The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2025

A trio of researchers argues that it’s unclear where students with disabilities learn the most and recommends that teachers and parents focus first on interventions students need. Credit: Getty images A prominent professor of special education is about to ignite a fierce debate over a tenet of his field, that students with disabilities should be educated as much as possible alongside their peers in general education classrooms, a strategy known as inclusion.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2025

The post Unlocking the Power of Human Connection in the Age of Technology appeared first on Digital Promise.

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World History Teachers Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Here are some great StoryMaps from Esri's GIS Systems Their software includes story maps for over a dozen titles in World and US history, including the Age of Exploration, the First Crusade, Ancient Greece, the Black Death, the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Egyptian Funerary Practices, and many more. The story maps are engaging and include images, maps, graphs, and primary sources presented in an engaging manner like the excerpt below from the First Crusade story map.

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TeachThought

JANUARY 8, 2025

Whether you're using data to personalize learning or refine curriculum, the ability to easily check for understanding is critical to your teaching.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 8, 2025

Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Alpaca and Brisk Teaching Every January for the last ten years, we have chosen a small collection of tech tools we think are worth checking out. That will be the same this year. But something else will be different: Traditionally, when we put out this list, we do it to coincide with the release of our annual Teacher’s Guide to Tech.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2025

The climate crisis is not in some distant future. It is being felt around the world with heatwaves, floods, and most dramatically with the wildfires in Southern California. Our hearts go out to the residents who face the tragic loss of lives, homes, and entire communities. #TeachClimateJustice : Invite students to listen to news about the fires and come up with their own terms for the disaster, such as fossil-fueled disaster or climate change disaster.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 9, 2025

An anthropologist and poet reflects on a journey of return that tells a larger story about human connection, acts of Indigenous solidarity, and the potential for repair within anthropology. I HELD MY CARRY-ON BAG close to me apprehensively, waiting for the prearranged special security screening at OHare International Airport in Chicago en route to the Republic of Vanuatu, an archipelago in the South Pacific.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2025

In affinity, we find kinship. Our shared interests move us toward one another and give us opportunities for connection, deep empathy and shared experiences. Our worldviews collide, and we are no longer alone; we are in a community. One of the first times I felt like I was in community was in my high school jazz band as a teenager. I auditioned to be a part of the Ravinia Scholars , joining a group of teenage musicians from high schools all over Chicago.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2025

The first time I talked to Amy Lee Funes, our conversation left me stunned. In spite of the fact that she earned only $35,000 a year and lived in one of the most expensive cities in the world, Funes made too much to qualify for public assistance paying for child care. Her only option was to take a pay cut, a city official told her in late 2019. Funes, who had recently moved far away from her mother (a free source of child care) to escape an abusive relationship, desperately needed child care.

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History Havoc

JANUARY 12, 2025

One of the books I have taught for the past decade has been The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Every year I talk about how the book helped pass legislation dealing with food preparation. As a class we read tiny segments of it and some students find the segments quite gross. It is never fun to talk about rats falling into the sausage and nobody taking them out just before going to lunch.

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Women's History Network

JANUARY 13, 2025

We are an Injured Body: Finding Inspiration in a Class on Jane Austen My new book, Women and Madness in the Early Romantic Novel: Injured Minds, Ruined Lives (Manchester University Press), originated in an undergraduate class I taught in spring 2020 at the University of Alabama called Jane Austen and the Injured Body.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 13, 2025

A translators notes are refashioned into a poem calling for justice for Indigenous peoples in the Philippines displaced by a megadam. Translation Notes is part of the collection Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way Through. Read the introduction to the collection here. In November 2023 , Ian Fry , the first U.N. Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights, met with stakeholders in the Philippines to report on the status of the country regarding environmental and human rights protectio

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2025

RANDOLPH, Vt. The thermostat was turned low in the admissions office at Vermont State University on a cold winter morning. Its one of our efficiencies, quipped David Bergh, the institutions president, who works in the same building. Bergh was joking. But he was referring to something decidedly serious: the public university systems struggle to reduce a deficit so deep, it threatened to permanently shutter several campuses after dramatic drop-offs in enrollment and revenue.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 14, 2025

A typical career trajectory in early care and education might follow like this: start as an assistant teacher in a classroom, eventually gain the experience to move up to lead teacher, and if youre ambitious and able, one day become the assistant director, director or even owner of a program. On paper, it seems reasonable. Each role, over time, equips the educator to step into the next one, right?

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 8, 2025

Wallacea, the sprawling chain of islands in eastern Indonesia that includes Timor-Leste, has long been a crossroads of cultures, languages, and genetics. A recent study sheds new light on its human history, highlighting the deep impact of migrations from New Guinea into this region approximately 3,500 years ago. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 (PNAS), combines insights from genetics, linguistics, and archaeology to paint a more complete picture of Wallac

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TCI

JANUARY 14, 2025

Engaging students in social studies goes beyond simply covering the material; its about helping them connect historical events to current issues and develop critical thinking skills. In todays rapidly changing world, students need more than just facts to succeed. Investing in high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for social studies is essential for enhancing student achievement, fostering critical thinking, and closing the educational achievement gap.

