A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 27, 2025
" Trust isn't built through grand gesturesit's earned in the quiet moments where consistency, honesty, and empathy align." Writers block is real, especially if you have been blogging for as long as I have (15 years). Going back and reflecting on past posts through my podcast has enabled me to explore new angles on, in my mind, very important topics and concepts.
Cult of Pedagogy
APRIL 27, 2025
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Anthropology 365
APRIL 23, 2025
I met Jon Marks in 2015, when I enrolled in the Masters program in anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I had just finished a Bachelors degree in anthropology and philosophy at East Carolina University, full of ideas but unsure where they might lead. I was lucky to have been mentored by Linda Wolfe at ECU, a biological anthropologist with sharp instincts and a habit of cutting straight to the point.
Sapiens
APRIL 22, 2025
Unable to vote in her home country, a Venezuelan immigrant in Chile decides to organize her own mock election. In this episode, social anthropologist Luis Alfredo Briceo Gonzlez talks about his experiences as a foreign researcher in Chile. During his fieldwork, he met Marta, a Venezuelan woman residing in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Santiago.
Anthropology.net
APRIL 23, 2025
Life After the Ice The windswept floor of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert doesn’t readily reveal its secrets. But beneath its cracked sediment and the shifting shoreline of long-vanished lakes, archaeologists are beginning to piece together a story not just of survival—but of deep cultural adaptation. Pottery from FV 139 B - bottom of layer 1 (0–10 cm).
ED Surge
APRIL 24, 2025
Gen Z is in an awkward phase. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. The oldest of the cohort born from 1997 to 2012 are in their mid- to late 20s and taking heat for chafing against workplace culture in ways that come off as entitled (sound familiar, millennials?). The youngest Zoomers, as theyre also known, are around 13 years old and still have years left in public school systems dealing with frequent upheavals due to federal-level uncertainty , politicization of essential servic
Moler's Musing
APRIL 25, 2025
This week was about layering, connecting, and getting students to own the contentnot just memorize it. Every protocol, every sequence was designed to move students from basic retrieval to deeper understanding without overwhelming them. Nothing fancy. Nothing over the top. Just intentional teaching. Monday – Abolitionist Reformers Thick Slide Tuesday/Wednesday – Superlatives Thursday – Abolitionists/Women’s Suffrage Reading and AI Evaluation Friday – Reform Movements
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Political Science Now
APRIL 25, 2025
In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Ewa Nizalowska, covers the new article by Turkuler Isiksel and Thomas B. Pepinsky, “Voting in Authoritarian Elections.” Elections are often taken as a defining feature of democratic regimes.
Anthropology.net
APRIL 23, 2025
The Myth of the Migrating Phoenician In classical texts, the Phoenicians are seafaring masterminds—shipbuilders, traders, and creators of the world’s first alphabet. Their imprint stretched from their Levantine heartland across the Mediterranean: Tunisia, Sicily, Sardinia, even Iberia. When Carthage rose to power in the first millennium BCE, it carried the banner of this civilization to new imperial heights.
ED Surge
APRIL 23, 2025
From the time were kids, were asked, What do you want to be when you grow up? Its a big question one that many students struggle to answer. Without real exposure to different career paths or learning about careers they may never have heard of, students often make choices based on limited information, missing out on opportunities that align with their skills and interests.
C3 Teachers
APRIL 25, 2025
Im thinking about a theory for using AI in history education. By theory, I mean what I expect to be true based on general ideas and principles, but something that has not been proven in practice. ( Of course, theory may be proven in practice at which point it becomes something more ). I decided to talk to my AI companion, CHAT GPT about this (a friend indeed) ( Im speaking here to ChatGPTo1 pro mode – edited ) I would like your assistance in developing some ideas (and principles) that may
Moler's Musing
APRIL 27, 2025
In 2018, I went to a summer Education and Technology Conference put on by Cincinnati Public Schools. I was excited. It was my first real conference. A well-known educator and author was the keynote. I signed up for my sessions. I filled my notes with new ideas. I sat there ready to learn. But somewhere in the middle of it all, a different thought started creeping in: “Why am I not up there?
