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Elevating Innovation 2024: Conference Reflections and Takeaways from Educators

Digital Promise

In November 2024, Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning hosted the third annual Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference. The event attracted educators from across the country and around the world. Attendees had the opportunity to learn about the latest educational trends, emerging technologies, and innovative strategies shaping education directly from education and edtech experts like 2022 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year Whitney Aragaki; Hey, Mrs.

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The Emic Perspective of Generative AI

Teaching Anthropology

Chloe Beckett, M.A., Nightingale College, South Dakota, US As I grade my Cultural Anthropoloy classs Emic and Etic Perspectives of Halloween essay, two things strike me: 1. How often I write the comment Capitalize proper nouns, and 2. How the Turnitin AI scores keep creeping higher and higher. For anyone who has been teaching anthropology over the last two years, the latter will be of no surprise to you.

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Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

ED Surge

Its that time of year when seemingly everyone has the sniffles, and many people are laid up with a cold, the flu or some other unsavory affliction. While staff absences are rarely seamless in any setting, in K-12 schools, there is at least a system designed to support such occurrences. Public school districts have a reserve of substitute teachers they can tap into when sickness spreads and staff begin to call out.

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OPINION: Instead of panicking over test scores, let’s rethink how we measure learning and student success

The Hechinger Report

Last weeks reaction to the dismal scores on the nations report card, also known as NAEP, was familiar: panic and calls for reform. Heres an alternative response: Just say nope to NAEP. For decades, education policy has lurched from one test score panic to the next, diverting resources from what we know matters building students socioemotional skills, fostering strong relationships with teachers and peers and supporting enriched home environments that drive long-term success.

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When Early Learning Serves as a Catalyst for Change

ED Surge

Early learning is taking center stage in education, and for good reason. As schools across the country face resource constraints and potential teacher shortages, innovative approaches to early childhood education are yielding impressive results. By using data to guide instruction, building community ties and focusing on targeted help for students, some districts are seeing remarkable turnarounds in academic performance.

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Passing Notes

Sapiens

The speaker of a poem refuses linguistic erasure, passing secret notes with untranslated lines in Koreankeeping the language alive during Japanese occupation. Passing Notes is part of the collection Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way Through. Read the introduction to the collection here. Passing Notes – Listen For the preservers of the Korean language during Japanese Occupation (19101945) in secret today i got in trouble i didnt want my words shredded and force-fed to me so i () s

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Picture This: Using Bilateral Drawing to Recenter and Destress

Studies Weekly

Picture This: Using Bilateral Drawing to Recenter and Destress Feb 3, 2025 By Debbie Bagley Because classroom behavior issues continue to rise in frequency, I am constantly looking for effective remedies to common challenges. Recently, I’ve been reading about the benefits of bilateral drawing in art therapy. This type of therapy can include simple exercises to help students self-soothe, self-regulate, and calm themselves when they encounter stress and overwhelming feelings.

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Ancient Europeans May Have Worn Cheek Piercings 30,000 Years Ago

Anthropology.net

A Mystery Etched in Enamel For decades, archaeologists studying the remains of Central Europe’s Pavlovian culture—hunter-gatherers who lived between 25,000 and 29,000 years ago—have puzzled over an unusual feature in their teeth. Unlike typical wear patterns that form on the biting surfaces due to chewing, these ancient individuals displayed a distinct type of enamel erosion on the cheek-facing sides of their teeth.

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Hinterland and children's books

Living Geography

A couple of stories from earlier in the week connected together in my head. The front page of 'The Guardian' was particularly worrying. Fewer than half (44%) of the 1,000 parents of reception-aged children who took part in a parallel survey said they thought children starting school should know how to use books correctly, turning the pages rather than swiping or tapping as if using an electronic device.

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Cooling HDB towns

O-Level Geography

Heat-reflective paint will be applied to all existing Housing and Development Board (HDB) estates as part of efforts to reduce urban heat and enhance residents' comfort. How does the cool paint reduce ambient temperature? What are the benefits of the cool paint? Where will this cool coatings initiative be rolled out? At the end of January 2025, over 4,300 blocks have had solar panels installed to power common services such as lifts, lights, and water pumps in HDB estates.