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Maitri Learning

JANUARY 12, 2025

Recent advances in neuroscience are revealing what Montessori educators have known for over a century - that learning is deeply connected to emotion, relationships, and the integration of mind and body. At the recent Montessori Schools of Massachusetts conference, I shared how cutting-edge brain research aligns with and validates core Montessori principles.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2025

Its common knowledge that parents should talk and read to their young children. But are there similar things that parents can do to lay the foundation for success in math? A new wave of research says yes. Here are three takeaways from 22 studies conducted over the past dozen years: The link between parent math talk and higher math skills Researchers found that the more parents talked about math with their children, the stronger their childrens math skills.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 13, 2025

Schools should provide a window through which all students can see the future they want for themselves. Students arrive in the classroom with a diverse range of needs, and helping them succeed isnt always straightforward. Centering instruction in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and implementing both direct and student-driven instruction can help engage learners, address diverse needs and improve learning outcomes for all students.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 8, 2025

Was interested to read about the impact of a new TV drama on Danish television made by Thomas Vinterberg who has previously made some very high profile films including the excellent 'Another Round', which won the Oscar in 2020. Familier som vores (Families Like Ours) a drama which depicts a flooded Denmark shut down and evacuated has been viewed nearly 1m times and become a national talking point.

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O-Level Geography

JANUARY 10, 2025

What are the common causes of fire in urban neighbourhood? What are the impacts of fire? How can the risks of fire hazards be managed?

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Institute for Citizens & Scholars

JANUARY 8, 2025

In this conversation with Hugo Balta, Audra discusses how Citizens & Scholars is preparing young people to become civic problem solvers in a polarized country.

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ShortCutsTV

JANUARY 14, 2025

The first part of this post provided some background to Mischel et als (1990) Marshmallow Test and started to question the idea it could be used to predict things like future academic performance.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 14, 2025

Donora, Pennsylvania, once housed a thriving steel mill that stretched for about four miles, though that factory closed more than 50 years ago. Today, the town of about 5,000 people has no gas station, no bank and no grocery store. And just a few years ago its only school closed. The shuttering of that school was particularly tough for a community that has been in decline for decades.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 11, 2025

A cross-posting from my Passed the point of no return blog. This piece in 'The Guardian' by Damien Gayle demonstrates the tremendous gulf between the super-rich and the average person. The worlds richest 1% have already used up their fair share of the global carbon budget for 2025, just 10 days into the year. In less than a week and a half, the consumption habits of an individual from this monied elite had already caused, on average, 2.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, according to analysis

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O-Level Geography

JANUARY 10, 2025

Why are there more extreme weather experienced in Singapore? How can Singaporean adapt to it?

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Institute for Citizens & Scholars

JANUARY 8, 2025

SUNY, a member institution of College Presidents for Civic Preparedness, is introducing a civic discourse requirement to its undergraduate curriculum.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 9, 2025

Using Prediction Markets as a Tool for Classroom and Civic Engagement By Zachary A. McGee , Kenyon College and Precious D. Hall , St. Lawrence University As another U.S. election heats up, how can we get students engaged with this critical time in American politics? In an effort to address this question, we implement an election prediction market focused on the 2022 midterm elections in our American politics courses.

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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. Columnists and EdSurge Voices of Change fellows clearly captivated our audience with their reflections both technical and emotional. They gave their takes on innovating in math and social emotional learning.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 9, 2025

Thanks to Bob Lang / Brendan Conway for the tipoff to this GIS resource which explores the GII: the extent to which countries are influenced by, and align themselves with either USA or China. gii.cesionline.org gt find by Brendan Conway excellrnt for post16 superpowers @jbwgeog.bsky.social [image or embed] Bob Lang ( @boblanggeog.bsky.social ) January 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM The Global Influence Index (GII) measures the influence of both the U.S. and China in 191 countries.

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O-Level Geography

JANUARY 9, 2025

What are the impacts of floods in Singapore? How does improving drainage infrastructure help to protect us from floods? How does Singapore improve community resilience towards flood management?

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Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 8, 2025

CFP: Ancient Drama in Performance VIII kskordal Wed, 01/08/2025 - 12:41 Image Ancient Drama in Performance VIII October 3-6, 2025 Ancient Drama in Performance VIII will coincide with the 2025 Randolph College Greek Play: Sophocles Antigone , an original-practices production. The play and response to it will be part of a weekend of scholarly and practical exchanging of ideas on ancient theatre.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 8, 2025

Pedagogical Deficiencies in Political Science Doctoral Programs: Current Practices or Lack Thereof By Matthew Stein , College of Southern Nevada Calls to increase the amount and quality of pedagogical training in political science doctoral programs have been heard far and wide. Despite the ongoing rhetoric, a thorough investigation into the teaching training received by doctoral students had not been published in over a decade.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2025

Imagine a recent graduate armed with a degree but struggling to convey their specific skills to potential employers. Now picture that same graduate confidently presenting a suite of microcredentials that precisely showcase their abilities. This scenario isnt just possible; its becoming increasingly necessary in todays competitive job market. Yet, some educational institutions view microcredentials with skepticism, dismissing them as unfamiliar to employers and not worth the investment.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 11, 2025

Thanks to Rob Chambers for the tipoff to this piece on The Conversation. It explains that there are lots of species who reach the tolerance limts for their continued survival at similar temperatures, which means that if these temperatures are reached, ecosystem collapse can happen quickly. Which is less than ideal.

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O-Level Geography

JANUARY 9, 2025

A recent UN Environment Programme report found a potential global increase in fires caused by extreme weather to increase to 14 per cent by 2030, 30 per cent by 2050, and 50 per cent by the end of the century. Where are the areas affected by the wildfires? How does extreme weather result in wildfire? What are the impacts of the wildfire om the human and terrestrial system?

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Sapiens

JANUARY 13, 2025

In a themed collection, poets trace contours of power to critique colonialism, environmental destruction, and social violence while transforming the landscape of possibilities. A detainee prays in a prison cell at Guantnamo. Rural women in Brazil tend to a bounty of crops, despite threats of expanding agribusinesses. A poet unravels an 1846 British treaty selling Kashmir, weaving it into a new form.

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