The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2025

By now, you may have seen the recent spate of articles bemoaning the plight of the novel, that outdated 18th-century technology that adults have long forsaken and that some schools are beginning to shrug off. If we want students to invest in the great, global conversation of the humanities, its going to take a bit of salespersonship.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 29, 2018

It will affect the very essence of the way humans experience the world. The first one below pulled from an article titled Automate This: Building the Perfect 21st-Century Worker , represents the skills our learners will need to compete in a more automated world. Known to some as Industry 4.0,

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

But how did ancient humans experience and describe these feelings? By analyzing one million words of Akkadian cuneiform, researchers unearthed fascinating connections between emotional states and specific body parts, offering fresh insights into human emotional experience through time. iScience, 29 (1), Article 111365.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“That’s why good teaching about citizenship involves students in an intentional study of human behavior.” For Little, government class entails “constitutional study and human behavior study side by side.” After Little’s students read an excerpt of Federalist 51, he asks them whether Madison’s view of human nature is correct.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The article is titled, “Children as playful artists: Integrating developmental psychology to identify children’s art in the Upper Palaeolithic. This suggests that children may have recognized and elaborated upon the figurative potential of their own creations, blending play and representation in a uniquely human way.

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Sapiens

MARCH 5, 2024

An archaeologist explains how remains recently recovered from a cave in present-day Germany suggest that Neanderthals and modern humans populated Europe together for at least 10,000 years. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽

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NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

Very few scholarly books, including those that prove to be the most important and influential, ever reach the public; journal articles remain invisible. Some of those articles are written for mass-market publications, while others focus on specific topics and outlets ranging from nursing to Black culture to material artifacts.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens are both humans, but they differ in many ways. This research challenges prevailing assumptions about speciation, offering a more nuanced framework for interpreting the evolutionary history of modern humans and their closest relatives. What Defines a Species? ” Dr. . J., & Conde, C.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

There is no substitute for real human interaction as this is the ultimate relationship builder. As I was researching for some solid pedagogical links, I came across this wonderful article that Todd Finley wrote for Edutopia titled Rethinking Whole Class Discussion. I am always inspired when I eavesdrop on these conversations.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 16, 2015

The best leaders are able to bring their people into the future because they engage in the oldest form of research: They observe the human condition." In his article he states that compelling visions can truly change the world. The authors explain that in order to effectively lead change, a shared vision has to be created. "

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Inclusion in the general education classroom is a human right Abby Taylor recently earned her doctorate in special education at Vanderbilt University, where Douglas Fuchs, the author of the controversial paper, is a professor. This article is the first time Ive seen this complexity well represented. Taylor emailed me. My top concern?

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

That’s when British colonizers switched their trade focus from gold to human beings, and the trade of enslaved people intensified in West Africa and across the Atlantic. As Logan wrote in a 2016 American Anthropologist article , “chronic food insecurity is a condition that was made rather than a condition that has always been.”

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. THE SWITCH TO SINGLETONS Modern humans overwhelmingly birth just a single childa rather large child with an even larger head.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. An article appeared in the Global Post , which highlighted this portion of our trip. Once again they recorded their daily journey on the trip blo g.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 1, 2018

Through the process of inquiry, individuals construct much of their understanding of the natural and human-designed worlds. The article from WNET explains why this is so important: Effective inquiry is more than just asking questions. Individuals carry on the process of inquiry from the time they are born until they die.

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The purpose of this symposium is to share approaches to the teaching of human rights and to develop pedagogical materials for the discipline. The symposium will be led by the Editor-in-Chief of Human Rights Review , George Andreopoulos (CUNY John Jay and Graduate Center), and the Pedagogical Section Editor for Human Rights Review , Steven D.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Hirsch, a professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia, argues that democracy benefits when the citizenry shares a body of knowledge and history, which he calls cultural literacy. These ideas have revived interest in E.D. Hirschs Core Knowledge curriculum, which gained popularity in the late 1980s.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2018

An article by Jonathan Gottschall in Fast Company sums it up well: " Humans live in a storm of stories. I cannot overstate the importance of telling good stories to develop a new narrative in the education space. Science has shown how storytelling impacts the brain and aids in getting importance message across to diverse audiences.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The scientific establishment, still enthralled by the Eurocentric idea that human origins were tied to Asia or Europe, was unwilling to accept an African cradle for humanity. The collection of articles, written by a diverse group of African and international scholars, urges us to rethink the legacy of this discovery.

