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Everyone is the hero of their own story: does role-play have a place in the social studies…

Throughout my career as a civics teacher, I have loved running Mock Congress in my classes. Research has shown that simulations can help…

6 min readNov 15, 2023

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Age of Awareness

The difficulty of talking with students about Gaza

“You better not be teaching any of that Jewish stuff,” a student said to Scott, a veteran teacher in Chicago. The school, with a large…

12 min readNov 9, 2023

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Age of Awareness

The Cubicle Model of Education

When I begin my unit on macroeconomics at the beginning of the school year, I like to present students with a survey from the New York…

2 min readAug 15, 2023

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The Cubicle Model of Education

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Age of Awareness

Why I Am Quitting Teaching

While millions of students and teachers prepare for a return to classrooms next month, for the first time in nine years, I will not be one…

8 min readJul 31, 2023

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ILLUMINATION

Have schools completely lost their minds about cell phones?

You may have seen a video going around social media this past week of a Tennessee teacher getting pepper-sprayed by a student after taking…

4 min readMay 18, 2023

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Age of Awareness

Senioritis is a policy choice

I am in my eighth year of teaching, and in six of those years,I have taught 12th graders. 12th graders are simultaneously one of the most…

9 min readMay 8, 2023

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Should students have to memorize names and dates in history class?

This week, the NAEP — also known as “the nation’s report card” — revealed that only 22% of eighth graders were proficient in civics. This…

4 min readMay 4, 2023

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If it’s important, do it in the classroom

The summer before I became a teacher, a friend of mine who had been an English teacher for 15 years gave me a piece of advice that has…

2 min readMar 1, 2023

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Are restorative practices to blame for the shooting of a Virginia teacher?

The problem of discipline in schools — or lack thereof — culminated last month when a 6 year-old student shot his teacher in Newport News…

4 min readFeb 25, 2023

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Age of Awareness

Please Don’t Grade Discussions

Early in my teaching career, one of the most controversial choices I made was to not grade discussions–even against the advice of teachers…

8 min readJan 25, 2023

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Matt T.

Matt T.

Civics teacher in NYC writing about the history of education | James Madison Fellow | www.schoolsforpeople.com | tw: @schools4people ig: @schoolsforpeople

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