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The role of subjects and subject associations in climate change and sustainability education in England

Living Geography

Thats the title of a new report published by UCL's Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability and the Council for Subject Associations. The Role of Subjects and Subject Associations in Climate Change and Sustainability Education in England report highlights the important roles of citizenship, geography and science in teaching about climate change and sustainability and the contributions that can be made by subjects across the curriculum.

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Free Copies of “Original Sins” by Eve Ewing

Zinn Education Project

Thanks to generous donors, the Zinn Education Project can offer 500 copies of Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism to teachers, teacher educators, school librarians, and curriculum specialists. The requests can be for 1, 5, or 10 copies depending on how the book will be used. There are a limited number of the sets of 5 and 10.

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GTE Conference 2025 #6: Day 2 - 'Orbital'

Living Geography

My session took place after the morning break on Day 2. I spoke about the work we had done at King's Ely Prep to develop a new unit on Samantha Harvey's 'Orbital'. This was still a work in progress, but has gone down well so far, and there is more to come in the final 2 weeks of this half term. I will be blogging about this again once it has been completed, and sharing all the resources.

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How Gender Alters the Costs of Political Toxicity.

Political Science Now

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Jack Wippell, covers the new article by Gregory Eady and Anne Rasmussen, “Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity.” Is political toxicity such as online hostility, abuse and intimidation just a cost of doing business in modern democracy, or does it weigh more heavily on some groups than other

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2026 Annual Meeting: SCS Abstract and Proposal Submission System is Open

Society for Classical Studies

2026 Annual Meeting: SCS Abstract and Proposal Submission System is Open kskordal Mon, 02/03/2025 - 10:52 Image We are pleased to announce that the SCS Abstract and Proposal submission system for the 2026 Annual Meeting is now open: [link] Upon accessing the submission system, please read the instructions on the landing page in their entirety. This page includes important information on submission requirements, plus links to guidelines and resources from the SCS Program Committee on submitting a

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Policy Feedback, Energy Equity, and Climate Justice: Can Existing Policies Improve Solar Access for Low- and Moderate-Income Communities in the United States?

Political Science Now

Policy Feedback, Energy Equity, and Climate Justice: Can Existing Policies Improve Solar Access for Low- and Moderate-Income Communities in the United States? By Aparajita Datta , University of Houston Despite the proliferation of rooftop solar in the United States, its deployment and associated benefits have not been distributed equitably. Many states have adopted targeted incentives to improve access to rooftop solar and increase its uptake among low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities.

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Jimmy Cornelison, Bybee Master Potter, a video (part one)

Life and Landscapes

A video of Jimmy Cornelison, sixth generation Cornelison family potter, part one. At the 200 year old Bybee Pottery Barn in Bybee, Kentucky. December, 2021.

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SUNY Will Teach Students to ‘Ethically Use AI’

Stanford History Education Group

SUNY Will Teach Students to Ethically Use AI lee_2 Mon, 02/03/2025 - 17:27 01/16/25 [link]

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GTE Conference #7: Day 2. - Teach the Future

Living Geography

Teach the Future has produced a useful resource. Kit Rackley flagged it up in their session. Curriculum for a Changing Climate These resources were placed online a while back, and it is clear that the national curriculum is now going to be reviewed. They suggest 10 guiding principles for a curriculum for a changing climate.

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Institute for Citizens & Scholars Launches “Carnegie Young Leaders for Civic Preparedness”

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

The post Institute for Citizens & Scholars Launches Carnegie Young Leaders for Civic Preparedness appeared first on Institute for Citizens & Scholars.

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GTE Conference: #8: AI usage

Living Geography

A useful report from Spain was part of the presentation by my EuroGeo / ERASMUS colleague Mara Luisa de Lzaro Torres. De Lzaro Torres, M.L. (Coord), lvarez-Otero, J., Gonzlez Gonzlez, M.J., Guallart Moreno, C., Morales Yago, F.J., Puertas Aguilar, M.A., Rodrguez de Castro, A. (2025). IA in Teaching, Learning, and Academic Researching. [Story map].

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New Education Department Officials Say Book Bans Are a 'Hoax.' Teachers Disagree.

ED Surge

U.S. Department of Education ends Bidens book ban hoax. That headline from a recent press release by the federal agency has sparked outcry from free speech advocates and teachers who dispute that President Joe Bidens administration exaggerated the pervasiveness of book bans in the nations schools. In fact, educators say theyve been subjected to censorship for years.

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