Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

By analyzing genetic divergences in early Homo sapiens populations, researchers argue that the biological capacity for language must have been present at least 135,000 years ago. The researchers propose that language might have played a key role. Understanding when it emerged is key to understanding what makes us human."

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Anthropology.net

MAY 8, 2025

It was also political—and deeply cultural. ” Culture, Coercion, and the Proto-State Technological change alone doesn’t guarantee inequality. In fact, Bowles and Fochesato argue, the enduring nature of wealth disparity required new political and cultural institutions to protect it. Related Research Scheidel, W.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

Between 2009 and 2017, the share of the states students taking calculus did rise modestly, from 1.25 2017 is the latest year for which there are compiled federal data on calculus enrollment, according to U.S. But a Hechinger Report analysis of federal data shows Minnesotas law hasnt worked out as planned.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

Tom Murray and I have watched many book studies and Twitter chats unfold since the release of the book in June of 2017. The content is aligned to well over 100 research studies in addition to what successfully implemented innovative practices actually look like in action. The reaction to Learning Transformed has been truly humbling.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

” Measuring Inequality in Mudbrick and Stone The researchers turned to one of the most consistent archaeological indicators of wealth: house size. By applying the Gini coefficient—a widely used metric for measuring inequality—to house sizes, the study created a cross-cultural snapshot of economic disparity over 10,000 years.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 19, 2017

For example, before the 2016-2017 school year, they invited researcher Melina Uncapher, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, and CEO of the Institute for Applied Neuroscience , to share research that would help them better understand their “end users”: students.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 2, 2025

Now, an international team of researchers 1 has uncovered the first ancient genomes from this long-lost ecosystem, shedding new light on an ancient North African lineage that has all but disappeared. This ancient group shares ancestry with the 15,000-year-old foragers of Taforalt Cave in Morocco, associated with the Iberomaurusian culture.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Seeking to increase educational equity and powerful use of technology through digital learning coaching, Digital Promise launched the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP) in 2017, with generous support from Google. Principal support of coaching is a critical component of the DLP, particularly when creating a culture that supports trying new ideas.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Human societies are built on layers of culture, law, and technology, yet beneath it all, some of the oldest instincts in the animal kingdom continue to shape our world. Modern consumer culture, Colombo suggests, is another expression of this primal drive. Related Research Sapolsky, R. Penguin Random House. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13391

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2019

“Grit,” a best-selling book by University of Pennsylvania professor Angela Duckworth, may have swept parenting and education pop culture but research scholars say they are finding mounting evidence that it doesn’t add up. The criticisms range widely, from statistical and methodological errors to bad survey questions.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 31, 2025

However, recent research challenges this narrative, emphasizing the pivotal role of human interactions and demographic dynamics in this monumental change.​ More importantly, our model also highlights the role of migration and cultural mixing in the rise of farming."​ Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Mallick, S.,

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

But was its use during the Upper Paleolithic purely practical, or did it hold deeper cultural significance? The research, published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 1 , presents compelling micro-archaeological evidence that fire was not just a survival tool but a defining cultural trait of the Gravettian tradition.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

Drawing on data from over 50,000 ancient homes spread across six continents and 10,000 years of human history, the research team measured the economic disparities of the past through one of its most visible clues: the size of people's houses. “What this study suggests,” said Feinman, “is that we have choices. Bogaard, A.,

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

— Jenn Brackenbury (@jennbrac) January 18, 2017. In 2017, the cluster held site visits to Pascack Valley Regional High School District and Leonia School District, ignite talks, immersive professional development experiences, and an “edcamp” summer program for leaders. @BergenMakers #northernignite.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 15, 2025

Led by Professor Dan Lawrence of Durham University, the research asks a thorny question: Is inequality the price of sustainability? The researchers are careful to avoid deterministic interpretations. link] Offers a comparative analysis of wealth disparities across continents and cultures in the prehistoric and early historic periods.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 26, 2025

These stone grinding surfaces, found alongside rock art panels and other cultural features, are yielding the first direct evidence of plant processing in this landscape. Credit: Stefania Wilks, University of Utah To test this, researchers sampled metates from three rock art sites in Warner Valley: Corral Lake, Barry Spring, and Long Lake.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 13, 2025

Researchers analyzing 22 ancient feline remains from 14 sites across China have reshaped the timeline of cat domestication in the region. The Cultural Shift: How China Embraced the Domestic Cat The arrival of Felis catus was not merely a biological event; it marked a cultural shift in how Chinese society interacted with felines.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In a new study published this summer, pre-K educators in New York City saw clear benefits to students speaking multiple languages but found that more professional development and support was needed to fully embrace those languages and cultures in the classroom. In all, researchers observed a total of at least 31 different home languages.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 18, 2019

