A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 29, 2018

It will affect the very essence of the way humans experience the world. We believe that we are in the first few days of the next Industrial Revolution and that the coming age will systematically shift the way we live, work, and connect to and with one another. Known to some as Industry 4.0,

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

As we all take time to reflect on 2014, now is also a good time to look forward to 2015. Looking to 2015, what will the new year bring for the future of education? Where do you see education moving in 2015? To stay up to date on Digital Promise’s work in 2015, sign up for our email updates !). Krista Moroder.

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Anthropology 365

APRIL 23, 2025

I met Jon Marks in 2015, when I enrolled in the Masters program in anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I was trying to understand how humans and wildlifeparticularly javelinaslive together in messy, contested landscapes, shaped as much by perception and politics as by biology. By the time I left for a Ph.D.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

Using machine analysis of over 1,500 bilingual dictionaries spanning more than 600 languages, researchers report that vocabulary is not just a passive catalog of the world, but a cultural archive shaped by what humans find urgent, beautiful, or sacred. It reinforces the idea that the mind doesn’t just mirror the world—it molds it.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

While we can't definitively say that these early humans crafted stone tools, our findings demonstrate that their hands were frequently used in ways that closely align with the actions necessary for human tool manipulation," explained Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Tübingen. afarensis , A.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 5, 2015

It’s late 2015, we’re still overblocking the Internet, and the blame is on us as administrators… I read a post recently that stressed yet again how access to the wide range of the Internet is an equity issue. Will you work to open up to your students the most powerful learning environment we humans have ever created?

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Researchers from the ROOTS Cluster of Excellence at Kiel University have introduced a groundbreaking way 1 to apply modern philosophical concepts, like the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), to ancient societies, offering fresh perspectives on how and why these communities thrived. Malafouris, L., & Gosden, C. McGuire, R.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2018

Image credit: whitealliesintraining.com/2015/10/05/big-idea-change-narrative/ In today's engaging, digitally empowered school setting, questions arise as to whether schools are best suited for educating their learners. An article by Jonathan Gottschall in Fast Company sums it up well: " Humans live in a storm of stories.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2019

According to the government’s report, education spending rose for the third straight year in 2015-16 to $11,841 per student in kindergarten through 12th grades. So, this 2015-16 spending represents a 1 percent real improvement over that previous high point. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

But beneath its frozen surface lies a complex history of human migration, isolation, and adaptation. If precision medicine is truly the future, it must include all of humanity—not just those whose ancestors lived in temperate climates. American Journal of Human Genetics. Related Research Fumagalli, M. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.10.005

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 6, 2025

This is a rare case where nature has preserved a vital piece of human history. This is not just a discovery about canals—it’s a story about resilience, adaptation, and the enduring human quest to master the natural world. Hydraulic landscapes in Mesopotamia: The role of human niche construction.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 19, 2024

. “Understanding how these practices spread and their significance will help us uncover more about the relationship between early humans and their environment.” ” Related Research Morales, J., & Latini, R. Animal symbolism in Predynastic Egyptian burial practices." Antiquity , 97(392), 784-799. DOI:10.15184/aqy.2023.784

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The genetic legacy of Neanderthals persists in modern humans, with 1-2% of non-African genomes composed of Neanderthal DNA—a determination made through comprehensive sequencing and comparison of ancient and modern genomes. “These beneficial traits spread rapidly in early human populations.”

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Maitri Learning

JANUARY 12, 2025

When humans feel stressed or disconnected, our brains shift away from the higher-order thinking needed for learning and into survival mode (Arnsten, 2015). There is also more than just one path to mastery - different humans may take different valid routes to achieve the same learning goals (Fischer & Yan, 2002).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2025

” In 2015, Maxis completed a bachelors degree in math through the Bard Prison Initiative, an accredited college-in-prison program. The organization was started in 2015 by Christopher Havens, who was then incarcerated at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. He knew that he needed to have a plan for when he got out.

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Digital Promise

JULY 17, 2017

Human beings themselves are innately noisy and variable creatures. If each additional layer of technology we introduce adds to the variability of human data, we might well question how we fund, conduct, and interpret research involving humans and the use of technology. Change one element and the context changes. Shilling, R.

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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. Studies on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is inherited exclusively from the mother, found that all modern human mtDNA lineages trace back to a common ancestor in Africa, roughly 200,000 years ago.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In this 2015 photo, fifth graders collaborated on a Rube Goldberg machine in a Pennsylvania elementary school. For example, the United States ranked 39th in math on the 2015 PISA test. Four regions in mainland China, including Beijing and Shanghai, collectively ranked 6th in math and in 2015. Photo: Chris Berdik. ranked 13th.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2024

AI and humans scored essays differently by race and ethnicity “Diff” is the difference between the average score given by humans and GPT-4o in this experiment. Diff” adjusts this raw number for the randomness of human ratings. GPT-4o marked the essays almost a point lower than the humans did. for the humans.

