Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Virtual Learning: A Human-Centered Approach. This is human-supported learning because it is virtual.”. Teachers are trained to stop at every avatar in the Center to ensure each learner experiences the human connection that a virtual world provides. Many SPICE learners are ones for whom traditional school was not successful.

Humanities 103

Humanities Tradition Teaching Education 103

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. “This study shows that a well-designed project-based curriculum might be more effective than traditional instruction.” The curriculum development was the subject of a 2012 paper.)

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

It says tradespeople also are older than workers in other fields — more than half were over 45 in 2012, the last period for which the subject was studied — meaning looming retirements could result in big shortages. Skilled trades show among the highest potential among job categories, the economic-modeling company Emsi calculates.

Economics 111

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Students study the human body on skeletons, using clay to make organs. Often, students struggling in these subjects find ways around taking them in traditional high schools, and, lacking the mandatory prerequisites, are ineligible to take advanced math and science classes in college. Photo: Kathleen Lucadamo. NEW LONDON, Conn.

High School 111

High School Tradition Tutoring Project-Based Learning 111

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I study human skeletal remains of the past, how burial contexts were constructed, and what they revealed about communities. My work sits at the nexus of human biology and archaeology, two disciplines known for being deeply positivist and scientific, valuing numbers, models, and testable hypotheses as a gold standard.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology Pedagogy Archaeology Social Justice 98

Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

Between 2012 and 2015, thousands of P2P platforms emerged, only to crumble within a few years, destroying the life savings of countless middle-class families. In 2012, they started selling wealth management products, the borrowers’ debts bundled by the platform, to the lenders. Meng’s experience was just one among millions.

Archiving 98

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: In a second analysis of 35 years of national survey data, the researchers found a strong correlation between a young woman’s beliefs about women’s roles and her future daughters’ subsequent math scores. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

Cultures 111

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. Traditional institutions have treated adults “as a kind of afterthought,” he said.

Economics 144

Economics Sociology Social Justice High School 144

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Moheeb is part of a new program that is challenging the way teachers and students think about academics, and his school is one of hundreds that have done away with traditional letter grades inside their classrooms. While it may work to improve math skills, it is unlikely to help students advance in the humanities, she said.

Middle School 110

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Leave this field empty if you're human: Demands for a radical overhaul of the Orleans Parish school system in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 were predicated on low test scores.

Charter School 93

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ED Surge

APRIL 1, 2022

We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. LMS and Digital Learning topped the hype cycle in 2001 (a few years before Blackboard went public). OPMs topped the cycle in 2015.

EdTech 129

EdTech Educational Technology Tradition Education 129

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

She thinks schools need to give kids “a basic environmental literacy, a basic understanding of how earth systems and human systems interact, and how decisions individuals make will impact those systems.”. Shinkle especially remembers being given the time and space to sit alone and reflect — another camp tradition.

Public School 107

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2016

There are, of course, larger, longer term costs to consider, like the larger toll the traditional vehicle may take on the environment and the health of those living around it. But most people would agree, over the long term, with all things being equal, the innovative electric car is a better way of getting around.

Elementary School 76

Elementary School Tradition Professional Development Humanities 76

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2017

A similarly wide-ranging 2012 report by Complete College America determined that nearly half of entering students at two-year schools and a fifth at four-year schools were placed in remedial classes in the fall of 2006.

Education 0

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: But after three years of learning this way, the Teach to One students in grades six through eight scored no better on New Jersey’s annual math tests than other Elizabeth students who had learned math the usual way with the whole class on the same topic at the same time. Choose as many as you like.

Middle School 99

Middle School Tutoring Teaching Professional Development 99

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

It’s where districts and schools decide to spend their money,” Worth, a veteran educator who has also taught in Greene County’s traditional public schools, explained. Many charters hire teachers who don’t belong to a teachers union or haven’t gone through a traditional teacher preparation program, for example.

Charter School 112

Charter School Public School Tradition K-12 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

BOSTON — When the Boston Public Schools opened the Margarita Muñiz Academy in 2012, it was a first-of-its kind dual-language high school meant to address issues faced by the city’s growing Hispanic population. The exception is in the two humanities classes students take every day, one in each language. and abroad.

High School 112

High School Heritage Economics Cultures 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Many colleges and universities are grappling with their historical connections to slavery. Many in the Ole Miss community talk about tradition, she said, and often use it as a crutch. “Is Is it tradition of racism and oppression, that kind of tradition, that we want to keep moving forward?”.

History 88

History Tradition Sociology High School 88

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

In 2012, Estonia’s 15-year-olds ranked 11 th in math and reading and sixth in science out of the 65 countries that participated in an international test that compares educational systems from around the world, called the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA. “We It has worked.”.

Elementary School 0

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The Muñiz Academy opened in 2012 as one of Massachusetts’ first “innovation schools,” free from many district policies and granted flexibility with its curriculum, budget, school schedule and annual calendar, among other things. But bilingual education isn’t the school’s only innovation. It allows us to open up the conversation.”.

