ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2024

Last year, the U.S. Department of Education reported that Black educators make up approximately 9 percent of the teacher workforce , of which a majority are Black women. A group that is often studied but left out of conversations, we wanted to intentionally facilitate spaces for Black women across and outside the gender spectrum and learn more about their experiences in this climate, as much recent research covers pre-pandemic educator experiences.

Education 104

Education Charter School Pedagogy Research 104

Anthropology News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Issued: January 19, 2024 Response deadline: February 2, 2024 Pitch responses: February 7, 2024 First drafts due: February 21, 2024 For our second issue of 2024, Anthropology News invites you to explore the anatomy of deception and dissect the truths and untruths that form our understanding of reality. What forms do these deceptions take? What lies do people tell themselves?

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Marginal Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2024

Here is one interesting hypothesis: Despite the persistence of anti-Black racism, White Americans report feeling worse off than Black Americans. We suggest that some White Americans may report low well-being despite high group-level status because of perceptions that they are falling behind their in-group. Using census-based quota sampling, we measured status comparisons and health among Black ( N = 452, Wave 1) and White ( N = 439, Wave 1) American adults over a period of 6 to 7 weeks.

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Institute for Citizens & Scholars

JANUARY 19, 2024

The work of addressing youth mental health and well-being does not stand apart from the work of preparing young people for life as citizens.

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Civic Engagement Civics 98

Marginal Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2024

1. Hannah Ritchie, Not the End of the World: How We Can be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet. An excellent book with sound conclusions, think of it as moderate Julian Simon-like optimism on environmental issues, but with left-coded rhetoric. 2. Colin Elliott, Pox Romana: The Plague that Shook the Roman World. Think of this as a sequel to Kyle Harper’s tract on Roman plagues and their political import , this look at the Antonine plague and its impact has both good history

Library 85

Library Economics Government History 85

ShortCutsTV

JANUARY 19, 2024

A short set of Notes covering a range of Functionalist explanations for crime and deviance, largely based around the concepts of anomie (both the Durkheimian and Mertonian interpretations) and Strain (Merton again plus Agnew’s General Strain Theory). There’s also a little bit of subcultural stuff thrown-in for good measure.

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Tradition Sociology 77

Anthropology.net

JANUARY 19, 2024

The devastating Black Death of 1349, while taking a significant toll on medieval Cambridge, might not have left a lasting imprint on the genomes of its people, as suggested by a recent study published in Science Advances 1. This challenges a high-profile 2022 Nature paper 2 that claimed variants in immune genes enriched in Black Death survivors had a protective effect.

Humanities 65

Humanities History Research 65

Anthropology.net

JANUARY 19, 2024

In a groundbreaking revelation, an international team of researchers, spanning China, Australia, France, Spain, and Germany, has unveiled a sophisticated material culture in East Asia dating back an astonishing 45,000 years. This revelation stems from a meticulous examination of the archaeological collection at the Shiyu site in Shanxi Province, North China, as detailed in the latest publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution 1.

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Cultures Archaeology Artifacts Humanities 52

Heinemann Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

What makes an effective summer school program? With limited time for instruction, it is critical that the focus be on priority standards and be developed around the needs of the learners.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development 52

Political Science Now

JANUARY 19, 2024

Introduction to the Symposium: China and the Campus By Sara A. Newland , Smith College The US-China relationship has worsened dramatically in recent years. After decades of pro-engagement policies toward China, a bipartisan consensus began to emerge around 2016 that engagement had neither accomplished US policy goals (such as encouraging China to liberalize politically) nor served US citizens well. 1 At the same time, political changes within China have pointed to a declining appetite for engag

Political Science 51

Political Science Research 51

Heinemann Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Decoding is the process of extracting meaning from information given in a secret or complicated way.

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Hayward "Blah, Blah, Blah" Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Two cases regarding the so-called "Chevron Doctrine", Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce, were argued this week at the Supreme Court. This very short article helps explain the issues in the original case that established the doctrine.

History 40

History 40

Living Geography

JANUARY 19, 2024

A film from Ceri Nicholls. Strange Natures: BRICKS Ceri Nicholls’ short film conjures up the alienation and disconnection of suburban life, and people’s strange relationships with the natural world. #StrangeNatures [link] — Future Natures (@future_natures) January 19, 2024 Ceri writes: “The film started out as an exploration of how people delineate between natural spaces, and those spaces found in the parts of the world we have shaped to suit our needs.

Humanities 40

Humanities 40

ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2024

Students have different reasons for enrolling in university and in pushing to complete their degree. A deeper understanding of their motivating factors can help universities adjust communications with future prospective students, as well as inform additional services they can provide to ensure that students are successful while in university through to graduation.

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Educational Technology Education Teaching 88

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2024

In November 2023, Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning hosted the second annual Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference. The event attracted more than 3,000 participants from across the country and around the world. Attendees had the opportunity to learn about the latest educational trends, emerging technologies, and innovative strategies shaping education directly from education and edtech experts like Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani; Future Ready Schools director of innovation

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Moler's Musing

JANUARY 19, 2024

Introduction This week was a short school week due to the MLK Day holiday and a couple snow/cold weather days. We only had classes on Tuesday and Wednesday. This has prolonged our unit on the Constitution, but such is life sometimes. I’ve been focusing lessons on the separation of powers and system of checks and balances between the three branches of government – legislative, executive, and judicial.

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