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Protected: McGlobalisation with a side of Sustainability

Teaching Anthropology

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How Professionals Support Student Changemakers in the Ciena Solutions Challenge

Digital Promise

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People Are Hunting for Education ‘Fads.’ What Does That Say About Schools?

ED Surge

It was announced by sweeping statements. When the New York City Public Schools chancellor, David Banks, caused the largest district in the country to change how it taught students to read last year, it was with a sense of alarm. Statistics showed that many of the city’s students in third through eighth grades couldn’t read proficiently, which Banks blamed on the city embracing a “fundamentally flawed” approach to reading instruction.

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Introducing our Fall 2024 Webinar Series, American Political Rhetoric

Teaching American History

Staff and faculty members at Teaching American History have heard from our teacher partners that they want nonpartisan election resources that elevate classroom discourse beyond political bickering and horse race coverage. 2024 marks the 60 th time that Americans have gone to the polls to elect a new president. To support our teacher audience through the election, we created our Fall 2024 Saturday webinar series: American Political Rhetoric.

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Oak Primary Geography project - an update

Living Geography

By the start of September 2025 and the new academic year, a full suite of resources will be available for Primary Geography on the Oak National website. These will all be free to download. There are 6 units for each of years 1-6. 36 units all fully resourced with slide decks, worksheets, quizzes and videos. All units have been approved by Oak and will be appearing on the website in the next month.

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Help Calm your Elementary Students with these Breathing Exercises

Studies Weekly

Help Calm your Elementary Students with these Breathing Exercises Aug 6, 2024 • By Debbie Bagley Focusing your breathing with various exercises can bring a sense of calm and comfort, as well as many emotional and physical benefits. Breathing techniques can be a fun and engaging way to teach students to regulate their emotions. It also helps students feel more in control when stressed, tired, or upset.

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Reimagining Neanderthals: Ludovic Slimak's Insights into Human Evolution and Coexistence

Anthropology.net

Ludovic Slimak, a leading paleoanthropologist affiliated with the French National Center for Scientific Research and the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, has devoted his career to exploring the enigmatic world of Neanderthals. In his groundbreaking book, The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature (2024), Slimak delves into the depths of Neanderthal life, challenging preconceived notions and offering a fresh perspective on what it means to be human.

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Short Course: Introduction to Bayesian Analysis and Bayesian Model Averaging in Stata

Political Science Now

Introduction to Bayesian Analysis and Bayesian Model Averaging in Stata Half Day Short Course 9:00am – 1:00pm This short course will be divided into two sections. In the first section, I will give an introduction to the general Bayesian approach for regression analysis. In the second section, I will focus on the Bayesian model-averaging approach for regression analysis.

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Announcing a New Digital Who Built America?

ASHP CML

Just in time for a new academic year, the American Social History Project at the CUNY Graduate Center is releasing a new, expanded, and updated edition of the popular textbook Who Built America? Working People and the Nation’s History. A beta version is now available as a free, open-access digital resource featuring a comprehensive social history textbook supplemented by thousands of primary sources drawn from our History Matters website and new teaching resources.

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Sarah Rozenblum Receives the 2024 Leonard D. White Award for “Why Do Governments Ignore Their Own Experts? The Role of Scientific Advice in Covid-19 Vaccine Policy in France and the United States”

Political Science Now

The Leonard D. White Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public administration. Citation from the Award Committee: The research presented by Sarah Rozenblum in “Why Do Governments Ignore Their Own Experts? The Role of Scientific Advice in Covid-19 Vaccine Policy in France and the United States” addresses a timely and important question that is likely to continue to be relevant in the future.

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. — Lindsey Johnson and Yesenia De La Rosa were taking different approaches to teaching the same English lesson on silent letters as they sat at opposite ends of this first grade classroom in West Elementary School. On this March afternoon, Johnson, the classroom teacher, was reading a story with the 6- and 7-year-old children who were fluent in English.

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Feyaad Allie Receives the 2024 Gabriel A. Almond Award for “Power, Exclusion and Identity: The Politics of Muslin Marginalization in India”

Political Science Now

The Gabriel A. Almond Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of comparative politics. Citation from the Award Committee: Feyaad Allie’s dissertation “Power, Exclusion, and Identity: The Politics of Muslin Marginalization in India” was selected unanimously from a very strong field of candidates as the winner of the 2024 Gabrial A.