A Principal's Reflections

JULY 3, 2013

Students in Mrs. Tambuscio’s World History class culminated a unit on the Holocaust by applying their historical knowledge to the viewing of survivor testimonies. Students were able to utilize IWitness , which is a computer-based program created by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

However, if schools and leaders do not take cues from history it is only a matter of time before they suffer the same fate of obsolescence. The pressure to conform to a world that solely equates school success to standardized metrics is, for all intents and purposes, the reason why we are not seeing disruptive innovation at scale. Barrett, P.,

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Thats down from a fourth grade high of 223 in 2015 and an eighth grade high of 268 in 2013. Perez says her third and fourth grade students catch up quickly with individual support, where shes able to tailor each lesson to their personal interests depending on whether students are history buffs or go crazy for dinosaurs.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2025

The starkest example of growing inequality is in eighth grade math, wherethe achievement gap grew to the largest in the history of the test. Reading comprehension scores for middle schoolers had been declining for a decade since 2013. It’s something that we hadn’t paid a lot of attention to traditionally.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images. Given that teachers are charged with imparting the contributions of women to their students throughout Women’s History Month, a special place should be reserved during March for the women teachers who go unrecognized. The lack of credit shows up in lower pay.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Below is a listing of some of activities that incorporated digital learning: In Mrs. Collentine’s Humanities class, students worked in the computer lab on researching the history of drama and theater in the culture of their own heritage. So what did you do on Digital Learning Day 2013?'

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 19, 2024

The largest drop in the size of the chewing teeth in the history of human evolution occurred around 1.8 At the same time, Homo erectus experienced a significant reduction in the size of their chewing teeth, another evolutionary marker indicating a dietary shift towards softer, cooked foods. Homo erectus : The First Cook? link] 5 Kaplan, M.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2017

We scratched the surface in 2013 as I worked with her to include a chapter on branding in Digital Leadership, which later came out early in 2014. As a result we embarked on a journey to delve into how a brandED mindset could help promote, sustain, and amplify the great work taking place every day in schools across the world.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 13, 2025

Leopard cats, roughly the size of modern house cats, are adaptable predators with a long history of interaction with human societies. A Tang Dynasty mural from A.D. 829 is one of the earliest depictions of domestic cats in China. Two black-and-white cats are visible at the center. Image credit: Zheng H, Liu Y, Chi M. Chinese Archaeology.)

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

When kids go to school right now there are more adults in the building of all types than there were in 2013 and more than when I was a kid,” said Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, where she has been tracking the divergence between students and staff at the nation’s public schools.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Human history is not just about where we came from but how we adapted to the ever-changing environments we encountered. And as we continue to uncover more ancient genomes, our understanding of human history will only deepen. Related Research Fu, Q., Meyer, M., & Pääbo, S. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221359110

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2020

550 billion — the investment needed to bring schools nationwide up to standard due to damage caused by postponing repairs, according to a 2013 federal estimate. Schools hold the history and culture of a place through yearbooks, trophy cases, and photo archives. Many students have fun on the playground when the school is closed.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 21, 2025

appeared first on Teaching American History. I Have a Dream speech, which ranks among the most famous speeches of the 20 th century. Professor Lucas Morel Read the complete text of King’s address to the March on Washington. The post In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

Online “trips” let kids peek in on polar bears in the Antarctic, walk through exhibits in natural history museums, or visit art collections in Paris — and helped teachers give students a break from the monotony of remote learning. The program, launched in 2013, isn’t new.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In the Fall of 2013, she joined the politics faculty at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She began her academic career in the political science department at Washington University in Saint Louis. She specializes in American politics.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Therefore, it appears that in 2013 we will finally dedicate the second memorial in which we feel extremely proud that our efforts have caused the local community to take ownership of its own important history. hours from Krakow.

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Anthropology has long since engaged with challenging topics, and indeed carries its own challenging histories, and researchers continue to generate key insights into the lived realities of trauma survivors.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Every teacher shows up with their own histories and insecurities and flaws. Her newest book, Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching ( Amazon | Bookshop.org ), was written to replace 2013’s The Art of Coaching , which is being taken out of circulation now that the new book is published. It can be lonely.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A 2019 Gallup poll reported that a decreasing proportion of Americans consider a college degree to be very important — from 70 percent in 2013 to 51 percent in 2019. New degrees like the Sister of Arts and Mistress of Arts receded into history. Public attitudes are also changing.

