4QM Teaching

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SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS HAVE A PROBLEM: They have to teach content AND thinking skills. Most history and social studies teaching isn’t nearly as good as it could be. That’s because social studies teachers face a daunting task: they have to cover large amounts of required content, and they also have to teach kids to think.... Read more » | Our Team Jon Bassett - Founding Partner Jon Bassett wanted to be a history teacher ever since he was in middle school. He began his career at a Catholic girls high school in the South Bronx (Saint Pius V), then spent over twenty years in the Boston suburbs, at Dover-Sherborn Regional High School and Newton North High School, where he served as chair of the history department and helped found the Newton Teacher Residency. In 2018 Jon returned to urban classrooms, and taught world history at the Match Charter Public High School in Boston from 2019 to 2024. Jon has taught students in grades nine through twelve and on every academic level, and has won thr

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