ED Surge
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Amy Ballard, Ph.D., a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. Yet Ballard’s main focus is not the tools themselves, but rather, how to support teachers leveraging edtech to help improve student learning.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson’s daughter struggled to complete her 1 times table. She relied on her fingers to count, had difficulty reading clocks and frequently burst into tears when asked at home to practice math flashcards.
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Geography Education
OCTOBER 20, 2023
I love the podcast “Everything Everywhere Daily” Podcast. As the title implies it’s an omnivorous exploration of fascinating topics, often focusing on interesting places or pivotal moments in history. Most are approximately 10-minute summaries and for exploring more about the middle East, these podcasts would be a great place to explore further.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The post Supporting Students In Being the Protagonists of Their Own Learning appeared first on Digital Promise.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The word “meritocracy” has reached new heights, becoming ubiquitous in everyday conversation and in debates about identity politics. The concept is seemingly simple: Strong ability yields well-earned roles in the workforce. And yet, in the tech sector where I work, I bear witness to a world of gender and racial homogeneity that fails to represent the gender and racial heterogeneity of the United States.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Dora Ramos is a family child care provider in Stamford, Connecticut, where the temperature climbed above 90 degrees for a few days in July. She takes care of children in her home, which has a large backyard, and was able to adapt, still getting the children outside, even on the hottest days. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift “Our parents bring the children at 7:10 a.m., so we bring them outside very early — first thing,” she said.
Catlin Tucker
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Part III: Transitioning from Whole Group to Small Group to Achieve Equity in Education In the first blog post in this series, Time Efficiency vs. Equity in Education , I wrote about the tension between the demands on teachers’ time and the desire to provide equitable learning experiences. In the second blog, Leveraging AI to Save Time Architecting Equitable, Student-centered Learning Experiences , I highlight how teachers can use AI technology to significantly decrease the time required to
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ED Surge
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. But he makes it clear to students that they are welcome to join any class session remotely via Zoom if they can’t make it in on any given day. It’s a practice he started at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many students were in quarantine and needed ways to continue learning remotely.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Last year, Brandi Pitts’ kindergarten students were struggling with a software program meant to help them with math. The tool was supposed to enable teachers to tailor their instruction to individual students’ learning needs, but even the kids who had strong math skills weren’t doing well. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift At a training session this summer, Pitts, a teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Sandy, Utah, learned why: The program works best when teachers supervise kids rather than sen
Edthena
OCTOBER 19, 2023
In the News AI has exploded in popularity over the past few months. Education is certainly not exempt from its impact. For many school district leaders, the prospect of leveraging AI might seem scary at first. However, with proactive and careful planning, school district leaders can harness the power of AI while maintaining a secure, structured learning environment.
Psychology Sorted
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Have you ever said you like something just because your friends like it? If so, then you have been subject to conformity.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 17, 2023
If colleges and universities want to close the graduation gap for their Latino students, their target goal is clear: help another 6.2 million Latinos earn a degree by 2030. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. That’s according to the think tank Excelencia in Education, which focuses on research and policy on Latino achievement in higher education.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 16, 2023
More than 40 million Americans — roughly one out of every seven adults — have earned college credit but have no degree to show for their time and money. Florida native Alix Petkov is one of them. He enrolled in college right after high school with the idea of becoming a psychiatrist. Unaware that this career choice required medical school — and unable to afford college, much less a graduate education — Petkov changed majors twice and found himself making only halting progress toward a bachelor’s
Studies Weekly
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Teaching Science with and without Resources Using Studies Weekly Oct. 18, 2023 • Studies Weekly When taught efficiently, science lessons can foster critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and a deeper understanding of the natural world. However, as educators, we often face the challenge of limited time and resources when it comes to teaching science.
Psychology Sorted
OCTOBER 19, 2023
For anyone studying gender, gender schema theory, second-wave feminism, or just anyone who remembers the 1970s, this is a ‘must read.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 17, 2023
After Carl Wieman won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001 for, as he puts it, “shining lasers on atoms” in a new way that gave experimental proof to a theory by Albert Einstein, Wieman decided to shift his research focus. He devoted the bulk of his time and energy to studying how to improve teaching. “I just could make a bigger difference in education,” he says.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 15, 2023
In one of my recent courses, a first-year student made comments about how many spaces on campus were dehumanizing, with people walking around “like robots.” She spoke about how her first quarter in college brought significant mental health challenges related to sleep deprivation, isolation and course withdrawals. She seriously considered dropping out.
Ben Newmark
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Of all the banes of education overcomplication is the worst. It drives workload and shifts focus away from things that make a difference to children and onto minutia that doesn’t. Class context sheets. Much data input and analysis. Standardised PowerPoints. Target Grades. Meetings and meetings and meetings – how much do these things and a thousand other things really impact on the children who sit in our classrooms?
