8 Strategies To Engage Students At The Beginning Of Class
TeachThought
DECEMBER 27, 2024
As a strategy for the beginning of class, it's hard to beat surveys to answer the question, Whats this got to do with me?
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A New Era of Educational Leadership: The AI Advantage
A Principal's Reflections
DECEMBER 8, 2024
A few weeks back, my friend Monica Burns reached out and asked to share some insight on my favorite artificial intelligence (AI) tool for a blog post she was writing. Since she was gathering perspectives from numerous educators, I wanted to avoid the well-known tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Thus, my decision was easy as I was able to zero in on one that I use routinely, which not only helps me when coaching, but also can be invaluable to practicing school leaders.
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When Your Classroom Management Goes Off the Rails
Cult of Pedagogy
DECEMBER 8, 2024
Listen to my interview with Claire English ( transcript ) Sponsored by Alpaca and Scholastic Magazines+ This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? The year started off beautifully: You had your routines in place, made your expectations clear, and for a while, your students were behaving just fine.
“What better way to spend my life than doing this?”
NCHE
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Jen Jacobs on Multidimensionality, Memorability, and Making History Come Alive A member of our EPiC grant in Michigan, Jen Jacobs, shared her journey into teaching and the impact that journey has left on her since. Sometimes teaching isnt a first job or even a first calling. For Jen Jacobs, middle school teacher and a member of our EPiC grant, the calling of teaching came later in life.
Nationalism Explained
World History Teachers Blog
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Here is one of my favorite clips to show students when discussing revolutions. Max Fisher explains the origins of national identity in this excellent five-minute clip for the New York Times. He notes that the idea of a national identity is relatively new. Just before the French Revolution, for example, France was not really a nation. Half the people could not even speak French.
Keeping PACE with Civic Terms
HistoryRewriter
DECEMBER 5, 2024
This month on The Social Studies Show Adam and I will talk about How to Talk Bridgey a report that shares lessons for using civic terms without alienating segments of your audience. The guide summarizes five years of research on civic language and can help teachers facilitate more productive classroom dialogue. Do your students know the coded and loaded words that influencers weaponize to push their buttons?
Revolutionizing Branding: Creative Applications of AI in Design
TeachThought
DECEMBER 18, 2024
In the digital age, branding has evolved into an art and a science, requiring businesses to craft unique visual identities […] Source The post Revolutionizing Branding: Creative Applications of AI in Design appeared first on TeachThought.
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Teaching the Executive Branch
Passion for Social Studies
DECEMBER 27, 2024
One topic that is always popular when teaching any government course is the presidency. Honestly, students are always so engaged to learn about the person who is the leader of the United States. They want to know everything they can about the role once the person officially enters the White House. So, teaching the executive branch is always fun and exciting!
Top Posts of 2024
A Principal's Reflections
DECEMBER 29, 2024
I must say that 2024 has been crazy in a good way. It was the first full year that my consultancy, Aspire Change EDU, served education systems worldwide. While this kept me super busy, it also impacted my blogging schedule. Well, that and the fact that it is so difficult to come up with unique topics to write about. I must not be the only one in this boat, as there are fewer and fewer education bloggers these days.
The Haitian Revolution: Understanding Liberte and Equality
World History Teachers Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2024
EverydayAdvocacy.org – Helping Educators Address Censorship and Book Banning
NCHE
DECEMBER 2, 2024
When a Pennsylvania school board in 2020 pulled over 300 books and materials from school bookshelves, a student group at the high school, the Panther Anti-Racist Union, took note. All the banned books were by or about people of color or of diverse genders (including even a student PowerPoint on helping minority students take the SAT). Faculty sponsors Patricia Jackson and Ben Hodge helped the students to first talk with the administration, after which the group decided to hold a series of mornin
Polish Your Instagram Reels With CapCut Background Removal Tool
TeachThought
DECEMBER 18, 2024
CapCut's desktop video editor and its Background Removal Tool can change how creators approach Instagram Reels. Source The post Polish Your Instagram Reels With CapCut Background Removal Tool appeared first on TeachThought.
