TeachThought

JANUARY 16, 2024

From education to commerce, the French language, in its niche, contributes to the rich linguistic and cultural tapestry of Dubai. The post Is French Common in Dubai? appeared first on TeachThought.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 16, 2024

When teachers think their students aren’t paying attention in class, they’re probably right. And that’s true even when instructors force students to put away their smartphones. That’s what Georgetown University professor Jeanine Turner found in her research about how tech has shaped social relationships. Her argument is that our internet-connected devices have changed the way people relate to others, even when devices are temporarily removed.

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K-12 Teaching History Research 144

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

JANUARY 16, 2024

The post In Newark, 16-Year-Olds Win the Right to Vote in School Board Races appeared first on Institute for Citizens & Scholars.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 16, 2024

Sociologist Casey Stockstill spent two years observing “all the richness happening” inside a Head Start preschool in Madison, Wisconsin. Then, she figured, she ought to look at one other early learning program, for good measure. The Madison preschools shared much in common. Though one was funded by the federal Head Start program and the other was private, they both had five-star quality ratings from the state, hired experienced educators, used play-based curricula and followed similar routines.

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Lesson Plan Research Education Government 132

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2024

I cried the day I gained acceptance to Wesleyan University in 2018. My tears signified relief, joy and excitement. I viewed my acceptance into this elite private institution as a dooropening, a new opportunity for young Black students like me. As a Sierra Leonean American, I had felt constrained by my public education in the United States. I had to fight against low expectations and conditions that devalued my potential, including “accidentally” being placed into English as a Second Language in

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Heinemann Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

One of the greatest benefits of using a workshop approach toward the teaching of mathematics is the consistent ability for a teacher to meet students where they are. But what does that mean?

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Teaching 108

ShortCutsTV

JANUARY 16, 2024

Some Notes that have been hanging around on my hard drive doing nothing useful that I’ve finally got around to posting. There are plenty more where these came from but whether or not I’ll ever get around to digging them out is anyone’s guess.

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Sociology 90

Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 16, 2024

CFP: Size Matters: Big Books and the Idea of the Classic(al) kskordal Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57 Image CfP CAAS 2024 Panel: Size Matters: Big Books and the Idea of the Classic(al) The Classical Association of the Atlantic States 2024 Annual Meeting Dates: October 17-19, 2024 Venue: The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center, New Brunswick, NJ Many people first encounter the “classics” via big books in the Classics section of any given bookshop.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 16, 2024

“In Greenland, we make all our money from fish and from tourism. For a long time, I have wanted to find something else that we can profit from.” Malik Rasmussen A surprising story in the Guardian on a new project, and one which has attracted quite a lot of criticism from some quarters. Its co-founder Malik V Rasmussen said the ice, which has been compressed over millennia, is completely without bubbles and melts more slowly than regular ice.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 16, 2024

In honor of the Iowa caucus and the impending presidential election, this week’s blog features one of our CDC volumes, The American Presidency. Edited by Jeremy Bailey and intended as a secondary and post-secondary document reader, American Presidency contains 39 introduced and edited primary sources, discussion questions, and a thematic table of contents.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 16, 2024

Climate Security: How to Write About the Future Without Lapsing into Prophecy By Joshua W. Busby , LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin A robust literature on climate change and security developed in the 2010s. Much of the literature attempts to chart how climate change could contribute directly or indirectly to conflict and instability through impacts on agriculture, migration, and disasters (Busby 2018; Koubi 2019; Theisen 2017). 1 The methodological challenge is that c

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 16, 2024

This obituary is excerpted from The Washington Post. Charles O. Jones , a dean of American political scientists who was known for the expertise and insight he brought to the study of Congress and the presidency, died January 3, 2024, at a hospice center in Fishersville, Virginia. He was 92. The cause was complications from a stroke, said his son Daniel Jones.

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