Strange Maps
JANUARY 2, 2025
Prosperity is not a given, and neither is poverty. As these maps show, rich regions can lose their wealth, and poor places can turn affluent. While they dont explain the ebbs and flows of fortune, these maps do provide a fascinating, granular view of where those fortunes rose and fell in Europe, in just over a century. Both maps show regional GDPs relative to the European average.
World History Teachers Blog
JANUARY 2, 2025
Here is a good 33-minute documentary about the Russian Revolution. It starts with the Revolution of 1905 and continues through Russia's withdrawal from World War 1. It comes from Lucas Films and is better than most I've seen over the years. In addition, here's a great website about the Russian Revolution, called 1917, Free History , from Yandex Publishing.
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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 Hechinger Report
JANUARY 1, 2025
This story about eighth grade algebra was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BRAHAM, Minn. It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific notation, but fifteen minutes in, some students had lost focus.
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.
Anthropology.net
JANUARY 2, 2025
Tracing Europe’s Genetic Footsteps The early medieval period was a transformative era, shaped by migrations, trade, and cultural exchanges. Yet, many of its genetic mysteries have eluded researchers due to the limitations of traditional methods. A new study, led by Leo Speidel and colleagues, published in Nature 1 , takes a brand newstep forward.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
JANUARY 2, 2025
Raj talks with Mindy Finn, Founder & CEO of Citizen Data, about restoring trust in government and each other and increasing Gen Z's civic knowledge and engagement.
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
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.
Anthropology.net
JANUARY 1, 2025
In the deserts of northern Peru, the remains of an ancient dynasty have been uncovered, their DNA revealing a story of power, sacrifice, and family. A recent study led by Harvard University researchers explored an elite burial group at Huaca Cao Viejo, a ceremonial site of the Moche culture, dating to around 500 CE. Their findings, published in PNAS 1 , confirm that family relationships played a central role in consolidating status and power within this ancient civilization.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
JANUARY 3, 2025
Youth Civic Solutions Competition Winners were featured in The Fulcrum for their presentations during the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC).
APSA Educate
JANUARY 3, 2025
Join APSAs Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the professional development virtual workshop, Community College Careers: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions. 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT | Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 |… The post Careers at Community Colleges: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions appeared first on APSA.
Zinn Education Project
JANUARY 1, 2025
It is more important than ever for students today to learn peoples history a history that looks honestly at the roots of inequality and shares lessons about how people can organize to make the world a better place. But truth telling in the classroom is under threat by right wing legislators. Lawmakers are trying to restrict teaching honestly about U.S. history.
CORE Econ
JANUARY 3, 2025
Wendy Carlin and Arjun Jayadevs interview in Maeil Daily, following a CORE Econ seminar at the Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea. The original Korean article and the English translation. The post In a rapidly changing world, economics education must change rapidly appeared first on CORE.
Living Geography
JANUARY 2, 2025
Interactive: What is the climate impact of eating meat and dairy? | Daisy Dunne Tom Prater Joe Goodman #CBarchive Read here: [link] pic.twitter.com/JPmkJabYWp Carbon Brief (@CarbonBrief) January 2, 2025 A very nice interactive from Carbon Brief.
Political Science Now
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Using Strategic Games to Illustrate Environmental Policy Concepts for Undergraduates By Elizabeth Baldwin and Minwoo Ahn , University of Arizona Games are useful to help students learn key concepts in environmental policy. Thus, using games is increasingly common in undergraduate courses. However, games are still primarily used as a tool for student engagement, rather than as a primary means for teaching core concepts.
Zinn Education Project
DECEMBER 29, 2024
The morning after election day I read to my students the line from Howard Zinn about how what matters most is not who is sitting in the White House, but who is sitting in. I told them I promised to sit in by teaching the truth no matter who is sitting in the White House. 8th grade teacher, Oregon By Emily Simons via Media Justice. Teaching truthfully is more important than ever.The airwaves are full of inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants and calls for mass deportations.
Life and Landscapes
JANUARY 2, 2025
THE NILE OF KENTUCKY The Nolin River. It is like the Nile, if you follow the analogy. With its own old kingdoms running along its geography. The lower Nolin has its ancient monuments, Mammoth Cave and Dismal Rock, and it has its own cliff-edged lake, like the one that they created in Egypt. If you are willing to follow my logic, Hodgenville could be the Luxor of the upper Nolin River Valley.
Living Geography
JANUARY 2, 2025
Shipping Forecast Day has happened today. The Shipping Forecast is inherently geographical. This article by Jude Rogers explores the importance of the forecast. As we wrap up our Shipping Forecast day, have you ever taken a wind down with the Sleeping Forecast instead? Listen along to a soothing blend of classical and ambient music from BBC Introducing artists interspersed with excerpts of the iconic Shipping Forecast from Radio 4. pic.twitter.com/Dw87z3sz8V BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) January 1,
Political Science Now
JANUARY 2, 2025
The Journal Club Module: A Co-Learning Tactic for Demystifying Academic Research and Building Classroom Culture in Undergraduate Courses By Nancy B. Arrington and Brooksley L. Pruitt , California Polytechnic State University The Journal Club Module (JCM) is a tactic for incorporating the benefits of Journal Clubs into undergraduate political science courses.
ShortCutsTV
JANUARY 1, 2025
Many of our Psychology films reference material from the past, either in the shape of psychological research or simply as background to a particular time period and this gives me the opportunity to spend time combing through sites like the Internet Archive looking for old film.
