A Psychology Teacher Writes
JANUARY 31, 2024
A challenge that sometimes presents itself when giving feedback to students is that their work is already of a pretty high standard, and it feels like we’re really nitpicking with our improvement points. The reality is that what they’ve produced is probably already near the top of the mark bands, and one or two small tweaks might not necessarily make much difference.
ED Surge
JANUARY 31, 2024
Navigating school spaces is a journey and students’ needs are ever changing. While educators are leaving the field at unprecedented rates , many districts are scrambling to meet the needs of all their students. As a parent, I felt the impact of the departures when I had to guide my then seventh-grader through math without a consistent teacher after a mid-year exit.
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Anthropology News
JANUARY 31, 2024
Sitakunda, Bangladesh, is one of the world’s largest sites for shipbreaking. The industry is a motor of national development, but once dismantled, ships release hazardous materials that affect everyone in the area. Camelia Dewan writes about the life and labor of workers and fishermen on the beaches where ships are sent to die. Bangladeshi workers “cut” through ships run aground on intertidal beaches with hand-held gas torches.
ED Surge
JANUARY 31, 2024
“Okay! Let’s wrap up our conversations and get back together!” As the small group discussion portion of the PD session I was attending ended, an overwhelming feeling of relief came over me. Had I stayed in the session any longer, I might’ve had to slip out of the meeting room and find a hidden spot to cry; not tears of joy, per se, but frustration — frustration I often feel when squeezed out of conversations.
Sapiens
JANUARY 31, 2024
An evolutionary anthropologist draws lessons from paleogenetic’s journey from Jurassic Park fiction to Nobel Prize reality. ✽ The morning of my 26th birthday, I woke up to incredible news for my field of evolutionary anthropology: For the first time, the study of human evolution won a Nobel Prize. Geneticist Svante Päabo had, according to the awarding group, made a “ seemingly impossible task ” possible: extracting DNA from the remains of individuals who lived long ago.
Strange Maps
JANUARY 31, 2024
For almost 20 years, “Green Boots” was a creepy landmark near the summit of Mount Everest. Mountaineers ascending via the north face would invariably pass by this frozen body, huddled into a limestone alcove some 1,150 feet (350 m) below the top. To the live climbers who passed the body, the corpse, still clothed in brightly colored climbing apparel, must have seemed a grim exemplar of the saying that “every corpse on Everest was once a highly motivated individual.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 31, 2024
The post How Can Districts Determine if an Edtech Product is High Quality? appeared first on Digital Promise.
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 31, 2024
Listen to the audio version of this story, by Liam Elder-Connors at Vermont Public. BRISTOL, Vt. — The mobile home park in this rural village seemed to be hibernating on a subfreezing, snowy day. But there was evidence of damage from an earlier storm that had brought high winds and freezing rain — another in an unusual number of weather events that have battered this state with flooding and other natural disasters.
ED Surge
JANUARY 31, 2024
How do we get insights to the people who need them the most? This statement has guided the Feedback Loops work at Digital Promise over the last two years as we’ve explored ways different communities can collaborate to improve education. Looking forward, this will become even more important as the speed of edtech product life cycles increase, as evidenced by the recent release and adoption of generative AI tools across the landscape.
Heinemann Blog
JANUARY 31, 2024
Small-group reading instruction is an invaluable tool in a teacher's arsenal for targeted, personalized literacy teaching and learning. However, choosing the right students for these groups is essential to ensure that each learner receives the targeted support they need. Let’s dive into three tips to consider when selecting students for small-group reading instruction.
Education Week - Social Studies
JANUARY 31, 2024
Students want more practical information about voting to prepare them for the polls.
Ben Newmark
JANUARY 31, 2024
Inclusion is a continuum. Things are hard to talk about when people don’t have a shared understanding of the words they use. In most cases words and terms can’t mean anything on its own – abstract positions are only given meaning through practical example. Two people – for example – both thinking they work at “warm-strict” schools can find differences in how they interpret the phrase mean their disciplinary systems have very little in common.
Becoming a History Teacher
JANUARY 31, 2024
Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com In the past few weeks, I’ve been asked the question ‘should I apply for this job?’ both by beginning teachers and more experienced teachers looking for a promotion post. It has led me to wonder why so many seemed consumed by this question, by a fear of making the wrong move. Is this another post-pandemic consequence born of concerns about becoming ‘stuck’ in a situation?
Political Science Now
JANUARY 31, 2024
Sherlean Roberts , a distinguished senior at Marquette University, is a dedicated scholar pursuing a triple major in political science, international affairs, and peace studies. As the Vice President of the Lambda Lambda Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., she actively contributes to the university community. Sherlean, a McNair scholar, has showcased her research prowess at various conferences, including the prestigious International Studies Association.
Living Geography
JANUARY 31, 2024
A new stamp issue with a geographical theme is always something that I can get behind. In recent years, I've bought stamps linked with the Windrush Generation, UK Wildlife, National Parks and Polar explorers. The latest is celebrating 170 years of the Met Office and weather forecasting. They feature a number of important people and events, including Luke Howard , who invented the classification for different cloud types.
Society for Classical Studies
JANUARY 31, 2024
2024 Charles J. Goodwin Awards of Merit kskordal Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:21 Image The Charles J. Goodwin Awards of Merit, three prizes given annually, are named in honor of a long-time member and generous benefactor of the Society for Classical Studies. They are the only honors for scholarly books given by the Society. The awards are presented at the Annual Meeting for an outstanding contribution to classical scholarship published by a member of the Society during the three years before the current
Political Science Now
JANUARY 31, 2024
Project Title: Native American Support for the American Legal System Jay Krehbiel, West Virginia University Jay Krehbiel is an Associate Professor of Political Science at West Virginia University. His research lies at the intersection of judicial behavior and public opinion, with a particular focus on how citizens’ attitudes influence judicial power and efficacy in democracies.
Teaching American History
JANUARY 31, 2024
U.S. Marines with Company G, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, direct a concentration of fire at the enemy during Operation Allen Brook, 8 May 1968. www.tecom.usmc.mil. Colored version available from: Wikimedia Commons, By the end of 1967, almost 20,000 Americans had died in Vietnam and the total number of American troops had increased to over 500,000, but progress in the war was hard to see.
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