ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

When I came out to my family during my first year of college in the early 2000s, my mom’s immediate concern extended beyond my safety and happiness to my future as an educator. She asked, “But what about your career?” as though living authentically meant I’d have to hide my queerness to succeed in teaching. In that moment, even before I entered my teacher preparation program, I confronted a troubling reality: in education, there would always be scripts I’d be expected to follow.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Over the past few years, it’s become clear that states need more money to support kids. Pandemic-related aid is long gone, but effects from that era still linger, evident in persistent child care shortages and ongoing child behavioral and mental health concerns. Now, states are increasingly trying to generate new sources of money to support young children, although in at least one state, a ballot measure was designed to pull back on just these kinds of efforts.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Another Wednesday means it's time for another Worldly Wednesday. This was a lot less exciting than the previous two. I started the day with an interesting Zoom call. I am involved as part of a team that is putting together an education pack for a very exciting educational game that is being developed currently and will be launched in 2025. This was followed by more writing, reading around the Curriculum and Assessment Review that is asking for a Call for Evidence , and general reading and bloggi

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O-Level Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Why is there a need to build up community resilience against climate change in Singapore? How can actions be taken against climate change in Singapore?

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The first session I went to at Practical Pedagogies Day 2 was presented by Richard Allaway. You can see his resources on this link. They really are rather good. He talked about how no school can afford to ignore AI and hope it will go away. He has worked to train teachers and students and also create some policy documents which he shared on a link. My friend Richard Allaway works at the International School of Geneva on one of their campuses.

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina students and junior faculty each year. The award is named in honor of Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, the first Latina to earn a PhD in political science. APSA was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

A cross-posting from my Fieldnotes from Iceland blog. Discover the World has made available a new resource. Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula has awakened after more than 800 years. Since the first eruption in March 2021, numerous fissures have opened across five locations, heavily affecting the town of Grindavík. This FREE image bank can be used as a springboard to teach students how fissure eruptions develop, the hazards associated with these eruptions and the steps taken to mitigate these threats

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Well, maybe. Exciting news a while back when I was contacted by the publisher of one of my books: the excellent ' Why Study Geography?'. This book was described in one American review by Thomas Larsen as providing a "centrality of reassurance. The text extends a refreshing guarantee to young people that they are making the right choice by dedicating their lives to the study of geography.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Fingerprints on Ancient Figurines Uncover Hidden Stories Ancient terracotta figurines from the port city of Thonis-Heracleion in Egypt offer a rare glimpse into the hands of their makers. A recent study led by Leonie Hoff from the University of Oxford, published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology 1 , analyzed fingerprint impressions left on these figurines, revealing surprising insights about the age, gender, and cultural makeup of the craftsmen and craftswomen who worked on them.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Encountering cultural differences is one of the benefits of attending overseas events. When in Rome (or Palermo or Helsinki) and all that. I've been fortunate to have that opportunity due to ERASMUS+ - I sincerely hope that the UK will reconsider the decision to One of the aspects of visiting cities is to explore them culturally These markings are important in German beer cellars.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

OK. I guess we’re doing this (again). It feels awful for lots of reasons, of course, but mostly it’s because the country chose political vibes over policy ideas. As a researcher who spends his days trying to find evidence-based ways to make schools better, I’m at something of a loss. See, whatever you thought about the Harris-Walz ticket’s particular proposals, the Democrats had things to say about education issues that genuinely shape children’s development: affordable early care and learning,

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

If you are interested in finding out more about the refreshed OCR B GCSE specification, there is a series of webinars coming up. Click this link to go to book. Monday 18 November, 4 – 4.30pm Tuesday 26 November, 1 – 1.30pm Wednesday 4 December, 4 – 4.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Image copyright: Peanuts - Charles M.

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