How Esports in Classrooms is Increasing Interest in STEM Activities and Encouraging Student Leadership
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 18, 2024
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It’s Time to Replace “Prehistory” With “Deep History”
Sapiens
DECEMBER 3, 2024
A team of archaeologists working in Southeast Asia is pushing toward a deeper understanding of history that amplifies Indigenous and local perspectives to challenge traditional archaeological timelines. ✽ When you think of “prehistory,” what images come to mind? Dinosaurs roaming ancient landscapes? Saber-toothed tigers on the hunt? Humans huddled in caves.
US History Projects
Passion for Social Studies
DECEMBER 15, 2024
Teachers are always looking for creative ways to freshen up their lessons. Since student needs are constantly changing and evolving, it is essential learning does as well. One tried and true method that offers amazing engagement and interest involves projects. These allow students to express their knowledge through tons of creative outlets. For some, this may mean making a presentation.
Help The Hechinger Report investigate special education
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 22, 2024
More than 7 million students nationwide are entitled to special education services in K-12 schools. Services can include access to assistive technology, small-group instruction, extra time to take tests and a range of therapies. In most states, graduation rates for students with disabilities are lower than their peers and the quality of the education they receive varies greatly.
Teacher Study Groups Provide Courage to Teach Outside the Textbook
Zinn Education Project
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The fear of retribution for teaching the truth has created such a chilling effect that an astounding two-thirds of U.S. teachers now report self-censoring discussions on race, gender identity, and sexuality in their classrooms. But there is another story about teachers buried beneath the headlines of doom and despair that must be told to fully understand this era of education; this is a story about solidarity, community, hope and resistance.
The Difference Between Chronos And Kairos In The Classroom
TeachThought
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Harnessing Kairos: Balancing Structured Time and Learning Velocity in K-12 Classrooms Time in education is about more than minutes on the clock or adhering to rigid schedules. Its about how students experience time cognitively and emotionally in the learning process. A deeper dive into these ideas reveals actionable ways to create meaningful learning experiences for students.
Mapped: The strange link between obesity and corruption
Strange Maps
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Country-level corruption is a tough KPI to quantify. So how do organizations like Transparency International and the World Bank do it? Not by comparing the fiscal, economic, and financial data of each country theyd only end up comparing (rotten) apples to (spoiled) oranges. Instead, to arrive at their Corruption Perceptions Index and Control of Corruption Indicator (respectively), they aggregate the opinions of experts in governance and corruption.
How I’m Using Data Gloves to Improve Communication Between Deaf and Hearing People
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 5, 2024
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Did Reconstruction Have Elements of Genocide? " I Saw Death Coming"
World History Teachers Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2024
Teaching Reconstruction in US History? Here is a fascinating overview from the viewpoints of the many freed slaves who experienced it. Kidada Williams begins her book, "I Saw Death Coming" by reviewing developments immediately after the Civil War. Some of these important events include the passage of the 13th Amendment, the development of the Freedman's Bureau, the Southern Black Codes, sharecropping, and the Civil Rights Act.
6 observations from a devastating international math test
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Country rankings of eighth graders on the 2023 TIMSS Click the list to expand. Standard errors are in parentheses. The larger the number, the more the actual average score in the countrys population could deviate from the sample of students who took the TIMSS assessment. Source: 2023 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) An abysmal showing by U.S. students on a recent international math test flabbergasted typically restrained education researchers.It looks like student ac
Spain’s Move to Decolonize Its Museums Must Continue
Sapiens
DECEMBER 4, 2024
In early 2024, Spain’s culture minister announced that the nation would overhaul its state museum collections, igniting a wave of anticipation—and controversy. ✽ WHEN SPAIN’S CULTURE MINISTER, Ernest Urtasun, announced his intention to overhaul the nation’s state museum collections earlier this year, his plan “to move beyond a colonial framework” reopened old wounds and sparked heated debates about national identity and historical representation.
Overcoming Language Learning Barriers With Classroom Management Tools
TeachThought
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Use Classroom Management Platforms and Other Tools to Overcome Barriers in Learning a Language contributed by Al Kingsley, CEO of NetSupport Teaching a language, whether for ESL students or those learning something new like French or Spanish requires largely the same teaching skills as any other subject. Yet, in some critical ways especially for ESL students the challenges are magnified by the comprehension barrier.