Perspectives in Anthropology
JANUARY 1, 2025
Written by Neil Turner The study of Maroon sites is a rich and virtually untapped area that can advance our knowledge of enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Living Geography
JANUARY 2, 2025
Often when walking in the countryside, a footpath will take you to a road and then expect you to walk along the road for a while to connect up to the next available footpath and continue with your journey. There are also paths which have not been used for a while, or have been deliberately (or accidentally) blocked by landowners for various reasons.
Political Science Now
JANUARY 3, 2025
Raising the Stakes on a Political Science Major Field Test: Evidence From a New Capstone Course By John LaForest Phillips , Austin Peay State University Using a major field test (MFT) is a common method of program assessment. For accurate assessment to take place, however, students must be sufficiently motivated to perform. This paper studies a change in major requirements that associated a major field test to a grade in a political science capstone course.
Zinn Education Project
JANUARY 2, 2025
Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics | Map of Sites Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events Join us to defend the freedom to learn. For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 29, 2024
Hi, everyone. This week Im sharing a conversation with Nick Fuller Googins, who teaches fourth grade in Saco, Maine. Hes also the author of The Great Transition , a novel about a future in which people have come together to cut emissions to net zero and halt planetary collapse. The book focuses on a family thats been relocated to Nuuk, Greenland. The mother, Kristina, and father, Larch, hold different views on retribution for former oil executives and other climate criminals, a tension that app
Living Geography
JANUARY 2, 2025
This has been getting a lot of coverage in the news: the charity's annual review. Each year the Weather and Wildlife Review looks back on how weather has impacted wildlife through the seasons at the places the National Trust looks after. One in six species in the UK are currently threatened with extinction and we're seeing the impact that the climate crisis is having on both common and rare species.
TCI
JANUARY 2, 2025
Happy 2025! Each year, we introduce new features inspired by your feedback. Our latest teacher-inspired tools are designed to help you Bring Learning Alive! in 2025. Sign in to your TCI teacher account to explore these features. Student Tool Enhancements The updated tool has a bigger canvas, keyboard shortcuts, and more various drawing options. Updated Drawing Tool: Our updated interactive drawing tool encourages creativity and deeper understanding.
Life and Landscapes
DECEMBER 30, 2024
SURROUNDING FRANKLINVILLE It’s not really there, at the junction of the Middle and North Forks of the Kentucky River. Nothing but soybeans, Kentucky jungle, and muddy water. But I have hiked in. Rough going. Bushwhacking. Feet into dense ground foliage, hidden fallen trees, risk of falling into the water. And these are not creeks. Do rattlesnakes inhabit the slopes of these floodplains?
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 2, 2025
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. In this city roughly 15 miles southwest of Fort Lauderdale, Cessna four-seater airplanes are lined up on a field beside Broward College, a community college offering two- and four-year degrees. Prospective students considering Browards professional pilot training program are about to take discovery flights to explore whether the experience of flying hooks them into wanting to pursue it as a career.
Living Geography
JANUARY 2, 2025
A Christmas Day TV highlight was the first new Wallace and Gromit film for many years. At their fastest rate, the 200-person production team for "Vengeance Most Fowl" produced two minutes of film per week. Vengeance most Fowl brought back Feathers McGraw, and managed to fit in a great many film references and nods to other programs and earlier scenarios.
Let's Cultivate Greatness
JANUARY 3, 2025
We call it Civics, not Government, class because its purpose is to instill a sense of citizen duty and participation, not just a memorization of concepts and amendments. Yet, in reality, how much of our class time is dedicated to allowing students to participate ? Probably less than wed care to admit, right? No, shame! Its the reality of a long list of standards and our touchy political climate.
Life and Landscapes
DECEMBER 28, 2024
NOW: 2024 “Patterns Out of Time.” The “Reggie Van Stockum Trio” with Paulie Felice on lead guitar and Zach Mathis on percussion playing the RVSjr original song., “Patterns out of Time,” at Studio 223 in Shelbyville, Kentucky on December 7, 2024. THEN: 2013 “Patterns Out of Time.” Reginald Bareham singing his song, “Patterns Out of Time” at Lewis Mathis’ 6th Street Live in Shelbyville, Kentucky, on Saturday evening, September, 14,
Diane Ravitch
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Joyce Vance is a veteran federal prosecutor; she was the U.S. Attorney for the Northern district of Alabama from 2009-2017. She writes a blog called “Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance.” She usually writes about the law, the justice system, and Trump’s efforts to avoid accountability for his misdeeds. But in this post, she addresses the root cause of his appeal : low-information voters who are hoodwinked by his lies and believe he will fight for them.
Living Geography
JANUARY 1, 2025
2025 is a time to take stock. We are a quarter of the way through the century, and the last few years have been a bit of a roller coaster ride for the planet, and not in a good way. Whatever you are up to, don't forget to sign up to my new Substack, which is now available for you to read. For years, this blog had an option to subscribe using Feedburner.
Living Geography
JANUARY 1, 2025
An Unherd post from the farmer and best-selling author James Rebanks on the precarious state of the UK's food security. He suggests that the food supply chain that we assume will always provide food to fill our supermarket shelves is far from stable. Britain probably has less than a week of food supplies. The only food in the UK is whats on the shelves of our supermarkets now, and whats in their lorries on the way to the shops.
Living Geography
JANUARY 1, 2025
David Alcock has posted on the GA Blog about the importance of attending conferences, including the Geographical Association conference of course. What events are you intending to attend in 2025?
Living Geography
JANUARY 3, 2025
A UCL Symposium on knowledge looks like it might be a useful CPD opportunity. It is on the 26th of March 2025 This symposium aims to investigate: a) how knowledge in education in different countries is shaped by contemporary ideas about the relationship between the past, present and future, and b) epistemic growth in university disciplines and school subjects.
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