A Principal's Reflections
AUGUST 4, 2024
Myths often arise from misunderstandings, oversimplifications, or a desire to maintain the status quo. They can also be intentionally created to mislead or manipulate, serving as barriers to embracing innovative practices or protecting existing power structures. Additionally, some myths may originate from well-intentioned but inaccurate assumptions or generalizations about an idea or strategy.
TeachThought
AUGUST 7, 2024
Address Common Project-Based Learning Challenges Through Culture-Building contributed by Sara Segar , Experit Learning Depot I would never claim to be the world’s best project-based educator. There have been ups and downs, some duds, and big mistakes. I have encountered every PBL challenge imaginable, but I’ve used them as opportunities to do better.
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Cult of Pedagogy
AUGUST 4, 2024
Listen to my interview with Mitch Weathers ( transcript ): Sponsored by EVERFI and The Wired Classroom This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? Most of my teaching experience was in middle schools, so I spent a lot of time with kids who were going through one of the most tumultuous transitions o
Teaching Anthropology
AUGUST 6, 2024
This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: McGlobalisation with a side of Sustainability first appeared on Teaching Anthropology.
History Tech
AUGUST 7, 2024
I was chatting on a text thread with a group of teachers and administrators last week when one of the high school admin types casually mentioned that her first day back with students had gone pretty well. Seriously!? Cue my stunned surpise.
TeachThought
AUGUST 5, 2024
by TeachThought Staff In ‘ Shifts For The Classroom of the Future ,’ Terrell Heick said, “It’s challenging enough to manage a traditional learning environment where the curriculum is handed to you, and meetings are set, and you’re simply there to manage; adding more ingredients to the mix seems like asking for trouble. But the truth is, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to educate children in the face of such radical technological and pedagogical progression.” Compared
Women's History Network
AUGUST 4, 2024
The White Rose resistance movement began in Nazi Germany and ended in a shock trial where three of its members were executed. This blog post focuses on Sophie Scholl, one of the members of the movement who was executed by the Nazis in February of 1943.
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
ED Surge
AUGUST 5, 2024
What if why you choose to become a teacher determines how successful you will be in the role? Society has always been fascinated to learn about the motivations of famous athletes, entertainers, and politicians and how they came to their profession. We think about their career trajectory and consider its relevance to ourselves or people we know. What if, similarly, we learned about the motivations of aspiring K-12 teachers, and used that to predict how effective they will be and how long they wil
TeachThought
AUGUST 3, 2024
by TeachThought Staff As learning becomes increasingly digital, access becomes increasingly important. The Flipped Classroom, for example, requires technology that would have been considered dramatic only a few years ago. Broadband access, CPU speed, graphics processing, multi-media production in terms of sound, image, film, and other innovations have placed significant demands on the technology industry.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 6, 2024
The post How Professionals Support Student Changemakers in the Ciena Solutions Challenge appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 8, 2024
Hello! I’m excited to be back at Hechinger after spending the past academic year as a Spencer Fellow at the Columbia Journalism School. This past year was eye-opening and invigorating. I spent the bulk of my time researching and reporting a child care policy investigation, which will be published this fall. I also spent time digging into child care quality and systems, including visits around the country and to Scandinavia.
ED Surge
AUGUST 8, 2024
This story was originally published by The Daily Yonder. Chris Nelson teaches preschool in rural Vermont, just a few miles from the Canadian border, but not in the school or child care center most people think of when they imagine state or locally funded pre-K. Instead, her 3- and 4-year-old students are integrated into her five-star-rated home-based child care program, where she also cares for younger children and a few kids who come after school until their working parents pick them up.
The Effortful Educator
AUGUST 5, 2024
October 2016. That’s when I started this blog and posted for the first time. Almost 8 years later and almost 1 million blog hits later, I’ve got a book being published. It still feels surreal to see where reading research and writing about its implications in my classroom has taken me. I’ve worked with some big time education corporations and have even worked with the U.
