ED Surge
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
“I think I’m talking to Salinger. Can I ask?” My student stood next to my desk, computer resting on both hands, his eyes wide with a mixture of fear and excitement. We were wrapping up our end-of-book project for “The Catcher in the Rye,” which involved students interviewing a character chatbot designed to mimic the personality and speaking style of Holden Caulfield.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
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ED Surge
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
We wrote recently about some of the reasons that may be keeping teachers from pursuing the bilingual educator route, despite the widespread need for teachers who can instruct English learners. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. The need has gained new urgency as the immigrant population in the U.S. grows. Politicized clashes over the nation’s immigration policy have seen the governor of Texas busing migrants newly arrived across the Mexican border to cities like New York , Chicago
Heinemann Blog
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Have you ever wondered how the magic of deep understanding unfolds in a classroom? When we talk about teaching, it’s not just about the content we deliver; it’s about how we enable our students to engage with and comprehend that content. This is the heart of content literacy. In the insightful webinar “Content Literacy: Teaching Comprehension Strategies Across the Curriculum,” educators Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis present the transformative power of integrating comprehension strategies acr
Political Science Now
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
On behalf of the American Political Science Association (APSA), we express serious concerns with Indiana University’s decision to suspend and sanction Dr. Abdulkader Sinno, a tenured Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies at Indiana University. Dr. Sinno is accused of professional misconduct for failing to properly secure a room reservation for an event for a registered student group, who had invited an Israeli peace activist to speak.
Living Geography
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
This article in The Guardian focusses on a key ocean current: the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) This would have serious consequences for a large part of the planet. The circulation is being disrupted due to the hug quantities of fresh water entering the sea around Greenland due to the rapid rate of melting, and the loss of sea ice.
Political Science Now
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Project Title: Racial Justice as Human Rights: Support for Reform in American Policing Genevieve Bates, University of Wisconsin-Madison Genevieve Bates is an Anna Julia Cooper Research Associate and an incoming Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, and a postdoctoral fellow with the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.
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Anthropology News
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
My research examines religious environmentalism in Mainland China and Taiwan today—how religious cosmologies, ethics, dietary practices, and rituals may contribute to an alternative ontology of environmental protection that slows climate change. I am now conducting fieldwork in eastern Taiwan, in Hualien County. Hualien is the headquarters of the Taiwanese Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Foundation (慈濟功德會), with lay Buddhist volunteers all over the globe engaged in charity work, natural disaster relief,
Women's History Network
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
This free one-day workshop will bring together researchers interested in young people’s experiences of leaving home and striving for independence in the post-war decades. It will foreground methods and sources for researching seemingly mundane aspects of everyday life, such as living arrangements, relationships, leisure and travel.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
In a remarkable discovery, 1 researchers stumbled upon a treasure trove of human footprints on a Moroccan beach, dating back around 90,000 years. This finding offers a rare glimpse into the lives of our early ancestors and provides invaluable insights into their behaviors and interactions. In Morocco, researchers unearthed a collection of 85 human footprints, crafted thousands of years ago, on a beach.
Society for Classical Studies
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
American Academy in Rome: Classical Summer School kskordal Fri, 02/09/2024 - 08:27 Image The American Academy in Rome invites applications to participate in its annual Classical Summer School, founded in 1923. Under the direction of Dr. Evan Jewell (Rutgers University), the Classical Summer School is a five-week program (June 16 – July 19, 2024) designed to provide qualified graduate students, and middle school, high school, and college/university teachers with a well-founded understanding of th
O-Level Geography
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Iceland experienced three eruptions since Dec 2023. When did the volcano erupt? Why is Iceland prone to volcanic eruption? What type of volcanoes are found in Iceland? How did the volcanic eruption affect the people?
Living Geography
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Book now - Free CPD [link] GeogLive! 19 Teaching R I V E R S KS1 and 2 28th February 2024 5pm Hear from teachers and leaders about how you might enhance your teaching of this aspect of the human/physical geography curriculum pic.twitter.
Political Science Now
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Ja’nae Jackson earned her undergraduate degree in political science with honors from Texas Christian University in 2022. Her research interests include race and ethnic politics, political behavior, and political thought. She is currently a second-year Pre-Doctoral Fellow with Yale University’s Center for the Study of American Politics, working with Dr.
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