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People Are Not Peas—Why Genetics Education Needs an Overhaul

Sapiens

The decades out-of-date genetics taught in most U.S. schools stokes misconceptions about race and human diversity. A biological anthropologist calls for change. ✽ On a lengthy bus ride in the early 1970s, University of Chicago geneticist Richard Lewontin passed the time by doing some novel math. Lewontin usually kept to the laboratory, studying proteins derived from ground-up fruit flies.

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Teaching Anthropology

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College Uncovered: The Rural Higher Education Blues

The Hechinger Report

Rural young people who aspire to a higher education have long had fewer choices than their urban and suburban counterparts, contributing to far lower rates of college-going. Now many of the universities that serve them are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors. That means the already limited number of options available to rural students are being squeezed even further, forcing them to travel even greater distances to college than they already do or give up on it altogether.

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TA OJS emails now sending from all roles

Teaching Anthropology

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For Latino Students, the Fear of Being Left Behind in AI and STEM Jobs

ED Surge

Latino children make up one of the fastest-growing demographics in K-12 education. Yet few are likely to grow up and establish careers in technology. For them, there’s obviously a leak somewhere in the school-to-jobs pipeline. Just one in 10 tech workers are Latino, and while Latino college students are choosing STEM fields in college more frequently , they earn only about 12 percent of undergraduate degrees awarded in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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30 New Districts Join the League of Innovative Schools

Digital Promise

From California to South Carolina, these 30 districts are the latest to join the network of 150 forward-thinking education leaders.

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A Teaching Mentor Once Told Me: ‘Our Ancestors Want Us to Rest’

ED Surge

My colleagues, friends and family often praise my relentless pursuit of excellence, especially in my teaching career. But what they don’t always see is the weight behind that drive — the pressure I feel to prove myself and the deep sense of responsibility I feel to create systemic change for my students. Even after surpassing many of my professional goals, an unsettling feeling lingers — a persistent voice telling me that it’s still not enough.

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Meet the 2024 APSA Fund for Latino Scholarship Recipients

Political Science Now

The APSA Fund for Latino Scholarship ’s primary goal is to encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and promotion of political scientists, students, and scholars who study and research Latina/o politics (especially students and tenure track junior faculty). Grants will be made to individuals, institutions, and projects whose purposes most clearly match the goals of the Fund, and whose proposals most persuasively demonstrate capacity for successful completion.

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SAGT Conference 2024 - details announced

Living Geography

I sadly won't be able to attend the SAGT Conference this year as I shall be just back from a trip to Iceland and preparing for a trip to Cologne, but the lineup and theme (and also the new venue) look awesome. If you haven't been before this is an excellent little conference. Accessible from the North of England. It's the first time it's been held in Ayrshire.

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Introducing VC3: The Next Evolution in Video Coaching

Edthena

  Like our partners in education, we’re focused on continuous improvement. As educators know, sometimes improvement comes in small steps and sometimes it comes in big jumps. This is a big jump! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of VC3, the latest version of our video coaching platform. This release brings a host of powerful new features and improvements designed to improve collaboration and enhance the ways educators engage in professional learning through video coaching.

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Worldly Wednesday #5 - 02.10.24

Living Geography

Another Wednesday means it's time for another Worldly Wednesday. This week I had two Zoom calls - one for an exciting project based in Cornwall. I learned a lot about coastal geomorphology. More to come once the outcome of the project is released on the world. The other was for the Oak KS3 project which the GA are going to be working on over the coming year.

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Webinar Highlights from “Engaging the 2024 U.S. Election: An Experts Roundtable”

Political Science Now

“Engaging the 2024 U.S. Election: An Experts Roundtable” Webinar Highlights Summary by Irem B. A. Örsel On June 18, 2024, the American Political Science Association (APSA) organized the second webinar in its Engaging the 2024 U.S. Election Webinar Series to showcase how political scientists are analyzing and interpreting the 2024 U.S. election.