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Anthropology.net

JULY 6, 2024

Were humans or climate change responsible for these losses? The Role of Human Hunting Researchers from the Danish National Research Foundation's Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO) at Aarhus University have concluded that human hunting played a decisive role in these extinctions.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , suggests these plaques may represent one of humanity's earliest attempts at recording genealogy—a non-verbal precursor to modern ancestry documentation. eyes, noses) weakens this claim.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. The error perhaps was in believing that this was a single event in a linear, evolutionary understanding of humanity through time. The findings offer essential clues about gender roles and social structures in ancient Europe.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Thanks to discoveries in the fields of organizational psychology and neuroscience, we can gain a better understanding of what human traits or behaviors are best suited for leadership, and why they are of benefit to the organizations and teams these individuals lead. Integrity There might not be a more critical focus than this one.

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Strange Maps

MARCH 3, 2025

Opposite moral universes At issue is a set of heatmaps from a scientific article exploring the moral circles of liberals and conservatives. As the lines show, a similar pattern does emerge, with liberals showing empathy mainly toward broader circles (nonhumans), while conservatives do so towards the closer ones (humans). Credit : A.

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TeachThought

APRIL 5, 2024

Flip humanizes remote learning because students can see and hear each other. And from this article, you’ve had the chance to learn about eight of them. As their teacher, you use the tool to pose prompts or questions, and in response, the students record video clips to share their reflections, thoughts, or presentations.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2017

In his article he states the following: " The fast-paced, dynamic world of rapid change that used to be confined to distressed organizations is now everyone’s world. Mark Bilton goes on in his article to describe the five pillars of authentic leadership: collaboration, vision, empathy, groundedness, and ethics.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nilsson is an English teacher by training, but he has embraced the “digital humanities,” teaching students how to code to answer questions about books, speeches, news coverage, rap lyrics and more. The post Students analyze rap lyrics with code in digital humanities class appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Subscribe today!

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The Effortful Educator

MARCH 17, 2025

I have my thoughts on thisbut Ill save that for another article. : ) And, of course, students have discovered AIs capabilities. If teachers are not considering how humans learn when designing what, where, and why humans learnthe classroom and the lesson could be incredibly inefficient and ineffective.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 13, 2018

Of course, you have, as this is just a part of human nature. Image credit In a recent article Joani Junkala shares some great thoughts on the importance of stepping outside our comfort zones. In our personal lives, complacency can result if we are happy or content with where we are.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. This article is a part of The Conversation’s series on unique courses. For other articles in this series, read here and here. Today’s college students may benefit from an exciting array of subjects to study.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 16, 2025

The human urge to collect and preserve objects, what Jacques Derrida calls archive fever , takeson special significance when there is no body to bury, no grave to visit. Her four-decade vigil of preservation reflects not only personal grief, but also how humans create and curate meaning amid violent political upheaval.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2019

In the last few months, I have read several articles about increasing pushback against the use of technology in schools. In part, I can understand the fears articulated in each of these articles because I see some serious problems with the way technology is being used in schools. #1 1 Technology is often used to isolate learners.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 26, 2024

The prize committee thought that the article was innovative, as it challenges our conceptions of valuable components of grading. The article focuses on how to assess learning gains through student effort and engagement as opposed to summative demonstration of knowledge only.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 7, 2011

In an article for SEEN Magazine Dr. Daggett provides some nice working definitions for these two terms: Rigor - Academic rigor refers to learning in which students demonstrate a thorough in-depth mastery of challenging tasks to develop cognitive skills through reflective thought, analysis, problem solving, evaluation or creativity.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 11, 2025

This piece, written by Ewa Nizalowska, covers the new article by Rouven Symank, “Durkheims Empire: The Concept of Solidarity and its Colonial Dimension.” Rather, he saw mechanical forms of solidarity as already containing all of the elements of organic solidarity, like an embryo that grows into a human being.

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Edthena

MARCH 6, 2025

Thats the question explored in the recent Education Week article, “Can AI Effectively Coach Teachers?” “The AI experience is just one tool in coaches arsenalsits meant to reinforce reflection and goal-setting done with human coaches,” she said. In the news Can artificial intelligence effectively coach teachers?

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Geography Education

MAY 1, 2024

’ This article highlights great, everyday examples that shows how cultural patterns and processes change and why they matter. In an analogous example to those given in the article, Mexicans are very proud of their cuisine, but must remember that nothing is created in cultural or geographic isolation.

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