The Effortful Educator
OCTOBER 9, 2024
I’m sure I’m not the only one, but as a teacher I am borderline obsessed with creating the best learning environment for my students. Whether it is the physical appearance of the room or the method of instruction, I want to make it as efficient and effective as possible for my students to both get the information in and then provide opportunities for them to get the information out for use.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 9, 2024
BROOKLINE, Mass. — It was a humid, gray morning in July, and most of their peers were spending the summer sleeping late and hanging out with friends. But the 20 rising 10th graders in Lisa Rodriguez’s class at Brookline High School were finishing a lesson on exponents and radicals. As Rodriguez worked with two students on a difficult problem, Noelia Ames was called over by a soft-spoken student sitting nearby.
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Digital Promise
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The post Celebrating “From Here To There”: Enhancing Math Teaching with Innovative Tools appeared first on Digital Promise.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The post College Presidents for Civic Preparedness featured on NPR Weekend Edition appeared first on Institute for Citizens & Scholars.
Sapiens
OCTOBER 9, 2024
After two decades of research, scholars find that Stonehenge’s giant Altar Stone came from northeast Scotland. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ No one is certain why Stonehenge was built. This world-famous monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire in southwestern England is thought to commemorate the dead and is aligned with movements of the sun and moon.
Strange Maps
OCTOBER 9, 2024
On the eastern outskirts of Albania’s capital Tirana, a golden dome peeps across concrete walls topped with razorwire. This small compound, the world headquarters of an obscure Islamic sect, feels like it’s been transplanted from Jerusalem, where strict security and spiritual devotion go hand in hand. And if Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama gets his way, this place will soon get its cue from another of the world’s religious nerve centers: Rome.
Anthropology.net
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The Discovery at Tunnug 1 In southern Siberia, archaeologists have uncovered a prehistoric burial mound—Tunnug 1—revealing evidence of human and animal sacrifices from the late 9th century. This remarkable site, situated in Tuva, Russia, offers a rare glimpse into early Iron Age culture on the Eurasian steppes. The findings, detailed in a study published in Antiquity 1 , showcase the scale of the sacrifices made in honor of an elite figure buried within the mound.
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Living Geography
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Another Wednesday means it's time for another Worldly Wednesday. This week's day off didn't start in the way I would have preferred: a trip to the dentist for root canal treatment, which was a bit unpleasant and lasted ninety minutes. It also seems I need a crown and wisdom tooth out at some point, which was less than ideal given the cost of the treatment. seems I'd better crack on with some writing to get some funds coming in.
Women's History Network
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The inaugural National Intelligence History Conference (NIHC) will be held at Bletchley Park on Wednesday 20 – Friday 22 November 2024. Jointly hosted by Bletchley Park Trust and GCHQ, the conference is open to all who have an interest in intelligence history. The theme of the 2024 conference is ‘People in Intelligence’.
Living Geography
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The latest ONS estimates for the UK's population are out, and there is some news on the balance between birth rates and death rates. The Guardian has the story. This was the front page of the Times newspaper today. It explains why, despite this change in the nature of the natural population change, there has been a dramatic increase in the total population, which has been driven by an increase in immigration.
Political Science Now
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Raquel Centeno is a Ph.D. candidate studying American politics and quantitative methods in the Political Science and International Relations department at the University of Southern California. Her research falls largely in the areas of public opinion, political psychology, and political behavior. Much of Raquel’s research is motivated by questions of how voters’ various group identities influence their perceptions of politics, and her dissertation uses the cases of Latino and White partisans to
Living Geography
OCTOBER 9, 2024
In November. online. sign up now! Are you looking to improve your geography fieldwork? Want to hear what others are doing to make their fieldwork exciting, inclusive and relevant? Why not come along to our TeachMeet and hear from teachers and educators about their fieldwork offer? [link] pic.twitter.com/ZzOVzDiEnr — RGS-IBG Schools (@RGS_IBGschools) October 9, 2024 Still spaces to sign up to watch, and also to present - go on!!
ED Surge
OCTOBER 9, 2024
We’re halfway through “ Parable of the Sower ” by Octavia Butler, and we’ve arrived at a crucial turning point in the plot. The main character, Lauren Olamina, loses her family and home to an arson attack. I wanted my students to fully experience the severity of this loss, so instead of continuing with a workshop model I’d been using throughout the unit thus far, I decided to read to the class: I sat where I was for three weary, terrifying hours.
Society for Classical Studies
OCTOBER 9, 2024
In Memoriam: Mary-Kay Gamel Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:26 Image In Memoriam: Mary-Kay Gamel (submitted by Amy R. Cohen) This summer, our Society lost a towering figure. Mary-Kay Gamel died June 26, 2024, in Santa Rosa, California. She was born September 15, 1942, to Blanche Lee Booker and Oscar Young Gamel in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 9, 2024
College campuses have become battlegrounds in America’s culture wars, with diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the center of the debate. In at least 20 states, Republican lawmakers are pushing to limit or even ban DEI initiatives at public universities. College Uncovered cohost Kirk Carapezza heads to North Carolina, where rollbacks in DEI are raising concerns.
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