ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2022

In order to create the systemic changes required to realize racial justice, we must transform ourselves into students and recommit to learning how our shared history influences modern practices. My organization, Facing History and Ourselves, and many others have been doing this necessary work.

History 89

History Teaching Civics Civic Engagement 89

ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

Renee Dawson Educational Technology Specialist at Atlanta Public Schools “Augmented reality is when you take something that you can already see in the world and add an interactive or experiential layer on top. What does AR look like in the humanities? It gives humanities a relevant context.”

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Lesson Plan Artifacts Educational Technology History 120

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Schools need to tap into the same sense of wonder that led early humans to seek unifying stories to explain their place in the world — and teachers need to do more to incorporate myths, jokes and riddles into curriculum and teaching practices, from the earliest grades up through high school. You can't have a culture without having metaphors.

K-12 127

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. Mr. Stipel took the group to the former Lostice synagogue and gave them the history of the Jews in Lostice. Lostice is a town of about 3,000 people.

Heritage 316

Heritage Artifacts History High School 316

ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2024

In fact, I think it has enormous potential to augment our human creativity and to support effective teaching and learning. But too often, in discussions around AI in education, we get stuck on the notion of cheating and miss out on more interesting questions: How can these new tools make us more creative?

EdTech 144

EdTech Humanities Cultures Teaching 144

ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year.

World History 111

World History World Religions Civics History 111

ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

Civics 104

Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 104

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

But even though Cote agrees that human grading is superior to what a bot can do, the reality is that teachers don’t have time to grade the number of essay assignments he thinks is really necessary to get kids fluent in the knowledge and critical thinking skills they’ll need to be effective citizens in our democracy.

Civics 124

Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 124

ED Surge

AUGUST 2, 2023

In a world that has denied my humanity, literature has offered affirmation, consolation and direction. As a reader, I use Black literature as a tool to reclaim my humanity, my history and my future. As an educator, I present Black literature to readers as a tool for their own liberation.

Humanities 96

Humanities Charter School History Government 96

ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2024

As the number of Latine students increases in my school, it’s important that we humanize the migrant experience so that we can redefine the American Dream for students today. I teach Spanish through a lens of history and justice because, for our students, it’s mind-opening to study Latin America and gain an understanding of its people.

Heritage 99

Heritage Humanities Economics Cultures 99

ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Understanding context is a crucial human skill that is best taught through storytelling and real-world applications. English language arts and history teachers have long excelled at teaching context by helping students understand the background and culture surrounding texts or historical events.

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Project-Based Learning Tradition Economics 101

ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The course covers the history of feminism then and now, which includes an extensive lesson on gender violence. As an educator, I embrace my classroom as a place of hope and gathering where the students and I come together to grow our empathy and humanity.

Teaching 97

Teaching Humanities Leadership History 97

ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. I was finally satisfied with the plan I had for my 10th graders, when it hit me: none of this actually matters.

American History 119

American History World History Social Studies History 119

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Youngpradit: The equity concern is more than the idea of a burgeoning AI divide in terms of access to the internet, devices and even the people who can teach students about this technology. AI can’t replace teachers; it lacks the human connection. How can educators address the concern about students using AI to cheat?

Pedagogy 124

Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Economics 124

ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work.

Education 125

Education Sociology Economics Tradition 125

ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

Inclusive Curriculum 101

Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 101

ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? What do I do? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

Primary Sources 116

Primary Sources History World History Digital Resources 116

ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Why All of Us Could Use a Lesson in ‘Thinking 101’ Human brains are wired to think in ways that often lead to biased decisions or incorrect assumptions. A new book by a high school history and civics teacher collects innovative strategies, and argues that getting the issue right is crucial for building a strong democracy.

Civics 70

Civics Psychology Humanities Learning Science 70

ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

I’ve struggled to balance representing the history and culture of my school with my desire to support our ongoing and ever-more-pressing need to adapt. Aging gracefully is difficult for all of us, but as a teacher, it’s been trickier than I expected.”

Education 83

Education Elementary School Geography EdTech 83

ED Surge

APRIL 27, 2023

Not only does Mayer think that upbeat virtual tutors will work better than those with other emotional tones, but he thinks that some students might learn better from an optimized agent than from a human tutor. Regarding gender, there is a long history of robots being programmed with female-sounding voices.

Tutoring 107

Tutoring Psychology Humanities Teaching 107

ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2024

But some rural schools are developing multilingual education strategies to rival those found in urban and suburban districts. History to Spanish immersion, more students means more funding. But in rural DuBois County, Indiana, administrators are prioritizing English-learner education. From Advanced Placement U.S.

