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International students may be among the biggest early beneficiaries of ChatGPT

The Hechinger Report

The public release of ChatGPT in November 2022 changed the world. A chatbot could instantly write paragraphs and papers, a task once thought to be uniquely human. Though it may take many years to understand the full consequences, a team of data scientists wanted to study how college writing might already be affected. The researchers were able to gain access to all the online discussion board comments submitted by college students at an unidentified large public university before and after ChatGP

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Fire in the Cold: The Hidden Pyrotechnics of Ice Age Foragers

Anthropology.net

The Puzzle of the Missing Fires In the bleak cold of the Last Glacial Maximum, it seems obvious that fire would have been essential for human survival. And yet, the archaeological record for that period—from roughly 26,500 to 19,000 years ago—tells a strangely quiet story. Hearths, once the heart of Paleolithic domestic life, seem to vanish from many known European sites.

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Moving toward the Median: Compulsory Voting and Political Polarization

Political Science Now

Moving toward the Median: Compulsory Voting and Political Polarization By Alexandra Oprea, University at Buffalo, Lucy Martin, University of North, Carolina at Chapel Hill, Geoffrey H. Brennan, Australian National University Should turning out to vote in mass elections be voluntary or compulsory? Previous normative arguments for compulsory voting often rely on contested normative claims about the moral duty to vote or about the democratic legitimacy conveyed by high turnout.

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The Architecture of Inequality

Anthropology.net

When archaeologists sift through the remains of ancient settlements, they are not just uncovering lost homes—they are mapping the roots of inequality. Long before pharaohs ruled and scribes recorded human affairs, the seeds of economic disparity had already taken hold. In a sweeping new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , an international team analyzed the size of more than 47,000 houses across 1,100 archaeological sites.

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Scaffolding: What is it and Why is it Important?

Studies Weekly

Scaffolding: What is it and Why is it Important? Apr 10, 2025 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER What is Scaffolding? One of the greatest satisfactions in life is learning something new or improving ones skill in a subject. We can see this in the success of college extension programs for retired people. Few of these senior students are trying to build up knowledge for a new career, rather, they attend classes for the joy of learning.

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Rethinking Inequality: What 50,000 Ancient Homes Tell Us About Power, Wealth, and Human Choices

Anthropology.net

For much of history, the rise of inequality has been treated like gravity: inevitable, natural, and inescapable. From the sprawling villas of Roman elites to the thatched huts of the poor in medieval Europe, textbook history often presents wealth disparity as a consequence of human progress. Three excavated Classic period (ca. 550–750 CE) houses at El Palmillo (Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico).

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2025 Dissertation Workshop on Fieldwork Approaches in Comparative Politics: MENA region | Deadline: April 27, 2025

Political Science Now

Fieldwork Approaches in Comparative Politics: MENA Region (Virtual) | Apply Here Join us for a virtual dissertation workshop held in October 2025 (exact dates and times will be determined once participants are selected). Co-Leaders: Ozlem Tuncel , Georgia State University Ronay Bakan , Johns Hopkins University Deadline: Sunday, April 27, 2025. Click here to apply Workshop Description We invite dissertation projects that employ fieldwork methodologies to explore a wide range of political issues

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Attend the Learning Lab! | Teacher Testimonial

Studies Weekly

Attend the Learning Lab! | Teacher Testimonial Apr 15 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER Video Transcript Speaker: Erika W., 4th Grade Teacher, TX What would you tell another educator considering attending the Learning Lab? Erika W.: I would tell another educator to definitely attend a Learning Lab, just because I think one of the big things for me was to go in to make sure that what I was doing was correct, what I was doing was right, but also to kind of gauge other people’s ideas kind of whe

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How Educators Can Maximize AI Right Now: Reflections from Our Team

Digital Promise

Digital Promise staff share key takeaways from the 2025 AI K12 Deeper Learning Summit, which emphasized tangible AI applications for educators.

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Max Gallien Receives the 2025 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award for “Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins”

Political Science Now

The APSA-IPSA Theodore J.LowiFirst Book Award is presented annually to honor a book in any field of political science that exemplifies qualities of broad ambition, high originality, and intellectual daring, showing promise of having a substantive impact on the overall discipline, regardless of method, specific focus of inquiry, or approach to the subject.

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2025 Smithsonian Education Awards Honor Collaborative and Innovative Programs That Enhance Learning for All

Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Education

Through innovative approaches and significant collaboration, these programs enhance learning and make educational resources widely available and relevant. The staff and partners promote science, art, cultural, and historical awareness, showcasing the Smithsonian's commitment to education and teamwork.

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Teachers Defy 47: Teach the Truth

Zinn Education Project

Despite the relentless political attacks on antiracist education, traffic to the Zinn Education Project website continues to grow a clear indication that educators and communities remain deeply committed to teaching the truth. In the first quarter of 2025, we saw increases across every major metric compared to the same period in 2024: total page views, total visitors, new visitors, PDF downloads, and registrations were all up.

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Polio: Have you been Vaccinated?

Life and Landscapes

POLIO: HAVE YOU BEEN VACCINATED? Poliomyelitis. It is a virus, and you mostly likely were vaccinated. And as a result, the Americas were declared free of this pestilence in 1994, Europe in 2002. Remember the “March of Dimes?” 2,680,000 of those little metal chimes were mailed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he started the campaign against polio in 1938.

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