The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 25, 2024
Happy holidays, and to those of you who are celebrating today, Merry Christmas! I am so grateful for your readership this year. Reporting on early childhood is an immense privilege, and I appreciate the conversations and story ideas you send my way, as well as the many early educators, experts and parents who have welcomed me into their classrooms and lives.
Pedagogy and Formation
DECEMBER 23, 2024
I'm not sure what your childhood was like, but mine wasn't great. As we have reached the end of the academic year in schools and universities within Australia, I thought it might be useful to revisit the first question in my pedagogical framework in 'Pedagogy and Education for Life'. "Do I identify that which is valuable in each child?" If you have followed my work, you will have realized that my family life was problematic.
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A Principal's Reflections
DECEMBER 8, 2024
A few weeks back, my friend Monica Burns reached out and asked to share some insight on my favorite artificial intelligence (AI) tool for a blog post she was writing. Since she was gathering perspectives from numerous educators, I wanted to avoid the well-known tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Thus, my decision was easy as I was able to zero in on one that I use routinely, which not only helps me when coaching, but also can be invaluable to practicing school leaders.
Cult of Pedagogy
DECEMBER 8, 2024
Listen to my interview with Claire English ( transcript ) Sponsored by Alpaca and Scholastic Magazines+ This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? The year started off beautifully: You had your routines in place, made your expectations clear, and for a while, your students were behaving just fine.
HistoryRewriter
DECEMBER 5, 2024
This month on The Social Studies Show Adam and I will talk about How to Talk Bridgey a report that shares lessons for using civic terms without alienating segments of your audience. The guide summarizes five years of research on civic language and can help teachers facilitate more productive classroom dialogue. Do your students know the coded and loaded words that influencers weaponize to push their buttons?
TeachThought
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Harnessing Kairos: Balancing Structured Time and Learning Velocity in K-12 Classrooms Time in education is about more than minutes on the clock or adhering to rigid schedules. Its about how students experience time cognitively and emotionally in the learning process. A deeper dive into these ideas reveals actionable ways to create meaningful learning experiences for students.
Passion for Social Studies
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Teachers are always looking for creative ways to freshen up their lessons. Since student needs are constantly changing and evolving, it is essential learning does as well. One tried and true method that offers amazing engagement and interest involves projects. These allow students to express their knowledge through tons of creative outlets. For some, this may mean making a presentation.
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Cave art has long been a touchstone for understanding the cognitive and cultural worlds of ancient humans. A recent study 1 examining hand stencils in Maltravieso Cave, Extremadura, Spain, provides transformative insights into the origins of symbolic expression. Through uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating, researchers have identified these artworks as some of the oldest known examples of parietal art, potentially created by Neanderthals over 66,000 years ago.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The post How I’m Using Data Gloves to Improve Communication Between Deaf and Hearing People appeared first on Digital Promise.
TeachThought
DECEMBER 18, 2024
CapCut's desktop video editor and its Background Removal Tool can change how creators approach Instagram Reels. Source The post Polish Your Instagram Reels With CapCut Background Removal Tool appeared first on TeachThought.
World History Teachers Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2024
Studying Greece? Here's a great interactive website about the Plague of Athens that provides context for Covid 19. And here is a hyperdoc that students can use as they explore the site. Follow an Athenian doctor, Nikos, as he tends to the sick and dying. Those infected by the endemic faced a horrible death. Some of the symptoms included intense fever and laceration of the bowels along with diarrhea.
Teaching Anthropology
DECEMBER 13, 2024
MerrillSinger, PhD, University of Connecticut The COVID-19 pandemic brought enhanced global attention to the anthropological concept of syndemics. A pivotal moment occurred when Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet , one of the worlds highest-impact academic journals, declared: COVID-19 is not a pandemic. It is a syndemic. When this assertion by an eminent health scholar appeared in the midst of the global spread of a deadly disease, it garnered widespread interest.
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 5, 2024
A recent study led by researchers from London’s Natural History Museum and the KU Leuven Institute of Philosophy reignites the debate over whether Homo sapiens and Neanderthals ( Homo neanderthalensis ) should be classified as separate species. Published in the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society 1 , the study argues that distinctions in morphology, genetics, ecology, and evolutionary timing justify categorizing Neanderthals as a distinct species.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 10, 2024
The post How Frugal Innovation Inspires Students Resourcefulness and Creativity appeared first on Digital Promise.
TeachThought
DECEMBER 18, 2024
In the digital age, branding has evolved into an art and a science, requiring businesses to craft unique visual identities […] Source The post Revolutionizing Branding: Creative Applications of AI in Design appeared first on TeachThought.
ED Surge
DECEMBER 6, 2024
For years educators have been trying to glean lessons about learners and the learning process from the data traces that students leave with every click in a digital textbook , learning management system or other online learning tool. Its an approach known as learning analytics. These days, proponents of learning analytics are exploring how the advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools bring new possibilities and raise new ethical questions for the practice.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 9, 2024
High school students in a calculus class. A 2024 survey of college admissions officers shows that many give extra weight to applicants with calculus on their transcripts. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Calculus can be a miserable slog for many high schoolers. Its estimated that 20 percent of students (about 800,000 a year) take the subject, generally when they are seniors.
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The story of the Clovis people, among the earliest inhabitants of North America, has long been one of hunting mammoths and navigating an Ice Age wilderness. A recent study by Chatters et al., published in Science Advances 1 , dives deeper into this narrative, using groundbreaking stable isotope analysis to reconstruct the diet of the Clovis people through the remains of a child buried 12,800 years ago in Montana.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The post New Advisory Committee Focuses on Strengthening STEM Pathways in San Diego appeared first on Digital Promise.
