The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Tulane University, where the proportion of students admitted through early decision rose from 28 percent in 2018 to 68 percent in 2022. This also fuels an industry of private college counselors, tutors and test prep companies. Universities use early decision to lock in a declining supply of applicants.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

DOI: 10.1038/nature13810 Olalde, I., The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature , 555, 190–196. DOI: 10.1038/nature25738 Sikora, M., The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene. Nature , 570, 182–188. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1279-z Lin, M.,

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Mancuso: When I entered the district in 2018, Eastern York already had innovative practices in place, such as K-5 coding and STEM initiatives. In October 2018, we brought everyone together in our auditorium to watch “ Most Likely to Succeed ,” which showcased personalized learning.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Stones of Bornholm Between 2013 and 2018, archaeologists excavated over 600 intricately carved stones from ritual sites on Bornholm. Researchers led by Rune Iversen from the University of Copenhagen have pieced together evidence that connects these enigmatic artifacts to a period of climate upheaval.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 7, 2024

In 2018, she founded Experiential Learning Depot to train educators in PBL, which she still does today. Sara Segar’s first career was in field ecology, and this authentic experience inspired her to pursue experiential education. She taught at a student-led project-based high school for ten years, where PBL was the entire curriculum.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

C., & Chomsky, N. Why Only Us: Language and Evolution. Argues that language is a unique cognitive leap in human evolution. Dediu, D., & Levinson, S. Neanderthal language revisited: not only us." Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 21 , 49–55. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.01.001

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Related Research de Barros Damgaard, P., Rasmussen, S., 137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes." Nature, 557 , 369–374. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2 Examines the genetic history of steppe populations, including the Scythians, Sarmatians, and early Turkic groups. Veeramah, K.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 16, 2025

Related Research Kristiansen, K., & Larsson, T. The Rise of Bronze Age Society: Travels, Transmissions and Transformations. Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511521218 Olalde, I., The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe." Nature , 555(7695), 190–196. DOI: 10.1038/nature25738 Frei, K.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 2, 2025

In 2018, approximately 15 percent of American students were considered chronically absent ; in 2022, that number had risen to 28 percent. And every day, I had to ask myself: If some students missed class today, and others would miss class tomorrow, how could I possibly ensure that every student truly learns?

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In 2018, I demonstrated the presence of female lineages in the Early Iron Age record from France , as Caroline Trmeauds big-data analysis of burials from the North Alpine region again revealed consistent high levels of female burial wealth.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 18, 2025

As archaeogenetic techniques continue to evolve, studies like this one illuminate the intricate dynamics of ancient societies, offering insights into how diverse groups navigated identity, coexistence, and cultural integration. Related Research **Pohl, W. “The Avars: A Steppe Empire in Central Europe, 567–822.”

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Source: Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2018. Nature’s Contributions to People and the IPBES Framework Explores the concept of "Nature’s Contributions to People" (NCP) introduced by IPBES and its implications for biodiversity policy.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Archaeometry, 50 (2), 232-237. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00385.x 1475-4754.2008.00385.x x Discusses how elemental and isotopic analysis can help trace the sources of ancient metal artifacts. Johnson, D. The role of meteoritic iron in early ironworking technologies." Journal of Archaeological Science, 92 , 30-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2018.04.010

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Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2024

We first met Nakia, a student at Chilhowee Middle School in rural Benton, Tennessee, in 2018. These six schools were part of Cohorts 4 and 5, first joining the program in 2017 or 2018. Polk County is one of the counties you don’t think about very much,” she said of her town of fewer than 2,000 people.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Source: Wiley: Prehistoric North America , 2018. Animal Resource Use and Cultural Innovation During the Paleoindian Period Explores the relationship between resource use and cultural adaptation in early Paleoindian groups, including innovations in bone tool production.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 5609. Examines late Neanderthal survival in Italy before the arrival of Homo sapiens. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09532-w Moroni, A., Ronchitelli, A., Boschin, F., Human resilience at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum in the Italian Alps." Quaternary Science Reviews, 197 , 58-75.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Link to Book Provides an in-depth exploration of maize’s origins, evolution, and significance in South American societies. Kistler, L., Maezumi, S. de Souza, J. Multiproxy evidence highlights a complex evolutionary legacy of maize in South America. Science, 362 (6420), 1309–1313.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Thesis : University of Calgary , 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.jaa.2019.101081 2019.101081 Link : Academia PDF Summary : Explores ethnographic evidence for mutualistic relationships between hunter-gatherers and canids, drawing parallels to Late Pleistocene contexts.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Choice has been shown to improve retention, transfer performance, and motivation (Schneider, Nebel, Beege & Rey, 2018). That requires less time to prepare for, while still giving students a choice. It is worth our time to prioritize student choice, even if that choice is fairly simple. Would You Rather?

