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Miseducation Shaped the 2024 Election

Zinn Education Project

The 2024 election revealed a troubling reality: Widespread miseducation and fear-mongering continue to shape political outcomes at the expense of people of color and marginalized communities. This is why the right launched a nationwide anti-CRT campaign and book bans restricting teaching about systemic racism, and erasing the histories of immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities.

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The Difference Between Chronos And Kairos In The Classroom

TeachThought

Harnessing Kairos: Balancing Structured Time and Learning Velocity in K-12 Classrooms Time in education is about more than minutes on the clock or adhering to rigid schedules. Its about how students experience time cognitively and emotionally in the learning process. A deeper dive into these ideas reveals actionable ways to create meaningful learning experiences for students.

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Building Inquiry Capacity in Social Studies: Small Steps Toward Big Thinking

C3 Teachers

Engaging with inquiry in the social studies classroom can feel like stepping onto a tightropebalancing time, standards, and student needs all at once. But heres the thing: you dont have to dive headfirst into a full-scale investigation to get students curious and thinking critically. Small, manageable inquiry moments can transform your lessons, building student confidence and sparking their love for exploring big questions.

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Overcoming Language Learning Barriers With Classroom Management Tools

TeachThought

Use Classroom Management Platforms and Other Tools to Overcome Barriers in Learning a Language contributed by Al Kingsley, CEO of NetSupport Teaching a language, whether for ESL students or those learning something new like French or Spanish requires largely the same teaching skills as any other subject. Yet, in some critical ways especially for ESL students the challenges are magnified by the comprehension barrier.

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From Laughter to Learning: Teaching Methods through Engaging Narrative Workshops

Political Science Now

From Laughter to Learning: Teaching Methods through Engaging Narrative Workshops By Joel Martinsson , and Emma Ricknell , Linnaeus University Can we increase students grasp and integration of research methods in political science, and do so in a fun way? We believe the answer is yes. In this article, we introduce the workshop-based narrative framework The Tale of Folke Folkesson, where students role-play as the methods expert group Linnaeus Opinion Laboratory (LOL).

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District to District Collaboration Drives Innovation for Computational Thinking Pathways

Digital Promise

The post District to District Collaboration Drives Innovation for Computational Thinking Pathways appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Blog: What I Learned at Coin Camp

Society for Classical Studies

Blog: What I Learned at Coin Camp Patricia Hatcher Thu, 12/12/2024 - 11:10

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CFP: Vergil and the Greeks

Society for Classical Studies

CFP: Vergil and the Greeks kskordal Thu, 12/12/2024 - 12:28 Image Vergil and the Greeks Tuesday 24 June Saturday 28 June 2025, Villa Vergiliana, Bacoli Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes ( Aen. 2.49) . However, the dona Vergil owes to Homeric and Hesiodic epic, tragedy, and the Hellenistic poetry of Apollonius, Callimachus, and Theocritus are well known.

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George Tooker

Living Geography

I came across the work of George Tooker at a number of art galleries in New York when I visited a few years ago. I was instantly taken by the style and the subjects. He was born in Brooklyn so was a 'local' artist. The first image I saw was 'Government Bureau'. They produce a mysterious and unsettling "sense of place". What other artists' work has a similar effect on you?

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Trump deportation threats weigh on groups offering FAFSA help

The Hechinger Report

A big part of Elizabeth Houses job is encouraging students to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. The FAFSA is the key to support for financial aid such as Pell Grants and federally backed loans, but parents must provide their Social Security numbers or fill out nine zeros if they do not have one. For students who have family members without the proper immigration documents, filling out the form has long been seen as a risky way to draw attention to their familys sta

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