TCI
AUGUST 8, 2024
Discover the latest updates from the past month designed to make your teaching experience smoother and more efficient. Here’s what’s new: New Back-to-School Courses and Sessions: Start the school year strong with our Foundations 2.0 courses. Learn the latest features in “Navigate and Plan with TCI 2.0” and “Assign and Grade with TCI 2.0.” For more insights, check out the Summit playlist on the TCI YouTube Channel.
Anthropology 365
AUGUST 9, 2024
A couple of weeks ago, a coyote climbed the fence into my mother’s backyard and attacked one of her dogs, Cujo. The coyote only stopped its assault when Zoey, the 40+ lbs doberman puppy chased it off. My mother is convinced Zoey was just trying to play. Several weeks ago, her 50lbs collie mix died from internal trauma and now my mother is convinced the injuries were caused by a coyote attack.
ED Surge
AUGUST 9, 2024
The premise of “free college” programs popping up around the country in recent years is that bringing the price of higher education down to nearly nothing will spur more students to enroll and earn degrees. But is that what actually happens? David Monaghan, an associate professor of sociology at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, has been digging into that question in a series of recent research studies.
Psychology Sorted
AUGUST 9, 2024
Photo by Akil Mazumder on Pexels.com Those of you with sharp eyes will have noticed that the new curriculum, to be taught from August/Sep 2025 and first examined in May 2027, has undergone some last-minute ‘tweaks.’ The big change is that the SL students will be required to submit an IA proposal, and in order that they have the necessary 20 class hours to work on this, the hours recommended for other areas have been reduced.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 5, 2024
Too many of our public schools are missing teachers, especially in hard-to-staff subject areas. We have a teacher shortage, and it could get worse. According to a recent report , last school year, 45 percent of public schools said they were understaffed, and nearly 9 in 10 school districts reported struggling to hire teachers heading into the 2023-24 school year.
Strange Maps
AUGUST 7, 2024
For some nostalgic fans, the four images below prove that professional tennis is dead — at least as a spectator sport. Taken over the past half-century, they map changes in the pattern of wear and tear on the turf at Wimbledon’s Centre Court during the annual tournament. The 1970 picture ( top left ) shows the grass played to a pulp all over the court, from baseline to net.
ED Surge
AUGUST 6, 2024
It was announced by sweeping statements. When the New York City Public Schools chancellor, David Banks, caused the largest district in the country to change how it taught students to read last year, it was with a sense of alarm. Statistics showed that many of the city’s students in third through eighth grades couldn’t read proficiently, which Banks blamed on the city embracing a “fundamentally flawed” approach to reading instruction.
Anthropology.net
AUGUST 8, 2024
The Extraordinary Discovery of Homo Naledi In the heart of South Africa’s Rising Star Cave system, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team uncovered something extraordinary nearly a decade ago: the fossils of a small-brained hominin, Homo naledi. This diminutive species, with a brain about one-third the size of modern humans, was unlike any other hominin previously discovered.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 7, 2024
Inside a small, mural-covered building just outside Indianola, Mississippi, 14-year-old Tamorris Carter made the rounds, bouncing lightly on his heels. He stopped frequently to explain objects of interest; pictures of class field trips to civil rights monuments, or a poster he made on “ social dominance orientation ,” a term that describes one’s tolerance for social inequality.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
AUGUST 7, 2024
The post Civic Spring Fellows Announced for Summer 2024 appeared first on Institute for Citizens & Scholars.
ED Surge
AUGUST 5, 2024
Educational technology adoption has grown significantly in the past decade, and it’s clear that K-12 schools are now comfortable with and embrace the new technology norms. The next step for school leaders is to focus on purchasing edtech strategically, ensuring that these tools genuinely make a positive difference in teaching and learning. Susan Uram Director of Educational Technology at Rockford Public Schools But effectively evaluating edtech products is no small feat.
Heinemann Blog
AUGUST 5, 2024
Welcome back! It’s that time again for supply checklists, password resets, classroom refreshes, and a new 30 oz coffee travel mug as the start of the school year rushes in.
Teaching American History
AUGUST 6, 2024
Staff and faculty members at Teaching American History have heard from our teacher partners that they want nonpartisan election resources that elevate classroom discourse beyond political bickering and horse race coverage. 2024 marks the 60 th time that Americans have gone to the polls to elect a new president. To support our teacher audience through the election, we created our Fall 2024 Saturday webinar series: American Political Rhetoric.
