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

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.

Community Engagement 133

Community Engagement Teaching Research Tradition 133

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 84

Humanities Tradition Teaching Education 84

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

Economics High School Tradition Humanities 111

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

Archiving Anthropology Social Science Economics 98

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 104

Anthropology Economics Sociology Archiving 104

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

Cultures Research Tradition Humanities 111

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 96

Charter School Advocacy Public School Tradition 96

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

Middle School Tradition High School History 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. Those efforts allowed the district of 520 schools and educational centers to transition relatively smoothly from traditional learning to distance learning when the school system shut on March 16, Carvalho said.

Charter School 131

Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 131

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 Humanities 129

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2019

We talked about the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in 2012, the murders at a historic black church in South Carolina in 2015, the mosque fires in California, and the synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway in the past six months. We need to teach about religions just as we teach about culture — boldly, and with sensitivity.

Pedagogy 85

Pedagogy Government Tradition Teaching 85

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 75

Elementary School Tradition Professional Development Humanities 75

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

Education K-12 High School Public School 0

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 98

Middle School Tutoring Professional Development Teaching 98

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

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

Elementary School Economics Cultures Tradition 0

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 85

Teaching Education Government Tradition 85

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

Life and Landscapes

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

And some of these celestial movements seem to mysteriously track human reproduction. The female cycle of menstruation and the duration of human gestation seemed to take on an added, special significance, when our distant ancestors looked up to the heavens and noted their similar movements. Freaky bright. And here we go again!

Humanities 52

Humanities Archaeology History Tradition 52

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

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-12 105

K-12 Elementary School Middle School High School 105

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

One day in June 2012, Hernandez told him to leave. With an ending to her long journey in sight, Hernandez thinks about the many conversations she’s had with her younger sister, who works in human resources at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. 6 for the virtual ceremony that will replace the traditional in-person pinning ceremony.

Economics 121

Economics Junior High Advocacy Critical Thinking 121

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

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 K-12 High School Charter School 83

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

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.

Psychology 97

Psychology Elementary School K-12 Private School 97

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Since 2012, when the department began publishing complete information on how schools are funded, the group of 13 schools has received more than $100 million from the bonus. Since 2012, 13 of New York City’s most coveted high schools have received more than $100 million in additional funding. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

High School 65

High School Leadership Tutoring Advocacy 65

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 Tradition Public School K-12 112

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

Public School Middle School Archiving Tradition 107

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 89

History Tradition Sociology American History 89