A Principal's Reflections
JUNE 9, 2024
Fate has a funny way of bringing together people with similar views and passions. In March of 2022, I worked with a school system in Provo, Utah. During a roundtable discussion, I was asked to discuss key aspects of personalized learning that are critical to successful implementation. There were a lot of people in the room who listened to what I had to say and seemed to be hanging on every word.
TeachThought
JUNE 10, 2024
The Difference Between Constructivism And Constructionism by Terry Heick While working on the learning theory visual overview , I realized I couldn’t clearly explain the difference between constructivism and constructionism. So I did a little research and initially didn’t find much to ease my confusion. The Difference Between Constructivism And Constructionism Constructivism is–more or less–the same thing.
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Cult of Pedagogy
JUNE 9, 2024
Listen to my interview with Karen Borchert ( transcript ): Sponsored by Alpaca We have a lot of conversations about what should be done to make schools better. In these conversations, I hear a lot of ideas and I have a lot of ideas, but I think there’s one practice that should be done by any school that wants to improve, and it’s simple and free: Ask the people who are directly affected.
A Psychology Teacher Writes
JUNE 11, 2024
A significant challenge for teacher educators is how to help large groups of teachers get better. Professional development often fails to cater for individual needs because it’s unlikely that in a room full of teachers everyone is in roughly the same place in terms of knowledge, experience and expertise. Bespoke approaches, such as instructional coaching, might be more effective but are not easily scalable (Coe, 2023).
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 13, 2024
BOSTON — Madeline Szoo grew up listening to her grandmother talk of being laughed at when she spoke of going to college and becoming an accountant. “‘No one will trust a woman with their money,’” relatives and friends would scoff. When Szoo excelled at math in high school, she got her share of ridicule, too — though it was slightly more subtle. “I was told a lot, ‘You’re smart for a girl,’ ” she said.
ED Surge
JUNE 11, 2024
Last year, when Jayla Arensberg was a sophomore at Burnsville High School near St. Paul, Minnesota, a teacher showed her a flier saying that a program at the school could save her $25,000 on college. “I said, ‘I really need that,’” the student remembers. She was interested in college, but worried that the cost could keep her from pursuing higher education.
World History Teachers Blog
JUNE 14, 2024
Here's an excellent overview of how different religions spread along the Silk Road. It's from Crash Course Geography so it may not be noticed by those of us who teach history.
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 12, 2024
During the pandemic shutdown, daycare owner Roxana Contreras sold her house when her income evaporated overnight. Maria Teresa Manrique nearly lost her business, and her life, when a family brought Covid into her home daycare. As an education reporter and editor in Boston during the pandemic, I was struck by the starkly disparate treatment of the state’s strongly unionized K-12 teacher workforce and the less-organized child care workforce, which includes Contreras and Manrique.
ED Surge
JUNE 11, 2024
Soon after Miriam Bravo began watching her 2-year-old grandson full-time, she realized that many years had passed since she was last responsible for a young child. Feeling a bit rusty, she turned to the internet to seek out activities suitable for little Tadeo and advice for how best to support him. She found some resources online, such as songs to sing with him, but Bravo wanted more.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
JUNE 13, 2024
The Institute for Citizens & Scholars has named 10 scholars as Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders (MEFL) for 2024.
Digital Promise
JUNE 12, 2024
Education Week’s 2024 Leadership Symposium offered timely insights around educator recruitment and retention, equitable AI use, and family partnerships.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 9, 2024
ATLANTA — Two construction cranes hover over a giant worksite just outside the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology. What they’re building is both a show of optimism in and a way to attract more students to something universities badly need but are beginning to worry about: graduate education. The $200 million project will house Scheller’s graduate and executive business programs in one tower, connected to Georgia Tech’s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
ED Surge
JUNE 12, 2024
"It would be amazing if the boys were able to find their voices and develop confidence before they go into high school," my supervisor remarked during a meaningful conversation about Black boys in our school. She expressed genuine concern about the challenges many staff members faced in effectively relating to and supporting Black boys. She noted that the boys would often have emotional outbursts in class, and when confronted about their behavior, they would become unresponsive and disengaged.
Zinn Education Project
JUNE 11, 2024
Dancer at Juneteenth celebration in Washington, D.C. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith. Source: Library of Congress Juneteenth — June 19th, also known as Emancipation Day — is one of the commemorations of people seizing their freedom in the United States. Celebrate. But We Can’t Teach? This beautiful tradition of Black freedom should be taught in school.
Anthropology.net
JUNE 13, 2024
Indigenous Knowledge and Science Unite Recent research has reshaped our understanding of when horses were reintroduced to North America. Spaniards brought horses to Mexico in 1519, but it was Indigenous peoples who swiftly transported these horses north along trade routes. A new study in Science 1 reveals that many Native American populations across the Great Plains and the Rockies had incorporated horses into their cultures by the early 1600s, long before direct contact with Europeans.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 10, 2024
Teacher layoffs are likely this fall as $190 billion in federal pandemic aid expires. By one estimate , schools spent a fifth of their temporary funds on hiring new people, most of them teachers. Those jobs may soon be cut with many less experienced teachers losing their jobs first. The education world describes this policy with a business acronym used in inventory accounting: LIFO or “Last In, First Out.
ED Surge
JUNE 10, 2024
This is part of a three-article series covering key principles to consider when building out computer science programs in your academic setting. Read the other articles here and here. At the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) , one of the largest and most diverse school districts in the United States, we constantly plan new educational programs, prioritizing equitable access and ensuring students graduate prepared for success in college, career and life.
