A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Students discussed the definitions of marketing and advertising and how they are different. Vicari’s business classes utilized YouTube, a variety of video sites, and websites to preview Superbowl commercials as an introduction to the semester Marketing/Advertising course.

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

DECEMBER 3, 2017

There are SO MANY fun ways to make economics activities engaging and hands-on for students, and it’s a great way to incorporate a little math into instruction. This post shares some of my favorite ways to teach economics to upper elementary students. I begin my economics unit by teaching about goods and services.

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Geography Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

” SOURCE: WPRI This story about this old mill being demolished (which is less than 2 miles from my residence) definitely hits close to home. Growth and development are signs in the cultural landscape that show change in the economic landscape. So too are decline and decay.

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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. That’s using a broad definition of humanities that includes “communications,” a popular major that now makes up more than a quarter of all humanities graduates.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

I definitely feel like it was worth it, honestly. Ramirez said they were not granted any funding.) Still, Ramirez said they got to be a “fly on the wall” as bands came into the studio to record, and occasionally got to practice using the equipment. “I Like, despite all the money that was lost,” Ramirez said. “It

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This story is part of our Map to the Middle Class project , where we ask readers what they want us to investigate about educational pathways to economic stability. He asks : What are the projections for the size of the middle class assuming current economic and demographic trends? This question comes from Kieran Hanrahan.

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ED Surge

JUNE 18, 2024

The throughline across all of them,” Carman notes, “is that families need more economic stability.” Economic Instability Has Increased Many families report that it has become more difficult to meet their basic needs, particularly in the areas of health care and housing. Their responses can be distilled into a few ideas.

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Moler's Musing

MARCH 24, 2025

Final Thoughts Ive definitely fallen into the trap of thinking more stuff equals better. Map and Tell : Great for tracking movement or showing change over time. 3xPOV : When multiple perspectives matter (like Manifest Destiny or American Revolution). I cant always make everything exciting.

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ED Surge

MAY 16, 2024

So the definition of being in the classroom, or the leniency of coming into the classroom because of health, has I think changed a lot. You think there might be an economic prompt, if nothing else, to maximize this experience, but it sounds like that's not the case for everybody? You've signed up to go to college. You would think.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2021

But overcoming the pandemic-driven economic crisis will require much more than good intentions and billions in new spending. An economic recession is now making this worse. It’s no surprise that all eyes are turned to Washington as the nation claws its way out of a recession and scrambles to distribute vaccines.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Lewontin published his calculations in a short paper in 1972 that ended with this definitive conclusion: “Since … racial classification is now seen to be of virtually no genetic or taxonomic significance either, no justification can be offered for its continuance.” For the last several hundred years in the U.S.

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Definition: PVTGs constitute the most vulnerable section among tribals and inhabit isolated, remote and difficult areas in small and scattered hamlets/ habitats. d) Health, (Gap filling for effective health service delivery beyond NHM etc). d) Health, (Gap filling for effective health service delivery beyond NHM etc).

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ED Surge

MARCH 12, 2024

He recently served as the first civil society fellow in artificial intelligence and machine learning at the World Economic Forum, where he led research on AI, job quality and work augmentation. Ben Wildavsky, author of the new book, “ The Career Arts: Making the Most of College, Credentials, and Connections.”

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History Havoc

JULY 10, 2024

We do not have income tax here, but definitely would if we left the United States. Regardless of our status in the economic world, things would drastically change. So, there is no legal basis for Texas to secede. And let’s face it, it wouldn’t be the best move. The post Can Texas Secede?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The definition of “adequate growth” is a complicated formula that includes student’s TCAP scores and the probability that they’ll reach proficiency by 10th grade. Research on retention laws in other states indicates Black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students are more likely to be retained. “We

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2023

That’s taken a dramatic toll on colleges and universities, with severe consequences for society and economic growth — a situation now also being faced by the United States, where the number of 18-year-olds has begun to drop in some states and soon will fall nationwide.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Community pride is evident here, but inherent language barriers in the student population and many socio-economic challenges require that teachers like Salvador Sainz stay laser-focused on ensuring equitable access to educational opportunities. Definitely. I definitely appreciated that. More from KiwiCo.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2021

It definitely throws them off track,” said Samuel West, District P-16 director at Houston Community College. As the United States enters the second year of an economic downturn caused by Covid-19, dual enrollment offers a way for students to get degrees and certificates they need to boost their job prospects, while saving money.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2023

The area is economically depressed, with the highest unemployment rate in the state and an economy reliant on tourism. My high school, North Country Union , is located in the Northeast Kingdom (NEK), the most rural and largest geographic region of Vermont. This sense of community is evident in our school programming as well.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2022

Initially, the built-in education to counteract uncontrollable mega-modernity was Home Economics—emphasis on economics. However, since the ’70s, schools dropped Home Economics as they became driven more by employers’ demands, not human needs. Without it, a promising future by any definition is wishful thinking.