Studies Weekly
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Tips for Helping Students Understand Informational Text March 7, 2023 • Debbie Bagley There is a lot of information written about how to help students navigate informational text, but the most important takeaway for me is to make sure we focus on best practices that support our learners. Within our classes, we have students at various levels, so we, of course, need to focus on the basics of good teaching strategies and not just hand them the text and hope for the best.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Beata Mirecka-Jakubowska, M.A. Founder & CEO, Intercultural Education Consulting The metaverse, a virtual, interconnected, and immersive digital space where users can interact with each other and digital environments, holds tremendous potential to transform education. It can facilitate immersive learning environments , allowing educators to craft virtual classrooms or historical settings so that students engage in interactive and captivating lessons.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: About 20 years ago, I had a transformative reporting experience when I was assigned to “shadow” a 4-year-old named Jaylen at a Milwaukee pr
Civics for All of US
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Teaching the 14th Amendment Katie Munn Tue, 10/17/2023 - 15:24 Body This session will feature a seminar discussion of the revolutionary qualities of the 14th Amendment. We will unpack the text of this amendment and discover why it was desired after the Civil War, its destiny in the decades that followed, and its relevance today. This program is suitable for secondary educators.
Studies Weekly
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Phenomena-based Science Instruction Creates Equitable Learning Environments Jan. 26, 2021 • Studies Weekly As a subject, Science can be one of the most equitable topics taught in the elementary classroom. Race, culture, and socio-economic status can affect how prepared a student is to gain literacy or math skills, but phenomena-based instruction that pulls directly from the observable world around students puts all students on equal footing.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Bradley loves baking lava cakes. A high school senior with long curly hair who participates in a vocational program, Bradley spends about half the day at culinary school and then half in “at-home instruction” through a nearby high school run by a statewide public education service. Perhaps what he loves most, even more than decadent molten chocolate, is the bustle.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Hope Reed saw stark disparities in math classes at Blythewood High School about a decade ago. This story also appeared in Post and Courier and The Associated Press At the school, in suburban Columbia, South Carolina, nearly half of students were white. In the freshman remedial math classes, however, almost all the students were Black. Many of those in the remedial classes came from lower-income families.
Strange Maps
OCTOBER 15, 2023
For ages, the mountain people of the Pamir had been calling their homeland Bam-i-Dunya. Only by the mid-19th century, after British explorers had reached Asia’s rugged interior, did the translation catch on worldwide: “Roof of the World.” In its original and narrowest definition, that term applied only to the Pamir Plateau. But “Roof of the World” is a phrase so compact and expressive that it was soon transferred to other parts of High Asia, including to the Himalayas, and specifically to Everes
Dr. Preece
OCTOBER 20, 2023
As Storm Babet brings challenging circumstances and significant negative impacts – including tragic loss of life – to the UK in mid-October, it’s an opportunity for teachers to do a bit of ‘live Geography’ and explore some impacts and approaches. I thought it might help to bring together some helpful resources and ideas of what to do to bring the data and content alive in your classroom, beyond just collating images from the news!
ED Surge
OCTOBER 20, 2023
I’ve spent more than a decade working as a teacher and principal. In 2015, I left the classroom for a year to try something different and it completely reshaped my work. I took on a role as a teacher recruiter at Achievement First, where my focus was working with principals to hire teachers. At the time, I had just finished my Teach For America commitment at my placement school, Miami Northwestern Senior High School, where I had the benefit of working in a historically Black community at a publi
All Things Pedagogical
OCTOBER 15, 2023
I have been thinking a lot about waste lately. I have moved to a place with a much more strict waste management program than where I used to live and it has forced me to be much more mindful about what I buy, what can be recycled, what is sadly straight to the landfill garbage. I have been surprising myself but also surprised in general at how much that mindfulness can impact what is waste or what is seen as waste.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Ever since schools reopened and resumed in-person instruction, districts have been trying to help students catch up from pandemic learning losses. The Biden Administration has urged schools to use tutoring. Many schools have purchased an online version that gives students 24/7 access to tutors. Typically, communication is through text chat, similar to communicating with customer service on a website.
Dr. Preece
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Let’s lay good foundations first. First, show mastery. Don’t leave implicit information; show that you know it, explain it, and understand it. You are explaining things to a professional Geographer, and someone who knows the subject in depth – so you don’t have to give a definition for key terminology that you use unless it’s important to your essay (e.g.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 15, 2023
Education has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, and one of the most significant developments is the concept of "anywhere learning." This innovative approach to personalized education leverages technology to give students the flexibility and freedom to learn at their own pace, in their own space. Anywhere learning is proving to be a game-changer, benefiting students in a multitude of ways, primarily because it is entirely learner-centric.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Personalized learning is an educational approach that tailors the learning experience to the specific needs and preferences of each student. It recognizes and strives to accommodate differences in students' backgrounds, learning styles and abilities. As a result, each student deserves an education that is tailored to their individual needs and characteristics.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 15, 2023
College decisions used to depend mostly on an institution’s academic reputation and its social life. Today, many other factors influence a prospective student’s thinking. We’ve gathered those into this interactive College Welcome Guide, to help you assess how receptive colleges are to students from a variety of backgrounds, and to map state laws that affect college students.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 15, 2023
Beyond the Rankings: College Welcome Guide What kind of culture and political atmosphere does your prospective campus have? Use our tool to find out. To create our College Welcome Guide we relied on more than a dozen data sources. If you haven’t seen our tool, you can find it here. Read on to learn more about where the information comes from. Campus-level data All of the data other than what is shown on the maps or otherwise noted comes from IPEDS , the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Sy
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 15, 2023
When Angel Amankwaah traveled from Denver to North Carolina Central University for incoming student orientation this summer, she decided she had made the right choice. This story also appeared in USA Today She had fun learning the chants that fans perform at football games. But she also saw that “there are students who look like me, and professors who look like me” at the historically Black university, said Amankwaah, 18, who is Black.
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