The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2025

The results of a major national test released Wednesday showed that in 2024, reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students were still significantly below those of students in 2019, the last administration of the test before the pandemic. population, took the biennial reading and math tests between January and March of 2024.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Map reprinted from The Postsecondary Outcomes of High School Dual Enrollment Students A National and State-by-State Analysis (October 2024) Community College Research Center. asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education.

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Teaching Anthropology

MARCH 10, 2025

From September 2023 to April 2024, I mentored two students, Brendan Newton and Ellie Wan, as they completed their professional opportunities as Research Assistants in my lab (Complex Trait and Forensic Genomics Laboratory). The course culminated in conference-style poster presentations at Forensic Science Day (April 9, 2024).

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ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2025

What New Research Says About Fostering a Sense of Belonging in Classrooms There are key junctures in education that are especially important for helping students feel they belong in school or college.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

Credit: Staff photo by Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images In early 2024, initial reports indicated that tutoring might not only help kids catch up academically after the pandemic but could also combat chronic absenteeism. More recent research, however, suggests that prediction may have been overly optimistic.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 18, 2025

The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grant supports the advancement of research goals and professional development of early career political science scholars. The grant will award scholars whose research areas focus on one of the following target research areas. Applications are due May 6, 2025. Apply Now

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Researchers have discovered a genetic divide during the Bronze Age, which correlates with linguistic patterns between Eastern and Western Indo-European populations. Credit: bioRxiv (2024). Credit: Genetics (2024). Sabatini, one of the lead researchers. Related Research Haak, W., Nature, 522 (7555), 207-211.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Yet the 2024 results of an important national test, released last month, showed that the reading scores of elementary and middle schoolers continued their long downward slide, hitting new lows. Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms. Weve all been there.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2025

As we look back at the K-12 stories that resonated the most with our readers last year, a trend quickly emerges: 2024 was the year of the personal essay. Here are the most popular K-12 stories of 2024. Columnists and EdSurge Voices of Change fellows clearly captivated our audience with their reflections both technical and emotional.

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Society for Classical Studies

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

NEH Grantees: January 2024 kskordal Mon, 02/05/2024 - 09:06 Image The Society for Classical Studies congratulates the following individuals and organizations announced as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grantees in January 2024, for their projects in classical studies and adjacent fields: Mark Algee-Hewitt, Eric Harvey (Leland Stanford (..)

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2024

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, and Arizona State University found that human feedback was generally a bit better than AI feedback, but AI was surprisingly good. On a five-point scale that the researchers used to rate feedback quality, with a 5 being the highest quality feedback, ChatGPT averaged a 3.6

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Society for Classical Studies

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

2024 Election Results kskordal Mon, 09/30/2024 - 08:31 Image The following members were elected in the ballot held this summer. The election materials can be viewed on the 2024 Election Materials page. They take office in January 2025, except for the three new members of the Nominating Committee who take office immediately.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 3, 2025

0310942 Population Dynamics Amidst Climatic Shifts The research indicates that during the warmer phases of the Final Paleolithic, known as Greenland Interstadial 1d-a (GI-1d-a), human populations expanded into northern and northeastern Central Europe. ​ Additional Related Research Ruan, Q.-J., Credit: PLOS ONE (2025). Normand, S.,

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By analyzing one million words of Akkadian cuneiform, researchers unearthed fascinating connections between emotional states and specific body parts, offering fresh insights into human emotional experience through time. However, researchers caution that linguistic descriptions alone may not capture the full scope of emotional experience.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2025

Research quick take Access to high-quality pre-K is becoming an increasingly popular policy across the nations largest cities, according to a recently released report by CityHealth. CityHealth is partnering with the National Institute for Early Education Research to track this progress here.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

By integrating insights from developmental psychology, researchers have identified playful and imaginative marks made by young artists, fundamentally rethinking prehistoric creativity. This new research confronts that narrative, positioning children as active creators whose unique contributions have long been overlooked.

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Sapiens

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In early 2024, Spain’s culture minister announced that the nation would overhaul its state museum collections, igniting a wave of anticipation—and controversy. Read more from the archives: “ Repatriation Has Transformed, Not Ended, Research.” However, not all these acquisitions necessarily warrant repatriation.

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Call for 2024 APSA Election Reflections is open NOW through January 15th! APSA is issuing a call for submissions for a series titled, “Reflections on the 2024 U.S. to an email with the subject line “Reflection on the 2024 U.S.  Submissions should address the 2024 local, state, or national campaigns and elections.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In the days leading up to the 2024 presidential election, the news was filled with partisan language and misinformation about the basic ways our country functions and how elections work. The Pew Research Center has been tracking public trust in government since 1958 and the decline in trust is very real.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Now, groundbreaking research has revealed significant genetic connections between rhythmic abilities and language-related traits, offering a new lens to understand the evolution and biology of these essential skills. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-02051-y Read more

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Quaternary Science Reviews; CC-by-4.0 ) Inside the Hearth Within the hearth, researchers identified several key components: Charcoal and partially burned plant material : Including rockrose, a shrub that produces resin when heated. It would have taken several steps to put together a glue-making station, the researchers found.

