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How Schools Can Implement Mindful Media

TeachThought

Information and Communication Overloading (ICO) and “Mindful Media” contributed by Dr. Domenico Meschino In today’s digital age, children are immersed in many online activities that shape their daily lives. Social media has become integral to their social landscape, with platforms like YouTube capturing their attention. These platforms serve as virtual gathering places where children connect with friends, share photos and videos, and express themselves through posts and stories

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To Be Ready for Kindergarten, Teachers and Researchers Say Social-Emotional Skills Are Key

ED Surge

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are developmentally, what academic, social and emotional skills they bring, and what support they need to set them up for a successful school year. That job has become more difficult in recent years, according to numerous surveys , research studies and EdSurge interviews, as the last few classes of kindergarteners

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109 degrees on the first day of school? In some districts, extreme heat is delaying when students go back

The Hechinger Report

With five children aged 11 to 24, Cyd Detiege has sent her kids to Palm Springs Unified School District in Southern California for nearly two decades. “It’s gotten hotter,” she said, noting record-breaking temperatures in the desert city, which hit an all-time high of 124 degrees this July. The first day of school in Palm Springs this year was August 7, when temperatures reached 109 degrees.

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Artificial Intelligence Cannot Plan

Ben Newmark

AI is stalking the world for problems it can present itself as the solution to – problems you did not even know you had. It will organise our calendars and write emails to our bosses and employees. AI will paint our pictures and script our film. It will write our poetry and letters to our lovers. For teachers it brings great news too. AI can plan your lessons – saving you time and easing your workload.

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How a Returning College Student Advocated to Improve a Fledgling Online Program

ED Surge

Paul Carr was just one semester shy of finishing his degree at Morehouse College when he found out his girlfriend was pregnant. So he decided to stop out, to get a job to support his budding family. He told himself he’d go back soon to finish. That was more than 25 years ago. Carr always intended to return. In fact, he made a promise to his father on his deathbed that he would finish his college degree.

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How Three District Leaders Are Closing the Instructional Leadership Gap

Education Elements

What is the instructional leadership gap and how does it affect the learning outcomes of our students? I recently sat down with three district leaders, Sean Bulson, Superintendent, Hartford, (MD) Public Schools, Jerry Boyd, Superintendent of Washington County (TN) Schools, and Portia Slaughter, Chief Academic Officer at Harrisburg City (PA) School District to discuss these critical questions.

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Katherine Thrailkill’s Mentor Led Her to MAHG

Teaching American History

Katherine Thrailkill considered careers in drama, law, and hi-tech sales before realizing all her interests and experiences pointed her toward teaching social studies. She would help students gain political efficacy—the knowledge and confidence they need to make their voices count in our political system. Once she found her calling, colleagues helped her make her way.

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How Educators Should Approach Election Discussions in Classrooms (Opinion)

Education Week - Social Studies

Are schools the right place to discuss political topics? It depends.

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Oli Mould's tacity blog

Living Geography

I've been reading the recent posts on Professor Oli Mould's blog tacity. Professor Oli Mould teaches at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has written three books about urban politics, theory and activism, as well as published work in academic journals, online magazines and newspapers. It's always good to see other people using blogging as a way of sharing work, ideas and thinking out loud.

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CFP: Philomathes: An Online Journal of Undergraduate Research in Classics

Society for Classical Studies

CFP: Philomathes: An Online Journal of Undergraduate Research in Classics kskordal Tue, 09/10/2024 - 10:04 Image The Classics program at Austin Peay State University, in Clarksville TN, USA, is pleased to invite submissions for the ninth volume of Philomathes: An Online Journal of Undergraduate Research in Classics. This refereed on-line journal publishes original research projects carried out by undergraduate students in any area of Classics: linguistics, literature, art history, archaeology, c

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Raj Vinnakota on Yascha Mounk’s podcast The Good Fight

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

Citizens & Scholars president Raj Vinnakota was a guest on Yascha Mounk's podcast The Good Fight discussing the work of College Presidents for Civic Preparedness.

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McGlobalisation with a side of Sustainability

Teaching Anthropology

By Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire, Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada My Introduction to Anthropology course concludes with a unit on sustainability, which covers topics like globalisation, food security, and diet. It is also a point at which I want to remind students of core course concepts like cultural relativism and ethnocentrism.

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The power of GIS to change the world

Living Geography

The running mate of Kamala Harris, Tim Walz was a high school geography teacher. This Conversation piece focusses on his understanding of the importance of GIS to help solve world problems.

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McGlobalisation with a side of Sustainability

Teaching Anthropology

By Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire, Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada My Introduction to Anthropology course concludes with a unit on sustainability, which covers topics like globalisation, food security, and diet. It is also a point at which I want to remind students of core course concepts like cultural relativism and ethnocentrism.

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Policy Impact and Voter Mobilization: Evidence from Farmers’ Trade War Experiences

Political Science Now

Policy Impact and Voter Mobilization: Evidence from Farmers’ Trade War Experiences By Jake Alton Jares and Neil Malhotra , Stanford University How does the extent of policy benefits—not simply their presence—affect political engagement? While fundamental to understanding the electoral implications of economic policymaking, addressing this question is challenging due to the difficulty of measuring individual voters’ policy outcomes.