TeachThought
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Use Classroom Management Platforms and Other Tools to Overcome Barriers in Learning a Language contributed by Al Kingsley, CEO of NetSupport Teaching a language, whether for ESL students or those learning something new like French or Spanish requires largely the same teaching skills as any other subject. Yet, in some critical ways especially for ESL students the challenges are magnified by the comprehension barrier.
ED Surge
DECEMBER 6, 2024
AI has the potential to transform every aspect of our lives and it is already doing so. According to Microsofts 2024 Work Trend Index , 75 percent of knowledge workers use AI, double the percentage of just six months before. Its clear that the ways we communicate, make decisions and solve problems are changing as we embrace this new technology. Education is no exception.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Citizens & Scholars Youth Civic Solutions Competition winners shared their innovative ideas for civic engagement at the 2024 National Conference on Citizenship.
Society for Classical Studies
DECEMBER 16, 2024
2024 Erich S. Gruen Prize kskordal Mon, 12/16/2024 - 08:56 Image In 2024, the fifth year of the SCS Erich S. Gruen Prize , the selection committee received submissions from graduate students across North America who present exciting new approaches to race, ethnicity, and cultural exchange as they pertain to the ancient Mediterranean. The committee was impressed by the papers quality and wide range of disciplinary perspectives, methodologies, types of evidence, and time periods.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The post How Esports in Classrooms is Increasing Interest in STEM Activities and Encouraging Student Leadership appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 22, 2024
More than 7 million students nationwide are entitled to special education services in K-12 schools. Services can include access to assistive technology, small-group instruction, extra time to take tests and a range of therapies. In most states, graduation rates for students with disabilities are lower than their peers and the quality of the education they receive varies greatly.
ED Surge
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Even years later, San Francisco Unified School District casts a shadow over attempts to quash long-standing disparities in math. In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths. The district hoped that scrapping honors math classes and eighth grade algebra courses would reduce disparities in math learning in the district.
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 16, 2024
In a remarkable feat of ancient DNA analysis, researchers have reconstructed the genetic story of a baby boy who lived over 17,000 years ago in Ice Age Europe. The findings, published in Nature Communications 1 , reveal a wealth of information about the boy's ancestry, physical traits, health, and the environment in which he lived, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of prehistoric humans.
Society for Classical Studies
DECEMBER 13, 2024
2024 Awards for Excellence in Teaching at the K-12 Level kskordal Fri, 12/13/2024 - 09:40 Image The Society for Classical Studies is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Awards for Excellence in Teaching at the K-12 Level: Kathleen R. Durkin James T. Stark Please click each name above to read the full award citations. To learn more about the awards and to see a list of previous recipients, visit the SCS Awards for Excellence in Teaching at the K-12 Level page.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The post District to District Collaboration Drives Innovation for Computational Thinking Pathways appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Esta historia fue publicada originalmente en ingls por CalMatters. Suscrbete a los boletines de noticias This story was translated by CalMatters. Read in English. En 1953, Brbara Flores entr al knder en la Escuela Primaria Washington en Madera, California, una pequea ciudad en el Valle Central rodeada de campos agrcolas. Su madre y su abuela le haban dicho que iba “a aprender mucho y que le iba a gustar” Flores, una nia que algn da se convertira en maestra, estaba emocionada y les cr
Moler's Musing
DECEMBER 6, 2024
This week in 8th-grade social studies, we dove deep into the Constitutional Convention and the ratification debates, using a variety of EduProtocols to engage students and build understanding. From Frayer Models to define key terms and concepts, to Sketch and Tell-O and 8Parts Sourcing for visual analysis and critical thinking, each day offered a structured and interactive way for students to connect with history.
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Neanderthals have long fascinated researchers for their unique adaptations to Ice Age climates and challenging environments. A new study in the Journal of Human Evolution 1 presents a virtual reconstruction of the Shanidar 3 ribcage, revealing distinct physiological traits that shaped their lives. The results not only affirm the "bell-shaped" thorax characteristic of Neanderthals but also challenge assumptions about their cold-adapted body plan.
Women's History Network
DECEMBER 9, 2024
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, American Protestant churches prohibited women from preaching or becoming ordained ministers.
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 11, 2024
After attending a convening hosted by the Center for Inclusion Innovation in 2023, an education researcher transformed her practice to center student voice and leadership.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 8, 2024
Isela Guadalupe Bonilla pored over cryptic instructions and what felt like an endless series of questions about her familys income as she struggled to fill out the notorious federal form that students are required to complete to unlock college financial aid. Several of her classmates just gave up. It was always because of money, said Bonilla, now a 20-year-old junior at Washington State Universitys Vancouver campus.
Geogramblings
DECEMBER 14, 2024
I have long studied, and argued, that climate change is a school safeguarding issue and for me it is beggar’s belief that no policy that I have come across has mentioned the issue in terms of a risk factor to their children’s well-being and access to education. Depsite publishing numerous articles, delivering powerful talks, and facilitating workshops for school staff, I haven’t made much headway it seems.
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Around 5,700 years ago, in the elite burial grounds of Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, a striking practice was unfolding. Here, rulers and elites buried themselves alongside a menagerie of wild and exotic animals—crocodiles, elephants, and baboons among them. But recent archaeological findings reveal that even domestic livestock were transformed to project power and control.
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