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A dismal report card in math and reading

The Hechinger Report

The kids are not bouncing back. The results of a major national test released Wednesday showed that in 2024, reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students were still significantly below those of students in 2019, the last administration of the test before the pandemic. In reading, students slid below the devastatingly low achievement levels of 2022, which many educators had hoped would be a nadir.

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Visionary Leadership: 3 Ways to Kickstart Your School Year Planning

Digital Promise

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Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story

Teaching American History

Part I: Behind the Scenes, an Interracial Team Plans Integration In May of 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education , finding segregated schools inherently unequal. One year later, the Court issued its Ruling on Relief, mandating that desegregation proceed with all deliberate speed. Given the deliberate vagueness of the instruction, Southern school authorities delayed compliance.

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ChatGPT as a Collaborative Thought Partner: Opportunities and Challenges for Multilingual Writers

Digital Promise

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Expertise and Inequality Amid Environmental Crisis: A View from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Political Science Now

Expertise and Inequality Amid Environmental Crisis: A View from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta By Joseph Warren , University of Alaska Anchorage Scientific expertise is crucial for responding effectively to environmental crises. Nevertheless, under conditions of political inequality, expert policy making can inhibit policy solutions by altering incentives of powerful interest groups.

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Building on Success: Setting the Stage for Micro-credentials 2025

Digital Promise

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New Environment Agency Flood Risk advice

Living Geography

I mentioned that this was coming a few weeks ago and it's now here. The Environment Agency has updated their risk of flooding from sea, rivers and surface water maps available on the "Check your long term flood risk" website These are based on the latest National Flood Risk Assessment modelling and data, which the EA has been working on over the past 4 years.

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Festival of Geography - 16th June 2025

Living Geography

Do you like festivals? Course you do. Like geography? Of course - love it! How about a Festival of Geography! Yes please! The Festival of Geography brings together colleagues from the Royal Geographical Society and Geographical Association (GA) for a joint celebration of geographical knowledge and understanding. This special event is an opportunity for teachers at all stages to come together and share their passion for geography.

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Religion Is a Taboo Topic. I Discuss It in My Classroom Anyway.

ED Surge

On my first day as an Arabic teacher, my school mentor sternly advised me, "Avoid the three taboos: sex, politics, and religion. When I started teaching Arabic in a public school, I inherited the curriculum and materials from the previous teacher. These materials, designed by Arab and Muslim curriculum developers, included religious references, such as the word Allah, the name of God in Islam, and sayings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad.

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Drylands

Living Geography

This Guardian piece talks about the drying out of the Earth. Drylands now make up a significant part of the Earth's surface, and provide challenges to the people who live in them. Antarctica is the driest continent, but the world is drying out. The Amazon reached record low levels, along with many of its tributaries.

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What the White House pause on spending means for education

The Hechinger Report

A late-night directive from the White House budget office Monday that appeared to freeze streams of federal dollars that pay for everything from school lunches to university research is facing immediate legal challenges after first stunning the education world. “There is no question this policy is reckless, dangerous, illegal, and unconstitutional,” said New York Attorney General Leticia James, one of the first to announce a lawsuit against the Trump administration freeze. “Wh

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GA President 2026-27 - time to vote

Living Geography

An election has been called to elect the GA President who will follow Catherine Owen as GA President, and serve for 2026-7. Voting will close on Friday 28 February 2025. Nominations have been received for Kit Marie Rackley and Fiona Sheriff. The GA President holds a number of key responsibilities, including setting the theme of the GA Annual Conference, chairing the Conference Planning Board and delivering the Presidential Lecture at Conference.