The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In the days leading up to the 2024 presidential election, the news was filled with partisan language and misinformation about the basic ways our country functions and how elections work. Many adults, as well as the vast majority of my high school-age peers, don’t seem to understand how government works and as a result don’t trust it. That’s why I’m convinced that we as a nation have to prioritize civics education in schools to encourage civic engagement, empathy and critical thinking to sustain

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Civics Civic Engagement Museum Government 95

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This is a very useful report from the Friends of the Lake District It's a really clear piece of research by Dr. Davina Stanford on the costs and benefits of tourism in the Lake District with some case studies from other locations on how they raise money for sustainable tourism and to pay for some of the additional requirements. One option is a Tourist tax expansion.

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Research 72

Women's History Network

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

My memoir, Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician, is both a chronicle of my life in the 1950s in a first-generation Jewish family, coming of age in the 1960s, and my embrace of feminism as I encountered outrageous contradictions and outright sexism in college, medical school, and residency.

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Society for Classical Studies

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vergilian Society Tours and Workshops kskordal Mon, 11/25/2024 - 10:44 Image Travel and see ancient sites in the Mediterranean and Europe in 2025! The Vergilian Society is offering exciting tours of ancient sites in Naples, Rome, France and eastern Europe. The Vergilian Society is also offering two stimulating Latin workshops for teachers that include opportunities to visit a variety of ancient sites to reinforce their teachings of the ancient world.

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Teaching 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

CLEVELAND, Miss. — Although she won a scholarship to Mississippi State University, two hours’ drive away, Shamya Jones couldn’t get there because she had a new baby and no car. So she enrolled instead at a local community college, then transferred to the four-year campus closest to her home in the rural Mississippi Delta — Delta State University. She planned to major in digital media arts, but before she could start, Delta State eliminated that major, along with 20 other degree programs , includ

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Geography Political Science Sociology History 135

Sapiens

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A poet-historian reflects on women’s labor carrying memories and the past. ✽ memory is a washerwoman who knows that when the blood is poisoned, you have to slaughter the whole cow. otherwise the thick plasma stains the carpet of earth and turns the seeds to acrid flesh memory says nothing of this she is too aware of where she stands that is, over the clay well—heaving the knotted rope from the centuries-old pit, the slosh licking her toes, she knows to stick to curled fingers on wrapped cloth wr

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Heritage History Cultures 56

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Subitizing means to instantly see how many without counting. Fostering this skill is becoming more common in schools. Credit: Getty Images Little kids are looking at a lot of dots these days. The theory behind this increasingly popular practice is that an effective way to teach counting might be by … not counting. That’s the contradiction at the heart of what education researchers call “subitizing,” from the Latin “subito” or suddenly, and it means to instantly see how many, much like the

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K-12 Elementary School Research Teaching 135

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Early this year, a child care program in southern Maine was dinged for three minor issues during a routine inspection: A refrigerator at the school where the nonprofit operates was a couple of degrees too high. An employee’s paperwork was kept at the wrong location. A first aid kit was missing a pair of tweezers. After Windham Raymond School Aged Child Care, which runs after-school programs in local schools and has a five-star quality rating with the state, quickly fixed those problems, program

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Tradition Education 133

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The evolution of the human brain, characterized by its unparalleled size and complexity, has come with significant trade-offs. A recent study 1 illuminates how human neurons, specifically those producing dopamine, evolved unique mechanisms to cope with the energy demands and stress associated with a large brain. This research not only sheds light on the neurological adaptations that underpin human cognition but also offers potential insights into treating neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinso

Humanities 94

Humanities Research 94

Life and Landscapes

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

LITHIUM, THE THIRD ROCK FROM NOTHING! “In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth” [Genesis 1, KJV]. But what is that stuff made of? Well, to start from nothing, at least in this Godly firmament, you need the guide that science provides. The Periodic Table. And that is where lithium fits in. For it is the third element created!

History 52

History Economics Psychology Humanities 52

Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A Multi-Method Approach to the Future of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning By Rebecca A. Glazier , University of Arkansas at Little Rock It has been 20 years since the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Political Science got a huge boost with the creation of the Journal of Political Science Education. The field has grown in terms of rigor, prestige, and reach since then, but what comes next?

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Political Science Teaching Research Education 51

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Throughout the election campaign, Donald Trump railed against colleges and universities for being too expensive, too partisan and too woke. “Colleges have gotten hundreds of billions of dollars from hardworking taxpayers, and now we are going to get this anti-American insanity out of our institutions once and for all,” Trump said. With Trump returning to the White House, how much of his higher education message is rhetoric and how much will be policy?

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K-12 Education Economics Education Policy 106