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US Census Bureau Site - 10/2019 article about the 1929 Stock Market Crash The US Census Bureau has a History area where a monthly article is published, sharing a historical event along with interesting facts, economic impact, and other tidbits - all using census data and records.  They provide an archive where you can find past articles:

If you are a Michigan Educator and you use MeL with your students, you should be aware of the following: From Christine Schneider, K-12 Education Specialist Michigan eLibrary Free Webinar: Meeting the Needs of Middle School Students with Gale’s Research In Context January 31, 2018 @ 2pm EST Register: https://cengage.webex.com/ceng age/onstage/g.php?MTID=e20bc09 8540255aef948a3f5d92914497 Research In Context, available through Michigan eLibrary, is created specifically for middle school level researchers.  It brings together authoritative content in a variety of formats on one modern, student-friendly, and mobile-responsive interface. Join us in this webinar to learn more about how to use Research In Context as a classroom tool, as a homework helper, and for entry level research projects at the middle school level.  Please register soon and share widely. I will post the recorded version on MeL Teachers as soon as it is available.

From the Library of Michigan -    Early Literacy Instruction: 10 Research-Informed Practices That Can Change Every Classroom Content provided by BloomBoard. This webinar takes place on September 26, 2016 @ 2 p.m. ET Register for this webinar now. As in many states, far too many of Michigan’s children are not reading proficiently by the end of grade three—and the situation continues to worsen. Addressing this problem can require broad and significant improvement in instructional practices. Toward that end, an Early Literacy Task Force (ELTF) in Michigan identified 10 research-informed classroom literacy instructional practices for Pre-K and 10 such practices for K-3 that can have a meaningful impact on student literacy. In this presentation, Nell Duke, Susan Townsend, and Naomi Norman will share these instructional practices, and discuss how the ELTF is working to make them a focus of professional development throughout the state of ...

From the Michigan Department of Education - Each fall, Project Tomorrow, an internationally recognized education nonprofit organization, facilitates the  Speak Up Research Project  – and we would like to invite you to learn more about how your school and district can participate this year.   Speak Up 2015 is the best way for education leaders to learn about the views and ideas of K-12 students, parents and teachers regarding digital learning, workplace skill development, STEM education and professional development.  It is easy to participate in Speak Up – there are no fees or costs – everything is 100% free.  Last year over 521,000 K-12 students, parents and educators completed a Speak Up survey.  And 8,200 schools and 2,600 districts received free reports with their local data plus national findings for comparatives. Why use instructional funds for data collection when Speak Up is already available to every K-12 school and district?...

The following is from Pynya Mishra of Michigan State University's School of Education.  His team created the T-Pack tech integration model. From him - We need your help in completing a relatively short research survey about 21st century skills. We ( Punya  Mishra, Rohit Mehta, and Danah Henriksen) have been gathering data to help us better understand what education professionals such as current/future educators, faculty, and education graduate students, think about 21st century skills.  This short survey will take approximately 10 minutes of your time to complete. It will provide essential information regarding the challenges faced by educators in the 21st century and the knowledge/skills needed to face these challenges. If you start, please do take the time to finish, as your responses are extremely valuable to us. The survey should not take more than 8-12 minutes. Your responses will be confidential and fully anonymous. Click on th...