Maitri Learning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cultural geography is about more than where things are located on the earth. It helps us recognize that we are beautifully diverse in our cultural choices and fundamentally the same in our humanity. In all of the work we do with children, we are creating a model for what humans are all about. How do people live?

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Geography Cultures Teaching Humanities 52

ED Surge

MAY 20, 2022

How might anyone justify the point of view that having stronger and better human relationships, where community members of all races and backgrounds can participate and thrive, is counterproductive? Now more than ever, schools must embrace the human-centric opportunities of SEL and reject false and frenzied challenges.

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Humanities Economics Cultures Research 133

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. Something that Koffi Kouakou foregrounds. Koffi Kouakou: It. You know, AI’s emerged and I think.

Cultures 98

Cultures History Anthropology Tradition 98

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

We seek to uncover the myriad ways in which treasures, both tangible and intangible, are perceived, created, sought after, and understood across different cultures and throughout time. Biological treasures: the significance of biodiversity and human genetic heritage in anthropology.

Anthropology 52

Anthropology Heritage Artifacts Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2018

Related: How to save the humanities? Fewer than one in 20 of all degrees now are in humanities disciplines traditionally associated with the liberal arts, according to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Leave this field empty if you're human: Small private liberal arts colleges also continue to close, most recently St.

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Humanities Social Science History Economics 97

ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

And though the struggles in early childhood education are largely systemic, it’s the individual, humanizing, heart-wrenching stories that are more likely to change public perception and, eventually, shift policy. What came through in interviews was her human-centered approach. We felt that was ideal for our organization in this moment.”

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K-12 Advocacy Leadership Professional Development 103

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I played guitar in a punk rock band, scoured music magazines, wrote song lyrics and even booked and promoted local concerts. Whether my own kids are “good at school” or not, how do I make sure that the culture of academic pressure and urgency in school doesn’t negatively impact their self-worth? I don’t know.

Elementary School 98

Elementary School Psychology Classroom Management Humanities 98

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Students were free to choose their poems from the dozens that have been featured at the magazine and to create a social media post that could be published. Our goal was to showcase how Jason’s use of the rose becomes a metaphor to display the juxtaposition of the humanity that exists within the perpetrators who perform these violent acts.

Anthropology 75

Anthropology Archiving History Humanities 75

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. They don’t speak the language; they don’t understand the culture, the routines—all of that invisible stuff that we take for granted.

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Advocacy Cultures Elementary School Research 92

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Executive functions are the most complex brain functions — the most “human” functions that separate us from apes and other animals. Because language-learning and use is so complex — arguably the most complex behavior we human beings engage in — it involves many levels. Where are these benefits expressed in the brain?

Humanities 94

Humanities Research Teaching Cultures 94

Pedagogy and Formation

MARCH 21, 2022

I had read school readers and some school magazine stories, a lot of comics and a couple of editions of Boys Own Annual. For example, some teachers see it is as a vehicle for sustaining our cultural heritage. It sustains, enriches and sometimes rebukes the cultural practices of our day. But I had never read a novel of my choice.

Teaching 52

Teaching Heritage Cultures Humanities 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As the co-founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and editor and research director of the organization’s magazine, The Crisis, he published his opposition to the unequal treatment of Black Americans and promoted Black nationalism. Black community. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Museum 52

Museum Social Studies Advocacy Heritage 52

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

You will hold regular (a minimum of five) meetings based on a collective reading of Teaching for Black Lives and a recent issue of Rethinking Schools magazine. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) Human Rights Committee of 20 members formed a study group that is embedded into their regular monthly meetings.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Library 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. They’re just exploring, learning the cultural customs, how the world works, and how to talk to people.”. Sign up for our newsletter.

Cultures 84

Cultures Research Humanities K-12 84

Strange Maps

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Lemuria, the ancestral home of humanity? In 1870, German biologist Ernst Haeckel suggested that Lemuria could be the ancestral home of humanity, as a way of explaining “missing links” in the fossil record of early humans. Interbreeding with animals eventually produced ape-like ancestors to some of the human races.

Humanities 52

Humanities Museum Government History 52

Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

PC Magazine concisely defines user data as “any data a user creates or owns,” but this flaunts the crux of user data’s ethical quagmire: to what extent do any users own their data? User data became an ethnographic source in my research that illuminated much of my understanding of AI-human relationality.

