Cult of Pedagogy
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
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ED Surge
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Reading fluency the ability to read accurately, automatically and with appropriate expression remains a critical yet often overlooked component of literacy development. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 68 percent of U.S. students are not reading at proficient levels. By fourth grade, students transition from learning to read to reading to learn.
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Moler's Musing
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
This past week, EduProtocols made Andrew Jacksons presidency more interactive and engaging , helping students analyze his impact through Fast & Curious, Annotate & Tell, MiniReports, Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then, Thin Slides, and Number Mania. We started each day with Gimkit vocabulary practice , reinforcing key terms before diving into content.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
ATLANTA Students gathered around a bright blue number board in Melissa Williams kindergarten class at the Westminster School, gazing at the bank of 100 blank squares, organized in rows and columns of 10. Their assignment was to pick a numbered tile and figure out where it should go on the board. The task seems simple, but Williams goal was to bolster students number sense a difficult-to-define skill, but one that is nevertheless essential for more advanced mathematics.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
For decades, the story of how human pigmentation changed as Homo sapiens spread across Europe has been told in broad strokes. Early humans arrived from Africa with dark skin, and as they adapted to lower UV radiation in northern latitudes, their skin lightened—a simple narrative of evolutionary selection. But a new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Ferrara and published as a preprint on bioRxiv 1 , challenges this oversimplified account.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. At least, he wants them to feel that way occasionally and temporarily. Mostly an administrator these days, Fisher still teaches honors algebra at Breakwater, a pre-K-8th independent school in Portland, Maine. For Fisher, its important to mingle math and play. Its not the conventional way to teach the subject, Fisher says.
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 The Teacher-Scholar By Elizabeth A. Bennion ( ebennion@iusb.edu ) According to a recent survey of more than 100,000 students at nearly 200 U.S. colleges, the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and has decreased in … The post Preventing a Crisis in the Political Science Classroom: De-escalation Tips for College Instructors appeared first on APSA.
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Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
More than 3,000 years ago, a rare form of iron fell from the sky and was turned into jewelry and tools by Iron Age craftspeople in what is now Poland. Recent analysis of artifacts from two Lusatian Culture cemeteries suggests that early metallurgists were not only working with iron from terrestrial sources but also incorporating metal from ataxite meteorites—an extremely rare form of nickel-rich iron that originates in space.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War on the Union-occupied Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina. There, thousands of Black children began going to schools built expressly for them, where they learned to read and write after decades of being denied the right of literacy. The Sea Islands experiment, as it was known, marked a positive moment in the fraught history of Black education, notes education law expert Derek W.
Teaching American History
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Why is Lincolns Fragment on the Constitution and Union one of our favorite documents? This document is short enough to be used in younger classrooms, but its profound enough to be worth discussing with older students as well. Near the start of his presidency, Lincoln was thinking about the relationship between the Constitution and the Declaration. Reflecting on a passage from Proverbs that says a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver, he found an analogy for how to under
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reflections By Debra Leiter ( leiterd@umkc.edu ) and Danielle Joesten Martin ( danielle.martin@csus.edu ) Everyone loves a nail-biter, a close competition where the winner is left in doubt until the very last minute. … The post Super Bowl Forecasting: Turning the Big Game into a Big Lesson appeared first on APSA.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
A Pivotal Clue in the Inner Ear Neanderthals have long been a mystery. They were our closest relatives, yet they disappeared while we thrived. For decades, scientists have debated whether their extinction was the result of dwindling genetic diversity, climate pressures, or competition with early Homo sapiens. A new study published in Nature Communications 1 adds a surprising twist: the key to understanding Neanderthal population decline may lie in the shape of their inner ear.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Have you ever made a student cry? I have. Earlier this year, one of my fourth grade students kept disrupting my instructions during class. This behavior was unusual for her. I had taught her all of last year, and she had always been attentive and engaged. I tried various classroom management strategies: positive narration, proximity and whole-class attention-getters.
World History Teachers Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Here's a great six minute review of the MAIN causes of WWI from "Made from History.
Leah Cleary
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
It’s important for students to understand contextualization in historyor any subject, for that matter. My colleague, Mike, and I have been using this one engaging closing activity called “Previously On” to help students connect the dots between what theyve already learned and what theyre about to explore. It’s like a like a TV show recap but tailored to the classroom.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The Mystery of the Transitional Industries For decades, archaeologists have puzzled over a key moment in prehistory: the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic, a period marked by the gradual disappearance of Neanderthals and the spread of Homo sapiens across Europe. Central to this debate are two enigmatic stone tool industries, the Châtelperronian and the Uluzzian, both dating to roughly the same period—between 44,000 and 40,000 years ago.
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Interviews Online education remains a place of great challenges and also enormous opportunities for political science faculty to connect with their students and advance learning objectives. As such, Matt Evans (co-editor of the … The post Rapport and Community Building in Online Classes: A Q&A with Rebecca A.
TeachThought
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
By fostering these skills early, educators can empower students to take ownership of their financial future.
Maitri Learning
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Early in my mentoring career in public school, I made the mistake of approaching teacher development with a deficit mindset. I went in believing teachers needed to be "fixed." I was armed with PowerPoint presentations and rigid expectations. Not surprisingly, this approach bred resentment rather than growth! When I ultimately left that position to take on a new role (as a teaching assistant at Harvard), I felt I just hadn't done a very good job.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
Human societies are built on layers of culture, law, and technology, yet beneath it all, some of the oldest instincts in the animal kingdom continue to shape our world. From political power struggles to economic inequality and environmental exploitation, an evolutionary past rooted in dominance, survival, and competition still drives much of human behavior today.
