A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 4, 2024

Myths often arise from misunderstandings, oversimplifications, or a desire to maintain the status quo. They can also be intentionally created to mislead or manipulate, serving as barriers to embracing innovative practices or protecting existing power structures. Additionally, some myths may originate from well-intentioned but inaccurate assumptions or generalizations about an idea or strategy.

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Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 4, 2024

Listen to my interview with Mitch Weathers ( transcript ): Sponsored by EVERFI and The Wired Classroom This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? Most of my teaching experience was in middle schools, so I spent a lot of time with kids who were going through one of the most tumultuous transitions o

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Teaching Pedagogy Library Middle School 302

Women's History Network

AUGUST 4, 2024

The White Rose resistance movement began in Nazi Germany and ended in a shock trial where three of its members were executed. This blog post focuses on Sophie Scholl, one of the members of the movement who was executed by the Nazis in February of 1943.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 4, 2024

The domestication of wild animals into livestock has been a cornerstone of human civilization, providing essential resources such as food, clothing, and labor. A recent study 1 by Hiroshima University has delved into the genetic changes that have occurred in pigs and chickens as a result of this domestication process, revealing how their genes have adapted to express different traits compared to their wild ancestors, the wild boars, and red jungle-fowl.

Humanities 52

Humanities Research 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2024

Young children are happier and healthier when they are well cared for by loving, attentive adults. Sometimes that’s one parent alone, but more often it’s a village. The child care crisis, however, has made that village much harder to find. The past five years have seen a decrease in the availability of child care programs. Over the past few decades, child care costs have risen at twice the pace of inflation.

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Education Research 119