Insights from NSF-Funded Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Digital Promise
MARCH 15, 2024
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COLUMN: The FAFSA fiasco could roll back years of progress. It must be fixed immediately
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
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To Make Assignments More Meaningful, I’m Giving Students a More Authentic Audience
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
Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all
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.
Using lidar data to see the past
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.
Closely Reading a Poem Over Multiple Days
Heinemann Blog
MARCH 15, 2024
The following excerpt is from Georgia Heard's forthcoming Awakening the Heart: Teaching Poetry K-8, 2/e.
2025 Annual Meeting: Submission Deadline Extended
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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Meet Sedef Topal, 2023 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantee
Political Science Now
MARCH 15, 2024
The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards support basic research which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented.
Female Representation and Legitimacy: Evidence from a Harmonized Experiment in Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia
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?
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