Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The late David Graeber was an American professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics. His best-known writings challenged views in liberal economics about the origins of money, attempting to reconceive the historical relationship between debt and social institutions.

Anthropology 96

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 4, 2021

Most of the class might be considered economically disadvantaged, but still, many would celebrate the holiday with turkey and other traditional goodies of the season. The first-grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment—to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. And they were.

Cultures 512

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Farmers planted grains to make traditional dishes such as starchy, mild fufu and thick, warm tuo zaafi , and households stored surplus tubers in their wattle-and-daub homes to nourish them throughout the year. In addition, colonial economics created food shortages in Banda and across West Africa.

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Geography Education

MAY 1, 2024

Migrant from what are now the countries of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Turkey brought the Middle Eastern traditional manner of cooking meat and it became a new thing when it can to Mexico. Street tacos made with meat cooked on a rotating spit (al pastor) came to Mexican after WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

Heritage 130

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

School leaders are increasingly turning to organizations like the World Economic Forum and analyzing data on the most in-demand skills for the next five years. Brian Johnsrud The latest World Economic Forum Jobs Report highlights the top skills that will rise in importance by 2027. How is AI changing teaching and learning strategies?

Advocacy 97

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

They were far more likely to have entered the profession without first earning a traditional education degree at a college or university, instead completing an alternative certification program on the job, often without student teaching under supervision. Math teachers at high-poverty schools tended to have weaker professional preparation.

Middle School 131

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CORE Econ

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Great news from the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ! Microeconomics has been found to devote the highest share of pages to climate change among US introductory economics textbooks. An analysis of introductory economics textbooks. A traditional competitor such as N. The Economy 2.0: Krugman and R.

Economics 52

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

These new roles could become the “blue-collar” jobs of the future — the positions that can promise middle-class security without necessarily requiring a traditional higher-education degree. Traditional higher-education institutions and technology companies have a significant role to play as well.

Economics 57

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The vibrant shades offered by ochre became instrumental in creating artwork that spanned the boundaries of the Stone Age, preserving a tradition that endures in many modern cultures worldwide. The enduring tradition of ochre use in Eswatini and beyond showcases the remarkable consistency in human expression across time.

Archaeology 77

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Anthropology for Beginners

MAY 17, 2021

At one end of the continuum was the "modern" city of Merida, while at the other was a small, "traditional" indigenous village. Thus Merida was a modern city populated with many individuals who participated in national and international affairs, were relatively free to make social and economic decisions, and had modern worldviews.

Anthropology 130

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The scheme aims at planning their socio-economic development in a comprehensive manner while retaining the culture and heritage of the community by adopting habitat development approach and intervening in all spheres of their social and economic life, so that a visible impact is made in improvement of the quality of life of PVTGs.

Heritage 100

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Strange Maps

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Economics and religion. Mormonism is Utah’s dominant religious tradition, which prizes community — and large families. That’s two years more than retiree magnet Florida and fully 13 years more than Utah, the state with the lowest median age (32 years). Why the big gap? That makes Utah an outlier within the U.S.,

Economics 88

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CORE Econ

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In a two year long journey, Weikai Chen, Assistant Professor of Economics at Renmin University of China, made it to the city-level stage of the 13th Beijing Young Teachers’ Teaching Skills Competition. I am an assistant professor at the School of Economics at Renmin University of China in Beijing. My name is Weikai Chen. Which parts?

Economics 52

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Students seeking a traditional four-year college experience in their home state must travel more than 225 miles to Montana State University in Billings. For high schoolers there dreaming of a college education, the nearest option, Dawson Community College , is about 70 miles away.

Education 131

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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. These scholarly traditions produced a wealth of theory and data that has been discovered by contemporary anthropology, but they do not constitute the historical back ground of the anthropology of peasantry.

Anthropology 100

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 22, 2018

A few years back the World Economic Forum came out with an article titled The 10 skills you need to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Allow students to explore a topic of interest in OpenCourseware and then demonstrate what they have learned in non-traditional ways (see IOCS ).

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

In order to understand the significance of microcredentials, their ability to help meet workforce demands , and the dilemma these short-term credentials are causing to traditional higher education, we must first walk through the ways college has evolved during its nearly 400 years of history in our nation. According to historian Benjamin T.

Education 121

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Stacie Johnson Leader of Professional Development at Khan Academy Johnsrud: The World Economic Forum this past year reported that creative thinking is the number-one skill needed across industries globally in the next five years. EdSurge: Some people feel that being creative means being artistic and, therefore, claim to be “not creative.”

Pedagogy 124

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Students of History

MAY 24, 2024

This year marked the first time that applicants were required to submit video essays on their favorite history lessons, as opposed to traditional essays. Kimi Falatko, who taught Toyosi in Public Policy, shared her first impression of Toyosi during a field trip to Baltimore County’s Office of Economic Development. ” Ms.

