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How Classroom Technology Has Changed the Parent-Teacher Relationship

ED Surge

Teachers may spend their days confidently addressing a room full of squirming or distracted students. But when it comes to having a chat with parents, these same teachers may get so nervous they avoid the interactions. “Many teachers that I have talked to don't like to call parents,” says Crystal Frommert, a middle school math teacher at a private school in Houston.

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Sociology Review

Passion for Social Studies

Sociology is such a fun class to teach in high school. Since students love to be social, they love learning the reason behind interactions. No matter the topic, they are often eager to share and talk about their experiences. So, it is essential to have exciting lessons and activities to support this eagerness to learn. Similarly, it is important to have a strong Sociology review to ensure all students understand the content.

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Announcing Digital Promise’s New Edtech and Emerging Technologies Initiative

Digital Promise

The post Announcing Digital Promise’s New Edtech and Emerging Technologies Initiative appeared first on Digital Promise.

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One State Rolled Out a Promising Child Care Model. Now Others Are Replicating It.

ED Surge

Last month, business leaders and child care advocates from a handful of states convened on Zoom. Representing Michigan, Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia, they had come together to discuss a new child care model, called “Tri-Share,” that has gained traction across the country, including in their respective regions. The cost-sharing model, in which the state government, the employer and the employee each pay for one-third of the cost of child care, first launched in 2021 in Michigan , where i

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Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

Zinn Education Project

The Frederick Douglass Center for Leadership Through the Humanities is co-hosting an in-person event with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee veterans and clips from the documentary Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power. Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Powe

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Micro-credentials Set New Milestones and Horizons for 2024

Digital Promise

The post Micro-credentials Set New Milestones and Horizons for 2024 appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Celebrating Black History Education: A Collection

Education Week - Social Studies

This year’s special Education Week Opinion project celebrating Black History Month focuses on what is going well in Black history education.

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What the Country's First Mandatory Black History Course Can Teach Us Today (Opinion)

Education Week - Social Studies

Decades before AP African American Studies came along, Black women were the driving force behind an unprecedented education reform.

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Revisiting Classroom Routines: A Guide for PreK-6 Educators

Heinemann Blog

Establishing and maintaining effective routines in the PreK-6 classroom is crucial for creating a positive and productive learning community. As educators, we understand that routines provide structure, predictability, and a sense of security for young learners. However, disruptions can occur (such as a holiday break), causing a need for a reset or a refresh.

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Should Students Vote for School Boards? The Case for Lower Voting Ages in Local Elections

Education Week - Social Studies

Doing so can give students more time to build lifelong voting habits, some advocates say.

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Teacher Tips: A Better Way to Think About Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Teacher Tips: A Better Way to Think About Social Studies Jan. 30, 2024 • by Debbie Bagley Some of the best teaching advice I received from my mother, a teacher of 30+ years, was a different way to look at Social Studies. Her perspective on Social Studies taught me that it is not an isolated area of study but exists in everything we teach. Every subject, discipline, and activity teaches Social Studies.

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The Instructive Story of This Jim Crow Era Black History Contest (Opinion)

Education Week - Social Studies

What an overlooked initiative in the segregated South tells us today about teaching Black history to white students.

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Principles for more inclusive classrooms 5. Inclusion is the business of classroom teachers.

Ben Newmark

My final point is – I hope – the logical culmination and expression of the previous four. Inclusion is primarily the business of classroom teachers and nobody can do it for them. While the superstructure around inclusion can obscure this it does not make it any less true. “Inclusion” can’t be done by a SENDCO and Teaching Assistants alone – indeed this is a common concern and complaint of those who work with children identified with SEND who can often feel they are marginalised and siloed as if

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Professor Denys Brunsden - an appreciation

Living Geography

Via Anjana Khatwa on Instagram, I heard of the passing of Professor Denys Brunsden, GA President for 1986. (The link goes to his entry on the GA Presidents blog) Denys did a great deal for the Association and for the wider subject, particular with regards to geomorphology. Condolences to Denys' friends and colleagues and particular to his family: Elizabeth, Martin and Judith.

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The Importance and Nature of 'Double Listening'

Pedagogy and Formation

The Importance of ‘Double Listening’ in Faith-based Schools While writing an article for a journal recently, I was reminded of John Stott’s concept of ‘Double Listening’. I believe it needs to be shared with faith-based teachers and schools. John Stott was an English Anglican priest and theologian, who was noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement.

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Interactive on housing and GEL

Geography Teacher Sharing

Interesting interactive for housing and GEL [link] The interactive traced the development of HDB flats In the 1980s and 1990s, there were greater emphasis placed on strengthening town identity. Refer to the interactive on how place identity is developed and how it created the sense of place for the people.

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Interactive Housing in Singapore

O-Level Geography

Interesting interactive for housing and GEL [link] In the 1980s and 1990s, there were greater emphasis placed on strengthening town identity. Refer to the interactive on how place identity is developed and how it created the sense of place for the people.

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Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Teah Ardoin, San Francisco State University

Political Science Now

Teah Ardoin graduated from the University of California, Irvine, with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Afterwards, she received a master’s degree in higher education and administration policy from the University of California, Riverside. Teah is a second-year master’s student in political science at San Francisco State University (SFSU). She is a California State University predoctoral scholar awardee for students interested in conducting advanced-level research.

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Students Are Falling for Fake News. So Are the Rest of Us

Stanford History Education Group

Students Are Falling for Fake News.

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Learn more about: “Fragmented Indigenous Struggle: Contentious Politics and the Mapuche in Chile”

Political Science Now

Project Title: Fragmented Indigenous Struggle: Contentious Politics and the Mapuche in Chile Vanessa Navarro Rodriguez, University of California, Berkeley Vanessa Navarro-Rodriguez is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Vanessa broadly focuses on themes regarding power dynamics, marginalization, an agency in comparative politics.

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Earthquake depths and magnitudes

O-Level Geography

Each circle represents one earthquake, with its size proportional to its magnitude and the color indicating the depth of the earthquake. What cause earthquakes? Why are earthquakes of greater magnitude with shallower depths.