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Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

Anthropology modules appear in programs in three programs I have taught: Archaeology and Anthropology, Human Sciences, and Music. Previous studies have shown that this strategy has been successful at reducing failure rates in STEM courses at university (Talbert et al., Copeland T., & Dengah, F. Annals of Anthropological Practice 40 (2).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

A 2015 report found only one in five principals nationally who were supervising a pre-K program at their school felt well-trained in early childhood concepts. In New Jersey, during the 2015-16 school year, 30,000 children started a pre-K program in a state elementary school.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

She was the author of three books, most recently The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action on Women’s Rights around the World , co-authored with Laurel Weldon, which won the 2019 International Studies Associations Best Book Award in the Human Rights Section.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 23, 2025

September 2015. September 2015. Among other things, Witness eschatological theology leads them to view all human governments as necessarily under the power of Satandespite the claims of the Zambian government enshrined in the Zambian constitution, for example, that Zambia is a “Christian nation.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2018

Even though more than half of Mississippi’s public high school graduates in 2015 were African American, they only made up 10 percent of that fall’s freshman class at the University of Mississippi. African-Americans comprised 10 percent of freshmen at Ole Miss in 2015, an 8-percentage-point drop since 2010. . More than a third of U.S.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 15, 2015

Andreas Schleicher said: there is no shortcut to improved learning outcomes in a post-2015 world economy where knowledge and skills have become the global currency, the key to better jobs and better lives. human capital development)… Related Posts. And there is no central bank that prints this currency. via [link]. via [link].

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Anthropology.net

JUNE 23, 2024

A recent not-yet-peer-reviewed analysis 1 of ancient and modern genomes suggests that contemporary human Neanderthal DNA originated from a single, prolonged period of mixing approximately 47,000 years ago. Introduction A new study, recently released as a preprint on bioRxiv , sharpens the timeline for this crucial period in human history.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In Tennessee, however, half of the residents found eligible for VR services in 2015 didn’t get any, according to federal data. Yet the state left $14 million in federal VR dollars on the table in 2015 and again in 2016, even as the agency temporarily shut its doors to new clients. More than 40 percent of counselor positions are vacant.

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C3 Teachers

MAY 5, 2025

with Tara DeVay In late summer 2015, as I prepared for my third-year teaching eighth-grade social studies in rural Western New York, I balanced many of the challenges that young teachers do: coaching, building curriculum, and searching for more meaningful ways to teach content. While my first two years had gone well, something was missing.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Stewarding an inclusive network requires time, money, and human capital. Since 2015, the EdCluster network has included more than 50 organizations in 20 regions across the country. Lessons learned include: Network weaving activities are essential. Strong network programming and relationships helps them to self-sustain.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Let’s be clear: this may be the reality in our country but the vitriolic hate and utter dismissal of basic human dignities that have been major political themes during this election represent the worst of human nature and American society. Colorado high school graduation rate, Class of 2009 x 52.6%

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social, political, and economic challenges faced by humanity (Kahle and Gurel-Atay 2014). Make cities and human settlement inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable for all 12. Sensible use of Natural Resources. The SDGs are: 1.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Neanderthal fossil was found in 2015 at the Grotte Mandrin rock shelter (shown) in France. The Discovery of Thorin: A New Line of Neanderthals The key to this revelation lies in the remains of an adult male Neanderthal, dubbed “Thorin,” found in 2015 at the Grotte Mandrin rock shelter in France. 1 Sikora, M.,

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Wisconsin Scholars Grant recipients were 42 percent more likely to declare a STEM major than their peers, the study found. During the 2015-2016 school year, most of the family-dependent Pell students came from households making less than $40,000 a year, according to the College Board.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

In 2015-16, 68 percent of rural families with a child enrolled in Head Start received a family service including job training, parenting education, and substance abuse prevention through the program. . Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Alduha Leon wanted to earn a degree in marine science from Savannah State University. When he quit, he joined more than 100,000 students in Georgia who took out federal loans and withdrew from the state’s public colleges and universities between 2013 and 2015. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Anthropology 365

APRIL 11, 2023

Humans and Javelinas: Something Something… I need a title … This study is motivated by the broad pressing question: How do we live in a world full of difference? As we experience increasing precarity associated with defining characteristics of the Anthropocene, such as climate change (Gibson and Venkateswar 2015; McGill et al.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

It’s been on the state’s “low productivity” list — calculated once every four years — in 2011, 2015 and last year, only barely meeting the requirement for master’s programs of producing an average of at least four graduates per year. Falling enrollment has already imperiled programs such as FIU’s African and African Diaspora Studies.

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