Digital Promise
AUGUST 9, 2024
The post Centering Student Voice and Engagement: How 3 Districts are Making a Difference appeared first on Digital Promise.
ED Surge
AUGUST 7, 2024
I was in my twenties when I began my career as a child trauma psychotherapist on the south side of Chicago, right around the corner from the neighborhood where I grew up. As a young therapist at an outpatient psychotherapy practice, I was excited and thrilled to work in my community with a majority of my clients being Black children and families. As a Black therapist, it was easier for me to empathize with them; in the process, I learned a lot about the prevalence of abuse, neglect and complex t
Anthropology.net
AUGUST 7, 2024
A recent study 1 published in Nature Communications has unveiled a remarkable discovery of rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores. Among these finds is an astonishingly small adult limb bone, which dates back approximately 700,000 years. These findings offer critical insights into the evolutionary history of Homo floresiensis , the diminutive 'Hobbits' whose remains were first uncovered in 2003 at Liang Bua cave on Flores.
Society for Classical Studies
AUGUST 8, 2024
2024 SCS Election kskordal Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:52 Image Voting is now open for the 2024 SCS Election! Members will receive their ballots through email today. Review the election materials and cast your vote before the deadline. The Society has again retained Vote-Now to conduct its election of officers, directors, and committee members. In August, Vote-Now will send instructions for voting in this election to all SCS members in good standing for 2024.
Heinemann Blog
AUGUST 5, 2024
In this episode, Kelly Boswell focuses on finding the balance between conventions and creativity. In this excerpt from her audiobook, Every Kid a Writer , Kelly helps us understand the importance of flexibility for more enjoyable and productive learning experiences— and gives several practical approaches for implementing this. From engaging students in conversations about quality writing to providing the freedom to write without constraints, you'll get actionable tips to use right away.
Education Week - Social Studies
AUGUST 8, 2024
For nearly two decades, I have witnessed firsthand the tremendous impact that a deep and diverse study of religion has had on my students.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
AUGUST 5, 2024
Raj talks with Baratunde Thurston, Emmy-nominated host, producer, writer, and public speaker, about what it means to be a good citizen, resisting divisiveness, and why our democracy's "soil" needs tending.
Living Geography
AUGUST 9, 2024
Despite my long association with Twitter as a means of sharing and disseminating ideas and news for geography educators, it's clear that it has become a place where other ideas are shared, and the owner expresses views which are not consistent with someone like me. I've had an account on Threads for over a year. I've now activated it on my phone again and will be sharing news and thoughts there instead for the foreseeable future.
Society for Classical Studies
AUGUST 9, 2024
CFP: Gender Violence in Art in the Classical World and Beyond (College Art Association 113th Annual Conference) kskordal Fri, 08/09/2024 - 13:54 Image College Art Association 113th Annual Conference New York City, February 12–15, 2025 Session title: Gender Violence in Art in the Classical World and Beyond The mythology, history, and literature of the Classical world (defined here as the ancient Mediterranean and adjacent regions) prominently feature stories of gender-based violence.
TCI
AUGUST 7, 2024
Good news, Canvas users! TCI’s Canvas LTI 1.3 integration now supports SpeedGrader. This means you can quickly and easily review assessments, lesson games, unit projects, and biography assignments all in one place. This feature is part of TCI’s new Canvas LTI 1.3 integration, which helps teachers save time and focus on instruction. TCI’s Canvas API users can upgrade to LTI 1.3 and enjoy SpeedGrader as well as these features: Assigning from Canvas: The LTI 1.3 integration lets teachers easily cre
Maitri Learning
AUGUST 7, 2024
How do we help young children crack the code of benchmark tests? The fourth step is practicing phoneme segmentation fluency skills. In the fourth video of our "Crack the Codes" series, our literacy expert demonstrates effective methods to enhance these critical skills in young readers. Be sure to subscribe to our channel on YouTube and LinkedIn so you don't miss out on this insightful series.
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