Living Geography
APRIL 27, 2025
A trailer has been released for the new film Ocean. OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than theocean. The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet
Anthropology.net
APRIL 26, 2025
The Forgotten Migrant When thinking about humanity’s migrations across continents, yeast is probably the last traveler that comes to mind. Yet new research led by Jacqueline Peña and her colleagues at the University of Georgia has revealed that wild strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae —the same species that leavens bread and ferments wine—carry silent records of ancient human journeys.
Political Science Now
APRIL 21, 2025
Demystifying Post-Docs Wednesday, April 30, 2025 3:00 p.m. Eastern | Register Here Join the APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession for a virtual workshop sharing best practices and uncovering the hidden curriculum surrounding the post-doc. Post-docs are a common entry point for new political science PhDs to enter the academic workforce while advancing their research and teaching portfolio.
TCI
APRIL 25, 2025
Please accept statistics, marketing cookies to watch this video. For Spring 2025, were excited to introduce new features based on your feedback. These updates will help you teach key social studies skills, streamline assigning and grading, and improve administrative tasks. Sign in to your TCI teacher account to explore these features. Building Social Studies Skills New Economics Library: Economics concepts can be complex, but you can support student understanding of these concepts with the tools
Moler's Musing
APRIL 22, 2025
When AI first came out, I was intrigued. I started thinking of ways to use it creatively to help me. Ways to boost engagement. Ways to support learning. I was the guy making presentations with titles like 10 Ways to Use ChatGPT in Class or 5 Ways to Increase Engagement with AI. And those were usefulat the time. But were past that now. AI is here. It’s constantly evolving.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
APRIL 22, 2025
Read Rajiv Vinnakota and coalition voices Marlene Tromp, Lori S. White, Tania Tetlow, Roslyn Clark Artis, and Michael Roth featured in The New Yorker. Emma O. Green's article discusses the ongoing work across higher education to help our students develop the skills they need to live in a productive democracy. The examples here underscore our mission to equip America's next generation with the necessary civic skills to navigate a divided nation and lead effectively.
Studies Weekly
APRIL 21, 2025
Boosting Student Success with Studies Weekly at Empower Community School | Customer Success Story Apr 21, 2025 Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER Join us as we step inside Empower Community School to hear from educators dedicated to creating meaningful learning experiences with the help of Studies Weekly. ▶ Your browser does not support the video tag.
Political Science Now
APRIL 23, 2025
Willing but Unable: Reassessing the Relationship between Racial Group Consciousness and Black Political Participation By Jasmine Carrera Smith , George Washington University ; Jared Clemons , Temple University ; Arvind Krishnamurthy , University of California, Berkeley ; Miguel Martinez , Duke University ; Leann McLaren , Duke University ; Ismail K.
Living Geography
APRIL 26, 2025
As I drive to Norwich from where I live I pass a large complex to the right, up on the hill as I approach Easton, on the western edge of the city. It has become more visible in the last few months as due to ongoing work to dual the A47 as it approaches the city, thousands of trees have been felled. Not everyone's happy about that as you can imagine.
ShortCutsTV
APRIL 24, 2025
The next set in the Collections series covers both Sociology and Psychology and covers a mix of PowerPoint Presentations, some of which Ive lifted for the Web but most of which Ive created.
Moler's Musing
APRIL 23, 2025
When I went to college, I knew one thing: I wanted to play tennis. Beyond that, I had no clue. I went to an open house at NKU, and during the welcome session they told everyone to go meet with their major. I didnt know if that meant I had to choose right then, but I assumed I did. And once I pick something I stick with it. So, I chose education. It wasnt some deeply thought-out decision.
Digital Promise
APRIL 21, 2025
The post From The 74: Public Education Has Lots of Positive Stories to Tell. We Help Schools Do It appeared first on Digital Promise.