Tracing the Hands of Time: Neanderthals and the Cave Art of Maltravieso
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Cave art has long been a touchstone for understanding the cognitive and cultural worlds of ancient humans. A recent study 1 examining hand stencils in Maltravieso Cave, Extremadura, Spain, provides transformative insights into the origins of symbolic expression. Through uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating, researchers have identified these artworks as some of the oldest known examples of parietal art, potentially created by Neanderthals over 66,000 years ago.
How Frugal Innovation Inspires Students’ Resourcefulness and Creativity
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 10, 2024
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Global Pandemics: The Plague of Athens
World History Teachers Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2024
Studying Greece? Here's a great interactive website about the Plague of Athens that provides context for Covid 19. And here is a hyperdoc that students can use as they explore the site. Follow an Athenian doctor, Nikos, as he tends to the sick and dying. Those infected by the endemic faced a horrible death. Some of the symptoms included intense fever and laceration of the bowels along with diarrhea.
Miseducation Shaped the 2024 Election
Zinn Education Project
DECEMBER 12, 2024
The 2024 election revealed a troubling reality: Widespread miseducation and fear-mongering continue to shape political outcomes at the expense of people of color and marginalized communities. This is why the right launched a nationwide anti-CRT campaign and book bans restricting teaching about systemic racism, and erasing the histories of immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities.
Is calculus an addiction that college admissions officers can’t shake?
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 9, 2024
High school students in a calculus class. A 2024 survey of college admissions officers shows that many give extra weight to applicants with calculus on their transcripts. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Calculus can be a miserable slog for many high schoolers. Its estimated that 20 percent of students (about 800,000 a year) take the subject, generally when they are seniors.
121 Blogs About Schools, Books, & Libraries
TeachThought
DECEMBER 5, 2024
From libraries and classrooms to teachers, technology, and libraries, here 121 blogs about schools, books, & libraries.
Are Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Separate Species?
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 5, 2024
A recent study led by researchers from London’s Natural History Museum and the KU Leuven Institute of Philosophy reignites the debate over whether Homo sapiens and Neanderthals ( Homo neanderthalensis ) should be classified as separate species. Published in the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society 1 , the study argues that distinctions in morphology, genetics, ecology, and evolutionary timing justify categorizing Neanderthals as a distinct species.
Ypsilanti Community High School Recognized as HP AI Spotlight School, with New State-of-the-Art Learning Studio
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 19, 2024
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Intergenerational Care Benefits Children and Seniors. Why Is It Still So Rare?
ED Surge
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Several times a week, teachers at Tiny Images, an early learning program in Fairmont, Nebraska, load up babies and toddlers into four- and six-seater carts and take the children on buggy rides through the building. They stop first to visit residents in the assisted living wing before continuing on to those in the nursing home. Just walking down the hall and seeing kids faces light up or residents faces light up it makes your whole day, says Kaci Brandt, director of Tiny Images, which is locate
Building Inquiry Capacity in Social Studies: Small Steps Toward Big Thinking
C3 Teachers
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Engaging with inquiry in the social studies classroom can feel like stepping onto a tightropebalancing time, standards, and student needs all at once. But heres the thing: you dont have to dive headfirst into a full-scale investigation to get students curious and thinking critically. Small, manageable inquiry moments can transform your lessons, building student confidence and sparking their love for exploring big questions.
OPINION: School leaders around the world do far more than we give them credit for; they deserve our support
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 30, 2024
This story about school leaders was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for Hechingers weekly newsletter. At the start of the school year, I overheard a principal speaking wise words to her students in a school assembly. Learners are like a box of popcorn, she said.
Teacher Study Groups Provide Courage to Teach Outside the Textbook
Zinn Education Project
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The fear of retribution for teaching the truth has created such a chilling effect that an astounding two-thirds of U.S. teachers now report self-censoring discussions on race, gender identity, and sexuality in their classrooms. But there is another story about teachers buried beneath the headlines of doom and despair that must be told to fully understand this era of education; this is a story about solidarity, community, hope and resistance.
Children as Artists: A New Perspective on Upper Paleolithic Cave Art
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Deep within Cantabria, Spain, the Las Monedas cave offers a stunning glimpse into the lives of our Upper Paleolithic ancestors. While much of the art attributed to this era has been studied through the lens of adult craftsmanship, a recent study shifts the focus to children. By integrating insights from developmental psychology, researchers have identified playful and imaginative marks made by young artists, fundamentally rethinking prehistoric creativity.
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