Cult of Pedagogy
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
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Active History Teacher
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
It’s crunch time… otherwise known as STAAR review time! I get asked all the time how I review for STAAR and what makes my students so successful. Although nothing takes the place of solid instruction, I believe a good, solid review strategy is critical to student success. Basics: I firmly believe you should be reviewing all year long. If you are interested in how I do this, check out my top ten secrets !
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Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The post Improving Undergrad Chemistry with Evidence-based Teaching and Digital Courseware appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Psychologists have long warned that children’s lives are overscheduled, which undermines their ability to develop non-academic skills that they’ll need in adulthood, from coping with setbacks to building strong relationships. Now a trio of economists say they’ve been able to calculate some of these psychological costs. In a new data analysis published in the February 2024 issue of the Economics of Education Review , three economists from the University of Georgia and the Federal Reserve Board fo
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
In recent years high schools across the country have been adding computer science courses, and there is a movement to make them ubiquitous. A new study of an unusually rich dataset in Maryland found that such efforts can have a significant impact when it comes to getting more students to go on to careers in coding, and in bringing more diversity to the field.
Anthropology News
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Credit: Murtaja Lateef Souk al-Shorja, Baghdad’s oldest market, summer 2023. During a brief visit to Iraq in the heat of summer 2023, Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, declared , “The era of global boiling has indeed begun.” It was an assertion that no Baghdadi would dispute. In the Iraqi capital, summers extend over seven months , characterized by a hot, arid climate with intense sunlight and temperatures that can exceed 50°C (122°F).
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The post Why You Should Teach Your Students About Learner Variability appeared first on Digital Promise.
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
“I think I’m talking to Salinger. Can I ask?” My student stood next to my desk, computer resting on both hands, his eyes wide with a mixture of fear and excitement. We were wrapping up our end-of-book project for “The Catcher in the Rye,” which involved students interviewing a character chatbot designed to mimic the personality and speaking style of Holden Caulfield.
Society for Classical Studies
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
NEH Grantees: January 2024 kskordal Mon, 02/05/2024 - 09:06 Image The Society for Classical Studies congratulates the following individuals and organizations announced as National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grantees in January 2024, for their projects in classical studies and adjacent fields: Mark Algee-Hewitt, Eric Harvey (Leland Stanford Junior University): Digital Accessibility for Blind Scholars of Antiquity Aaron Hershkowitz, Nicholas Howe (Institute for Advanced Study): Developing
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The post Digital Promise Welcomes Rick Stephens as New Chair of the Board of Directors appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
TULSA, Okla. — Amoni and Zoe scattered the contents of a sandwich bag full of fruit-flavored candy across their desks as part of a math lesson on ratios. “What does it mean to have 50 percent?” their teacher, Kelly Woodfin, asked the sixth graders in her advanced math class. “What does it mean to have half?” Amoni and Zoe, both 11, ate just one piece of candy each, as they converted the share of green apples or pink strawberries from their bag into fractions, decimals and percents.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
We wrote recently about some of the reasons that may be keeping teachers from pursuing the bilingual educator route, despite the widespread need for teachers who can instruct English learners. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. The need has gained new urgency as the immigrant population in the U.S. grows. Politicized clashes over the nation’s immigration policy have seen the governor of Texas busing migrants newly arrived across the Mexican border to cities like New York , Chicago
Anthropology News
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
By Yāmāl Collective (Elaheh Habibi, Ahmad Moradi, and Zohreh Moradi) Standing in the shade at the waterfront historical pearl market of Laft, we were struggling to look at the sea, squinting against the glaring sun. Laft, an ancient coastal village in Iran’s south renowned for its windcatchers ( bādgir ), was once a bustling and vital port connecting the Persian Gulf to far-flung corners of the world.
Sapiens
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
A humanities and social science doctoral student from Manipur, India, takes readers on a journey through ordinary moments interwoven with violence. “A Mausoleum of Our Everydays” is part of the collection Poems of Witness and Possibility: Inside Zones of Conflict. Read the introduction to the collection here. ✽ A Mauseoleum of Our Everydays Asphyxiating thoughts Suffocating words The tie around the collar tightens Like the hands of a d r o w n ing person.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
South Carolina’s sweltering summer months are often the busiest time of year for the Lowcountry Food Bank, an organization that gives meals to children year-round. When school lets out in June, the group opens nearly two dozen U.S Department of Agriculture-funded feeding sites in Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Yemassee and other coastal communities where low-income families can bring their children for a meal during the day.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Schools need to tap into the same sense of wonder that led early humans to seek unifying stories to explain their place in the world — and teachers need to do more to incorporate myths, jokes and riddles into curriculum and teaching practices, from the earliest grades up through high school. That’s the argument of Kieran Egan, a Canadian philosopher and longtime professor at Simon Fraser University who passed away in 2022.
Anthropology News
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Throughout my career as a registered midwife, I’ve delivered hundreds of babies in hundreds of birthing rooms: hospital rooms; living rooms; kitchens; bedrooms; bathrooms a few times; a front hallway, twice; a staircase, once; a parking lot, almost once; an elevator. Birthing rooms, no matter the location, are places of labor—and where there is labor, there is heat.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The mysteries of Neanderthal life grow deeper as new research uncovers evidence of tuberculosis (TB) in these ancient hominins. Examining skeletal remains from Hungary, scientists reveal insights into the health challenges faced by our prehistoric cousins and the potential role of disease in their demise.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions last June fueled heated debates and raised questions about the distribution of opportunities to attend highly selective education institutions. Among them is: How will we ensure diverse leadership in this country if student diversity decreases at Ivy League and other top colleges?
