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Two Worlds, Two Technologies: The Divergent Stone Industries of the Uluzzian and Châtelperronian Peoples

Anthropology.net

Châtelperronian sites are compiled from Pelegrin and Soressi ( 2007 ) and Soressi and Roussel ( 2014 ) modified. 2014 ) modified. To correct this, the team organized a workshop where archaeologists directly examined artifacts from both traditions side by side. Uluzzian sites are compiled after Marciani et al.

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OPINION: Can technology save the liberal arts?

The Hechinger Report

The Teagle grant supported course-sharing and online module development at more than 35 institutions and organizations, and engaged more than 180 faculty and staff between 2014 and 2017. Here is what we learned: Student learning in hybrid and traditional classrooms is comparable. At a minimum, we wanted to ensure we were doing no harm.

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Has New Hampshire found the secret to online education that works?

The Hechinger Report

It breaks up traditional courses into specific skills and abilities, called “competencies,” that students master through a personalized blend of traditional lesson plans, offline projects and real-world experiences. First, will the school continue to succeed on traditional measures, such as standardized tests?

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Shaking Up High School Math

Achieve the Core

Additionally, the badging system is being designed with a success-orientation approach, which stands in stark contrast to traditional grading practices where we often accept high failure rates. One widely cited study of a group of Northern California school districts found that 44.3 Enter badging. What is badging?

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Digital Portfolios + Micro-credentials = Massive Impact for Students & Teachers

Digital Promise

What distinguishes micro-credentials from traditional PD workshops is the way in which teachers and educational leaders provide evidence of learning. Traditional PD uses an attendance sheet as the primary measurement of “learning”. This job-embedded practice cements learning 7. Citations. [1] 1] Education Consumer Guide.

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We Must Teach Black History Like Our Lives Depend on It

ED Surge

When a grand jury decided not to charge Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown in 2014, my mom called me, defeated. Today, I have better language for talking about Black people, traditions and culture in a way that develops a deeper understanding of what it means to be fully human. I will never forget that moment.

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Pulling reservation schools back from the brink

The Hechinger Report

In 1978, just a few years before Helgeson’s birth, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act became law, finally affirming the right of country’s indigenous people to access sacred sites, worship in traditional ceremonies and use materials they consider sacred artifacts, like eagle bones, that are restricted to non-Indians.

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