Six Tips for Districts to Avoid the Next Funding Cliff
Digital Promise
MAY 20, 2024
Updated Technology Sustainability Toolkit helps districts plan their budgets with ending of COVID relief funds.
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PROOF POINTS: AI essay grading is already as ‘good as an overburdened’ teacher, but researchers say it needs more work
The Hechinger Report
MAY 20, 2024
Grading papers is hard work. “I hate it,” a teacher friend confessed to me. And that’s a major reason why middle and high school teachers don’t assign more writing to their students. Even an efficient high school English teacher who can read and evaluate an essay in 20 minutes would spend 3,000 minutes, or 50 hours, grading if she’s teaching six classes of 25 students each.
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What Brain Science Says About How to Better Teach Teenagers
ED Surge
MAY 21, 2024
Ellen Galinsky has been on a seven-year quest to understand what brain science says about how to better teach and parent adolescent children. The past few years have seen advancements in our understanding of this time — where the brain is going through almost as much change as during the earliest years of a child’s life. In the past, Galinsky says, researchers and educators have focused too much on portraying the emotional turmoil and risky decision-making that is typical in adolescence as negat
2025 Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest
Society for Classical Studies
MAY 23, 2024
2025 Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest kskordal Thu, 05/23/2024 - 10:37 Image The Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest Sponsored by the Department of Classics at Monmouth College Topic: One or More Figures from Classical History, Literature, or Mythology as the Next President of the United States, or Running for the Office Deadline: March 15, 2025, emailed to rsimmons@monmouthcollege.edu Contest Parameters and Judging: This contest is open to any student enrolled full-time in high schoo
Announcing the 2024 YouthMADE Festival Amplify Grant Recipients
Digital Promise
MAY 21, 2024
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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education
The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As their teacher pounded his drums, belting the lyrics to the Native folk rock song “NDN Kars,” middle schoolers Eli, Izzy and Manin rehearsed new guitar chords for an upcoming performance. “I got a sticker that says ‘Indian Power,’” teacher Luke Cordova sang. “I stuck it on my bumper. That’s what holds my car together.” Inside a neighboring greenhouse, a group of school staff and volunteers prepared to harvest herbs and vegetables for students to use in medicinal teas and re
Professors Try ‘Restrained AI’ Approach to Help Teach Writing
ED Surge
MAY 23, 2024
When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments — that they’d click a button on a chatbot instead of doing the thinking involved in responding to an essay prompt themselves. But two English professors at Carnegie Mellon University had a different first reaction: They saw in this new technology a way to show students how to improve their writing skills.
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Announcing the 2024 Students of History Scholarship Winner
Students of History
MAY 24, 2024
We're excited to announce that Toyosi Dada, a graduating senior at Towson High School, has been awarded the 2024 Students of History Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship, which has been awarded each year since 2017, recognizes a college-bound senior who has excelled in history education. Toyosi will receive a $1,000 scholarship to support her studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she plans to further her education.
Four cities of FAFSA chaos: Students tell how they grappled with the mess, stress
The Hechinger Report
MAY 22, 2024
By Liz Willen For many high school seniors and others hoping to attend college next year, the last few months have become a stress-filled struggle to complete the trouble-plagued, much-maligned FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The rollout of this updated and supposedly simplified form was so delayed, error-ridden and confusing that it has derailed or severely complicated college decisions for millions of students throughout the U.S., especially those from low-income, first-gen
Early Educators Deserve Better, Starting With Health Care and Retirement Benefits
ED Surge
MAY 22, 2024
About two years ago, I had a health crisis that not only jeopardized my well-being, but also threatened the continuity of care for the families I serve as the owner of a home-based child care program. One day when I was cleaning up at the end of a work day, I began experiencing heart palpitations and difficulty breathing. After a number of medical visits, I was hospitalized and eventually diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AFIB) — a condition which can lead to blood clots and a risk of stroke o
Better Sleep: Better Grades
ShortCutsTV
MAY 21, 2024
Learn how to get a good night's sleep to improve your memory and grades.
A Remarkable Discovery of a 450,000-Year-Old Tooth in Iran
Anthropology.net
MAY 24, 2024
Introduction: A Landmark Discovery in Qaleh Kurd Cave In a momentous archaeological breakthrough, French and Iranian researchers have unearthed compelling evidence of early human habitation in Iran's Central Plateau, pushing back the known timeline of human settlement in the region by an astonishing 300,000 years. This discovery, centered at Qaleh Kurd Cave in Qazvin, not only redefines our understanding of ancient human migrations but also sheds light on the strategic importance of this region
Horticulture, horses and ‘Chill Rooms’: One district goes all-in on mental health support
The Hechinger Report
MAY 20, 2024
PITTSBURGH — Maria Hubal sent one student back to class just as another walked in. The sixth grader, slouched over with his hood pulled low, made a beeline to a hammock chair and curled up. Hubal, Bellevue Elementary’s behavioral health school educator, gently asked if everything was OK and what she could do to help. He said he was at a “red” — based on a color thermometer posted by the door that students can use to describe their stress level.
Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?
ED Surge
MAY 20, 2024
When Mysa School started about eight years ago, the microschool movement was new. A school with about 40 students in Washington, D.C., and with a second location in Vermont, Mysa stresses mastery-based learning, where students have to show comprehension before advancing. The idea is that having smaller school sizes enables students to develop much deeper relationships at school, says Siri Fiske, founder of Mysa School.
Word Gardens: Engaging Students Outdoors
Heinemann Blog
MAY 24, 2024
As the weather warms up, get students engaged outdoors with word gardens. Valerie Bang-Jensen provides ideas and examples.
Would You Rather: Acquiring Information
Catlin Tucker
MAY 20, 2024
Imagine you’re at a new, highly recommended restaurant, eager to try what you’ve heard is an exceptional dining experience. As you sit down and open the menu, your excitement dims—you realize it’s a fixed menu with no options for substitutions or alterations. You’re vegetarian, and all the courses feature meat. You speak with the server, hoping for flexibility, but there are no alternatives that accommodate your dietary needs.
New data shows high totals of suspensions for missing class
The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2024
Many American students face a strange punishment for missing school: losing more class time. Educators nationwide regularly turn to suspension as a response to attendance problems, according to a Hechinger Report review of data from a dozen states that track this information. Between 2017-18 and 2021-22, school districts in those states cited attendance-related violations as a reason for student suspensions more than half a million times.
Teachers Are Introducing Young Learners to Climate Consciousness. Hope Is Key, They Say.
ED Surge
MAY 21, 2024
Extreme weather events are on the rise around the globe, from historic floods to unseasonable heat waves and raging wildfires. One doesn’t have to reach far to find fuel for climate-related fear and anxiety. Heidi Rose, an elementary school teacher in Denver, Colorado, knows that all too well. She experienced years of what she describes as “pretty intense” climate anxiety, beginning around 2015, as she watched natural disasters unfold in the news and up close.
Read Aloud Podcast: Authentic Writing for Real Audiences
Heinemann Blog
MAY 20, 2024
In her book “Every Kid a Writer”, now available as an audiobook, Kelly Boswell reminds us that sometimes the hardest part about teaching writing is getting students to write at all.
Smithsonian Hosts an Education Conference Unlike Any Other This Summer
Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Education
MAY 22, 2024
The 4th annual National Education Summit is a one-of-a-kind, signature three-day program hosted by the Smithsonian, featuring inspiring keynotes, deep-dive sessions, hands-on workshops and an evening networking reception
New superintendents need ‘a fighting chance for success’
The Hechinger Report
MAY 23, 2024
Since 2020, most of the nation’s 78 urban school districts have had a new superintendent take over. Just 11 have been in their jobs for four years or more. That statistic startled Michael Hinojosa, a former leader of the Dallas Independent School District who is now superintendent-in-residence at the Council for the Great City Schools, a coalition representing those 78 districts.
Why Healing Affinity Spaces Are Necessary for Black Women Educators
ED Surge
MAY 20, 2024
As Black womxn educators, we have a connection with education that is ancestral. Even before enslavement, teaching and learning existed in Africa. African communities built cities, states and kingdoms. Africans were skilled laborers, mathematicians and astronomers. Creativity, learning and innovation flourished in African communities, and that heritage lives in African descendants, especially apparent in the way we teach and radically care for our students.
10 Principles of Artful Teaching
Heinemann Blog
MAY 20, 2024
The following is an adapted excerpt from Rebecca Bellingham’s The Artful Read-Aloud. Rebecca and Veronica Scott's new book, The Artful Approach to Exploring Identity and Fostering Belonging , releases in Fall 2024.
Why Teachers Stay: Building Inspiring, Responsive Leaders to Improve the Learning Experience for All
Education Elements
MAY 21, 2024
In one of our recent blogs , we noted that some teachers list “weak or uninspiring leadership” as a reason they are leaving their positions. Those who feel strongly that they are not supported by their school administration are at high risk of calling it quits. If we are relying on school leaders and building administrators to reverse this trend, we need to make sure we are equipping them with the skills they need to recognize, develop, motivate, and support teacher growth and development.
OPINION: Students with disabilities should not lose their rights when they are placed in private settings by public school systems
The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2024
Picture a young girl named Emma, who finds herself transitioning from a public school to a private school due to her unique educational needs. The journey that Emma (a pseudonym) and other students like her embark upon will mean entering a world where protections they once relied on vanish. Every year, tens of thousands of U.S. students are placed in private schools at public expense to receive the Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) they are entitled to under the Individuals with Disabilit
Assessment Culture: What It Is and Why It Matters
ED Surge
MAY 20, 2024
In the post-COVID pandemic educational setting, assessment offers ways to gain crucial insights into student thinking and learning and the areas requiring support for progress toward learning goals. While thoughtful assessment design and implementation are necessary for student success, building a strong assessment culture in schools is often overlooked but equally important.
