A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Effective leadership is not just about setting goals, improving pedagogy , and making decisions; it's also about managing relationships and resolving conflicts. Adaptability, inspiring trust, and leveraging an empathetic lens are crucial elements for a positive resolution (Kouzes & Posner, 2017; Goleman, 1988; Tannenbaum & Schmidt, 1973). As a leader, your ability to defuse the situation and restore calm can have a profound impact on the learning environment in your school or district.

Leadership 440

Leadership Pedagogy Education 440

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Listen to the interview with Jocelyn Greene: Sponsored by EVERFI and The Wired Classroom Picture this: A group of students stands in front of the class taking turns speaking confidently about the content they’ve been studying. But they’re not just kids anymore; they are news anchors, talk show hosts, or curators at an art gallery. They are playing “as if” they are inside the locations in their literature or science.

Geography 257

Geography Social Studies Pedagogy Library 257

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

This is an edition of our climate change and education newsletter. Sign up here. 109 on the first day of school? That was the case this year in Palm Springs, California, where parent Cyd Detiege has been campaigning to delay the start of the school year because of extreme heat. Palm Springs Unified District officials haven’t budged, but administrators elsewhere in the country are shifting school calendars to keep kids from commuting to school in high heat and learning in sweltering classrooms, a

Middle School 66

Middle School High School Government Humanities 66

Women's History Network

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

We are delighted to announce the winners of our annual book prize for 2021 and 2022.

History 130

History 130

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Yesterday, I saw a message on Threads (I've stepped away from Twitter as you know) about delays to the GCSE Natural History being reported on Schoolsweek. When I first saw the headline I thought it may be that the plug had been pulled on the project, but it was just confirming something that was already inevitable: that it would be 2026 at the earliest before schools would be able to start teaching the new GCSE option.

History 52

History Teaching 52

Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Ice Age Adolescents and Human Growth Patterns In a new study published in the Journal of Human Evolution 1 , researchers have revealed new insights into the puberty stages of Ice Age adolescents from 25,000 years ago. The study fills a gap in the understanding of how early humans matured, showing that these ancient teenagers experienced puberty much like modern-day adolescents, reaching key developmental milestones at similar ages.

Archaeology 82

Archaeology Artifacts Humanities Social Science 82

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

A new(ish) resource which can be accessed and used by members of the Geographical Association. I am considering adding a section of this to my teaching this year. Sycamore Gap is a significant landmark in Northumberland where three distinct features combined: a natural and dramatic dip in the physical landscape about halfway along the 80-mile run of Hadrian’s Wall, itself an ancient monument and reminder of the power of the Roman Empire, and until recently, a lone, 300-year-old Sycamore tree.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures Teaching 52