Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2023

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Part II: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part two of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my first blog in this series on using the “I see, I think, I wonder” routine. Metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

Geography 146

Geography Economics Critical Thinking Cultures 146

History Tech

AUGUST 14, 2023

I was on a quick Zoom call the other night when of the high school teachers casually mentioned that his first day back with students had gone pretty well. Seriously!? Cue the jaw drop.

Social Studies 100

Social Studies High School Primary Sources Lesson Plan 100

Digital Promise

AUGUST 15, 2023

Digital Promise is excited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its partnership with Verizon for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program. What started as eight schools in four districts in 2013 has grown to nearly 600 schools and more than 100 districts in 2023. To support the exponential growth, the team has expanded from only a handful of employees a decade ago to an astounding 55 today!

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2023

The integration of AI tools in English language arts (ELA) instruction has emerged as a potentially transformative pedagogical approach that could redefine the traditional landscape of education. Tools, such as AI-powered writing assistants and language-analysis platforms, offer real-time feedback and aim to empower students to engage in self-directed learning and refine their writing and editing skills.

Education 98

Education Middle School Critical Thinking Teaching 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

The phrase “Mississippi Miracle” trips off the tongue. Who doesn’t like alliteration? More pointedly, who doesn’t like rising test scores? In recent months, the phrase has been associated with Mississippi’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the Nation’s Report Card. In 2022, Mississippi’s fourth graders eligible for free lunch (a marker used to estimate poverty) performed significantly higher on the NAEP reading test than similarly low-income childre

Sociology 87

Sociology Social Science Elementary School Leadership 87

Achieve the Core

AUGUST 16, 2023

From the lens of an Instructional Math Coach, influencing the culture begins by impacting one student, one class, one teacher at a time. Math Milestones provided me with an opportunity to engage with like-minded math minds from all over the country; it empowered me to recognize and appreciate student assets and identity to shape and shift my math mindset and philosophy around building the capacity of others.

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Cultures Pedagogy Middle School Elementary School 52

ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of education, truly personalized learning has been nearly impossible to achieve. Classroom teachers, constrained by limited resources and standardized curricula, often struggle to cater to the diverse learning needs of their students. For years, educational technology has promised to fill that gap, but that promise has remained largely unfulfilled.

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Educational Technology Education Teaching 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2023

Overlooked in the trove of sensitive data released by Harvard during the affirmative action lawsuit is the outsize role that performing research can play in helping students get into elite colleges and universities. Officials from the University of Pennsylvania and California Institute of Technology recently revealed that between a third and a half of all admitted students showcased their research projects in their applications.

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Research Research Skills High School Economics 83

Achieve the Core

AUGUST 14, 2023

The walls of your classroom create the learning environment your students enter every day and communicate the classroom culture you hope to create. Even if you aren’t interested in making your classroom Pinterest-ready—you can probably picture one of those classrooms now—you can still create a space that sparks interest in content and investment in your classroom community.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Cultures Teaching Middle School 52

Digital Promise

AUGUST 16, 2023

The Center for Inclusive Innovation and Paradigm Cyber Ventures, with support from IBM, are implementing an Inclusive Cybersecurity program across 11 districts

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ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2023

When I came to Achievement First Brooklyn High School eight years ago as the ninth grade literature teacher, it was my fourth year of teaching and my first time in a school that was unapologetically rooted in the “no excuses” model , which centers a results-driven culture that prioritizes strict behavioral procedures and academic policies. Merits and demerits managed our students more than authentic relationships steeped in compassion and empathy.

Leadership 85

Leadership Cultures Charter School Economics 85

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. — Each year, more than 30,000 third graders in Mississippi gear up to take a statewide reading test, part of the state’s Literacy-Based Promotion Act. This story also appeared in Mississippi Today A little more than 75 percent of students passed the test on their first try earlier this year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

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Museum Elementary School Public School Teaching 80

Strange Maps

AUGUST 12, 2023

Most people who read these century-old maps today will pass through three stages of interpretation: honest curiosity, morbid fascination, and intellectual disgust. A landscape of human skull shapes These black-and-white maps are aesthetically attractive as well as invitingly strange. The divisions they display for the most part don’t correspond to any familiar type of boundaries — political, natural, or cultural.

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Archiving Sociology Humanities Anthropology 52

Digital Promise

AUGUST 17, 2023

The post How Two Badging Ecosystems Can Empower Digital Verification for Greater Equity appeared first on Digital Promise.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2023

As juniors and seniors return to high school this fall, part of their school day likely will include thinking about which colleges and universities they’ll apply to. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. But recent data suggests that’s the case for fewer students, as college enrollment remains sluggish and some members of Gen Z remain skeptical that a four-year degree is the best option post-high school.

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High School Research Education Educational Technology 83

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. 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: At the bottom of page 22 of the Supreme Court’s lengthy opinion barring the use of race in college admissions , is a curious three-senten

Leadership 79

Leadership K-12 Humanities Education 79

Hayward "Blah, Blah, Blah" Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

These can be sneaky. Beware of "redundancy" using different words that mean the same to describe or explain one thing.

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 17, 2023

Here's one way to turn the fire hose of news into meaningful classroom discussions of current events.

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Social Studies 40

ED Surge

AUGUST 17, 2023

This was originally published by Early Learning Nation.

Educational Technology 98

Educational Technology Education 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

For 10 days this August, some 150 high schoolers from across the U.S. are descending on a sleepaway camp in Southern Illinois to discuss the fate of the planet — and what they can do about it. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The summer program is run by the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led campaign to halt climate change. Its goal is to teach students the skills they will need to launch an effort this fall using schools as a lever for slowing greenhouse gas emissions and accelerating the gre

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Advocacy K-12 Geography High School 73

Hayward "Blah, Blah, Blah" Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

Source: ACT Prep Academy

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Education Week - Social Studies

AUGUST 14, 2023

The state's decision follows Florida's banning the course earlier this year.

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Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2023

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Anthropology Psychology Cultures Humanities 100

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

A 2023 meta-analysis of hundreds social-emotional interventions in schools finds that they generally improve school climate, student well-being and academic achievement, but the measurement of soft skills, such as emotional intelligence, remains controversial. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report Social-emotional learning – aimed at fostering a wide assortment of soft skills from empathy and listening to anger management and goal-setting – has been one of the hottest trends in education ov

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ED Surge

AUGUST 18, 2023

On February 20, 1961, the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, provided a profound message to the U.S. Congress regarding the importance of education. “Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education,” stated President Kennedy. “Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American's capacity.

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K-12 Economics Leadership Education 80

Dr. Shannon Doak

AUGUST 18, 2023

In the ever-evolving education realm, staying up-to-date with new teaching techniques, technological breakthroughs, and best practices is absolutely essential. Enter Web 2.0, often dubbed the “social web,” which has opened up an incredible avenue for collaborative learning and knowledge sharing. In this blog post, we’ll delve into how Web 2.0 can be a game-changer for teacher professional development, creating a dynamic and interconnected learning community.

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Professional Development Lesson Plan Cultures Teaching 90

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — When J.D. Davis, the department chair of English at Twin Falls High School, was told last year that half of the committee he was leading to pick new texts and materials for the district’s English Language Arts classrooms would be parents and community members, he objected. This story also appeared in The Guardian “I said, ‘I’m not going to have parents involved!

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