...

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New! Weeklong Online Courses on East Asia - Starting July 16th Beginning with the history of the Shang dynasty and origins of the Chinese language, this course will provide a background essential to understanding the origin of civilizations worldwide. Led by Professor J. Michael Farmer, an expert on the early history of China at the University of Texas at Dalla...

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Leanna Landsmann: Why Common Core State Standards are important Dear Leanna: At a recent school meeting, some parents pushed back on the new Common Core curriculum. They are afraid that the standards will be too hard for their children. How can we answer their objections?

AMAZING time spent this morning with President Jefferson!!! Wonderful speaker!!! TEACH is thankful to have had this second visit with him.

As today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, here are some teacher resources for your classrooms. Never Forget. http://www.examiner.com/technology-education-in-national/teacher-resource-for-national-holocaust-remembrance-day-2012

Teacher resource for National Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012 Teachers across the United States will be focusing on teaching students about the Holocaust as National Holocaust Remembrance Day draws near. Some teachers may

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Space Shuttle Discovery Attached to 747 (Final Trip). The space shuttle Discovery is attached to its 747 carrier aircraft to make its journey to Washington, DC.

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Join EE Week April 15-21, Highlighting Green STEM Innovation! » Bay Backpack Blog Increasing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) knowledge and expanding STEM education and career opportunities for students is a national priority. A projected 2 million STEM-related jobs will be created by 2014, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics. Jobs relating to the en...