Mr and Mrs Social Studies

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Simulations have the opportunity to bring a historical topic to life in a way that more traditional activities cannot. Simulations can also present information in a new way that can be more exciting and engaging than traditional teaching methods.

Archaeology 130

Archaeology Artifacts Historic Sites Geography 130

ED Surge

APRIL 20, 2022

New research published this week by the Society for Human Resource Management aims to address those questions. That disparity widened among supervisors: 49 percent placed high value on traditional degrees and 28 percent placed high value on alternative credentials.

Tradition 106

Tradition Humanities Leadership Government 106

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

Recently, EdSurge spoke with John McGrath , Director of sales and strategy at Alight Solutions , where he specializes in the education and government sectors in the firm’s Workday Adaptive Planning practice. Systemwide changes tend to provoke a natural human reaction of resistance. Stakeholders question, “What’s in it for me?”

Government 118

Government Humanities Cultures Leadership 118

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. Still, my reaction to the current dialogue about humanities is this: The best way to save the English major is to abandon it. The English major (like many other majors in the humanities and sciences), goes back much further than that.

Humanities 96

Humanities Advocacy Human Rights Social Science 96

Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2023

Fischer, and other German scholars recruited by the Russian government to report on the peoples of the newly explored eastern territories. On the other hand, ethnography also designated the aspiration to collect systematically, and according to rigorous procedures, facts about human languages, customs, arts, and achievements.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Cultures Tradition Psychology 130

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

This beautiful tradition of Black freedom should be taught in school. Background on Juneteenth Here are key points from scholars Greg Carr, Christopher Wilson, and Clint Smith on the history beyond the traditional textbook narrative about Juneteenth. But We Can’t Teach?

Teaching 145

Teaching American History Museum Library 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

We should instead be asking this: Why are we so laser-focused on the graduates of a tiny number of schools, presuming they are the rightful inhabitants of leadership posts in business and government? If we treat those outcomes as fixed, unless these schools diversify, we won’t have diverse leadership in government, business and academia.

Leadership 106

Leadership Government Private School Tradition 106

Sapiens

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Working in Indonesia and Peru, we also use this research, and our close partnerships with local communities and organizations, to spur action that supports gender equality and the basic human right to water. For government authorities, we created policy briefs, translated into Bahasa Indonesian and Spanish. An estimated “1.8

Anthropology 98

Anthropology Government Cultures Psychology 98

ED Surge

JUNE 25, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “So government invests in home visiting programs, and funding is set to expand. Then, in 2010, the federal government invested in home visiting programs for the first time with the creation of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting ( MIECHV ) program. “It

Government 115

Government Tradition History Humanities 115

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Tzu Chi also extends sentience to Mother Earth, whom Master Cheng Yen frequently invokes as a suffering entity due to human destructiveness. Despite minimizing traditional Buddhist scripture-chanting and rituals, I found Tzu Chi members were deeply religious, and their daily activities were highly ritualized.

Anthropology 52

Anthropology Cultures Government Tradition 52

Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

These scholarly traditions produced a wealth of theory and data that has been discovered by contemporary anthropology, but they do not constitute the historical back ground of the anthropology of peasantry. The roots of the anthropological interest in peasants were elsewhere, in the comparative study of the human condition.

Anthropology 100

Anthropology Sociology Economics Cultures 100

ED Surge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It was only in the ’70s that we started recruiting traditional-aged students onto a campus. We had to negotiate with our traditional faculty who really controlled what we could do and not do — to get a little bit of breathing space to do what we wanted to do. And it was only in 1968 that we got a campus. So it was always in our DNA.

EdTech 95

EdTech Humanities Tradition Economics 95

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Contrary to traditional beliefs, the team's findings showcased diversified livestock practices beyond transhumance. A) Above: Image of the southern slope of Sierra de Tucas (Huesca, Spain). These early settlers managed small flocks comprising cows, goats, sheep, and pigs, primarily for meat and milk production. 1 Navarrete, V., Gassiot, E.,

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Economics Humanities Government 52

Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

These traditional vocabularies continue to obscure the people, places, and acts of creativity on the peripheries of mainstream narratives. And here in South Africa where Koffi Kouakou resides, a newly elected Coalition Government is still going through teething challenges of its own. Again, is anything ever really new?

Cultures 83

Cultures History Anthropology Tradition 83

Strange Maps

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Fatwa’ed by the Sultan, abolished by Atatürk In addition to the five standard daily prayers, Bektashis have two additional prayers, at dawn and dusk, for the welfare of all humanity. And in Albania itself, some see the plan first and foremost as a distraction from the domestic scandals that are plaguing Edi Rama’s government.

Archiving 72

Archiving Museum Library History 72

Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

Thirteen US residents—Black, white, and brown—mixed among about 30 community members sipping tinto , a traditional sweet Colombian coffee, and listening to testimonies of those who had been threatened or lost loved ones due to illegal armed groups or mining projects.

Human Rights 59

Human Rights Anthropology Government Humanities 59

ED Surge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The federal government has used this to standardize its job descriptions and to help employees identify new roles that might be a match for their talents. The traditional resume? The system also makes it possible for a college to build a credential around the skills needed for particular occupations. Housed in the U.S.

Government 113

Government Tradition Humanities Library 113

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For the past six years, Digital Promise has convened a national network of Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters)—leaders working to collaborate outside the traditional silos of sector and institution to design and implement transformative learning tools and programs in their communities. Reengaging the role of government.