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

It impacts: The rate of teacher turnover and attrition from the profession Teachers’ feelings of self-efficacy, or confidence in their ability to do their jobs well Burnout, or physical and emotional fatigue A teacher’s level of job satisfaction Student engagement Students’ academic performance (Bakker et al.,

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

Answering a question in front of the class activates the same fight or flight response as if a “tiger was in a classroom” (Posey, 2018). References CAST (2018). A kid with a learning difference will be even more worried about saving face and hiding their weaknesses. Problem-solving and reasoning are important beyond math! UDL now! :

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Prior to joining the University of Arizona, she was an assistant professor in the political science department at the University of Pittsburgh from 2018 to 2024. in political science from the University of California, Merced in 2016 and 2018, respectively, and a B.A. She received her M.A. in economics from Stanford University in 2013.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.107012 2024.107012 Djakovic, I., Radiocarbon chronology of the Châtelperronian: A Bayesian approach. DOI: 10.1080/00310222.2022.2104378 Moroni, A., Technological organization in the Uluzzian: Implications for the behavior of early Homo sapiens in Europe. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.06.004 2018.06.004 1 Marciani, G.,

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Source: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2018. Hominin Distribution Patterns in Pleistocene China Explores the climatic influences on hominin density and distribution in Pleistocene China, with implications for regional adaptations.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

An Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) study across approximately 30 countries found that teens who said they most often read paper books scored considerably higher on a 2018 reading test taken by 15-year-olds compared to teens who said they rarely or never read books.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In some states, it has continued to worsen, even while improving slightly for other students, as in Arizona, where chronic absenteeism for Native students rose from 22 percent in 2018-2019 to 45 percent in 2022-2023. AP's analysis does not include data on schools managed by the U.S.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Now that the firestorm has passed, some say the initial judgments were too harsh: The percentage of students enrolled in math classes in San Francisco beyond Algebra II increased from 2018 to 2021, according to data recently highlighted by detracking advocate Kentaro Iwasaki, founder of Concentric Math.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

rose is because academic performance in once higher ranking countries, such as Iceland and the Slovak Republic, fell by even more since the previous testing round in 2018. Neither India nor China, which topped the rankings in 2018 , participated in the 2022 PISA. Both its math and reading scores rose considerably between 2018 and 2022.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2020

Multiple surveys (for example, this 2018 survey from PWC ) report that many teachers in the United States do not have enough experience, resources, or training to use technology in the most effective ways, especially in low-income schools.

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 17, 2024

March for Children in Chicago, 2018. Source: Flickr/Kurman Communications LLC The airwaves are full of inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants. Politicians are fear-mongering about an “invasion” at the Southern border. They ignore the invasions by the United States in countries around the world — as well as the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2025

When he was released in 2018, Maxis immediately applied for a masters program at Columbia Universitys Mailman School of Public Health. He wrote his senior project about how to use game theory to advance health care equity, after observing the disjointed care his mom received when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The number of open badges awarded nearly doubled from 24 million in 2018 to 43 million in 2020. College enrollment has been on the decline, dropping 7 percent between 2010 and 2018. And major companies and industry groups are increasingly getting into the credentialing game, exemplified by firms such as IBM and Google.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

percent) during the 2018-19 school year to 846 out of 1,637 students (51.7 In 2018, scores were higher still, with 24 percent of students meeting ELA standards and 15 percent meeting math standards. percent) in 2021-22. This one district is just one example of a nationwide issue. In 2021-22, 6.5 million more students across the U.S.

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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.

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ED Surge

MAY 28, 2024

In 2018, Ohio adopted one such policy. North Carolina, which passed a version of this in 2018, released a review of its program that suggested it’s had some success. In these systems, students are automatically enrolled in algebra — unless they choose to opt out — after they achieve high scores on standard tests.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2024

By the summer of 2018, it had been more than 30 years since Maronda Mims had started her college journey. Shed earned credits from North Carolina State University and three different community colleges in New York and New Jersey.

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Teaching Anthropology

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

One compelling reason for bringing this type of research into the classroom is that according to psychologists, family histories can link with our ongoing psychological ‘project of the self’ and might have a therapeutic benefit for our wellbeing (Nicholson, 2018). 2018) Family trees, selfies and our search for identity. Nicolson, P.

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