Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Oakhurst rock shelter, nestled in the cliffs of South Africa’s southern coast, has long been a focal point for archaeologists due to its wealth of artifacts and human remains. These findings offer a new perspective on human population stability and cultural evolution in southern Africa.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

Teaching, as human work, is to show the beauty and complexity of the human experience in our society. With my days long and rigid, this profession hasn’t given me the space to be a balanced, whole human. With my days long and rigid, this profession hasn’t given me the space to be a balanced, whole human. Parent concerns.

Teaching 145

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Living Geography

MAY 18, 2024

This book covers every aspect of carrying out geography fieldwork, including planning, risk assessments, data collection and evaluation, and is packed with effective low-cost ideas for investigating rivers and coasts, ecosystems and human geography for a range of locations. There are some quotes from teachers who've seen the book in advance.

Geography 52

Geography Lesson Plan Humanities 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Some research seems to back this idea up — a study from 2017 found that, after an innate interest in science, women in STEM-related fields were more likely to point to playing or spending time outdoors as the spark for their initial interest in STEM than other activities.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

But when you try new things and put them to a rigorous test in real classrooms, human behavior and students achievement are influenced by so many things that you cannot control, from struggles at home and poverty to health issues and psychological stress. Source: IES , February 2024.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

Governor Nathan Deal speaks before signing several bills, including HB 338, in Atlanta, on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The post DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: The human cost of college debt that becomes “purgatory” appeared first on The Hechinger Report. HB 338 aims to allocate support for low-performing schools in need of assistance.

Humanities 93

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Two pencils and a school desk he used for drumsticks and a drum: Tuh-tuh-duh-tuh-tuh-duh-tuh-tuh-duh-tuh-tuh-duh-tuh-tuh-duh As educators, we must ask ourselves what we can do within our capacity to co-create a cultural landscape that decenters the white gaze and allows the full breadth of the human experience. How do we accomplish this?

Cultures 120

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 30, 2024

Mealy has developed extensive external partnerships with leaders of other associations such as the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where she has served on the Science and Human Rights Coalition Council since 2017.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Throughout the Cold War, campaigns of discreditation against capitalist alternatives flourished in the United States, and identity-based and human-rights-focused campaigns became more prominent. These efforts have been built without the warmth of tinto, the stick of hot plastic chairs, or the pulse of broader human presence.

Human Rights 59

Human Rights Anthropology Government Humanities 59

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

A prominent anti-vaccine campaigner, Heckenlively made world news in 2017 when he was denied entry to Australia for a lecture tour to encourage parents to stop vaccinating their children, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. This story also appeared in USA Today. Data show many of the 69,000 U.S. Department of Education.

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Strange Maps

JULY 2, 2024

We humans are terrible at quickly analyzing complex datasets. Here’s a more recent example, from 2017, dubbed The Emoji States of America. Credit : Lazaro Gamio: The Emoji States of America (Axios, 2017)) Face color tells us something about the uninsured rate in that state, from 2.8% in Massachusetts (light) to 17.1%

Economics 68

Economics Humanities Education 68

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. The average starting salary for math and science graduates was $59,368 for the class of 2017, according to a 2017 report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Humanities 101

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: On a cold, drizzly morning in early May, I visited an outdoor preschool program in Baltimore, Maryland, to learn about the state’s recent efforts to expand such schools.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Institute of Education Sciences gave contestants 20 question items from the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a test administered to fourth and eighth graders to track student achievement across the nation. Two well-trained humans typically agreed on a student’s writing score on the NAEP test 90.5

Humanities 88

Humanities Museum Research Education 88

Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Research suggests that when technology is effectively used in schools, access may help to bridge educational and social gaps (Warschauer & Matuchniak, 2010; Eccles, 2009; National Science Foundation, 2017). Students on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum are even less likely to have used technology in interesting ways.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 8, 2023

For her doctoral research at Temple University, Royal dug into the turbulent history of school reform in the city from the 1960s up to now, including reading through the minutes of every school board meeting from 1967 to 2017 and interviewing teachers and school leaders from the era. Royal welcomes the comparisons. “We

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

In 2017 it banned suspensions for students in kindergarten, first and second grade. Black girls, like Hatten’s daughter, face the starkest disparities: During the 2017-18 school year, the last for which there is nationwide data, Black girls made up just 7 percent of all girls in public schools but 45 percent of girls who were suspended.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2024

Since 2017, the gap between job openings and hires has been widening, with the number of educators leaving outpacing those entering the profession. By teaming up with tech, we can provide the perfect blend of human touch and digital dexterity in the classroom. On a warm night in October 2017, my life changed dramatically.

Education 88

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. This is her third year in the profession.

