NCHE

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When a Pennsylvania school board in 2020 pulled over 300 books and materials from school bookshelves, a student group at the high school, the Panther Anti-Racist Union, took note. All the banned books were by or about people of color or of diverse genders (including even a student PowerPoint on helping minority students take the SAT). Faculty sponsors Patricia Jackson and Ben Hodge helped the students to first talk with the administration, after which the group decided to hold a series of mornin

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World History Teachers Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Why was the Taiping Rebellion a turning point in Chinese Civilization? Scholar Rana Mitter describes the rebellion for Facing History. He notes that it was probably the single most bloody civil war in history and perhaps one of the most bizarre because it involved a figure who claimed to the younger brother of Jesus Christ.

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History 130

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The discovery of a sophisticated fire structure used by Neanderthals in Gibraltar's Vanguard Cave has transformed how we perceive their technological and cognitive capabilities. This groundbreaking study 1 reveals how fire was not just a survival tool but a medium for innovation, allowing Neanderthals to create tar—a key material for hafting tools and weapons.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This story is part of a collaboration on chronic absenteeism among Native American students between The Associated Press and ICT, a news outlet that covers Indigenous issues. It is reprinted with permission. WATONGA, Okla. — As the Watonga school system’s Indian education director, Hollie Youngbear works to help Native American students succeed — a job that begins with getting them to school.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

What made Europe’s first mega-settlements flourish nearly 6,000 years ago? A new study suggests it wasn’t just climate change or population pressure driving innovation but the allure of expanded opportunities and social equality. Researchers from the ROOTS Cluster of Excellence at Kiel University have introduced a groundbreaking way 1 to apply modern philosophical concepts, like the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), to ancient societies, offering fresh perspectives on how

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This story is part of a collaboration on chronic absenteeism among Native American students between The Associated Press and ICT, a news outlet that covers Indigenous issues. It is reprinted with permission. SAN CARLOS, Ariz. — After missing 40 days of school last year, Tommy Betom, 10, is on track this year for much better attendance. The importance of showing up has been stressed repeatedly at school — and at home.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The need to teach responsible and ethical digital habits has never been more pressing. For students, digital citizenship isn’t just a skill — it’s essential to navigating everything from staying connected with their friends to learning about the world around them, to preparing for college and career. But with technology advancing so quickly, how can we help young people make healthy choices?

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Recent discoveries 1 at the Sanxingdui site in the Yangtze River Basin reveal that silk, a material synonymous with trade and luxury, was also deeply embedded in the ritual practices of ancient civilizations. Researchers from the China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have confirmed that silk played a significant role in sacrificial rituals conducted by the Shu State during the late Shang Dynasty (1600–1100 BCE).

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Artifacts Archaeology Museum Cultures 53

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Traducción por : César Segovia Read in English Hay mucho que considerar a la hora de decidir a qué universidad postularte. Los costos de matrícula, las ofertas de ayuda financiera y los préstamos estudiantiles están en los primeros lugares de la lista, pero también lo están las preguntas sobre la cultura del campus y las políticas de libertad de expresión.

Education 52

Education 52

Living Geography

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Daniel Raven Ellison has previously behind the making of a number of films, including: The UK in 100 Seconds - narrated by the late Benjamin Zephaniah The UK National Parks in 100 Seconds - narrated by Cerys Matthews The Netherlands in 100 Seconds See them here. He is now planning to release his latest film. Of the UK film, Dan said: "I don’t think anyone really has a clue what Britain actually looks like.

Geography 52

Geography 52

Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 2, 2024

CFP: Rome and Iberia V: Diversity of Relations from Antiquity to Modernity kskordal Mon, 12/02/2024 - 13:18 Image The Department of Spanish Studies and the Department of Classical Philology of the University in Lodz would like to invite you to the fifth interdisciplinary academic conference Rome and Iberia V. Diversity of Relations from Antiquity to Modernity April 10-11, 2025 We are delighted to invite you to participate in the fifth interdisciplinary international academic conference on the re

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Living Geography

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The UN Foresight Report is Futures facing and looks at reporting research The present report “Navigating New Horizons – A Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing”, produced by UNEP in collaboration with the International Science Council. The report calls for the world to pay heed and respond to a range of emerging challenges that could disrupt planetary health and wellbeing.

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Life and Landscapes

DECEMBER 2, 2024

SURROUNDING GLASGOW Glasgow, Kentucky. How to reach this hidden oasis? I recommend this route for your driving pleasure, riding down Highway 31 East in Central Kentucky. So get off Interstate Highway 65 at Elizabethtown and take the Lincoln Parkway [Highway 61] down to Hodgenville. Then turn south, at that famous city square with the statue of Lincoln, onto Highway 31 East, itself.

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ShortCutsTV

DECEMBER 2, 2024

I always found teaching “the experimental method” in sociology a little dull because there were relatively few examples I could use to illustrate the genre. And most of what were available seemed to be created by psychopaths psychologists.

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Curricular Design, American Political Development, and the Future of the Undergraduate Political Science Major By Joshua Plencner , and Allison Rank , SUNY Oswego In this article we ground recent literature on “rethinking political science education” by offering faculty a practicable model for building more structured curricular pathways in their own undergraduate programs.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Office hours for Patrick Cafferty’s biology classes are anything but traditional. Sometimes, students will go on runs with Cafferty, who is a teaching professor at Emory University. Other times, they’ll meet for coloring sessions or use chalk to draw anatomical diagrams on the sidewalk outside the medical school on campus. This year, the office hours became a time for students to play games together.

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Congratulations to the newly-elected APSA Council Members and Officers for 2024! These Council Members and Officers began their terms in September following the conclusion of the APSA Annual Meeting. You can find more information about the APSA election process here. Read the council bios here. President-Elect Susan Stokes, University of Chicago Vice President Juliet Hooker, Brown University Vincent Hutchings, University of Michigan Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa Council Lonna Atkeson, Fl

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Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The right is doing all they can to suppress the teaching of history, but they are not succeeding. How do we know? Check out this list of lessons that were most frequently downloaded from the Zinn Education Project website this year! Read the list and donate so that we can provide more teachers with these lessons in 2025. Teaching the Seeds of Violence in Palestine-Israel By Bill Bigelow A mixer/mystery activity on Zionism, anti-Zionism, peasant resistance, the Great War, the British Mandate, and

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Primary Sources Government History Humanities 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Student interest in school is declining. According to a recent Gallup survey, less than six in 10 middle- and high-schoolers say they’ve learned something interesting at school in the last week. That’s a decrease of 10 percentage points from 2023, Gallup says, and the prevailing emphasis on college preparation may be partly to blame. More than two-thirds of high-schoolers say they’ve heard “a lot” about college, but fewer than one in five say they’ve heard “a lot” about jobs that do not require

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. — Sunlight streaming in from giant windows behind her, Gabrielle Fomby began to tell the six other students seated near her about an experience in fourth grade science class that shaped her view of her skin color for years. “We were sitting criss-cross applesauce,” recounted Fomby, a sophomore at Louisville’s Bellarmine University.

Teaching 56

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Zachary David Typer was 6 months old when he suffocated after being put down for a nap by his child care provider in Topeka, Kansas. Left on an adult bed, Zachary rolled over and became trapped between the mattress and the footboard. His provider, who had taken a muscle relaxer and was resting on a couch in another room, found him about an hour later.

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