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Why the Dire State of the Early Learning Workforce Is ‘Alarming and Not Surprising’

ED Surge

The state of early care and education today is, in a word, unsustainable. Thats what a recent survey of 10,000 early childhood educators found, and its what providers continue to share anecdotally. With the pandemic in the rearview and the accompanying funding it brought the field now a fading memory many early education providers find that they cannot keep up with rising costs, staff shortages and low morale.

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NCHE Partners with the Library of Congress

NCHE

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). As of February 2025, NCHE serves as the director of one of the Librarys newest regional granting entities, the Great Plains Region. The Great Plains region is one of six across the country whose role is to provide subgrants to organizations seeking to include Library resources in their educational programming.

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Decolonization in Ghan & Kenya: Two Short Documentaries

World History Teachers Blog

Studying decolonization? Here are two terrific short (25 to 30 minutes) documentaries about two independence movements in Africa--in Ghana and Kenya. Both are from CCTV News, a 24-hour English news channel, of China Central Television, based in Beijing. You can find questions for both videos in the New Visions Global Curriculum for 10th grade. Look for the unit on decolonization and nationalism.

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The world’s largest PDF is bigger than the Universe

Strange Maps

The size of your standard PDF matches the paper in your printer: A4 in most of the world, letter-sized in the U.S. and Canada. But standards are not limits. The biggest possible size for a PDF, it has long been said, is a square with sides 237.7 miles (381 km) long, for a total area of 56,047 square miles (145,161 km 2 ). Bigger than Greece If that PDF were a country, it would be the 94 th -largest in the world, considerably bigger than Greece.

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Climate Change and Prehistoric Populations: Insights from Europe's Final Paleolithic

Anthropology.net

The end of the last Ice Age, spanning approximately 14,000 to 11,600 years ago, was a period of significant climatic fluctuations that profoundly influenced human populations in Europe. A recent study published in PLOS One 1 by a team of 25 archaeologists from various European institutions offers a comprehensive analysis of how these prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities responded to environmental changes during the Final Paleolithic.​ The map shows population shifts from south-western t

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Cementing the Past

Sapiens

An anthropologist investigates the ongoing impacts of the U.S.-based United Fruit Companys fraught 1940s preservation of an ancient Maya site in Guatemala. The United Fruit Company was a U.S. multinational corporation and at one time, the largest landholder in Central America. To maintain authority in this part of the world, the company stamped out labor reform, collaborated with U.S.

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The Case of Hostile Terrain ’94 at the University of Oregon 

Anthropology News

At the University of Oregon, we built a collaborative team of faculty and museum staff to bring students, campus, and community stakeholders together in planning and implementing an exhibition of an installation of the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition. The HT94 installation aims to do several things, including to raise awareness during a presidential election season about the realities of the U.S.

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Some Childcare Providers Lost All in the Eaton Fire. Why Can't They Get Relief Money?

ED Surge

Do you remember the last time you were on endless hold with customer service? Or in line at the DMV with no end in sight? Take those experiences and multiply them together and it might begin to explain what life's been like for Felisa Wright since January. She lost her Altadena home, where she also ran a childcare business, in the Eaton Fire. That was just the beginning.

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Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara Reveals a Lost North African Lineage

Anthropology.net

Once a fertile expanse teeming with lakes, grasslands, and abundant wildlife, the Sahara was a starkly different landscape than the inhospitable desert known today. During the African Humid Period (14,500–5,000 years ago), this region supported thriving human populations. Now, an international team of researchers 1 has uncovered the first ancient genomes from this long-lost ecosystem, shedding new light on an ancient North African lineage that has all but disappeared.

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A Poetics of Liberation: An Imagined Archive

Sapiens

A Tanzanian historian and poet conjures alternative engagements with Black African women who were marginalized by violent colonial histories and imprisoned in the archives. As the 2024 poet-in-resident at the magazine, she imaginatively reaches for new possibilities. As a historian, poet, writer , and experimental sound practitioner based in Tanzania, I meddle in different tonguestesting which one has the least bitter aftertaste.

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Things Are Getting Expensive…Here’s Some Useful Free Versions Of AI Tools

Moler's Musing

Things are getting expensive. Teachers dont wanna pay for stuff. Free versions are usually watered down or full of ads. Im just here to share some tools that have useful free versions. These are ones Ive been using and theyve helped me plan better, save time, and still give students solid feedback and learning experiences. Ill keep it simple: what it is, why I like it, and how I use it (with a solid teaching idea thrown inusually paired with EduProtocols that make sense).

