The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In August, more than 300 students started the school year in the first traditional school run directly by the New Orleans school district since 2019. It’s the first time the district has opened its own school since Hurricane Katrina swept through the city nearly two decades ago. The pre-K-8 school, named after New Orleans cultural and civil rights icon Leah Chase , came together in just a handful of months.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

“When I present myself in front of students in a positive emotional state, I can increase student cognition, effort and long-term retention of information, Dr. Timothy Kanold excitedly shares. “The brain research on emotional intelligence as it relates to student learning is clear.” Timothy Kanold Co-Creator and Author, Wellness Solutions for Educators As Kanold explains, teacher and administrator mental and emotional well-being is an essential component of student learning.

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Education Psychology Professional Development Cultures 93

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The pandemic disrupted education in previously unimaginable ways. It limited testing and pushed schools toward remote learning and easier assignments, along with softer grading and a more relaxed attitude around attendance. These accommodations were supposed to be short-term, but most are still with us and are having a negative impact on students. This needs to change.

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K-12 Tutoring Professional Development High School 105

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

After a 60-year haitus, an Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna was seen in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains. A poet-anthropologist reflects on the echidna’s message through the storied lens of the people of Yongsu Sapari. ✽ As a parent of a young child who loves animals, I find myself speaking with her about species extinction and conservation fairly often.

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Tradition Cultures Humanities Research 94

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges. Just look on popular Facebook groups and Reddit threads for tips on getting into selective colleges, and you’ll likely find posts recommending that students participate in intensive research or compete in science competitions as a way to stand out on college applications.

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High School Research Research Skills Private School 91

Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A recent study, published on September 3, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS Complex Systems 1 , presents groundbreaking insights into the mechanisms driving social evolution. The research, conducted by Kenji Itao and Kunihiko Kaneko from the University of Tokyo, Copenhagen University, and the RIKEN Center for Brain Science, delves into how competitive gift-giving practices contribute to the emergence of economic and social disparities within human societies.

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Archaeology Anthropology Economics Humanities 79

Women's History Network

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Content warning: this blog post includes discussions of eugenics and racism which some readers may find upsetting.

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Research 89

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Cross posting from my 'At the Home of Geography' blog. Details of two new update events have been added to the RGS website. Details here of the first one. Neighbourhood deprivation measures play a major role in identifying vulnerable communities in the UK, and in targeting resources to them. Official measures of multiple deprivation in each of the four nations of the UK are used to allocate billions of pounds of government money.

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Geography Government History 52

Students of History

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

If you’re a secondary teacher, you know how important student motivation is. It’s a long school year and often students more than have the ability to succeed but their motivation comes and goes. I never saw that more than in teaching vocabulary. Just mentioning the word “vocabulary” seemed to make my students’ eyes roll and glaze over.

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

I am starting a new club tomorrow. Every teacher at my school is asked to contribute something to the co/extra-curricular offering at the end of the school day. Until Christmas, my Mondays will end with a Map Making session. This proved popular when I organised a few one off events as part of our book week last academic year, which had the theme of Fantasy.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Matthew Kraft, an associate professor of education and economics at Brown University, was an early proponent of giving tutors — ordinarily a luxury for the rich — to the masses after the pandemic. The research evidence was strong; more than a hundred studies had shown remarkable academic gains for students who were frequently tutored every week at school.

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

I spent a few days at Rayburn Tours HQ a few weeks ago. We had some excellent training sessions and were very well looked after. It was good to meet the other FSTs, some of whom I've known for years, and others I was meeting for the first time. We are also going to be joined by David Rogers, who has joined the team which is good news. We also heard about how Rayburn have teamed up with the Time for Geography gang.

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Geography 52

Heinemann Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In today's episode, we dive into an excerpt from the audiobook, Literacy's Democratic Roots by Tom Newkirk, which focuses on the powerful concept of funds of knowledge. This term coined by Luis Moll and his colleagues refers to the rich, culturally developed bodies of knowledge and skills that students bring from their home and communities. Through this body of research, Tom explores practical ways to integrate these funds of knowledge into your curriculum.

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Cultures Teaching Research 85

Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The American Viewer: Political Consequences of Entertainment Media By Eunji Kim , Columbia University , and Shawn Patterson Jr., University of Pennsylvania American voters consume an astounding amount of entertainment media, yet its political consequences are often neglected. We argue that this ostensibly apolitical content can create unique opportunities for politicians to build parasocial ties with voters.

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