A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Without them, humanity cannot survive. ” ― Dalai Lama Typically, I am a very focused writer. Humanity was beginning to rise to the occasion. Now that's humanity at its finest. I never asked for any money to be sent and still haven't, but you cannot deny the human spirit. This post will not follow that recipe.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The site, studied for over 14 years by an international team from Flinders University and other institutions, contains some of the oldest human fossils in the region. This approach involves the examination of soil at a microscopic level to reveal features and structures that provide information about ancient environments and activities.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A just-under-the-surface skepticism about the usefulness of a humanities degree as job preparation. What can’t you do with a humanities degree?” Earnings Disparities : Except in a few northwestern states, humanities majors earn at least 40 percent more than people with only a high school degree. Drawing on data from the U.S.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Recent archaeological studies in Sicily reveal crucial information about early human migration into the Mediterranean islands. This research offers fresh perspectives on the expansion routes and adaptive behaviors of early human communities. It allows us to reconsider routes of migration of these earliest modern human ancestors.”

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Society for Classical Studies

AUGUST 7, 2024

National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2025–2026 kskordal Wed, 08/07/2024 - 08:35 Image National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2025–2026 Call for Applications The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residential fellowships. EDT, October 3, 2024.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2024

Hunt-Fleming, who has worked for years as a mortgage funder and is certified in human services, also stepped in when the next three grandchildren – now ages 2, 6, and 9 – came along. In California about one in four of informal caregivers go unpaid, the Early Edge report noted. But nationally, less than 20 percent of the more than 4.5

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A submerged 25-foot bridge in a cave on the Spanish island of Mallorca has provided groundbreaking insights into the early human colonization of the western Mediterranean. Recent research led by geologists from the University of South Florida has revealed that humans settled in this region much earlier than previously believed.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 22, 2024

The reconstruction of early human evolution has largely been shaped by fossil evidence found in a few key locations in Africa. The eastern branch of the East African Rift System, encompassing renowned sites like Oldupai Gorge in Tanzania, is one of the most significant sources of early human fossils.

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Digital Promise

JULY 17, 2017

Human beings themselves are innately noisy and variable creatures. If each additional layer of technology we introduce adds to the variability of human data, we might well question how we fund, conduct, and interpret research involving humans and the use of technology. Change one element and the context changes. Stokes, D.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Concerns center on its potential to replace human interaction and critical thinking skills. AI will NOT : Build relationships with students or staff Implement a lesson effectively Facilitate meaningful learning These limitations highlight the importance of human interaction and expertise in the educational process. Prompt all you want.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2022

It protected health and mental stability and delivered the confidence that you had some control over human failure, at least within your own four walls. Home Econ then became Family and Consumer Science, and now it’s called Human Ecology. Schools have an educational obligation to teach people about meeting human needs and coexisting.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

Humanities professors across the country have ceaselessly lamented the precipitous decline in undergraduate humanities majors in recent years. During the decade following the Great Recession of 2008, the number of humanities bachelor’s degree recipients fell by a whopping 14 percent — from a peak of about 236,000.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2024

The post AI vs. humans: Who comes out ahead? appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

/Virginia History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP U.S. History for 8 years, a wealth of experience that informs the way he structures his programming at NCHE. I got to watch information click for my students in real-time.” It’s about understanding humanity.”

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Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

In Wayanad, a densely forested district in the state of Kerala, in South India, human-animal conflict is on the rise, with frequent reports of tigers preying on cattle, bears causing havoc, and elephants damaging property. But it is not only humans who are harmed in these conflicts.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 23, 2024

This active exploration allows them to discover new information, make connections between ideas, and solidify their understanding. In a science class studying the human body, a teacher wants students to demonstrate their understanding of the digestive system.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

That’s because “English AI Anchor,” as “he” is named, isn’t human. We are now living in a world in which robots do many of the jobs we once thought the preserve of humans. The future will leave room for human teachers. They didn’t give us any information about where we’re supposed to refer to. Related: Go vote.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Since I saw the inherent value that it would have in the hands of my teachers to get information out readily while building relationships in the process, I couldn’t wait to usher in this change. Instead, it was human nature in terms of a resistance to change that was the cause of reluctance in some of my staff.

