Geography Education

MARCH 15, 2024

A lidar image reveals ancient Mayan structures Archaeologists have spent more than a century traipsing through the Guatemalan jungle, Indiana Jones-style, searching through dense vegetation to learn what they could about the Maya civilization. Scientists using high-tech, airplane-based lidar mapping tools have discovered tens of thousands of structures constructed by the Maya: defense works, houses, buildings, industrial-size agricultural fields, even new pyramids.

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Archaeology Economics Research 130

ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. I was finally satisfied with the plan I had for my 10th graders, when it hit me: none of this actually matters. To be clear, this assignment would require students to analyze documents and write their own responses using evidence, which are important skills of course, but

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American History World History Social Studies History 122

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

The cursing came loud and fast from a nearby room, followed by a slamming sound. This was a few years back, and I immediately suspected the culprit: the dreaded FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, with all its glitches and complexities. My husband was losing his cool while attempting to fill it out for the second time in two years. Across America right now, so are millions of parents , students and counselors, frustrated by a failed promise to finally streamline this unwieldy ga

Advocacy 120

Advocacy Library Government Public School 120

Digital Promise

MARCH 15, 2024

The post Insights from NSF-Funded Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Research 128

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

OAKLAND, Calif. — Teacher Yasmin Kudrolli sat on a low chair and lit a candle to start the morning meeting in her prekindergarten classroom in Oakland. Speaking quietly to her 4-year-old students, she picked one boy from the group to count his classmates: 22. California mandates one adult for every 12 students in what it calls “transitional kindergarten,” so there’s an aide standing by the door, ready to take any child who needs to use the bathroom into the main building.

K-12 108

K-12 Elementary School Humanities Education 108

Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 15, 2024

2025 Annual Meeting: Submission Deadline Extended kskordal Fri, 03/15/2024 - 09:54 Image The SCS Program Committee is happy to announce a slight extension to the deadline for submissions for the Annual Meeting in 2025 (January 2-5, Philadelphia). Please note that all submissions are now due by the end of Sunday, April 7th 11.59pm EDT. We look forward to reading your proposals for panels, seminars, workshops, and roundtables as well as for individual abstracts, lightning talks, and poster session

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Heinemann Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

The following excerpt is from Georgia Heard's forthcoming Awakening the Heart: Teaching Poetry K-8, 2/e.

Teaching 92

Teaching 92

Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

What is Universal Pre-K? Mar. 15, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Universal pre-K is a state policy framework to provide every child with a quality, publicly funded preschool education. The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) reports that many states still do not have a universal pre-K policy, and some do not have any state-funded preschool at all, but those numbers are quickly changing as the universal pre-K movement catches on across the nation.

K-12 52

K-12 Economics Professional Development Tradition 52

Political Science Now

MARCH 15, 2024

Female Representation and Legitimacy: Evidence from a Harmonized Experiment in Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia By Kristen Kao , University of Gothenburg , Ellen Lust , University of Gothenburg , Marwa Shalaby , University of Wisconsin–Madison , and Chagai M. Weiss , Stanford University How does the gender composition of deliberative committees affect citizens’ evaluations of their decision-making processes?

Political Science 52

Political Science 52