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NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

The goals of the program have included providing instructional materials, tools, education and professional development that enhance teachers ability to integrate digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress into instruction that builds student literacy, critical thinking skills, content knowledge and ability to conduct original research.

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TeachThought

AUGUST 20, 2024

Research about cognitively demanding skills provides formal academic content that we can extend to less formal settings, including K-12 classrooms. Critical thinking is an ongoing process emphasizing the fluid and continued interpretation of information rather than the formation of static beliefs and opinions. 12(2), Article 16.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 31, 2024

New research, led by Guillaume Charloux and published in PLOS ONE 1 , focuses on the third-to-second-millennium BCE town of al-Natah, shedding light on Arabia's unique urbanization process during this era. Reprinted under a CC BY license, with permission from AFALULA-RCU-CNRS, 2024. 2024, PLOS ONE , CC-BY 4.0 1 Charloux, G.,

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Credit: Journal of Archaeological Science (2024). ” How Horn Modification Was Achieved Using advanced analysis, the researchers determined that the horn deformations were not natural. Future Directions in Research The findings from Hierakonpolis open new avenues for studying the role of livestock in ancient societies.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2024

Researchers are starting to document how AI bias manifests in unexpected ways. Inside the research and development arm of the giant testing organization ETS, which administers the SAT, a pair of investigators pitted man against machine in evaluating more than 13,000 essays written by students in grades 8 to 12. Garbage in, garbage out.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

Early research is finding that the new artificial intelligence of large language models, also known as generative AI, is approaching the accuracy of a human in scoring essays and is likely to become even better soon. Source: Tamara Tate, University of California, Irvine (2024). There aren’t enough hours in the day.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Faculty of Arts have unveiled an innovative approach, combining Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies with excavation practices. Archaeology, the science of unearthing and interpreting humanity’s ancient past, is entering a transformative era. 1 Cobb, P.

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Society for Classical Studies

MAY 7, 2024

Announcing the 2024 Erich S. Gruen Prize kskordal Tue, 05/07/2024 - 08:44 Image On behalf of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), the Erich S. A Prize Committee has been charged with selecting the most original and well-argued research paper to receive a cash award and public recognition by SCS.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In particular, we encourage submissions responding to the 2024 APSA Presidential Task Force Report on Rethinking Political Science Education. Apply to a Virtual Research Group Workshop here. View all research group workshop descriptions on the 2025 APSA Virtual Research Meeting website.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

. “The structure aligns with theoretical models predicting the use of specialized heating techniques for birch tar production, a hallmark of Neanderthal ingenuity,” the researchers note. Journal of Archaeological Research, 22 (4), 563–602. How Did Neanderthals Make Tar? Bentsen, S. Langley, A., & Needham, A.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Bae of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and senior researcher Xiujie Wu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the research sheds light on a complex evolutionary period in Asia’s late Middle and early Late Pleistocene. Credit: Nature Communications (2024).

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

However, new research highlights their lesser-known mastery of aquaculture. Researchers excavate a canal site in Belize that was part of a ancient large-scale fish-trapping facility. Researchers estimate the system could produce enough fish annually to feed 15,000 people. 10,eadq1444(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adq1444

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 15, 2025

Best Practices and the Need for Research on MA Degree Programs in Political Science By Jennifer L. De Maio and Alexandra Macias , California State University, Northridge Recent research suggests that masters (MA) education in the United States could be restructured to better meet the expectations of students who seek nonacademic careers.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2024

LIFO is not very good for kids,” said Dan Goldhaber, a labor economist at the American Institutes for Research, speaking to journalists about expected teacher layoffs at the 2024 annual meeting of the Education Writers Association in Las Vegas. One approach would be to lay off less effective teachers, regardless of seniority.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Recent findings 1 at Mololo Cave on Waigeo Island, detailed in a study led by Dr. Dylan Gaffney and an international team of researchers, provide groundbreaking evidence of human presence in Wallacea dating back 50,000 to 55,000 years ago. 2024 Read more Credit: Gaffney et al.

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ED Surge

APRIL 7, 2025

Tram Gonzalez, owner of Color Wings Preschool, which opened in 2024, attributes much of her program's early success to Multnomah County's Preschool for All initiative. For 2024-25, lead teachers with a bachelor degree who work at a program that participates in Preschool for All must earn a minimum of $29.42 Photo courtesy of Gonzalez.

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