The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2024

It was one of the most significant days in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954, the nine justices unanimously ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that schools segregated by race did not provide an equal education. Students could no longer be barred from a school because of the color of their skin. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Brown decision, I wanted to look at how far we’ve come in integrating our schools and how far we still have to go.

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Charter School Private School Public School Tradition 132

Society for Classical Studies

MAY 6, 2024

NEH Grantees: April 2024 kskordal Mon, 05/06/2024 - 09:22 Image Congratulations to the following individuals and organizations announced as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grantees in April 2024, for their projects in classical studies and adjacent fields: David Danzig, Paige Brevick (Save Ancient Studies Inc): Increasing Humanities Engagement through Archaeogaming Christy Schirmer: A Socioeconomic History of River Exploitation in the Roman Empire Joel Mann (St.

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Humanities History 111

ED Surge

MAY 6, 2024

Standards-based grading is an educational assessment approach that focuses on evaluating students’ mastery of specific learning objectives. Grades are assigned based on a student’s understanding and proficiency of essential skills and knowledge outlined in predetermined standards. Standards-based grading promotes transparency, fairness and individualized learning experiences.

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K-12 Education Educational Technology Teaching 64

Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School May 6, 2024 • By Studies Weekly In elementary school, students learn and refine an immeasurable number of skills. They develop math, reading, spelling, grammar, and writing skills that teachers measure and monitor. But what about the skills they learn that are hard to quantify, like active listening, teamwork, communication, and problem-solving?

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Elementary School Teaching Artifacts Heritage 59

Anthropology.net

MAY 6, 2024

In the heart of Central Italy lies a region steeped in history, where the whispers of the past offer invaluable insights into the present challenges of wildfire management. Environmental anthropologist from my Alma matter, University of California, Santa Cruz Professor Andrew Mathews has embarked on a journey 1 through time, unraveling the untold stories of peasant women and shepherds who once wielded the power to tame the flames.

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History 52

Living Geography

MAY 6, 2024

A new game linked to sea level. Expedition Sea Level! A new time travel game about #SeaLevelRise , #glacier and #ice sheet melting Play here --> [link] Created for our sea level project @ProtectSlr — Prof Tamsin Edwards (@flimsin) May 6, 2024 Expedition Sea Level – a time travel to unveil the mysteries of sea level rise : becoming an actor of climate change is a numerical interactive activity designed as a game for middle school students (11 – 15 years old) to learn the links between sea leve

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Middle School Humanities 52

Political Science Now

MAY 6, 2024

Laika Jerome, Hofstra University Laika Jerome is a rising senior and first-generation student at Hofstra University. She is majoring in political science and global studies and minoring in civic engagement, criminology, and philosophy of law. On campus, Laika is a fellow of the Center for Civic Engagement and has worked on several efforts such as voter registration, comprehensive voter packets, and event planning.

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Civic Engagement Civics Global Studies Political Science 50

ED Surge

MAY 6, 2024

Nikita Dutt, a second-year student at the University of California, Davis, didn’t come to college to work with young children. But since September, she’s spent a couple of hours per day as a tutor through the California Volunteers College Corps, a state-funded partnership program that places college students into paid internships. She earns $700 per month, provided she tutors elementary students for at least 20 hours per two weeks.

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Tutoring K-12 Public School Teaching 127

Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

Defend the Freedom to Learn: June 8 and All Year Long Why a Day of Action? Children’s future depends on what they learn today. However, across the country, legislatures have passed laws to criminalize teaching honestly about U.S. history and to restrict students’ ability to ask questions and think critically. The laws’ chilling effect reaches classrooms nationwide.

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Teaching Historic Sites History Human Rights 52