History 98

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A cornerstone of this effort has been what is called “corequisite support,” which is designed to address the shortcomings of traditional remediation. More than 20 states have adopted corequisite support to supplement or replace traditional approaches to remediation. Subscribe to our free biweekly Higher Education newsletter.

Tradition 87

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2024

Through regular exchanges of humorous insults with fellow classmates on various topics — such as who was the least intelligent or most economically disadvantaged — I developed a well-curated arsenal of diss material. The tracked classes did, however, improve my social skills and popularity. Related: Racial gaps in math have grown.

Middle School 106

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As education leaders continue to engage in conversations on transforming assessment and accountability for our nation, they must prioritize elevating voices excluded from past education change efforts, including voices of young learners, especially those from communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.

K-12 99

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

I can say, without hesitation, that they succeeded in traditional academics in part due to the skills learned in their education and pursuits in the arts. Together they not only engage both sides of the brain, they bring us a fuller experience of the world — to say nothing of the economic opportunities.

Education 109

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

On the international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) , American 15-year-olds rank toward the bottom of economically advanced nations in math achievement. Traditional math proponents worried that the document would water down math instruction in California, hinder advanced students and make it harder to pursue STEM careers.

Social Justice 137

Social Justice Middle School Tradition Civics 137

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2021

The result is that we are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. We are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. The time is right. Can the proposed three-tier initiative work?

High School 144

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The co-management plan recognizes the deep cultural legacies of Indigenous peoples and establishes a legal basis for ceremonial and traditional practices such as gathering medicines, food, and firewood. In many ways, ecologically driven traditional firewood harvest practices are inherently in keeping with this law.

Cultures 74

Cultures Tradition Anthropology Humanities 74

ED Surge

JUNE 9, 2022

But if the point of higher education is to buoy economic mobility, those lists that make headlines every year aren’t showing the whole picture. Meanwhile, she adds, the top 10 schools based on the economic mobility index enroll nearly 100,000 Pell recipients. It’s through this lens that things start to look different.

Economics 98

Economics Tradition Education Research 98

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2020

Many are unsure if they will be returning to school on a traditional schedule, a blended learning schedule, or completely online. Students may have lost loved ones to COVID19 and families may be struggling with economic insecurity because of the pandemic. Teachers are preparing for an uncertain future.

Tradition 218

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Perizzolo, Jacquez and Hernandez are among the eight math teachers of an increasingly popular data science course offered at most schools in the Oxnard Union High School district, an economically diverse school system northwest of Los Angeles, where 80 percent of students identify as Hispanic. By senior year, the figure is about 25 percent.

High School 139

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

As a family, we wanted to spend as much time with her as possible throughout her recovery, which meant reconsidering my traditional elementaryschool schedule. I live in rural Idaho, and if I’d gone to a traditional middle school, I would have needed to travel more than 90 minutes round-trip from my home in Priest Lake to attend.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

states have adopted laws or policies requiring personal finance education before students graduate from high school, bringing the total number to 30 states, according to the Council for Economic Education. Experts say it’s a course that doesn’t necessarily have to be taught by a traditional math teacher. Since 2020, nine U.S.

K-12 99

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Biologists at the school look at the math taught in traditional calculus courses, he adds, and wonder why it’s even being taught, because the math isn’t practically useful for the field. Kelly has taught a similar modeling course for economics and social sciences for the last few years.)

Social Science 145

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2024

“When you’re knocking on people’s doors and saying, ‘Hi, I’m a student from the University of Vermont,’ people would look at you a little perplexed at first,” said Kelly Hamshaw, a research lecturer in the university’s Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, who is working on the disaster resilience project.

Economics 102

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Political Science Now

MARCH 11, 2024

The unions helped bridge the gap between the government’s climate goals and the community’s economic fears, ensuring the policy was seen not as a loss but as an opportunity for a better, greener future. Imagine a region where coal mining is the bread and butter for many families. This discovery has big implications.

Political Science 59

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

By traditional measures of well-being, America’s children and teens should be doing well. And then there are other social factors, such as economic precarity, a greater societal willingness to talk about mental health, so-called helicopter parenting, and the opioid epidemic, among many others. “I Subscribe today!

Tradition 118

Tradition Leadership Economics Research 118

Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The category includes archaeological remains, buildings and structures, landscapes and places, towns and neighborhoods, objects, historical documents, folk traditions, and other things associated with and valued by people.

Archaeology 130

Archaeology Cultures Anthropology Heritage 130

TCI

MARCH 1, 2024

Integration of Economics and Civics for Real-World Connections Geography is only one of the social science disciplines. case studies, students explore geography alongside economic, political, and cultural concepts to provide a comprehensive understanding of our world. Watch this video that introduces the Monsoon Asia unit.

Geography 59

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