Political Science Now
APRIL 24, 2025
Corruption and Co-Optation in Autocracy: Evidence from Russia By David Szakonyi , George Washington University. Do corrupt officials govern differently in elected office? This article develops a theoretical framework and analyzes new data from financial disclosures to estimate the governing costs of corruption. First, I uncover substantial hidden wealth held by roughly one quarter of the legislators in the Russian Duma; these kompromat deputies are vulnerable to damaging information being used
Living Geography
APRIL 26, 2025
I'm preparing for a few events later in the year which are connected with careers in geography and where we can build in introductions to career options for those who study geography during our teaching (from KS3 upwards). If this is to 'A' level, then we have some extra options. For those who go on to do a degree in geography (perhaps in association with another subject) more options open up, but they also come with an extra incentive to be higher paying jobs because of the very high cost of un
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 27, 2025
DRESDEN, Tenn. In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class. The idea had come from Ed Baker, district math coach at Tennessees Weakley County Schools. Baker set up an iPad on a cabinet in Gallimores classroom at Martin Middle School and hit record. Gallimore watched the videos twice, and she and Baker ran through them together.
Moler's Musing
APRIL 25, 2025
When ChatGPT dropped in November 2022, I jumped in shortly after. I started playing with it, wrote my first post about using it in education by January 2023 ( here it is ). A few months later, I was presenting on AI locally and, eventually, across the countryshowing teachers how it could actually make their lives easier. Somewhere along the way, I became an AI consultant.
Digital Promise
APRIL 25, 2025
The post Is Text Data? Taking on Data Literacy in English Class appeared first on Digital Promise.
Political Science Now
APRIL 22, 2025
A Turn Against Empire: Benito Jurezs Liberal Rejoinder to the French Intervention in Mexico By Mai Hassan , MIT , Horacio Larreguy , ITAM and Stuart Russell , World Bank Most research on biased public sector hiring highlights local politicians incentives to distribute government positions to partisan supporters. Other studies instead point to the role of bureaucratic managers in allocating government jobs to close contacts.
Living Geography
APRIL 26, 2025
I subscribe to Wicked Leeks: the Riverford Organics newsletter. There are some useful links for our Food for Thought unit with Year 7. A previous issue provides some information on the decline of the traditional greengrocer. They have been lost to many High Streets by competition from supermarkets. When I was a teenager - about 12-15, I worked on a Saturday for a local greengrocer in the Yorkshire village where I lived.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 27, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Kan. In a classroom at Kansas City Kansas Community College, 20 students were learning how basic circuit boards work. They fiddled with knobs, switches, levers and wires; if they got the connections right, tiny light bulbs glowed. The students recruited for the opportunity by Panasonic were participants in an eight-week apprenticeship course that involves classes at the community college and on-the-job training.
Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Education
APRIL 24, 2025
The National 4-H Conference Career Expo, hosted by the U.S.
Digital Promise
APRIL 22, 2025
The post What Does EdTech Recommended Dosage Look Like in Real Classrooms? appeared first on Digital Promise.
Political Science Now
APRIL 21, 2025
Toxic Speech and Limited Demand for Content Moderation on Social Media By Franziska Pradel , Technical University of Munich ; Jan Zilinsky , Technical University of Munich ; Spyros Kosmidis , University of Oxford ; Yannis Theocharis , Technical University of Munich. When is speech on social media toxic enough to warrant content moderation? Platforms impose limits on what can be posted online, but also rely on users reports of potentially harmful content.
Living Geography
APRIL 27, 2025
A blog post on the GA's blog from Rayburn Tours' Chairman John Boyden. Im very pleased to have been linked with Rayburn, and working with them in Iceland, for five years now. There's a great group of FSTs. They are celebrating their 60th birthday this year.
Dr. Preece
APRIL 24, 2025
Its just about been a week or so since I came back from the Geographical Association Annual Conference in Oxford, and I thought Id share some reflections.
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