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TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

By improving accuracy, policymakers can make better-informed decisions to combat climate change. SpaceX’s Starship for Mars Colonization SpaceX’s Starship project is advancing space exploration to establish a human presence on Mars. It could open up new possibilities for human expansion beyond Earth if successful.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Pursuing improvement is a never-ending process because the landscape of knowledge, technology, and human understanding is in a perpetual state of evolution. Furthermore, the human capacity for growth and learning is boundless. Coaching is not a one-way flow of information, ideas, concepts, and feedback. So why is this the case?

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 30, 2021

It is no secret how we retain information, construct new knowledge, and develop competencies critical for success in the world of work and, more importantly, life. The key is to not only rely on this teaching technique as it mainly focuses on providing information and modeling as opposed to active learning. link] Waddington, P.

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Anthropology 365

APRIL 11, 2023

Humans and Javelinas: Something Something… I need a title … This study is motivated by the broad pressing question: How do we live in a world full of difference? In these regions, their lives become entangled with those of the humans with whom they share these spaces.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

I shared the following in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms : The human brain is wired to keep us safe, and as a result, we often become averse to change. This truth presents a constant opportunity to innovate and grow. However, there will always be challenges lurking in various forms.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 2, 2024

schools stokes misconceptions about race and human diversity. On the bus, Lewontin turned his attention to humans. His results have been replicated time and again over the last 50 years, as datasets have ballooned from a handful of proteins to hundreds of thousands of human genomes.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A Window Into Humanity’s Past Hunter-gatherer societies represent the foundation of human history, defining how humans lived for 99% of our existence. These living conditions foster a unique informal learning environment where children can observe, imitate, and practice critical skills without formal instruction.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 15, 2018

My colleague Chad sees those opportunities through an edu-entrepreneurial lens, always looking at what learning need isn’t being met and how to shape a response to the human needs inside our schools; in doing so, it shifts power from teacher to learners.

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Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 18, 2024

.” The act of thinking about our own thinking, of knowing what we know and don’t know, is referred to in academic circles as metacognition , and it plays a huge role in how well our brain holds on to information. Her area of expertise is human learning and memory, and applying the science of learning in educational contexts. .”

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2023

AI-powered chatbots can be used to answer questions, provide information, and resolve problems. Personalized feedback AI can generate human-like responses tailored to individuals' specific needs and preferences. With AI as a leadership tool, time will be freed up so you can be more human.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Lagging behind in scientific understandings of human diversity, the medical profession is failing its oath to “do no harm.” ✽ Doctors lie daily. I learned about the impact of viruses on the human genome and spoke at conferences about how our evolutionary past made us subject to diseases in modern environments.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This module looks at how humans interact with the sea using aquariums as the lens in which to see them. Human geography, including economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.

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TeachThought

JUNE 10, 2024

He stresses the importance of tools, media, and context in human development. Knowledge Construction: Learning is about constructing knowledge rather than just absorbing information. ” You can read the full pdf here. Influential Theorists: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky Key Elements Of Constructivism 1.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The idea that every individual follows a different route to achieve their goals is deeply rooted in the diverse nature of human cognition, aspirations, and experiences. The journey of learning is a unique and intricate process, with each learner embarking on their own distinctive path towards success.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

While we can't definitively say that these early humans crafted stone tools, our findings demonstrate that their hands were frequently used in ways that closely align with the actions necessary for human tool manipulation," explained Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Tübingen. afarensis , A.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The point is that the connections between humanities and science have been lost in today’s separation of disciplines. Indeed, a recent report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences discovered that humanities and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) training majors largely dwell in different silos.

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TeachThought

JULY 2, 2024

For apart from inquiry, apart from the praxis, individuals cannot be truly human. Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.

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The Effortful Educator

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Over a century of research and practical usage by teachers in the classroom speak to the positive benefits of retrieval practice on retention of information. (1) And, we humans don’t like getting stuff incorrect. Plan ahead and space out your practice of the to-be remembered information.”

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 28, 2024

Exceptional leaders successfully lead their teams toward the future by engaging in the most fundamental form of research: observing and understanding human nature. Equally important are informal learning opportunities like peer mentoring, collaborative projects, and reflective practices.

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