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World Religions World History Civics History 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A task force studying the problem in 2017 found those layers of developmental coursework were a barrier for many students, who would become discouraged and drop out, according to Brad Fricks, director of academic affairs for the community college system. percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66 percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66

Tradition 109

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A humanities and social science doctoral student from Manipur, India, takes readers on a journey through ordinary moments interwoven with violence. “A 2017 December. 2017 Nduikeu. A Mausoleum of Our Everydays” is part of the collection Poems of Witness and Possibility: Inside Zones of Conflict.

Social Science 78

Social Science Government Humanities Cultures 78

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2017

She was “shocked,” she says, to find that out of 878 potentially relevant studies published between 1992 and 2017, only 36 directly compared reading in digital and in print and measured learning in a reliable way. The question is to what extent can we mimic human understanding?”. You cannot stack it up.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Between 2011 and 2017, the percentage of American adults who own a smartphone more than doubled, to 77 percent , according to the Pew Research Center. In data collected by Cal State Dominguez Hills’ psychologist Larry Rosen, his students’ average daily phone use jumped from 3 hours and 40 minutes in 2016 to 4 hours and 22 minutes in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

It takes time, and money, and human capital and training,” Coleman told me in a follow-up conversation. Brayton is now 29, a civil engineer and mother of two, the first in her family to attend college – she graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2017 – and to own a home.

Education 137

Education Middle School High School Economics 137

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

jobs like registered nurse, human resources assistant, or help desk technician.) In a report on the “emerging degree reset” released earlier this year, the labor analytics firm Burning Glass found that just 9 percent of Accenture’s “computer support specialist” listings required a bachelor’s in 2021, down from 46 percent in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2019

Between 2000 and 2017, room and board costs for students living off campus rose 24 percent at public four-year universities after inflation, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics analyzed by The Hechinger Report. 59 percent of households headed by an undergraduate or graduate student were “rent burdened” in 2017.

Economics 71

Economics Humanities Cultures Research 71

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

More than 13,000 more students failed the algebra Regents exam in the most recent 2017-18 school year compared to the previous year, pushing the failure rate up from 25 percent to 30 percent, according to a December 2018 report by education policy consultant David Rubel. .” ” Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.

High School 112

High School Tutoring Lesson Plan Education Policy 112

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

Home plate umpire Marvin Hudson called balls and strikes during a Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants in 2017 in San Francisco, California. The good news, according to this study, is that humans can quickly reset their attention spans.

Lesson Plan 108

Lesson Plan Humanities Economics Research 108

ED Surge

AUGUST 31, 2023

percent had 15 or more years That breakdown is similar to what it was three years earlier in the 2017-18 school year. We have to take care of the human being who is holding it together — or it’s all gonna crash. We have to take care of the human being who is holding it together — or it’s all gonna crash.”

Humanities 123

Humanities Teaching Leadership Public School 123

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 24, 2023

In the years leading up to the pandemic, these programs were already struggling, with 97,000 closing between 2005 and 2017. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I visited Colleton County High School in 2017 and was thoroughly impressed with students’ deep engagement in their courses, many of which were project-based as part of the New Tech Network. See page 90 of this 2017 report by the Rural School and Community Trust, where I serve on the board.) Former Gov.

History 102

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Through the challenge, students will use human-centered design strategies to solve real-world problems and share their solutions broadly. We at Digital Promise are very excited about the launch of the filmMAKER Challenge , an opportunity for middle and high school students to learn about and engage in product design and filmmaking.

Humanities 69

Humanities High School Education 69

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

A 2017 study of California’s pre-expansion transitional kindergarten programs found that children who attended were better prepared for kindergarten than those who didn’t. Now it’s really about marshaling human capital.” The bill Gov. They can tear tissue and use glue to paste the letters to paper.”

K-12 120

K-12 Elementary School Education Humanities 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

The Penn State findings echo a 2017 survey by the nonprofit media watchdog, Common Sense, which found that low-income children were sitting in front of a television or a computer screen for almost double the time of a child from a wealthier family. Our study provides some indication of the groups.”.

Elementary School 143

Elementary School Psychology Research Humanities 143

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

1EdTech inherited Open Badges from Mozilla in 2017. Credentials that adhere to the Open Badges or CLR [Comprehensive Learner Record] standards have a specific way of packaging that data to be both human-readable and machine-readable. That's where the credential value comes in.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The project aims to help teachers educate students about the structures of economic inequality and its human dimensions and foster greater understanding and empathy. In 2017, Ricardo lost his job due to the devastations of Hurricane Maria.

Economics 84

Economics Sociology History Humanities 84

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2021

But would it be wiser for the night owl to wake up early to be taught by a human? Others, such as a 2017 study at a large for-profit school, have found that online course takers are more likely to fail and drop out of college. His school had resumed in-person learning during the pandemic and so he had the option to take either version.

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