The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2024

While some progress has been made since then, institutions can still do a better job connecting their educational and economic mobility missions; recent research indicates that college graduates are having a hard time putting their degrees to work. Make coursework-career connections a campuswide priority. see College Scorecard ).

Economics 98

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As an assistant professor of economics at City College in New York, Shankar knew that one of the most important requirements of scientific research was often missing from studies of the effectiveness of online higher education: a control group. This is action research on steroids!” This story also appeared in The New York Times.

Research 78

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2024

This kind of work pulls faculty, students and researchers away from grand, picturesque campuses with neat grassy quads like UVM’s and into neighborhoods like Bristol’s mobile home park, 30 miles away and a world apart, where people can be surprised to see them.

Economics 95

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Anthropology.net

MAY 24, 2024

Introduction: A Landmark Discovery in Qaleh Kurd Cave In a momentous archaeological breakthrough, French and Iranian researchers have unearthed compelling evidence of early human habitation in Iran's Central Plateau, pushing back the known timeline of human settlement in the region by an astonishing 300,000 years.

Archaeology 87

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

TNTP researchers plunged into a giant pool of data housed at Stanford University that tracked hundreds of millions of students’ scores on state tests at more than half the elementary and middle schools in the nation from 2009 to 2018. In that study, Chicago emerged as the nation’s most effective school district.

Charter School 128

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Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

iii] According to anthropologist George Dalton, “Peasants were legal, political, social, and economic inferiors in medieval Europe. Some scholars emphasized generic cultural or “folk” characteristics of peasants. [vi] vi] These scholars are the generations of researchers inspired most notably by Robert Redfield’s Folk Urban Continuum.

Anthropology 100

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Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Although, these categories of findings are often seen as ‘objective’ and scientific in nature and are not really linked to existing socio-cultural hierarchies, their use by the ruling dispensation like what Hoddar (2005) argues are nevertheless part of politics, politics of identity construction and formulation.

Archaeology 130

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Critics say she misrepresents research to make her case and her ideas actually impede students. This is a whole effort to shut me down, my research and my writing,” said Boaler. “I But Boaler’s popularity and influence have made her a focal point in the current math wars, which also seem to reflect the broader culture wars.

Social Justice 139

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Anthropology for Beginners

MAY 17, 2021

The long history of ethnographic research especially because of the dominant paradigm of functionalism, scholars have been of the perception that villages were self sufficient units that doesn’t really have a strong connection with the urban centres. Its population is relativelv homogeneous in culture of origin.

Anthropology 130

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

An international study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that students who had more books at home reported that they enjoyed reading more. OECD researchers wonder if the presence of physical books at home still matters in the digital age. OECD researchers are most worried about poorer students.

Economics 142

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In addition to long commutes, homesickness and culture shock, many students arrive underprepared in key subjects like math and science. Alyssa Ratledge is a research associate at MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that is conducting an evaluation of Montana 10.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2023

Over and over, we read news stories and research studies demonstrating that Black learners face huge barriers in attending and completing college and gaining a strong economic foothold. Some estimates, including one from Citi , find that the racial economic divide has cost our country $16 trillion over the last two decades.

Economics 108

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 4, 2024

UT Translation Symposium kskordal Mon, 03/04/2024 - 15:03 Image April 19-20, 2024 Translation Across Time And Space The departments of Classics and World Languages and Cultures (WLC) are co-hosting their first symposium on literary translation on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Friday, April 19 - Saturday, April 20, 2024.

Economics 52

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Through intricate interactions and movements, farmers, agropastoralists, and herders have shaped the plateau's economic and cultural landscape. Unlocking Ancient Connections: Geospatial Insights and Archaeological Evidence A groundbreaking study 1 , conducted by researchers from Washington University in St. 1 Chen, X.,

Archaeology 52

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Political Science Now

APRIL 8, 2024

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. The study challenges conventional interpretations of radical right support as solely a rural phenomenon or a product of adverse economic conditions.

Political Science 46

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Anthropology.net

MAY 11, 2024

The settlement, whose surface material points to both the Vinča culture and the Banat culture (5400-4400 BCE), has a surface area of up to 13 ha and is surrounded by four to six ditches. Insights from Surface Surveys In tandem with geophysical surveys, the researchers scoured the surrounding landscape for surface artifacts.

Museum 52

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

As we discussed all facets of the current educational landscape, buzzwords, fads, opinions, and trends, we came to the realization that there was a need to bring everything together, align all the talk to research, and illustrate through a practitioner lens how to transform teaching, learning, and leadership.

Leadership 284

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

students in global assessments in math and science is another troubling statistic: According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, fifteen-year-old girls in 65 countries generally outperformed boys worldwide, but in the United States, boys outperformed girls in quantitative studies. News STEM Summit 2012.

Economics 288

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Lincoln County is rural and rugged, forged by industry and ecology and steeped in a complicated history of extraction, exploitation and economic struggle. Economic uncertainty in the 1990s and 2000s forced fluctuations in demand. Though it will be challenging, Rayome said, Lincoln County will adapt to a new economic future.