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reflections By Elizabeth Dorssom ( mdorssome@lincolnu.edu ) College classrooms are often awash with screens, revealing a generation of students who grew up immersed in technology. These students are more likely to get their … The post Using Social Media in American Government Classes to Encourage Political Engagement and Media Literacy appeared first on APSA.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The post 3 Strategies to Achieve Human-Centered Leadership for Digital Transformation appeared first on Digital Promise.
Zinn Education Project
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Registration will be available soon. On Monday, September 22, 2025 , scholar Eve L. Ewing, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian, will discuss Ewings book, Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism , an examination of how the U.S. school system helps maintain racial inequality and social hierarchies.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
The Mystery of the First Dogs Dogs, our oldest animal companions, have walked beside humans for tens of thousands of years. But how did this ancient partnership begin? For decades, scientists have debated whether humans actively tamed wolves through selective breeding or whether some wolves self-domesticated by scavenging near human settlements, leading to a gradual shift in temperament and behavior.
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reflections By Matthew P. Thornburg ( mthornburg@misericordia.edu and Elizabeth A. Georgian ( georgian@usca.edu ) Introduction Our first day of class begins in an unusual waywith a murder. In our Introduction to the Law … The post Murder on an Island: A Classroom Simulation Introducing the American Legal System appeared first on APSA.
Living Geography
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
Via the latest issue of 'Geography' journal. The University of Liverpool has shared a variety of Google Earth Engine tools for researchers (and educators). This includes options for coding using Google Earth Engine. Some school based resources are apparently on the way, and if you'd like to make some suggestions there's a form on the website.
Political Science Now
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Each year, the APSA Centennial Center offers over $100,000 in research grants to APSA members through its Spring and Summer application deadlines. Learn more about eligibility and funding areas for each of these cycles below. The Spring Application Cycle Applications for the 2025 APSA Centennial Center Research Grants Spring Cycle are now open! Previously the Small Research Grants Program, The spring cycle of Centennial Center Research Grants supports research in all fields of political science.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
A Mysterious Ritual Resurfaces in the Archaeological Record In the rugged landscapes of northeastern Iberia, ancient fortresses once stood, their walls bearing silent witness to the turbulent rituals of Iron Age societies. Among the most perplexing of these practices is the display of severed human heads—gruesome relics once nailed to walls or placed near entrances.
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 The Teacher-Scholar By Ozlem Tuncel ( otuncelgurlek1@gsu.edu ) Generative AI tools like ChatGPT have rapidly transformed the academic landscape, prompting political science educators to reconsider their teaching strategies. The integration of these technologies … The post Teaching Literature Reviews in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) appeared first on APSA.
Edthena
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
In the news What if teacher preparation could seamlessly bridge the gap between theory and practice? Thats exactly what the University at Buffalo Teacher Residency Program (UBTR) is achieving. Highlighted in the eCampus News article, “Empowering Teachers Through Video Reflection and Dynamic Coaching,” Dr. Halley Maza shares how UBTR is transforming teacher development through video-based reflection and coaching.
Political Science Now
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Project Title:The Hawaiian Land Hui Movement: Race, Law, and Property in Territorial Hawaii Mahina Tuteur, University of Hawaii at Mnoa Mahina Tuteur is from Koolaupoko, Oahu and is currently pursuing a PhD in Indigenous politics at the University of Hawaii at Mnoa. She is a graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law, with certificates in environmental and native Hawaiian law.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The Ancient Hearths of Fuente del Salín Fire has long been a cornerstone of human existence, providing warmth, protection, and a means to cook food. But was its use during the Upper Paleolithic purely practical, or did it hold deeper cultural significance? A new study from the Fuente del Salín cave in Cantabria, Spain, seeks to answer this question by examining the role of fire in Gravettian hunter-gatherer life.
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reflections By Adam Fusco ( adam.fusco@york.ac.uk ) Political philosophy often forms an integral part of curricula on many Politics degrees. Yet teaching political philosophy poses specific pedagogical challenges in Politics departments. Student perceptions … The post Teaching Political Philosophy to Students of Political Science: A Public Philosophy Approach appeared first on APSA.
Life and Landscapes
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
The Jubilee Barndance Opening from the closing performance of the new musical’s premiere at the Shelby County Community Theatre in Shelbyville, Kentucky on February 13, 2022. Book by Dr. Jack Wann, Lyrics by Dr. Jack Wann and Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr, with Music by Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr. Cast : Maynard Spud Loomis, Reggie Van Stockum; Henry Jenkins, Maximillian A.
Political Science Now
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Social Disruption, Gun Buying, and Anti-System Beliefs By Matthew J. Lacombe , Case Western Reserve University , Matthew D. Simonson , Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jon Green, Duke University and James N. Druckman , University of Rochester Gun ownership is a highly consequential political behavior. It often signifies a belief about the inadequacy of state-provided security and leads to membership in a powerful political constituency.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
A Discovery in the Desert The story of human migration is often told in sweeping arcs—great waves of Homo sapiens leaving Africa, moving into Eurasia, and eventually populating the entire planet. But every now and then, a new discovery forces a rewrite of this narrative, reminding us that human history is more intricate than we once thought. One such discovery has emerged from the archaeological site of Jebel Faya, a rock shelter nestled in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 By Cecilia McNair ( cmcnair001@csbsju.edu ) and Christi Siver ( csiver@csbsju.edu ) SIVER: While my scholarly interests are primarily at the intersection of international security and human rights [1] , as a professor … The post A Conversation Between Student and Teacher On Learning to Love the Literature Review as Scaffolding appeared first on APSA.
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