ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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.

Teaching 85

Teaching K-12 Social Justice Elementary School 85

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

We know that children who attend high quality child care programs and elementary schools get off on a much stronger footing in both learning and life. But what about the impact of various other opportunities, like after school clubs, music lessons and sports? This was the question a team of researchers tried to explore over more than a quarter century: their landmark study followed more than 800 children from infancy into adulthood, across the many settings and activities they engaged in.

Elementary School 83

Elementary School Research Education 83

ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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.

K-12 84

K-12 Public School Humanities Research 84

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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

Education 82

Education 82

Living Geography

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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.

Geography 52

Geography 52

Edthena

OCTOBER 2, 2024

  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.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Tradition Teaching Education 52

Living Geography

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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.

Geography 52

Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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.

Education 106

Education Government High School Economics 106

Sapiens

OCTOBER 2, 2024

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.

Ancestry 123

Ancestry Education Humanities K-12 123

Political Science Now

OCTOBER 2, 2024

“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.

Political Science 42

Political Science Economics Social Science Teaching 42