Teaching 123

Teaching Professional Development Community Engagement Library 123

ED Surge

APRIL 20, 2022

New research published this week by the Society for Human Resource Management aims to address those questions. But even before an application finds its way to a human, it often has to pass through an automated screening process. How will he or she react to an application that has an alternative credential instead of a college degree?

Tradition 106

Tradition Humanities Leadership Government 106

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Furthermore, it can transport students to different times and places, making history and geography lessons more immersive and educational. The science activity Human Eye in McGraw Hill AR My job is to facilitate and learn beside them. We need students to see our excitement about learning new tools.

EdTech 120

EdTech Junior High Geography Critical Thinking 120

ED Surge

MAY 23, 2023

Peter Baldwin, a professor of history at the University of California at Los Angeles, calls it a “grotesque disparity,” one that many professors don’t even realize. Baldwin’s latest book, “Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All,” looks at the history and future of the open access movement.

Library 108

Library History Humanities Tradition 108

ED Surge

JUNE 28, 2023

Mentor is now part of the faculty at the university’s Teachers College, where one of her research areas is education equity. She says it all comes down to the basic human need to feel cared for and to be part of a community. And I think that the humanity is missing in these orientations that we have,” Mentor says.

Middle School 91

Middle School Psychology Humanities Research 91

ED Surge

AUGUST 8, 2023

For her doctoral research at Temple University, Royal dug into the turbulent history of school reform in the city from the 1960s up to now, including reading through the minutes of every school board meeting from 1967 to 2017 and interviewing teachers and school leaders from the era. “And Royal welcomes the comparisons. “We

Public School 70

Public School Leadership History Humanities 70

ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

1 The ancient philosopher was speaking, of course, of the latest technology in the B.C. As humans, we’ve always had a somewhat complicated history with invention. era: hand-written scrolls.

Education 132

Education Critical Thinking Teaching History 132

ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Many also found community online, by following Asian American educators publicly sharing their learnings and resources (e.g., Allison Shelley / EDUimages If the charge of educators is to help students make sense of the world and their place in it, educators need to be systematically and consistently supported in doing the same.

K-12 114

K-12 Education Professional Development American History 114

ED Surge

JUNE 30, 2023

Writing this essay opened the door to self-exploration which I know will make me a better human and teacher. How can we imagine alternatives to schools in order to protect and humanize young people? For this story, I caught up with five of my former students that that became high school history teachers.

K-12 98

K-12 Teaching Humanities Public School 98

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Again, sometimes that’s good; it’s a wonderful thing to dwell on the various wonders of what makes our humanity universal. But too often, we fail to center our local contexts, and to explore all of the assets that our neighborhoods and communities could bring to our educational mission.

Local History 109

Local History Civics Lesson Plan Social Science 109

ED Surge

JULY 27, 2023

That has sparked a burst of activity by teachers at schools and colleges to change their assignments to make them harder to game with this new tech — and hopefully more human in the process. Some of those instructors are using tools that attempt to detect text written by bots, such as GPTZero and a new tool by Turnitin.

K-12 96

K-12 Teaching History Humanities 96

ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In other words, there are all kinds of ways to be a useful human being that we recognize, and we also recognize broadly that there are skills some people just don't have. I would start with the beginning and say we should never moralize that which is contingent on history in terms of what is viable in the marketplace.

K-12 101

K-12 History Cultures Education Policy 101

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2023

The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Reading skills are the gateway to success in every classroom subject. Beyond the classroom, literacy is an essential daily life skill.

Library 97

Library History Humanities Cultures 97

ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

Still, the challenges we face in our public education system rank right up there with war in Ukraine in the existential crises keeping me up at night. Here in my home state of Florida , we are arguing about how to teach history and whether we can acknowledge the gender identities of students.

Education 136

Education Tutoring Cultures Leadership 136

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

So, what additional elements are needed to attain frequent problem-solving communication in education online? Throughout history, humans have used various media such as stones, wood, paper and chalkboards to explain and learn abstract concepts and complex knowledge.

Tutoring 91

Tutoring EdTech History Humanities 91

ED Surge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

And last but not least, listeners gravitated to episodes we did that revisited the history of longstanding educational narratives and looked how we got here. In fact, our most popular episode of the year was about the strange and messy history of gifted and talented programs in the U.S.

EdTech 72

EdTech K-12 Tutoring History 72

ED Surge

JUNE 3, 2022

Perhaps most critically, edtech also has potential to provide children with a personalized learning experience tailored to their own context, interests, and abilities—something that a new UNESCO report calls a human right.

EdTech 116

EdTech Human Rights History Humanities 116