TeachThought

APRIL 28, 2025

Understanding how to play the 'count to 10' team-building game is about rules, timing, and sequence. Engaged students pick it up quickly.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2025

This story was first published by Voice of San Diego and is reprinted with permission. Community colleges have been dealing with an unprecedented phenomenon: fake students bent on stealing financial aid funds. While it has caused chaos at many colleges, some Southwestern College faculty feel their leaders havent done enough to curb the crisis. When the spring semester began, Southwestern College professor Elizabeth Smith felt good.

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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.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

Listen to the interview ( transcript ): Sponsored by Zearn and EVERFI This page contains 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? If there is one learning strategy I’ve probably talked the most about on this platform, it’s retrieval practice.

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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.

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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

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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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Anthropology.net

APRIL 30, 2025

By the time Europeans arrived in the Americas, thousands of distinct Indigenous languages had already shaped the way people described landscapes, kinship, time, and the cosmos. These languages, many of which still survive today, are more than means of communication—they are archaeological strata encoded in speech. A new study in Scientific Reports 1 argues that their grammar preserves a faint but measurable imprint of the first humans to populate the continent.

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Teaching American History

APRIL 29, 2025

This blog was first posted on April 15, 2014. We rerun it today in honor of theanniversaryof Abraham Lincoln’s assassination onApril 15th, 1865. “The latest photograph of President Lincoln – taken on the balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865,” Henry F. Warren. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-19192. Today, April 15th , is the anniversary of Lincolns assassination.

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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.

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ED Surge

APRIL 30, 2025

Schools across the country are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into classrooms, but the real challenge isnt just adopting the technology its making sure it works for all students. Will AI be a tool for innovation or yet another factor widening educational gaps? As districts explore AIs potential, they must also confront critical questions about equity, algorithmic bias and access.

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Sapiens

APRIL 29, 2025

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the border of North and South Korea is the site of the longest ceasefire in the world. In this region, the effects of a never-ending war linger in the skies and beneath the earth. In existence for more than 70 years, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is the site of the longest ceasefire in the world. What can this region teach us about the long, intendedand unintendedconsequences of this form of a truce?

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 29, 2025

When the last Ice Age released its grip on northern Europe, vast landscapes emerged from the ice. Among them was a rugged, newly exposed frontier—the British Isles. While the southern lowlands began to host reindeer hunters and mobile foragers, the highlands and islands of Scotland remained largely uncharted in the archaeological record. Until now.

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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

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2025

Wichita Public Schools demonstrates whats possible when vision, strategy, and systems align to support digital equity

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Living Geography

APRIL 29, 2025

Tim Price Walker has produced a nice piece on LinkedIn exploring the use of AI in Geography. The core strengths of geographythe ability to analyse, connect, and synthesise information across places and spacesare more essential than ever. These foundational skills empower us to engage with a changing world, and, importantly, they remain our anchor as new dimensions of reality emerge.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2025

Arts graduates, both undergraduate and postgraduate, are highly educated yet often unprepared for careers beyond academia. Traditional arts education frequently leaves them struggling to enter commercial sectors like galleries, auction houses and publishing. Art history students in particular face growing difficulty in securing employment outside academic circles.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 30, 2025

At first glance, the animal figures painted on rock shelters in the northeast Kimberley look deceptively simple—thin outlines of kangaroos, some barely adorned, others stylized into abstract form. For decades, they were thought to be remnants of an earlier, Ice Age aesthetic, part of a vast visual tradition called the Irregular Infill Animal Period (IIAP).

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CORE Econ

APRIL 29, 2025

Were proud to see the CORE Econ project mentioned by Harvard University Professor Danielle Allen in an article for The Atlantic: America and its universities need a new social contract. Danielle commended our efforts to make the teaching of economics more relevant to present day economic realities and the concerns of students: “An example of a valuable initiative is University College Londons CORE Econ project.

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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?

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Living Geography

APRIL 29, 2025

It's been nice to see little elements of the importance of the everyday making their way into other resources and blogs. Creative Fieldwork 2 was produced by the Field Studies Council in partnership with the Geographical Association and Newcastle University. The book can be purchased from the GA Shop. I have a copy. The book contains a range of creative fieldwork approaches, which engage students with questions that they think are important and worthwhile, often in their local area where they li

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Political Science Now

APRIL 29, 2025

APSA is pleased to announce the 2025 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) Class. This year, 14 undergraduate students will participate in the annual, intensive five-week program hosted by Duke University. The 2025 institute is being held May 25 June 26, 2025, under the direction of Dr. Paula D. McClain. This is the 39th year of the program. RBSI is designed to introduce aspiring political scientists to the world of doctoral study.Named in honor of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner, former APSA

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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

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ShortCutsTV

APRIL 28, 2025

The next in our popular Dynamic Learning series of Study Skills films is Mindmapping, a note-taking technique originally popularised by Tony Buzan in the 1970s.

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Moler's Musing

APRIL 30, 2025

The first time a student told me, This sounds smart, but I dont think its right, in response to an AI-generated answerI knew we were onto something. That moment sparked Fray-I a thinking routine Ive been developing to help students analyze AI responses, not just accept them. Its still a work in progress, but its already changing how my students interact with both history and technology.

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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

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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

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Life and Landscapes

APRIL 28, 2025

Here is a link to WEKU’s “Eastern Standard” Radio Show on the flooding in Eastern Kentucky. I was pleased to participate and reflect on my travels in the area. “Good morning Reggie – Here’s a link to the segment. The link to your blog appears on the site’s homepage. [link] Thank you! Tom Martin – Producer, Editor, Host Eastern Standard” #lifeandlandscapes #reggievanstockum The Life and Landscapes Blog Site is at: www.vanstockum.blog/lookin Al

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 28, 2025

The FundforLatinoScholarship encourages and supports the recruitment, retention, and promotion of political science students and scholars who study and research Latina/o politics (especially students and tenure track junior faculty). Applications are due June 15, 2025. Thefundwill award grants to initiatives that: Provide professional opportunities and financial assistance to undergraduate and graduate students and scholars who study and research on political science topics related to Latina/o p

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2025

The post Is Text Data? Taking on Data Literacy in English Class appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Education

APRIL 24, 2025

The National 4-H Conference Career Expo, hosted by the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2025

Oklahoma wants some of its less-expensive universities to cut travel and operational costs, consolidate departments and reduce energy use all in the name of saving money. Already, earning a degree at one of these regional institutions is relatively inexpensive for students, costing in total as much as $15,000 less per year than bigger state universities in Oklahoma.

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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

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Political Science Now

APRIL 28, 2025

Endogenous Colonial Borders: Precolonial States and Geography in the Partition of Africa By Jack Paine , Emory University ; Xiaoyan Qiu , Washington University in St. Louis ; Joan Ricart-Huguet , Loyola University Maryland We revise the conventional wisdom that Africas international borders were drawn arbitrarily. Europeans knew very little about most of Africa in the mid-1880s, but their self-interested goals of amassing territory prompted intensive examination of on-the-ground conditions as t

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