In this second post, we explore how Powerful Learning is authentic and challenging, share research that grounds these two principles, and provide resources to support your own learning and teaching practices. Research shows that student engagement increases when relevance, value, and authenticity are maximized.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

The country’s next generation of leaders is pushing for racial equity, economic equality, disability justice and gender and sexual liberation; to succeed they will need the observational and analytical skills that can be developed by studying ideas, historical events, aesthetic works and cultural practices.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2017

Education leaders seeking to improve learning outcomes for English Learners have started exploring ways to leverage edtech tools to meet students’ diverse cultural and linguistic needs.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 16, 2025

The researchers combed through the physical traces left behind by ancient households—47,000 of them, to be precise—spanning over 1,700 sites across the globe. Further Reading and Related Research Kohler, T. Wealth Inequality in Ancient Societies: Cross-cultural Patterns and Implications for the Present." Bogaard, A.,

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

People who speak another language score higher on tests and think more creatively , have access to a wider variety of jobs , and can more fully enjoy and participate in other cultures or converse with people from diverse backgrounds. Research shows that Americans’ attitudes toward language instruction may be holding them back.

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2023

There are a number of research organizations collecting data about foreign language study and multilingualism in the U.S., however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations. Nationwide research is also relatively infrequent — the most recent in-depth study of U.S. Here’s some good news.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

TNTP researchers plunged into a giant pool of data housed at Stanford University that tracked hundreds of millions of students’ scores on state tests at more than half the elementary and middle schools in the nation from 2009 to 2018. In that study, Chicago emerged as the nation’s most effective school district.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Research has shown that diverse decision-making bodies are better problem solvers than homogenous ones. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School gave multiple detentions to twin sisters Deanna and Mya Cook for their hair extensions and prevented them from attending their junior prom in 2017. Clearly, representation matters.

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Digital Promise

JULY 14, 2020

Over the past decade, instructional coaching has increasingly attracted the interest of researchers and practitioners alike. This playbook is based on a mixed-methods research study we conducted from 2017–2020 in 160 predominantly Title 1 DLP schools in 30 districts across 10 states. What we learned.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

a research analyst for higher education at Ed Trust. Among full-time, first-time students at Kent State University Salem, which is 4 percent black, two black students received an associate degree and one received a bachelor’s degree in 2017. Campus culture is a major factor in student success, research has found.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A large body of research shows that Black students are likely to learn more when they are taught by a Black teacher. Quantitative researchers have found better results for Black students taught by Black teachers in Texas , Florida , Missouri , Tennessee and North Carolina. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 8, 2024

New research 1 into ancient DNA from this site has now provided groundbreaking insights into the genetic history of its inhabitants, revealing a remarkable genetic continuity over thousands of years. These findings offer a new perspective on human population stability and cultural evolution in southern Africa.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance. Research shows that teacher quality is the most important school-related factor influencing student achievement.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2019

In 2017, while speaking at the National Association for College Admissions Counseling conference, University of Southern California’s Director of the Race and Equity Center Shaun Harper pointed out , “Your profession is 80 percent white. Does this include calling out flagrant abuse and discriminatory practices?

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Anthropology News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It represents a key example of how Tibetan refugees have established institutionalized, international education that preserves, advances, and shares Buddhist culture and philosophy. However, among community members, the relevance of linguistic diversity to the continuity of Tibetan Buddhist culture is a topic of considerable debate.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2024

They also called education “the most important function of state and local governments,” the “very foundation of good citizenship” and “a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values [and] in preparing him for later professional training.” Department of Education from 2015 to 2017 This story about Brown v.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

The group, founded in 2017, helps develop quality early care and education programs in Nebraska communities that don’t have enough of them. “If So we see this sort of segregation going on,” said Julia Mendez, a researcher for the center. Some [places] serve only Hispanic children, and they have Hispanic providers.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

today, nearly double the number in 2017. has more than doubled since 2017 to 585 in 2020, according to the Natural Start Alliance. Spending so much time outdoors also promotes physical activity and motor development, the research finds. 585 forest kindergartens and outdoor preschools exist in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

By 2017-18, the most recent data available , the district was 54 percent Hispanic — and its gifted classes were 48 percent Hispanic. The students encouraged each other to go beyond parroting research, to analyze and draw new conclusions. cheese” presented Google Slides on echolocation. “I I haven’t finished dolphins,” he apologized.

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