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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought

Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning contributed by Michael Mirra Abstract Diversity has been at the forefront of educational discussions over the last few years. When we think about having a diverse classroom we think of ethnicity, race, gender, nationality, religion, and sexual orientation. It is easy for us to forget about socioeconomic status.

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On Staff Meal: Fieldwork Reflections of a Line Cook-Anthropologist

Anthropology News

If you had the opportunity to work at a restaurant where eating savory bites of smoked bison ribeye and maple roast duck was a daily occurrence, would you be compelled to take it? Though the perk of eating amazing food was not my main reason for beginning fieldwork in the restaurant industry, I certainly haven’t minded it. For over two years, working at Owamni, a James-Beard-award-winning Indigenous restaurant, and NATIFS (North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems), their partnering cul

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ON THE PODCAST: Writing as Healing with Stacey Joy

Heinemann Blog

Welcome to Writing as Healing, a Heinemann podcast series focused on writing as a tool to increase healing in students and educators. We know that academic learning doesn’t happen without social and emotional support, and writing, as a key literacy, is uniquely positioned in every classroom to do both. This week Liz is joined by Stacey Joy, a self-published poet and California 5th grade teacher, to talk about composing poetry on the freeway, writing the golden shovel, and mentoring young teacher

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What Are District Leaders Learning from Their Community About AI?

Digital Promise

The post What Are District Leaders Learning from Their Community About AI? appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Forecasting the 2024 US Elections

Political Science Now

PS Call for Papers: Special Issue on Forecasting the 2024 US Elections Submission Deadline: July 17, 2024 | Read the full Call for Papers here Election forecasting has become big business in the social sciences and US media industry. Everyone is curious who will win, but from an academic point of view, it offers an opportunity for researchers to precisely assess the value of their theoretical framework and hypotheses.

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Second Lecture Series: 75th Anniversary of FIEC

Society for Classical Studies

Second Lecture Series: 75th Anniversary of FIEC kskordal Thu, 04/04/2024 - 08:28 Image FIEC is proud to announce the second series of lectures celebrating the 75th anniversary of its foundation, to be held online in April, May and June 2024. Please find below the program of the second series of lectures. To see the full schedule and for the links to online lectures, visit: 75 Years of FIEC All interested are welcome!

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Political Science Scholar, Janelle Wong, Elected to the Academy of Political and Social Science 2024 Fellowship

Political Science Now

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) will welcome eight scholars as 2024 fellows this fall. The AAPSS selects a small group of scholars and public intellectuals to become fellows of the academy each year, recognizing their contributions to social science and the extent to which their work has deepened public understanding of social dynamics.

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Americans Show Little Support for Content Moderation of Toxic Speech

Political Science Now

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Dirck de Kleer , covers the new article by Franziska Pradel, Jan Zilinsky, Spyros Kosmidis, and Yannis Theocharis, “Toxic Speech and Limited Demand for Content Moderation on Social Media.” In the 1927 Whitney v California case, the US Supreme Court concluded that freedom of speech was not an absolute right.

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Rupture and Return: WCC/TAPA Reading Group discussion, April 11 2024

Society for Classical Studies

Rupture and Return: WCC/TAPA Reading Group discussion, April 11 2024 kskordal Thu, 04/04/2024 - 13:07 Image The WCC and TAPA invite you to participate in a jointly-hosted Reading Group discussion featuring the Paragraphoi essays from TAPA’s Fall 2023 issue. These brief and passionate essays were written under the rubric of “Rupture and Return.” For these essays, editor Catherine Conybeare invited colleagues to reflect on the impact of the pandemic on their professional lives and their personal a

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