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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. East-West geopolitical competition and spreading anti-colonial struggles also fuelled concern about the peasantry, which was at the time and by almost any definition the majority of humankind.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2022

Both are not only on track to graduate, but are working toward definite career goals. While San Antonio is one of the fastest growing economic regions in the U.S., That was definitely the case for Garza, now 19. “It Gilmore boasts a 4.0 Garza is on schedule to earn a welding certificate at St.

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social, political, and economic challenges faced by humanity (Kahle and Gurel-Atay 2014). The report included what is now one of the most widely recognised definitions of sustainable development.

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ED Surge

APRIL 28, 2022

This year, 57 such experts identified social, technological, economic, environmental and political trends influencing the higher ed sector. An economic trend that the research identifies as significant is the growth of the digital economy.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s unfair, it’s discriminatory, and it disadvantages already economically disadvantaged kids,” said Jack Fletcher, co-founder of the Texas Center for Learning Disabilities in Houston and one of the first scientists to question the discrepancy model’s validity. “He The studies came just as the U.S.

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Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

We also tied this back to mercantilism, which we covered last week, emphasizing how England’s focus on economic gain allowed the colonies to develop their own political systems. I’ll definitely be using this strategy again. I don’t have a definitive answer yet.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2020

The devastating economic stress of the coronavirus pandemic, coupled with the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, marks a critical moment of reflection to give definition to and create opportunities for understanding disability justice, not just disability rights.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Maddie Drake, who lives in Greenville, Kentucky, must decide between going away to Mount Holyoke or choosing the more economical University of Louisville. I definitely do not want to be sitting in my bedroom, doing school.” – Sophie Fogel, 17. I definitely do not want to be sitting in my bedroom doing school.”.

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ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2022

I definitely feel it's helped with burnout,” Carey says. One study , which appeared in February’s Economics of Education Review, looked at how the number of days and total hours students spend in school each week impacts their math and English test scores. Carey has Fridays off, and Standage has Tuesdays off. “I

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2018

Most of our district’s students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Although completing a micro-credential is autonomous work by definition, I continually feel connected to a group of learners throughout the process. Engaging with micro-credentials continues to be an empowering experience for me.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2024

Until fairly recently, that decision made economic sense. If successful, the new college could bring economic growth to one of the poorest and least educated parts of the country and serve as a model for the thousands of other “educational deserts” scattered across America. We definitely need more nursing opportunities here.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2021

It doesn’t make a lot of sense to hold someone’s transcript hostage because then they’re not going to definitely continue to be enrolled in your college.”. Economics. “I “In order to access that data, we would need institutions that come forth and actually open their books,” Jones said. “It

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2024

We definitely teach the fundamentals that let people understand the science of it, and what it means to do climate adaptation, and mitigation,” he added. Like Duke with its fluency framework, Dickinson follows a broad definition of sustainability, Leary says.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The focus of our effort— Inclusive Innovation —is supported by research summarized in the report, Making Innovation Benefit All: Policies for Inclusive Growth from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

Clinical interventions are not the only way — and often not the most appropriate or effective way — to support young people who may be temporarily struggling with feelings that do not meet the full psychological definition of mental illness. Rising college costs have also raised the stakes for many students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

But that also depends on how they use the rest of their time, said Judith Scott-Clayton, a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. As for the companies’ largesse, it has an economic motive, said Nicole Smith, chief economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

We needed to do a better job getting the word out,” said Van Ton-Quinlivan, the system’s vice chancellor for workforce and economic development. Skilled trades show among the highest potential among job categories, the economic-modeling company Emsi calculates. We definitely wanted to get out of the colleges’ way,” Ton-Quinlivan said.

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