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
As I drove down the lengthy driveway of Mercy Montessori Center, I called my great aunt from Athens, Georgia, whom we lovingly call Aunt Puddien. Aunt Puddien is like another mother to me and I trusted her wisdom. She always introduced me to a relative or friend of the family as the teacher to which they responded with praise and affirmation. To them, loving and teaching our youth was a great honor despite the devaluation educators often experience.
Anthropology News
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
By Alyssa Kitt Hanley, with photography by Ash Marinaccio Credit: Ash Marinaccio Case Study A 34-year-old woman presented to a neurologist in Sydney, Australia, in April 2021 after experiencing a first occurrence of severe facial paralysis overnight. The neurologist (mis)diagnosed the patient with Bell’s palsy following an “unremarkable” computed tomography (CT, or CAT) scan of her cranial nerve, and suggested that the patient “meditate to reduce stress.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 3, 2024
Humanity's ancient journey leaves imprints in unexpected places. In a serendipitous coastal exploration, researchers discovered a treasure of pristine footprints on a Moroccan beach, shedding light on a multigenerational group of Homo sapiens that walked the sandy shores approximately 90,000 years ago. Researchers discovered 85 footprints made by humans thousands of years ago at a beach in Morocco.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Dear Reader, If my newsletter landed in your inbox, you care about college students. If you’re a person in the world, you know that mental health challenges are real.
ShortCutsTV
FEBRUARY 3, 2024
Over 30 years of educational research has shown that metacognition – an awareness of how we think – helps students take more control over their learning, improve their grades and become more independent and confident learners.
Sapiens
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A multidisciplinary team of researchers explains historical, cultural, and ethical issues they considered while developing a 3D scan of a South African site to be shared with the world online. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ THESE DAYS, IF YOU want to visit remarkable archaeological sites, such as Great Zimbabwe or Petra in Jordan , you don’t even need to leave your house. 3D scanning technology has improved in leaps
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
In a groundbreaking critique published in the Journal of Human Evolution 1 , experts from various disciplines question the purported burial and rock art practices of Homo naledi. Recent research claims of deliberate burial in the Rising Star Cave system face doubt as scholars advocate for more rigorous scientific scrutiny. Unveiling the Discrepancies The controversial findings, suggesting Homo naledi 's intentional burial practices, are contested by a group of esteemed scholars.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The post How 4 Community College Faculty Are Preparing Students for a Global Workforce appeared first on Digital Promise.
ShortCutsTV
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
This section of Crime Notes focuses on a number of different aspects of victimisation with the initial emphasis on the concept of victimology, the social construction of victims and a range of victim-orientated policies introduced into England and Wales in the 21st century.
Strange Maps
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Maine has the highest median age of any state in the country: 45 years. That’s two years more than retiree magnet Florida and fully 13 years more than Utah, the state with the lowest median age (32 years). Why the big gap? Economics and religion. In Maine, jobs are fewer and wages are lower, so young people tend to leave in search of opportunities elsewhere.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 3, 2024
In a remarkable revelation, researchers from the University of Tübingen challenge the conventional view of an ancient ivory baton discovered in Germany's Hohle Fels cave. Previously believed to be a mere work of art, this 37,000-year-old artifact now emerges as a sophisticated tool for crafting rope. Published in Science Advances 1 , the study by Nicholas Conard and Veerle Rots presents a groundbreaking experiment involving a meticulously crafted replica. 1 / 1Ivory perforated baton from Ho
Heinemann Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Welcome to The Dispatch, a Heinemann podcast series. Over the next several weeks, we'll hear from Heinemann thought leaders as they reflect on the work they do in schools across the country and discuss, from their perspective, the most pressing issues in education today. Today we'll hear from longtime collaborators, Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher.
ShortCutsTV
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Free online Introductory Sociology Flipbook aimed at GCSE students.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The post When Students Design Solutions to Protect Our Oceans appeared first on Digital Promise.
Women's History Network
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Born in London in 1877, Constance Chellingworth Radcliffe Cooke was the eldest child of Charles and Frances Radcliffe Cooke. The family moved to Herefordshire in 1881 when Charles inherited Hellens at Much Marcle.
Heinemann Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Editor's note: This post was originally published in October 2023.
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
By Elizabeth A. Bennion ( ebennion@iu sb.edu) I recently received a request from the St. Joe Valley Notre Dame Club to co-present the annual Hesburgh lecture. They asked me to team up with Notre Dame business professor Amanda … The post Civil Discourse: Helping Students to Become Conversation Partners appeared first on APSA.
Edthena
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Key Takeaways: Comprehensive support for new teachers is critical to helping them thrive and in helping schools improve retention rates. Effective support for new teachers includes effective coaching, high-quality professional development, and emotional support. Tech-based tools like AI Coach can provide on-demand guidance for teachers without creating additional work for existing staff.
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