Women's History Network
JUNE 10, 2024
During Spring 2024 the market town of Cheadle in Staffordshire, often confused with its namesake just over the county border in Cheshire, has seen an influx of thousands of people keen to see the town’s Cheadle Moon exhibition, which commemorates the life and works of the English astronomer and selenographer, Mary Adela Blagg (17 May […]
Anthropology.net
JUNE 11, 2024
Neanderthal genes present in modern humans may have been introduced through an extended period of interbreeding starting around 47,000 years ago and lasting nearly 7,000 years, according to new research. New research indicates that Neanderthals (front skeleton) interbred with humans (back skeleton) starting 47,000 years ago, continuing for nearly 7,000 years.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 9, 2024
In matters both big and small, women in education leadership are treated, spoken to and viewed differently than their male colleagues. And it impacts everything from their assignments and salaries to promotions. The career moves that are open to aspiring women leaders often propel them toward a very real glass cliff — leadership roles in which the risk of failure is high.
ShortCutsTV
JUNE 9, 2024
1979 is a key date in the development of education in England and Wales because it was in that year that Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister and began a process of modernising conservatism, under both Conservative and Labour governments, that still, nearly 50 years later, exerts a vice-like grip on primary, secondary and, increasingly tertiary […]
Digital Promise
JUNE 14, 2024
The post How Researchers and Coaches are Working Together to Innovate STEM Education appeared first on Digital Promise.
Teaching American History
JUNE 11, 2024
Summer’s here! Time to do that reading you put off during the school year. We asked teacher friends what they plan to read during the summer vacation. Most will delve into the complex and fascinating American story, reading books that will enrich their teaching for next year. If you are still looking for good reads, here are some ideas. Some MAHG students and graduates of the program now have time to read books recommended by fellow students and professors.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 10, 2024
Since I first moved to Finland in 2013, I have witnessed an ever-deepening societal problem that has devastated student learning. Childhood has become dominated by digital devices. This is a global trend, but it disproportionately affects Finnish children. Finland’s teenagers, formerly the world’s highest achievers , still perform above average on the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, but they turned in their lowest-ever average scores in math, science and reading in the lat
Becoming a History Teacher
JUNE 11, 2024
Photo by zhang kaiyv on Pexels.com A little while ago I had the opportunity to chat with a teacher who is 20 odd years into their teaching career. As they spoke about their Trust’s approach to curriculum, the demands being placed upon their department through whole school initiatives and the challenges that come from a high turnover of colleagues, I was struck by how their experience provided them with much needed perspective.
Heinemann Blog
JUNE 10, 2024
Have you ever thought about what literacy might look like outside of the classroom?
Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Education
JUNE 12, 2024
Meet the college student who’s changing the world with innovative solutions and promoting the power of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for positive impact every chance she gets
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 13, 2024
In a world where a person’s decision to go to college depends on their ability to pay for college, money is everything. And in a country where access to money is wildly unequal across racial and ethnic groups, whether a family’s financial resources go beyond a biweekly paycheck and include home equity, retirement savings or hefty gifts from older relatives can make a significant difference in access to higher education, according to a new analysis from the Institute of Higher Education Policy.
Political Science Now
JUNE 10, 2024
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 Irem B. A. Örsel , covers the new article by Christina L. Boyd, Paul M. Collins, Jr., Lori A. Ringhand, Gender, Race, and Interruptions at Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings.
Anthropology.net
JUNE 9, 2024
An innovative approach to studying Neanderthal hearths has been hailed as a "major" breakthrough in archaeology, promising to shed new light on the behaviors of prehistoric humans. This groundbreaking research, published in the journal Nature 1 , utilized advanced dating techniques to analyze hearths at the El Salt site in Spain, revealing intricate details about the lives of Neanderthals.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
JUNE 10, 2024
A new group of ten presidents of diverse higher education institutions from across the country have joined the College Presidents for Civic Preparedness.
Living Geography
JUNE 14, 2024
A cross-posting from my GCSE Natural History blog, which has over 300 posts. A new article in 'Teaching Times' by Mary Colwell gives a bit of an update into the state of the GCSE Natural History, and its possible introduction in 2026. She mentions the assessment as being based on coursework and fieldwork - I think that is very unlikely. The Subject Criteria have now been written and were signed off by Damien Hinds, who is the current Minister of State for Schools.
Political Science Now
JUNE 10, 2024
Mason Holland is a graduate student in the political science Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan. He holds a B.A. in political science with a minor in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies from the University of Connecticut. His subfield is in American politics with a specific focus on Black politics. His research interests broadly center around American voter behavior, public opinion, and political psychology.
TCI
JUNE 13, 2024
This month, TCI released updates to simplify navigation and a feature to help teachers share student work with parents. Check out the highlights from this month and share them with your teacher community. Sneak Peek of New Homepages: In July, the teacher and student homepages will get a new look, with dedicated spaces for easy access to assignments and a convenient pop-up table of contents.
Society for Classical Studies
JUNE 13, 2024
Call for Applications: The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion kskordal Thu, 06/13/2024 - 08:20 Image The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion Deadline for submissions: September 3, 2024 The Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University is seeking submissions to its annual Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion.
Living Geography
JUNE 12, 2024
While looking for something else, I came across a resource I wrote quite a while back now for the RGS website. I worked with Ralitsa Hiteva, a PhD candidate who was exploring the development of energy in Bulgaria. The theme was Energy Security. Resources are still here on the RGS website.
Political Science Now
JUNE 14, 2024
Sofia Rosales is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University. At Michigan State University, she holds the prestigious position of University Enrichment Fellow. Sofia’s fields of study center around American politics with a minor in public policy, complemented by a certificate in Chicano and Latino studies.
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