High School 71

High School Museum Economics Tradition 71

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Since 2012, when the government exhorted more écoles maternelles to open their doors to 2-year-olds, the rate of participation in France’s “priority education networks”—networks of schools that serve heavily low-income, immigrant communities that are targeted for extra social support—has steadily risen. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

Teaching 84

Teaching Education Government Tradition 84

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: But after years working seasonal jobs sorting equipment at the local Ford plant and dealing blackjack at nearby casinos, Perez wanted to rise to a management position — and she couldn’t without a bachelor’s degree. It closed its child care center in 2012, citing low demand. Weekly Update.

Social Justice 111

Social Justice High School Tutoring Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016. Leave this field empty if you're human: “It was my job to get student enrolled, and if you didn’t enroll them your job could be on the line,” he said. Weekly Update.

High School 105

High School Tutoring Education Policy Leadership 105

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Not so in Galt. When the district won federal Race to the Top funding in 2012, Schauer expanded the strengths program. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

Elementary School 95

Elementary School Psychology K-12 Private School 95

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2016

She thinks schools need to give kids “a basic environmental literacy, a basic understanding of how earth systems and human systems interact, and how decisions individuals make will impact those systems.”. Shinkle especially remembers being given the time and space to sit alone and reflect — another camp tradition.

Middle School 80

Middle School Tradition History Teaching 80

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Traditional arts ensembles like marching band and big band don’t necessarily resonate,” said superintendent Paul Gausman, a musician and long-time music educator. The data from the earlier survey is available in a detailed 2012 report by the U.S. There is no society, there is no human culture, without the arts.”.

K-12 104

K-12 Elementary School Middle School High School 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Social Studies teacher Michelle Adler talks to sophomores Maiya Schwartz, left and Emily Terranova about an assignment in an Honors Human Geography class at Gray-New Gloucester High School on Thursday, June 1, 2017. I prefer the traditional system.”. In the end, the school switched back to a more traditional grading system.

High School 70

High School Social Studies Leadership Tradition 70

Anthropology.net

JUNE 23, 2024

In 2012 2 , Carl Lipo of Binghamton University and Terry Hunt of the University of Arizona demonstrated that a team of just 18 people using three strong ropes could move a 10-foot, 5-ton moai a few hundred yards with a rocking motion. This case study provides valuable lessons on sustainable living and the resilience of human communities.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Tradition Humanities Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

Still, as more rural schools look to virtual programs for help, there’s little evidence that online learning is equal to or can exceed outcomes from traditional in-person instruction, and some experts are urging caution — along with greater attention to quality. Some of the more time intensive virtual programs have shown poor outcomes.

Tutoring 83

Tutoring High School K-12 Charter School 83

Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Thirteen US residents—Black, white, and brown—mixed among about 30 community members sipping tinto , a traditional sweet Colombian coffee, and listening to testimonies of those who had been threatened or lost loved ones due to illegal armed groups or mining projects.

Human Rights 59

Human Rights Anthropology Government Humanities 59

All Things Pedagogical

JULY 10, 2024

I am joining you from the traditional land of the Haudenosauneee and Anishinaabe peoples, but I grew up on the traditional land of the Abitibiwini Aki and lived for 30 years on the traditional land of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We become a title, “stuck in institutions by being stuck to a category” (Ahmed, 2012, 4).

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Pedagogy Geography Tradition 40

Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 10, 2024

Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which ran from 2001 to 2003, was tasked with investigating the human rights abuses committed in the country during its armed conflict with Sendero Luminoso. One of those data sets is from a 2012 publication by Benjamin J. Appel and Cyanne E. post-conflict justice institutions).

Library 52

Library Economics Political Science Human Rights 52

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 30, 2021

The study shows that, though students felt as if they learned more through traditional lectures, they actually learned more when taking part in classrooms that employed so-called active-learning strategies by scoring higher on tests. A Harvard study suggests it may be important to let students know it. Learning requires an emotional journey.

Psychology 545

Psychology Pedagogy Research Tradition 545

ED Surge

MAY 2, 2022

It’s like whomever wrote the report jumped in the DeLorean and set the clock to 2012. Business as usual wasn’t working well for a lot of faculty and staff in 2012, and it’s less likely to work in 2022. We have a unique opportunity in higher ed to not chain ourselves to tradition.

Tradition 129

Tradition Cultures Humanities Education 129

Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Such roles are prevalent in areas such as finance, admin, law, marketing, and human resources. B t jobs, Graeber argues, have bloomed in professions like finance (financial services); law (corporate law); administration (academic and health administration); and marketing, public relations, and human resources.

Anthropology 134

Anthropology Economics Sociology Archiving 134

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

These stories of resilience and triumph allowed me to see my own humanity as a Black person, something I later realized I desperately needed. I needed to learn about my people in order for me to see my own humanity, and for the students I’ve taught over the past 13 years, I know this to be true.

History 109

History Teaching K-12 Artifacts 109

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Ten climate change-fueled disasters in 2012 across the U.S. Ten climate change-fueled disasters in 2012 across the U.S. ? At UCSF, students including Colin Baylen, Karly Hampshire and Nuzhat Islam have formed an interdisciplinary student group called Human Health + Climate Change.

Teaching 132

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