Economics 88

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Striving to preserve material cultural heritage, experts disapprove of treasure hunting, which they view as a financially motivated and rather vulgar search for material riches. The absence of a financial reward does not seem to hinder treasure hunting. What else may motivate one to search for treasures, then?

Artifacts 60

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ED Surge

MARCH 12, 2024

Of course there are many factors, but in this same period of time there have been a growing number of messages in popular culture giving highly skeptical views of college. By 2019 that had fallen to just 41 percent. So what is happening here?

Economics 116

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The voices above represent just a handful of the 80 Asian American K-12 educators who gathered with EdSurge Research in the summer of 2022 to connect in small groups and reflect on their experiences working in U.S. We at EdSurge Research are shining a light on Asian American educators to uplift their unique stories and experiences.

Ancestry 131

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 5, 2024

The tomb, belonging to an elite chief from the Coclé culture, reveals not only a trove of gold treasures but also a haunting glimpse into sacrificial rituals and burial customs of the past. 1 Martínez, E. DESCUBREN IMPORTANTE TUMBA CON SUNTUOSO AJUAR DE ORO EN PARQUE ARQUEOLÓGICO EL CAÑO.

Archaeology 52

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The less-selective schools that graduate high shares of low-income students help them succeed not only by reducing financial barriers, but also by providing an array of academic support through learning communities, peer support and undergraduate research experiences.

Tutoring 91

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This article accompanies a short film COOL TECH , which was produced as part of the Cool Infrastructures research project. Rather than using film to communicate a set of preconfigured ideas, we primarily relied on it as a tool for research and a method for setting up encounters in the field.

Anthropology 52

Anthropology Economics Cultures Humanities 52

Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

Through an audio essay, inspired by John Akomfrah’s documentary “The Last Angel of History,” attention is drawn to South Africa’s evolving visual scene and its engagement with cultural nuances within the NFT AI space. Again, is anything ever really new? Generate a summary of the article. Koffi Kouakou: It.

Cultures 71

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 1, 2024

Like historians, CHA uses the past to formulate research questions, describe complex social processes, and generate new theoretical insights. CHA builds a bridge between these two research traditions and developed a heterodox methodological toolbox. economic crisis, pandemics, wars) or slower moving trends (i.e.

Political Science 50

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2023

This story also appeared in The Washington Post It wasn’t the Department of Education that made the loan, or the Treasury or Interior departments, or any of the many government departments that support academic research. Credit: The Gazette Rural colleges and universities have significant economic value to their surrounding communities.

Economics 121

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance. Research shows that teacher quality is the most important school-related factor influencing student achievement.

Social Justice 145

Social Justice Leadership Cultures Professional Development 145

Anthropology for Beginners

JUNE 1, 2021

2 The methodological and theoretical use of spatiality within anthropology began with ethnographies that examined the relationship of architecture and culture. He criticizes world-systems analyses as being too simplified to reflect the complexity and fluidity of the “creolization” of postcolonial culture. 1 Racialized Space.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Global Connections Geography Cultures 130

ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2023

When I came to Achievement First Brooklyn High School eight years ago as the ninth grade literature teacher, it was my fourth year of teaching and my first time in a school that was unapologetically rooted in the “no excuses” model , which centers a results-driven culture that prioritizes strict behavioral procedures and academic policies.

Leadership 87

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2023

There are a number of research organizations collecting data about foreign language study and multilingualism in the U.S., however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations. Nationwide research is also relatively infrequent — the most recent in-depth study of U.S. The answer? Not enough.

K-12 106

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

The country’s next generation of leaders is pushing for racial equity, economic equality, disability justice and gender and sexual liberation; to succeed they will need the observational and analytical skills that can be developed by studying ideas, historical events, aesthetic works and cultural practices.

Social Justice 116

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2023

For example, research shows that reports of depression and anxiety increased sevenfold among Asian Americans during the pandemic, according to Stephanie Cherestal, Ph.D., The discrepancy stems from systemic factors like economic inequality, as well as cultural ones.

Psychology 98

Psychology Project-Based Learning Cultures Economics 98

Anthropology News

JANUARY 31, 2024

The economic significance of shipbreaking means that national and international NGOs seeking to ban the industry in Bangladesh remain unpopular. Landless tenants and a low-income Hindu minority, they lack the social connections and economic leverage to have any political voice.

Anthropology 126

Anthropology Economics Government Research 126

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In the post-war boom of the 1950s, college students were confident of their economic futures and many studied liberal arts subjects such as English, history and philosophy. Current economic anxieties that erupted with the pandemic in 2020 are certainly not helping the humanities now. “It’s That’s true for college students too.

Humanities 137

Humanities Economics History Psychology 137

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The fact that there is no valid research base to support these mandates just builds greater resentment for the change process. Where there still is forced change turmoil, economic instability, and mistrust run rampant. This is a great example of forced change. Forced change rarely works.

K-12 346

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