Ancient Viruses in the Human Genome Linked to Mental Health Conditions
Anthropology.net
MAY 22, 2024
Ancient viruses that integrated into the human genome millions of years ago may influence the risk of mental health conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. These viruses, remnants of retroviruses known as human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs), can exhibit abnormal activity levels in individuals genetically predisposed to these disorders, according to a recent study.
Introduction to the Symposium, “Constitution-Making in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Chilean Process”
Political Science Now
MAY 24, 2024
Introduction to the Symposium, “Constitution-Making in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Chilean Process” By Claudia Heiss , Universidad de Chile and Julieta Suárez-Cao , Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Expressions of social discontent that trigger deep political reform appear to be a sign of the times. Emerging political actors challenge delegitimized political elites with promises of a closer relationship with electorates, new rules to fight corruption, and more open access to the be
More companies open on-site child care to help employees juggle parenting and jobs
The Hechinger Report
MAY 20, 2024
LAS VEGAS and RENO, Nev. — They exist in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center, tucked away from the public eye but close enough for easy access. They often emit laughter – and the sound of tumbling blocks, bouncing balls, and meandering tricycles. They’re child care centers based at workplaces. And in the increasingly fraught American child care landscape, they are popping up more frequently.
Choosing Wisely: Lessons for Leaders in AI Integration
ED Surge
MAY 22, 2024
When it comes to AI in education, one edtech company stands out as a sage leader and trailblazing pioneer. Amid the chaotic deluge of new generative AI tools, claims and calamities inundating school leaders, Carnegie Learning has been all in on AI for nearly 25 years. After starting with MATHia , an adaptive AI tutor that personalizes instruction for middle and high school students, Carnegie Learning branched out last year into AI-based tools for literacy, languages, tutoring and even profession
Ancient Chesapeake Site Challenges Timeline of Humans in the Americas
Anthropology.net
MAY 22, 2024
Unearthing History in the Chesapeake Bay With the Chesapeake Bay lapping at his knee-high boots, Darrin Lowery surveyed a 10-foot-tall bluff rising above a narrow strip of beach. To the untrained eye, this wall of sandy sediment is an unremarkable edge of a modest island southeast of the Bay Bridge. However, for Lowery, a coastal geologist, its crumbling layers place the island at the center of one of archaeology's most contentious battles: when and how humans first arrived in the Americas.
Assorted Tips for Student Theses (in My Department and Perhaps Yours)
Steven V. Miller
MAY 23, 2024
I'm on the top floor of that building you see in the front (albeit on the other side). I can see some of my colleagues' offices, though. (Photo: Clément Morin) Last updated: 20 June 2024. This will be a periodically updated blog post of things I want to tell students in my department (and maybe yours too) as they start writing their research papers.
70 years later, schools — and moms — are still fighting segregation
The Hechinger Report
MAY 21, 2024
This story was produced by The 19th and is reprinted with permission. PASADENA, Calif. — After starting elementary school in the late 1960s, Naomi Hirahara and three other girls formed a clique called the C.L.A.N., an acronym that represented each of the girl’s first initials. Hirahara said she and her friends didn’t consider the racial implications of their group’s name until one of their fathers objected: “The Klan is very bad!
Vascular Plants of Allen Dale Farm, Shelby County, Kentucky
Life and Landscapes
MAY 23, 2024
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Cultivating Modern Farms Using Ancient Lessons
Anthropology.net
MAY 22, 2024
Lessons from the Past: The Resilience of Ancient Agricultural Practices In numerous archaeological discoveries worldwide, evidence reveals how past civilizations coped with unforeseen climate changes and the sustainability challenges of their farming practices. These findings, ranging from the once-successful reservoirs and canals of Angkor Wat in Cambodia to the deserted Viking colonies of Greenland, highlight both failures and triumphs in ancient agricultural systems.
PTI Primary Hub Meeting - 5th of June
Living Geography
MAY 22, 2024
One of my next events to speak at is this PTI Primary Hub meeting. The session is all about maps and mapping, and I will be doing a keynote and then assisting with a range of workshops. Booking still open I believe.
‘Positive culture shock’ spells challenges and triumphs for Afghan teen students
The Hechinger Report
MAY 21, 2024
Attending school in America has been a “positive culture shock” to Marzia Mohammadi, a 17-year-old senior at Mt. Lebanon High School. This story was produced by Public Source and reprinted with permission. Mohammadi’s life changed overnight when she was forced to flee Afghanistan, her home country, following the Taliban’s ascension and the withdrawal of American troops from the region in August 2021.
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