ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2025

When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. Other assessments such as the critical thinking-focused international PISA exam have also indicated declining math abilities.

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Elementary School Pedagogy K-12 Professional Development 128

The Effortful Educator

APRIL 8, 2025

Maybe its just me, but I think teachers are pretty good at making things more difficult than they need to be. Take spaced practice and retrieval practice , for example, which are two of the most researched and effective learning strategies any teacher can employ in their classroom to positively impact student outcomes. While I appreciate being really granular about the research surrounding these topics and more, the most important thing we can do is just employ them in the classroom.

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Psychology High School Research Teaching 99

Anthropology.net

APRIL 8, 2025

Obsidian, a naturally occurring volcanic glass, has long captivated archaeologists due to its sharpness and distinctive properties. Despite Alberta's lack of volcanic activity, numerous obsidian artifacts have been unearthed across the province, prompting questions about their origins and the prehistoric networks that transported them. Recent studies 1 shed light on these ancient trade routes, revealing a complex web of interactions among Indigenous communities.

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Artifacts Archaeology Primary Sources Economics 93

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. In a corner of Huffman High School, the sounds of popping nail guns and whirring table saws fill the architecture and construction classroom. Down the hall, culinary students chop and saute in the schools commercial kitchen, and in another room, cosmetology students snip mannequin hair to prepare for the states natural hair stylist license.

High School 94

High School K-12 Economics Advocacy 94

Sapiens

APRIL 8, 2025

Walk with a linguistic anthropologist through the sounds, politics, and fabulosity of a kiki ball in Puerto Rico. Since its emergence in 1960s Harlem, the LGBTQ+ ballroom scene has expanded into a transnational subculture. For outsiders, understanding how a ball functions can take time. Join linguistic anthropologist Dozandri Mendoza as they walk us through a night at a kiki ball in Puerto Rico.

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Anthropology Archiving Library Humanities 69

Teaching American History

APRIL 8, 2025

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. These are free to attend for all social studies teachers and can be in historical locations, school districts, and educational service centers. For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar.

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Primary Sources American History Social Studies History 52

Moler's Musing

APRIL 8, 2025

In a recent interview, I was told: Your pedagogical knowledge is impressive. I havent seen anything like it. But we hire people who can build relationships. The comment came from nowhere. I was taken back. The interview wasnt even over. I didnt even have time to respond. But since then, Ive been sitting with itannoyed, frustrated, and a little fired up.

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Pedagogy 40

Women's History Network

APRIL 8, 2025

The second volume of Women from Hackneys History was published on International Womens Day 2025, exactly four years after the first book appeared. Together covering 228 women who have strong links to todays London Borough, they range in date from the fifteenth century to the 2020s.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 8, 2025

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned by recent attacks on the independence of colleges and universities in the United States. Over the past few weeks, there have been instances of hundreds of millions of dollars of federal grants and contracts for colleges and universities being cancelled or suspended, paired with promises of reinstating funding in return for compliance with a list of demands for institutional overhaul.

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Political Science Education Leadership Research 49

Women's History Network

APRIL 8, 2025

As part of the Hackney History Festival Hackney Archives is running a Wikiediting Workshop which will use the women featured in the two Women from Hackneys History books – checking if entries exist, creating new entries and learning how to edit existing content.

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Archiving History 52

ShortCutsTV

APRIL 8, 2025

The New Penology refers to changes in the roles played by control agencies (both formal, such as the police and informal, such as schools) in contemporary societies that can be summarised in terms of three main ideas: 1.

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Sociology 52

Political Science Now

APRIL 8, 2025

How the Trump Administrations Quota Policy Transformed Immigration Judging By Elise N. Blasingame , University of Georgia ; Christina L. Boyd , University of Georgia ; Roberto F. Carlos , University of Texas at Austin ; Joseph T. Ornstein , University of Georgia. The Trump administration implemented a controversial performance quota policy for immigration judges in October 2018.

Political Science 50

Political Science 50

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2025

RIVER FOREST, Ill. When she began to check out colleges as a high school student, Jacqueline Quintero noticed something many seemed to have in common. I dont like saying it, but they all looked so white, said Quintero, whose parents came to the United States from Mexico. I just didnt feel a sense of belonging. Then she went to a reception for admitted students at Dominican University, near where she grew up in the west Chicago suburbs.

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High School Cultures Advocacy Library 118

Political Science Now

APRIL 8, 2025

Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSAs Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled “2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections ,” for a PSNow blog series of political science scholars who reflect on key moments, ideas, and challenges faced in the 2024 election. The views expressed in this series are those of the authors and contributors alone and do not represent the views of the APSA.

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