The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

Students who were chosen to receive tutoring in Washington, D.C., had missed more than 30 days of school, on average. A Stanford study showed that tutoring could improve their attendance by about one day. Credit: Staff photo by Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images In early 2024, initial reports indicated that tutoring might not only help kids catch up academically after the pandemic but could also combat chronic absenteeism.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 6, 2025

Beneath the sandstone massif south of Paris lies the Ségognole 3 cave, a site that may redefine our understanding of Paleolithic innovation. Researchers have uncovered an extraordinary engraving on the cave floor, suggesting it may be the oldest known three-dimensional map. Dating back more than 20,000 years, this artifact provides a fascinating glimpse into how Ice Age hunter-gatherers perceived and interacted with their landscape.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

DUNEDIN, New Zealand When Principal Jen Rodgers took a 10-week sabbatical in 2021, she was on a mission to find a way to improve mathematics instruction at the primary school she leads here in one of the countrys oldest cities. Rodgers, who has led the 420-student St. Clair School since 2016, is hardly alone in worrying about maths. Mathematics scores on international tests have been stagnating or falling for years in New Zealand and many other countries, with the exception of a few Asian natio

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 6, 2025

Teachers have the power to grow student agency through interactive dialogue in their classrooms, one proven strategy is through Socratic Circles.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

Parents can be tricky for teachers and administrators to manage. They love their kids dearly, but the way that love gets expressed to teachers and school leaders can sometimes be less than constructive. Teachers often report that managing parents is among their least-favorite parts of the job. But just like students who behave badly because they dont know how to manage their emotions, parents sometimes behave badly because they feel powerless to help their child succeed.

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TCI

JANUARY 6, 2025

TCI, a leader in K-12 educational content and curriculum, is proud to announce that its K-6 and 7-12 Social Studies programs have received favorable reviews in the latest textbook adoption reports released by the Office of Instructional Materials & Library Services within the Mississippi Instructional Materials Review Board. These reviews confirm the alignment of TCI’s innovative, high-quality curricula with state standards, offering educators engaging and effective resources for socia

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Living Geography

JANUARY 6, 2025

The terms of reference for the overhaul of England's curriculum say it must reflect the 'diversities of our society'. Text taken from a Daily Mail article - the Telegraph also had similar views. The King's Speech laid out plans for all state schools including academies to be legally required to teach the national curriculum up to age 16 to give every child a 'broad and rounded education'.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 6, 2025

This LinkedIn news story quantifies the energy cost of those pointless videos that are posted on social media and are increasingly being shown on programmes in place of actual news and content produced by journalists. Perhaps it's time to unplug these sites for the good of everyone. We will look back on the pointlessness and wastefulness of such activity in future decades as an environmental crime.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 6, 2025

Why Does Gender Really Matter in Political Science Learning Processes? By Igor Ahedo Gurrutxaga , Iraide lvarez Muguruza and Andere Ormazabal Gaston , University of the Basque Country Admitting the existence of an architecture of domination is a central factor in understanding the persistence of gender inequalities. Under this idea, the article explores the effects of the sex/gender system on the academic development of students in Political Science in the context of the Basque Country (Spain).

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life its easy to overlook. A scholarly book or article about history or philosophy counts. So does a local oral-history project, an art exhibit, or a dinner-table conversation about books, movies, or music. A new peer-reviewed, open-access journal, Public Humanities , aims to strengthen the connections between university-based humanities work and the wider world, creating a space for academics and practitione

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Living Geography

JANUARY 6, 2025

For my latest birthday (I stopped counting when I get to 60), my wife knew of my love for the detectorists, and Lance and Andy's adventures, which were the focus for Landscapes of Detectorists book from uniformbooks. I also went to see Mackenzie Crook at the Cambridge Union a few months ago, and he talked about his interest in the activity and how it became the focus for the series that he wrote.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 6, 2025

Building Community and Classroom Connections in the New Year Jan 06, 2025 By Debbie Bagley It can be difficult to adjust back to school after the holidays. To curb burnout and uplift students and teachers, try to keep wellness and well-being at the forefront for yourself and your class! You can implement this strategy in a way that can uplift you and your students.

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