Anthropology 52

Anthropology Humanities Government Human Rights 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. Sign up for our newsletter. Or view the whole series. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

Teaching 78

Teaching Education Government Tradition 78

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Listen to the interview with Julia Torres, Cicely Lewis, and Julie Stivers ( transcript ): Sponsored by Alpaca and Scholastic Magazines+ This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. Curating the kind of library that truly reflects the diversity of human experience takes time, intention, money, and good tools.

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Library Social Justice Pedagogy Humanities 235

TeachThought

OCTOBER 10, 2024

StarTalk Radio: Hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, covering space, physics, and other science-related topics with humor and pop culture references. Orbital Path : Hosted by Dr. Michelle Thaller, it explores the cosmos, space exploration, and humanity’s place in the universe.

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Heritage Psychology Museum History 144

ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

But within those blanket terms to describe “minorities” are dozens of cultures with unique heritages, ethnicities, and geographic locations. People from those cultures have nuanced histories, perspectives, and experiences in the U.S. who are not white. and in its schools. Claire Jean Kim, Ph.D., What Can Education Leaders Do?

Heritage 101

Heritage Education K-12 American History 101

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Why is this? Earlier this year, Opportunity HUB selected 125 undergraduates from 60 schools as part of its flagship program, HBCU@SXSW ; SXSW is the popular annual gathering that explores “what’s next in the worlds of film, culture, music, and technology.” Sign up for our newsletter.

Research 93

Research Economics Humanities Cultures 93

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

‘The doubly disadvantaged’ Culture shock, along with looks of suspicion like those Inoa and Santos experienced at Dartmouth, often shapes the experience of students whom Harvard sociologist Anthony Abraham Jack dubs “ the doubly disadvantaged ” — meaning they’ve come from public high schools that are both segregated and largely poor.

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Sociology Leadership Library High School 106

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Antioch publishes the prestigious literary magazine The Antioch Review. The college motto: “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”. Colleges and universities in general “tend not to be built for that, when you have layers of culture and hundreds of years of tradition behind you,” Manley said.

Economics 90

Economics Social Justice Psychology Library 90

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. Cover illustration, Life magazine, February 18, 1926, showing a well dressed old man dancing with a flapper. How about a document on the 1920s? Held, John, Jr. 1926) Library of Congress.

American History 52

American History Library History Government 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Sports Illustrated magazine narrated the events in its August 26, 2019 issue. It’s the bond between two humans, exemplified in this sacred student-teacher relationship, that needs our full attention, not Trump’s tweets. Nobody cares about me!” Granados-Diaz] screamed. Lowe looked into his eyes. “I I care about you,” he said.

Education 40

Education Leadership Humanities Cultures 40

Life and Landscapes

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The latest in his Surrounding book series, “Fort Knox including Southern Indiana” is a hefty 760-page mix of—for starters—human, geological, and biological history. Prepare yourself to be educated, fascinated, and motivated by Ronald R. Van Stockum Jr.

History 52

History Cultures Humanities Education 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

In 1950, amid the fervor of McCarthyism, the Yale Law Journal delved into a controversy between The Nation and The New York City Board of Education after the left-leaning magazine published articles critical of Roman Catholic church doctrine and dogma. The school board voted to remove The Nation from school libraries.

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Library Heritage K-12 High School 120

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” context and shared cultural history. 972 Magazine is an independent magazine run by a group of Palestinian and Israeli journalists.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

In the window of a Morton Catholic outreach center, a sign in both Spanish and English seeks recruits: “Hang live birds for processing in a humane manner. And it encourages teachers to connect whatever content they are teaching to the culture and traditions of ELL students. Hang 26 live birds per minute for slaughter.”.

Elementary School 98

Elementary School K-12 Teaching Middle School 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The mural, which stretches the length of a football field, intersperses student artwork with text from the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was inspired by a group of eighth graders who, in December 2012, just months after Yousafzai’s shooting, had attended a human rights conference in Canada.

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Human Rights Education Heritage Library 130

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

I am co-facilitating today’s class with high school teacher, Prentiss Charney Fellow , and great all around human being, T. Formally, he was the director of a place that we hold very dear, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Whitaker, who has been part of this series for a long time. It’s good to have you with us.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Hechinger Report, in partnership with The Boston Globe Magazine, analyzed a 264-letter sample to get a sense of both sides. New Hampshire schools have become battlegrounds in the culture wars over racism and gender identity, and comprehensive education on the Holocaust is in danger, experts and teachers say.

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Teaching Social Studies History High School 145