Sapiens

APRIL 9, 2025

Utterances like um, wow, and mm-hmm arent garbage, they keep conversations flowing. This article was originally published at Knowable Magazine and has been republished under Creative Commons. LISTEN CAREFULLY TO a spoken conversation and youll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-wordsmm-hmm, um, huh?, and the likethat dont convey any information about the topic of the conversation itself.

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History Humanities Research Teaching 113

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2025

The Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, is investigating the unintended consequences of AI-powered surveillance at schools. Members of the Collaborative are AL.com, The Associated Press, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News, The Hechinger Report, Idaho Education News, The Post and Courier in South Carolina, and The Seattle Times.

Humanities 59

Humanities Middle School High School Research 59

ED Surge

APRIL 9, 2025

From customer service chatbots to personalized shopping recommendations, artificial intelligence has become integral to our daily lives. Mainstream generative AI tools, which can create original content, have risen dramatically in popularity. Many educators have begun exploring these tools to streamline administrative tasks from composing parent emails to analyzing assessment data and differentiating instruction.

Education 55

Education Professional Development Tutoring Teaching 55

Anthropology.net

APRIL 9, 2025

Perched on the rugged cliffs of South Africa's southern coast, Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1 (KEH-1) has offered archaeologists a trove of insights into human life during the waning years of the last Ice Age. Recent excavations have unearthed thousands of stone tools, shedding light on the technological ingenuity and social interactions of prehistoric communities.​ Prehistoric stone tool cores.

Humanities 52

Humanities 52

Political Science Now

APRIL 9, 2025

APSA sponsors in-person and virtual dissertation workshops annually. Our in-person events are held on the Wednesday prior to the APSA Annual Meeting. Each full-day workshop includes six PhD candidates who present a dissertation chapter, along with two faculty members who lead the workshop and moderate discussions. Our virtual workshops are held over the summer or fall.

Civic Engagement 45

Civic Engagement Civics Economics Professional Development 45

Education Week - Social Studies

APRIL 9, 2025

The agency made grants for professional development and supported nationwide history education programs. Now these offerings may disappear.

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Social Studies Humanities Professional Development History Education 78

Political Science Now

APRIL 9, 2025

In the Eye of the Storm: Hurricanes, Climate Migration, and Climate Attitudes By Sabrina B. Arias , Princeton University ; Christopher W. Blair , Princeton University. Climate disasters raise the salience of climate changes negative consequences, including climate-induced migration. Policy action to address climate displacement is especially contentious in the United States, where weak support for tackling climate change intersects with high opposition to migration.

Political Science 31

Political Science Education 31

Anthropology.net

APRIL 9, 2025

Deep within the dense Guatemalan jungle, archaeologists have uncovered 1 a significant artifact that offers fresh insights into the intricate relationship between two ancient Mesoamerican powerhouses: the Maya city of Tikal and the central Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan. This discovery—a painted altar buried near Tikal's epicenter—suggests a profound cultural and political interplay between these civilizations.​ Structure 6D-XV-Sub3 altar with murals rendered from the north-

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Artifacts Cultures Tradition Leadership 52

Moler's Musing

APRIL 9, 2025

In my blog series, The Week That Was , I try to open up my classroom and my mindhow I plan, how I teach, what I try, what works, what doesnt. But the more I think about it, the more I realize that maybe I need to open up more about myself. Not just what I do in the classroom, but who I am, and the things that have shaped me into the teacher I am today.

Lesson Plan 40

Lesson Plan Middle School High School Teaching 40

ED Surge

APRIL 9, 2025

Hey, I'm a principal at a school, and I forgot my password, the voice said. Can you help me? The call came into a help desk at Beaverton School District. A city in Portlands metropolitan area, Beaverton is home to a Nike factory and is the site of upcoming expansions for semiconductor manufacturing , funded by federal dollars under the CHIPS Act. In all, about 40,000 students attend the district.

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K-12 EdTech Public School Government 99