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How Belonging and Productive Struggle Can Motivate Students in Math

Digital Promise

Gotto Chair in Child Development and professor of psychology and human development at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. “At its core, mathematics is problem solving, and solving problems involves uncertainty and struggle at times,” said Dr. Bethany Rittle-Johnson, Anita S. and Antonio M.

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COLUMN: A creation story for Indigenous and nature-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Research on the physical, psychological and academic benefits of outdoor learning for kids is well-established, and is now informing the development of climate education. He will say that he talks to the children about the rhythms of nature, and humans’ place in the world.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

Many dedicated, brilliant, and diverse trailblazers have illuminated our path and brought their findings to the forefront of humanity. Herrington honored his heritage by carrying six eagle feathers, a braid of sweet grass, two arrowheads, and the Chickasaw Nation’s flag into space.

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The Best Science Podcasts

TeachThought

The Science of Happiness: This book explores scientific insights into happiness and well-being, backed by research in positive psychology. Orbital Path : Hosted by Dr. Michelle Thaller, it explores the cosmos, space exploration, and humanity’s place in the universe.

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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

The Hechinger Report

At the first section meeting in early September, 16 students — heritage speakers and language learners — chattered in Chinese and English as they crowded into a seminar room. But Guo, a double major in psychology and the College of East Asian Studies, wanted to tackle Chinese philosophy in Chinese. Choose as many as you like.

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The magic pebble and a lazy bull: The book ban movement has a long timeline

The Hechinger Report

Island Trees Union Free School District board members mixed with representatives from the Heritage Foundation and parents opposed to school desegregation in Boston. for short). The keynote speaker, Genevieve Klein, a member of the New York State Board of Regents, advocated for adoption of a voucher system for education. Mellon of PONY-U.

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Head Start is turning 60. The federal child care program may not make it to 61 

The Hechinger Report

On March 27, the Department of Health And Human Services announced it was cutting a further 10,000 jobs, and reorganizing the Administration for Children and Families, which administers Head Start. That made a huge impact on his and his familys life, Gilliam said. Our free early childhood education newsletter tracks the issues.

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