ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A few years on from district-wide remote learning spurred by the coronavirus pandemic, Principal Darren A. Cole-Ochoa has observed the students at Truan Junior High re-adapting to in-person schooling fall along a spectrum. “When we got into the classroom, the students were shy. They didn't want to work in groups. They had a wall,” Cole-Ochoa says of the students in the small town of Elsa, Texas.

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TeachThought

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Offering almost infinite options, the digital era offers a range of resources designed to enrich the education of healthcare students. The post Navigating The Digital Landscape: 11 Essential Tools For Healthcare Students appeared first on TeachThought.

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Heinemann Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Today, we'll hear author Andrea Honigsfeld in conversation with Pam Schwallier, the director of EL and Bilingual Programs at West Ottawa Public Schools in Michigan. Andrea is the author of Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for English Learners. The deep respect they have for their profession and for the population of students who bring rich linguistic heritages to the classroom is powerful.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Students from historically marginalized backgrounds are more likely than their advantaged peers to be treated as passive users of technology.

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Perspectives in Anthropology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Written by Jehron Muhammad “If this war (in Sudan) last for several years… the country that we knew as Sudan, (once Africa’s largest nation state, divided by a referendum) a sort of regional linchpin, between the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, the Sahel and Central Africa will no longer exist,” said Sudan policy and…

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Explore Digital Promise’s free resources available to help CTE educators prepare students for a global workforce.

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Education Week - Social Studies

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here’s how I’ve tried to reclaim Black history from the margins—and how you can do the same.

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Education Week - Social Studies

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Recent highlights in Black history education, from the Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education’s LaGarrett J. King.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Your choice in jewelry speaks volumes about you today, and it turns out, our ancestors felt the same way. In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Human Behaviour 1 , researchers delve into the intricate world of ancient jewelry, unearthing evidence of nine distinct lost cultures that thrived across Europe between 34,000 and 24,000 years ago. Baker, Rigaud, et. al.

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Society for Classical Studies

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Departmental Member Spotlight kskordal Thu, 02/01/2024 - 12:25 Image The Classics Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers BA, MA, and PhD programs in Greek, Latin, Classical Civilization, and Classical Philology, an MA in the Teaching of Latin, and an undergraduate minor in Modern Greek Studies.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Revealing Our Ancestral Overlap Genetic analysis of bone fragments from a German site challenges the narrative of Homo sapiens ' late arrival in Northern Europe. There papers in Nature Ecology and Evolution 1 2 3 summarize findings at the Ranis site and showcase a Stone Age culture that predates previous estimates, shedding light on the coexistence of modern humans and Neanderthals.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Project Title: Engaging Wisconsin’s Native Americans in Social Science Research: Overcoming Non-Response Survey Challenges Natalie Jones-Kerwin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Natalie Jones-Kerwin is a third-year doctoral student in political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in American politics. As a proud tribal member of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indian tribe, Natalie draws inspiration from her heritage, driving her passion for research and

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

On Monday, March 4, 2024 , award-winning musicologist and music historian Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. will discuss his book Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present. A Guggenheim Fellow and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. is a music historian, pianist, composer, and Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Life and Landscapes

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

SURROUNDING LIVINGSTON AND THE ROCKCASTLE RIVER There are places that just seem to be near the center of all things important. Livingston, located on Roundstone Creek where it breaches the Rockcastle River in the mountains of Kentucky, is one of those places. It seems that so many of nature’s wanderings and human longings come to a focus at that location.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Sekou Jabateh is a political science graduate from New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and a research fellow at New York University, specializing in conflict, ethnicity and politics, and political economy. At NYUAD, he received multiple awards at both the university and departmental levels, including competitive conference presentation funding, the social science capstone funding award, and the distinguished post-graduation research fellowship, awarded annually to the top 2% of graduating sen

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Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As young students across the country celebrate this major milestone in the school year, the Smithsonian offers classroom connections to consider just how monumental 100 really is

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Exposure to toxic chemicals is on the rise — placing the health and longevity of our students at great risk. Invisible in air and water, toxins should be made visible in the curriculum. We offer lessons and resources for the classroom, along with stories about organizing for environmental justice. Water and Environmental Racism: A Middle and High School Lesson Art by Pete Railand via Justseeds The Water and Environmental Racism lesson introduces students to the struggle of residents to access sa

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