Education 122

Education Leadership Government Learning Science 122

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

became the lead plaintiff in a California lawsuit alleging that IQ tests discriminated against Black students and were too often used to label them “educable mentally retarded” and remove them from traditional classes. In the early 1970s, Lester, known in court documents as Larry P., Lester and the other plaintiffs won their case.

Tradition 124

Tradition Public School Government Psychology 124

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Megan Hickerson: And I knew the humanities, because the humanities are always under attack these days, right? Rural voters are convinced that their communities get less government spending than they deserve. Nicholas Jacobs: I’m an assistant professor of government at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

Education 116

Education High School Government Economics 116

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

One of the draws to credentialing programs is that they afford learners unparalleled flexibility while requiring a considerably smaller investment of time than traditional degree programs. In the higher education setting, a lot goes into the governance structure around creating course content.

Social Justice 85

Social Justice EdTech Tradition Government 85

ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s a digital world where internet users retain ownership of their online activities—their intellectual property, or IP—which are tracked by blockchains, which help everyone make money without having to rely on governments, institutions or corporations. Bhaumik Patel DAOs are also emerging at traditional higher ed institutions, too.

Education 116

Education EdTech Government Tradition 116

Strange Maps

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Lemuria, the ancestral home of humanity? In 1870, German biologist Ernst Haeckel suggested that Lemuria could be the ancestral home of humanity, as a way of explaining “missing links” in the fossil record of early humans. Interbreeding with animals eventually produced ape-like ancestors to some of the human races.

Humanities 52

Humanities Museum Government History 52

Civics U

JULY 18, 2022

As traditional leaders they opposed attempts to bring running water and electricity into their village. But they also knew that these developments would impact and weaken the traditional “Hopi Way” of life which they were committed to maintaining. This author recalls meeting Hopi tribal elders John and Mina Lanza in the 1960’s.

Civics 52

Civics American History Economics Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2020

.” I have taught online courses in introductory biology and in-person human anatomy and physiology courses, both for biology majors and non-majors. Unfortunately, amid the rush to address public health concerns, many universities are functioning on a more top-down model of management than the shared governance that is standard in U.S.

Education 99

Education Government Leadership Tradition 99

Civics U

JUNE 2, 2022

Even though God is not mentioned in the Constitution, and the first amendment prohibits the government from establishing religion, various characteristics have identified the country as a Christian nation: 1. But the realization that human reason has limits led to a belief that there is no universal moral standard that can be known.

Civics 40

Civics Government Humanities Tradition 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

Larry Hogan announced in March that the state government would strip bachelor’s degree requirements from thousands of job listings. Jared Polis directed government agencies in his state to embrace hiring workers for skills , not degrees. jobs like registered nurse, human resources assistant, or help desk technician.)

Government 135

Government Economics Humanities High School 135

Anthropology News

JUNE 18, 2024

Human Presence Students appreciated that GenAI could help in “making things more efficient” not just for themselves but for faculty too: “AI can support faculty in administrative tasks, allowing more time for teaching”; “AI could help streamline grading.” Students in a small group learning session at San Diego State University.

Anthropology 88

Anthropology Humanities Teaching Cultures 88

ED Surge

JULY 22, 2022

Sarah Glynn Women in Construction is the kind of program that leaders in the federal government say can help more women succeed in registered apprenticeships—and then break into better-paying fields. There is broad recognition that we are leaving a lot of talent on the table when we exclude women from certain occupations.

Government 93

Government Cultures Tradition Humanities 93

ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

And though the struggles in early childhood education are largely systemic, it’s the individual, humanizing, heart-wrenching stories that are more likely to change public perception and, eventually, shift policy. What came through in interviews was her human-centered approach. We felt that was ideal for our organization in this moment.”

K-12 101

K-12 Advocacy Leadership Professional Development 101

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: Charter schools serve just 6 percent of the nation’s public school students, but they have prompted bitter debates about educational priorities – and fair competition – particularly in cities that have a lot of them. Massachusetts now has 41 innovation schools. 1 to wait an entire year to start school.

Charter School 86

Charter School Tradition Public School Government 86

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Most early college high schools are small public schools, housing grades nine to 12 just like traditional public high schools, though some extend five years. Most of these early college schools are now funded by local and state taxpayers, just as traditional high schools are, along with donations from other foundations. Weekly Update.

High School 145

High School Research Tutoring Tradition 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: Recent college graduates, working as Americorps members, serve as Saga’s tutors. They work with two students at a time in a special class that follows a Saga Education curriculum tailored to the needs of each student and aligned with their school’s curriculum for their traditional math class.

Tutoring 143

Tutoring Research Education Policy Government 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. “This study shows that a well-designed project-based curriculum might be more effective than traditional instruction.” Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2020

The stigma against job candidates with criminal records is so strong that, even with the skills they may have learned behind bars, many find it easier to start a business than get hired by one, said Marc Howard, a professor of government and law who helped start Georgetown University’s Pivot entrepreneurship program last year.

Teaching 143

Teaching Humanities Government Tradition 143

Sapiens

JANUARY 25, 2024

A nopheles mosquitos that carry malaria-causing parasites spread the disease to humans. In both these cultural traditions, children were believed to have been sent from the spirit world to plague their parents. Government and communities have a responsibility to make living with sickle cell bearable—even convenient.

Economics 80

Economics Government Tradition Humanities 80

Strange Maps

JUNE 26, 2023

The massive complex, rebuilt in the 1950s in the traditional Mongol style, houses genuine relics and is an important sanctuary for the shamanic worship of the legendary Mongol leader. Some say the soldiers in the funeral cortege killed every living thing — human and animal — they came across on their 40-day journey.

Heritage 52

Heritage Archaeology History Tradition 52