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OPINION: Stop labeling kids and start revealing their strengths

The Hechinger Report

Disengaged, unmotivated, fragile, behind. These are just a few of the negative labels applied to young people today. We read stories about how theyre suffering from pandemic learning loss and an adolescent mental health crisis. Kids are addicted to their phones is a common complaint. It all adds up to an even less helpful label: the anxious generation.

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Better Design Might Be the Next Frontier in Getting Students Back to Campus

ED Surge

As designers drew up plans to revitalize the visual arts complex at California State University, Fullerton, they hoped to create a space that would encourage students to stay on campus as much as possible. Many of Fullertons students commute to campus from home. That means they need comfortable places to do homework, meet with professors or talk to classmates.

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Children's Role in Upper Paleolithic Cave Art

Anthropology.net

Deep within the shadowy recesses of Upper Paleolithic caves, ancient artists left behind a legacy of mesmerizing paintings and engravings. Amidst these artworks, evidence suggests the participation of an unexpected group: young children. Handprints, footprints, and finger flutings attributed to individuals as young as two years old adorn the walls of these subterranean galleries.

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Parents, Flappers and Women’s History Month

Teaching American History

In honor of womens history month, we bring you a reading selection that highlights the upheaval American society experienced in the 1920s as regards gender roles. The media popularized the term flapper to describe rebellious young women who rejected conventional notions of proper female behavior, and it became a common descriptor for young women who shortened their skirts, bobbed their hair, danced to jazz music, smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol illegally, embraced their sexuality, or disobeyed

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When Calls for Vengeance Go Online

Sapiens

An anthropologist reckons with how digital media has changed youth gang culture dynamicsand what can be done to combat the spread of deadly rumors. In 2019, Luis Alberto Quionez who everyone called Sitowas shot dead in San Francisco when he was 19. A distant relative by marriage, Sito would not have considered me a part of his life. But in death, he has become a part of mine.

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Domestic Distributional Roots of National Interest

Political Science Now

Domestic Distributional Roots of National Interest By Soyoung Lee , Yale University and Duke University. What international issues become national interests worth fighting for, and why? Contrary to conventional wisdom, I argue that issues without clear economic value, such as barren lands, are more likely to be perceived as national interests because they do not benefit any single domestic group.

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How Open Standards Are Breaking Down Data Barriers

ED Surge

Colleges and universities are at a crossroads when it comes to student data. They have more information at their fingertips than ever before, yet harnessing it to drive meaningful change remains a challenge. A 2022 UCLA-MIT Press study found that higher education struggles to capture and leverage data for impact. This digital disconnect isnt just a result of outdated systems; its about the complex web of cultural, organizational and infrastructural barriers that leave many institutions data-rich

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The Geometry of Memory: How Knots Carry the Weight of Human History

Anthropology.net

An Ancient Practice, Revisited Through Code Knots are one of humanity’s oldest tools—so ancient, in fact, that they predate agriculture, metallurgy, and written language. But beyond their everyday function of fastening and securing, knots hold something deeper: a story about the evolution of human cognition, the flow of culture, and the quiet persistence of shared technique across continents and millennia.

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The Railroad Tunnel through Pine Mountain, Kentucky

Life and Landscapes

On Thursday, January 29, 1948, the Mountain Eagle newspaper of Whitesburg , Kentucky, reported that, on the following Tuesday, the first train would travel through the 3, 600 feet of tunnel bored through the the 3/4 mile high, linear-straight razor of a Mountain called Pine. It would travel from Jenkins, Kentucky, to the coal fields around Pound, Virginia, where coal seams were reputed to be 15 feet in thickness!

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Spring 2025 Higher Education Media Fellows

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

The Institute for Citizens & Scholars announces its seventh class of journalists named to theHigher Education Media Fellowship, supported by ECMC Foundation.

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APSA Statement on the Rights of International Scholars

Political Science Now

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply disturbed by recent violations of the basic rights of international scholars in the United States. Over the past few weeks, there have been several reported instances of international students and scholars, legally residing and studying in the U.S., having their legal status threatened or rescinded by U.S. immigration officials.

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A Griefbot’s Tale: A Ghost Story in the Digital Age

Anthropology News

The dead no longer rest. They linger in pixels and algorithms, in messages that should have gone unanswered. In the age of AI, ghosts are not wisps of mist or flickering candlelightthey are code. The uncanny has seeped into grief itself, turning memory into conversation, mourning into interaction. Griefbots, two-way chat systems that simulate the voices of the lost, promise comfort and connection.

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A Stone Age Puzzle: How Did Quina Tools Reach Ancient China?

