Active History Teacher
APRIL 21, 2024
It’s the end of the year and we all need a project that will keep students engaged! This end of the year project creating walk-up songs for historical figures was a huge hit with students. Are your students climbing the walls? It’s all I can do after standardized testing is over to keep my students from going crazy. If I hear “can I go to the restroom” one more time, I might pull my hair out.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 21, 2024
Ignorance and apathy are not a winning combination when facing down an existential threat. But that’s exactly what Susie Jaramillo, of Encantos Media, found when her team was conducting focus groups with tweens. They were working on their just-released educational video series on climate change, “This Is Cooler.” “There’s misconceptions around what is actually causing climate change,” she said.
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Heinemann Blog
APRIL 21, 2024
Today, educator Alycia Owen and Heinemann author Andrea Honigsfeld, discuss the great importance of Andrea's newly released Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for Secondary Multilingual Learners. This book takes the same framework from Andrea's K-8 book and applies it specifically to the secondary setting. Together, they delve into the importance of addressing every level of proficiency through meaningful experiences, creating supportive learning environments, and incorporating visual rep
Women's History Network
APRIL 21, 2024
In 1964, just a few months after British fashion designer Mary Quant became the center of controversy with her Bazaar boutique in Chelsea, the irreverent miniskirt arrived in Spanish society. Modernity was making strides. The consumer society was burgeoning in Spain, and advertising was avidly seeking new customers.
Living Geography
APRIL 21, 2024
One of the relatively recent GeogLive! events was on the theme of energy, and Anthony Barlow mentioned the presence (and increasing absence) of the structures called Cooling Towers. ** [link] ** One of the discussion points about memory related to Energy and landscape we will make on Wednesday in GeogLive Energy ** Join us ** Free Primary Educator CPD ** 17.1.24 5pm @The_GA pic.twitter.com/baN6nf7Whp — Anthony Barlow (@totalgeography) January 14, 2024 I have this print in my classroom.
Women's History Network
APRIL 21, 2024
Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On A free one-day conference at People’s History Museum, Manchester Friday 28 June 2024 Keynote speakers: Sheila Rowbotham, Lynne Segal, and Hilary Wainwright 2024 marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the seminal socialist-feminist text Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism.
Anthropology.net
APRIL 21, 2024
The Unique Morphology of the Human Skull Base The human species, Homo sapiens , stands apart in the evolutionary tapestry, distinguished by a myriad of anatomical features, including the distinctive shape of the skull base. These evolutionary adaptations were pivotal in facilitating the remarkable expansion of our cranial capacity, culminating in the emergence of our unparalleled cognitive abilities.
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Living Geography
APRIL 21, 2024
“In my everyday life it is probably inevitable to see, understand and judge everything that happens through ‘geography-tinted’ glasses. Once a geographer, you will always stay one and will find it hard to not utilise this way of thinking in your everyday life. In my everyday life it is probably inevitable to see, understand and judge everything that happens through ‘geography-tinted’ glasses.
A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 21, 2024
In an education world obsessed with standardization, the pursuit of "best practices" reigns supreme. Countless systems and schools rely on pre-defined, one-size-fits-all approaches, promising guaranteed success. However, this rigid adherence to a single ideal can stifle innovation and hinder progress. We must shift our focus to effectiveness – achieving desired results in a way that adapts to unique situations.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 21, 2024
Thousands of public school districts and charter schools have turned to tutoring as a popular and effective way to jumpstart lagging student performance post-pandemic. Educators strongly endorse tutoring, when done right, and believe it can help students make real academic gains. In an effort to spur the tutoring movement, the Biden administration recently called on colleges and universities to devote at least 15 percent of their federal work-study funds to pay eligible college students to tutor
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