The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Imagine a classroom in which young students are excitedly discussing their future aspirations and a career in medicine feels like a tangible goal rather than a distant dream. Now, imagine that most of the students come from historically marginalized communities Black, Hispanic and Indigenous populations that disproportionately face higher rates of chronic illness, shorter life expectancies and poorer health outcomes.

K-12 71

K-12 Cultures High School Humanities 71

The Effortful Educator

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Over a century of research shows evidence of improved student performance when retrieval practice (also called the testing effect) is used as a method of learning and assessment in the classroom. (1) In my estimation, an efficient and effective classroom cannot operate without the use of retrieval practice. It informs everyone of what students know and dont know.

Psychology 70

Psychology Research Humanities High School 70

Geogramblings

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

My most recent #GeogramblingsReacts video had me diving into a topic that has many of us in the climate science community both infuriated and deeply concerned. Recently, the Essential Principles for Climate Literacy guide was amongst many other resources relating to climate change to be removed from the NOAA website by order of the current administration.

Archiving 52

Archiving Humanities Teaching Education 52

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

What if collecting rare and beautiful objects wasn't just a uniquely human behavior? A recent study from the Prado Vargas Cave in Spain suggests that Neanderthals—long depicted as brutish, survival-driven beings—may have shared this deeply human impulse. The discovery of 15 marine fossils in a cave occupied by Neanderthals raises a provocative question: Did our ancient cousins collect objects for reasons beyond survival?

Humanities 92

Humanities Cultures History Research 92