Anthropology.net

For decades, archaeologists believed that technological development in Paleolithic East Asia followed a slow, relatively stagnant trajectory compared to the dynamic shifts seen in Europe and Africa. The discovery of a sophisticated stone tool tradition in southern China is now forcing a major reassessment of that assumption. Recent excavations at the Longtan site in southwest China have uncovered a complete Quina lithic toolkit—previously thought to be exclusive to European Neanderthals

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Webinar: Getting Published: The Basics

Society for Classical Studies

Webinar: Getting Published: The Basics kskordal Fri, 04/04/2025 - 11:50 Image Getting Published: The Basics Thursday, May 1, 1:00pm EDT It's time to get your research out there, but navigating the publishing world can be daunting for a first-time author. This webinar will cover the basics of getting your work into the hands of a publisher. Our panel of editors will discuss both book and journal publishing for classics and archaeology scholars, covering what you should consider in choosing a publ

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Unscripted Campus Conversations: An Interactive Map

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

Across the nation, college presidents, faculty, staff, and students are engaging in meaningful discussions about the critical issues affecting our communities and country. From classrooms to auditoriums to residence halls and beyond, these campus voices ask questions, share ideas, and challenge conventional wisdom. This vibrant exchange not only enriches campus life but also establishes the foundation for a future where civic engagement inspires change across the nation.

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APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant Now Accepting Applications | Deadline: June 1, 2025

Political Science Now

The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant project provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards support basic research which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented. The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant program intends to award between twenty and twenty-five yearly of between $10,000 and $15,000 to support doctoral dissertation research that advances knowledge and understanding of citiz

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Call for Pitches: Invisibility

Anthropology News

Submit Posted: 3/31/25 Deadline: 5/1/25 Anthropology News invites submissions on the theme of invisibility. We are looking for stories about the concealed, the ethereal, the ghostlythe things unnoticed (or obscured) that shape our lives. Think unseen labor, subtle evolutionary forces, hidden architectures of mobility, or ciphers illegible to outsiders.

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Rethinking the Dawn of Agriculture: Human Agency in the Neolithic Transition

Anthropology.net

The shift from a hunter-gatherer existence to an agrarian lifestyle stands as one of the most profound transformations in human history. Traditionally, scholars have attributed this Neolithic transition to external factors like climatic shifts or the allure of fertile lands. However, recent research challenges this narrative, emphasizing the pivotal role of human interactions and demographic dynamics in this monumental change.​ Credit: Barnabas Davoti from Pexels Human Dynamics Over Enviro

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Streamlining Feedback to Teachers with Observation Copilot (Via Transformative Principal Podcast)

Edthena

In the news In a recent episode of the Transformative Principal podcast , host Jethro Jones sat down with Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller to explore a major challenge facing school leaders: giving timely, high-quality feedback to teachers after classroom observations. Enter Observation Copilot , a new tool that instantly turns a principals raw observation notes into framework-aligned feedback that’s ready for editing and sharing with teachers, saving valuable time without sacrificing t

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Quick Thought: Be the Human in the Loop

Moler's Musing

When I was putting together my Turning Whatever Into Wow presentation, I kept coming back to one truth: dont let AI create your lesson. Use it to support your thinking, not replace it. You are the human in the loop. You know your students. You know your standards. You know what they need to know and be able to do by the end of a lesson. Thats how every lesson should startwith the end in mind.

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Next Steps: My Career Moving Forward

Anthropology 365

After graduating high school, I began university in 2003, majoring in biology and psychology. My goal at the time was to work in conservation, ecology, and organismal biology. At the same time as I was attending university, the field was continuing its transition into more a molecular focus. While I am fascinated by molecular biology, that wasn’t what I was passionate about.

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What Learning Piano as an Adult Taught Me about Digital Competency

Digital Promise

The post What Learning Piano as an Adult Taught Me about Digital Competency appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The Politics of Online Dating

Political Science Now

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 Elsa Kugelberg,University of Oxford, “Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere.” With around 350 million yearly users, online dating apps have revolutionized romance in the modern age.

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Top Anthropology Optional Books: Your Definitive Guide for UPSC Success

Anthroholic

Choosing the right resources is the first step towards mastering Anthropology for the UPSC Civil Services Examination. With Anthropology emerging as a high-scoring optional subject, it is crucial to build your foundation with the Top Anthropology Optional Books. Carefully selected books can clarify concepts, provide diverse perspectives, and enhance answer writing quality.

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Uneven Progress: women, education, institutions and careers in the built environment

Women's History Network

Womens History Today: the Journal of the Womens History Network is seeking expressions of interest for articles to be included in a Special Issue focused on tracing the education and career paths of women in the professions of the built environment with a special focus on educational institutions.

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Volcanic eruption in Iceland

O-Level Geography

Where is the volcanic eruption? What are the impacts of the eruption? How is the disaster management carried out?

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