The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2024

Hear the audio version of this story, from Vermont Public. BURLINGTON, Vt. — In his first year in graduate school at the University of Vermont, John Ball lived in a dark studio apartment in the basement of a building three miles from the campus. With utilities, it cost him $1,500 a month — more than the national median rent. “I just needed a place, and I was, like, OK, I’ll live anywhere, basically,” said Ball, who is working toward a doctorate in cellular, molecular and biomedical sciences.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2024

This story was originally published by The Daily Yonder. Throughout rural America, non-native English speakers are less likely than their urban peers to get proper support in school, sometimes leading to a lifetime of lower educational attainment. But some rural schools are developing multilingual education strategies to rival those found in urban and suburban districts.

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CORE Econ

AUGUST 22, 2024

This blog was originally published on the Centre for Teaching and Learning Economics website. When exploring Game Theory in our Microeconomics lecture, the first year BSc Economics, Finance and Data Science cohort was given the opportunity to engage, through the ClassEx software, in a real-life simulation of a repeated public goods game featured in Unit 4.8 of The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 22, 2024

The reconstruction of early human evolution has largely been shaped by fossil evidence found in a few key locations in Africa. These "fossil hotspots," such as the eastern branch of the East African Rift System, have yielded invaluable insights into our ancestral past. However, recent research underscores the limitations of this approach, highlighting the potential biases introduced by relying on such geographically limited data.

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Living Geography

AUGUST 22, 2024

Geographers are very much interested in the future and the nature of risk. The World Economic Forum publishes an annual report on perceptions of global risks. The 2024 report can be viewed here, along with some shareables. From the preamble. Underlying geopolitical tensions combined with the eruption of active hostilities in multiple regions is contributing to an unstable global order characterized by polarizing narratives, eroding trust and insecurity.

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O-Level Geography

AUGUST 22, 2024

Where is the Monkey Pox (MPox) more vulnerable? Why is MPox deadly? How does the outbreak of disease affect tourism? What are the measures taken to contain the spread?

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Living Geography

AUGUST 22, 2024

I love Tim Bird's graphic novels , several of which connect back to my own childhood home area in various ways. Tim's latest book also visits places I know very well along the East Yorkshire coast. I supported the book on a crowdfunding campaign and my copy of the book arrived last week. It's a really wonderful thing and a short but heart-warming read.

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Living Geography

AUGUST 22, 2024

Today's press-release also mentioned the importance of the forthcoming Curriculum and Assessment Review to respond to concerns around climate change teaching from SOS. Some awarding bodies have already updated specifications, which will eventually move through into textbooks (which have long lead times) and the curriculum review needs to work quickly so that all students are introduced to robust and knowledge-rich teaching. and avoid opinions which are out of step with the reality.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2024

As students make their way back to college and campus demonstrations about the Israel-Hamas war resume, the central conflict isn’t likely to be student to student, but between the right to freedom of speech and the right to freedom from hostile environments. Whether it’s possible for both to exist on college campuses this fall remains to be seen. Many colleges have strengthened their policies on how and when students can protest.

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Living Geography

AUGUST 22, 2024

I was asked to provide some feedback on the GCSE results which came out today on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society. This became a press release from the RGS , which was also responding to a new survey on the way that climate change is taught. The Guardian also picked it up for their GCSE blog which was live for the morning as students received their results.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2024

CHICAGO — At this week’s Democratic National Convention, I spoke to left-leaning students about their biggest concerns with higher education: high tuition costs and access. The conversations were a departure from what young conservatives told me was their top issue at last month’s Republican National Convention : free speech. That said, amid nationwide crackdowns on campus protest, some of the young Democrats I spoke with shared sentiments similar to their Republican counterparts.

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