The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2024

BOSTON — Madeline Szoo grew up listening to her grandmother talk of being laughed at when she spoke of going to college and becoming an accountant. “‘No one will trust a woman with their money,’” relatives and friends would scoff. When Szoo excelled at math in high school, she got her share of ridicule, too — though it was slightly more subtle. “I was told a lot, ‘You’re smart for a girl,’ ” she said.

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Middle School Leadership Advocacy Cultures 130

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

JUNE 13, 2024

The Institute for Citizens & Scholars has named 10 scholars as Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders (MEFL) for 2024.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2024

The post How Organizations Can Design Transparent & Research-Based Micro-credentials for Greater Equity appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2024

In a world where a person’s decision to go to college depends on their ability to pay for college, money is everything. And in a country where access to money is wildly unequal across racial and ethnic groups, whether a family’s financial resources go beyond a biweekly paycheck and include home equity, retirement savings or hefty gifts from older relatives can make a significant difference in access to higher education, according to a new analysis from the Institute of Higher Education Policy.

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Economics Education Policy Research Education 87

Anthropology.net

JUNE 13, 2024

Indigenous Knowledge and Science Unite Recent research has reshaped our understanding of when horses were reintroduced to North America. Spaniards brought horses to Mexico in 1519, but it was Indigenous peoples who swiftly transported these horses north along trade routes. A new study in Science 1 reveals that many Native American populations across the Great Plains and the Rockies had incorporated horses into their cultures by the early 1600s, long before direct contact with Europeans.

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TCI

JUNE 13, 2024

This month, TCI released updates to simplify navigation and a feature to help teachers share student work with parents. Check out the highlights from this month and share them with your teacher community. Sneak Peek of New Homepages: In July, the teacher and student homepages will get a new look, with dedicated spaces for easy access to assignments and a convenient pop-up table of contents.

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Society for Classical Studies

JUNE 13, 2024

Call for Applications: The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion kskordal Thu, 06/13/2024 - 08:20 Image The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion Deadline for submissions: September 3, 2024 The Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University is seeking submissions to its annual Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion.

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Life and Landscapes

JUNE 13, 2024

THE FORUM ROMANUM Perhaps you’ve been there before, or just wanted to go. You know, “Et tu, Brute?” That was Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Don’t we learn most about ourselves and our history through Shakespeare and the Bible? That is what Orson Wells thought, but he also thought we were being invaded by Martians. At least for one evening.

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