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This Is Not a Sociology Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The DSM has gone through several different versions in its history. The version produced by neuroscience presents a “neuromolecular” picture with consciousness understood in terms of material processes and electrical impulses, this is a “fleshy” self (Rose and Abi-Rached, 2013). and Horwitz, A.V. and Abi-Rached, JM.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

That practice persisted in Wilcox County until 2013 , when high schoolers organized a prom for both white and Black students. The course was created in part in response to longstanding concerns that African American history has been downplayed or left out of K-12 curriculum. But the A.P.

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Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Lindblom is the 2013 Arizona Teacher of the Year and a 2014 Graduate of the MAHG program. The course would prepare students for her fast-paced junior-level AP American History class. A study of Cherokee Indian removal during the 1830s would inform her on a part of history she knew little about.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

In 2013, families at a Seattle high school raked in more than $100,000 for a raffle to win a Tesla Model S. The nation’s 50 richest PTAs raised and spent $43 million dollars for the nation’s most affluent schools in fiscal year 2013-14, according to Meg Benner, a senior consultant at the Center for American Progress.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

history standards as well. A 2013 Stanford University study found that Boston charters were doing more to narrow achievement gaps than any other group of public schools in the country. Massachusetts later adopted less rigorous science and U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2018

Fryer convinced the Houston school district to randomly assign 23 elementary schools to adopt specialized teaching for two years, from the fall of 2013 to the spring of 2015. Eventually the subjects that children need to learn, from physics to history, become more complex, and at some point teachers cannot be expected to teach all subjects.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2024

Since I first moved to Finland in 2013, I have witnessed an ever-deepening societal problem that has devastated student learning. The study also indicated that — for the first time in its history — virtually all first-graders owned phones, including phone watches. Childhood has become dominated by digital devices.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

Will history repeat? Former Florida governor and now senator Rick Scott set up a task force that recommended public universities charge more for “non-strategic majors” such as history and English. “Is These programs started because of political pressures, and the political pressures are no longer there.” I don’t think so.”.

Anthropology 144

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In 2013, Deborah Brown Community School, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sent Tiana Parker home after telling the 7-year-old that her locs did not look “presentable.” Citing a dress code policy, they separated him from other students and prevented him from going to lunch with his peers because they feared it would be too “distracting.”

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History. Experimental Evidence on Teachers’ Racial Bias in Student Evaluation: The Role of Grading Scales. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis , 42 (3), 375–392. link] Reese, W. Harvard University Press. Stewart, A. Chicago Review.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2024

History to Spanish immersion, more students means more funding. According to a recent report from the National Rural Education Association, 80,000 more English-learner and multilingual students were enrolled in rural districts in the 2021 school year than in 2013. From Advanced Placement U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2021

Critically, the Biden administration can also learn from a long history of presidential agendas and ambitions in this domain —many of which have fallen short of their promise because of key pitfalls. It can approach high-quality early learning experiences as a critical piece of infrastructure that benefits children, families andthe economy.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

For example, in history, students need to interpret documents in light of their sources, seek corroboration and put them in their historical context. In the paper, Willingham traces the history of teaching critical thinking. But it is entirely applicable to the American context.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In 2013, she, her husband and her cousin founded a nonprofit called Generations Indigenous Ways that offers after-school science programs and seasonal outdoor science camps. “If you know your culture, if you know where you come from, you’re stronger,” she said. You’re stronger minded. You learn better.”. Fatima Siddiqui, homeschooler.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

” The researchers connect this concept to our evolutionary history. Moreover, 95% of children with playground injuries between 2001 and 2013 were treated and released the same day. “Risky play helps children build resilience and confidence—skills that resonate throughout life.”

Anthropology 105

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2017

That’s unprecedented in the history of as long as data has been kept on higher education,” said Kevin Crockett, senior executive at the enrollment-management consulting firm Ruffalo Noel Levitz. Concordia College in Minnesota slashed its tuition by 34 percent in 2013, and enrollment rose.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

By 2013, that number dropped to 150 schools. History buffs live on the coast: three of the five districts with the highest proficiency rates in history are coastal districts (Long Beach, Pass Christian and Ocean Springs). In 2008, 189 schools in Mississippi had students participating in AP classes, which was an all-time high.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The New York Times found that the proportion of households earning between $35,000 and $100,000 fell from 53 percent in 1967 to 43 percent in 2013. Approximately 80 percent of college degrees — including in the humanities that Hanrahan’s peers majored in, such as English and History — have labor market value, Carnevale says.

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