A Principal's Reflections

MAY 11, 2025

Professional learning is an embedded element of every district and school, but the focus is usually on teachers. Leaders deserve support as well. Recently, on Unpacking the Backpack , I discussed the value of job-embedded and ongoing coaching for administrators backed by research after revisiting blog posts I wrote in 2018 and 2021. Listen on Spotify or wherever you access your favorite podcasts.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Listen to the interview with Tony Frontier: Sponsored by ExploreLearning and Listenwise This page contains Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? As the potential for students to misuse AI tools raises ongoing questions about accountability, cheating, and academic integrity, a scandal from the past offers insights into the future.

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TeachThought

MAY 6, 2025

Critical thinking questions include, Why is this important? What are the causes and effects of this? How do we know if this is true?

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Sapiens

MAY 7, 2025

An archaeologist considers whether students should learn from antiquities looted from Iraq. IN 2022, the Art Crimes Division of the FBI became interested in a palm-size piece of carved ivory held by Emory Universitys art museum in Atlanta, Georgia. Though missing portions, enough remained to know the ivory originally showed a sphinx striding on a mans head.

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2025

The post Student Agency and Academic Growth: A Case Study From Sylvan Hills Middle School appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Passion for Social Studies

MAY 9, 2025

Sociology gives students a powerful framework to understand the world around them. It opens the door to exploring different societies, their diversity, and the ways they interact. This is why I love teaching sociology! I have found that one of the most effective ways to deepen student understanding is through well-chosen sociology documentaries; textbooks and lectures can only take you so far.

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Moler's Musing

MAY 9, 2025

This week was all about pulling the threadtracing how specific events pulled the country apart and pushed us toward war. I built everything around one central theme: A Nation Divides Over Slavery. From court cases to debates, from compromises to elections, we kept the structure tight: retrieval, repetition, and real thinking. The protocols stayed familiar, the tasks stayed purposeful, and students had a chance to connect the dots, not just memorize them.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 8, 2025

The Ox and the Origins of Unequal Societies Long before hedge funds, private property, or multinational tax havens, human societies were surprisingly equal. Across a wide range of Neolithic communities, archaeological evidence suggests that disparities in wealth—though present—were often kept in check. That balance, however, began to shift dramatically around 5,000 years ago.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2025

The post When a Root Cause Analysis Brought a School Principal to Tears appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Sapiens

MAY 6, 2025

A lawyer and anthropologist examines the history of the longest road in South Africa and why a proposed extension may repeat past violence. While researching the history of parole in South Africa, a lawyer and anthropologist discovers the origins of the N2 road, which she drives everyday. Now interested in this highways history, she explores how this and other roads were used to expand territory and exploit people during South Africas colonial periods under Dutch and British rule, and how they k

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Moler's Musing

MAY 12, 2025

I never expected to write a booklet alone write one with someone like Dr. Scott M. Petri. (He always suggested you search his name with the ‘M’ because the other Scott Petri was a Republican representative in Pennsylvania). He was an AP teacher with a doctorate, living in Los Angeles. I was a middle school teacher from small-town Ohio. He was short.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2025

While both enrollment and spending in early childhood education programs reached new levels in 2024, a few select states did the lions share of the work with many states lagging behind. And with early childhood program funding in flux , some leaders in the sector are concerned the lack of investment both financial and otherwise could create a doomed domino effect for some programming.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 7, 2025

By the time the sun rose over the jagged folds of the Catalan Pyrenees some 20,000 years ago, the snow crust had already hardened under the feet of a small band of Homo sapiens. They carried their belongings with care—scraps of dried meat, slings, and flint cores nestled inside hides tied into makeshift packs. These weren’t just travelers.

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Teaching American History

MAY 6, 2025

This blog was originally posted on May 5, 2022. We rerun it today to spotlight teacher Ginny Boles! Ginny Boles needed to build her content knowledge in American history. Paradoxically, her love of this history had led her to major in classics as an undergraduate at UCLA, so as to read the Latin and Greek texts the Founding Fathers read as they formulated their plans for self-government.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2025

Social Studies Soundtracks: Using Music to Teach Social Studies May 2, 2025 By Debbie Bagley NEWSLETTER At first glance, social studies and music might seem like two separate subjects, but they can come together harmoniously to make learning more engaging and memorable. Music is a valuable tool for teaching social studies because it encourages memory and movement and evokes emotions.

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Moler's Musing

MAY 6, 2025

Sometimes, teaching history means peeling back the layers. Literally. It was late in the year, and I just wanted to mix things up. We’d been hitting heavy content, and I needed something differentnot easier, just… different. So I asked AI to help. We were covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates a pivotal moment tied to the expansion of slavery and the rise of the Republican Party.

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Education Elements

MAY 8, 2025

As we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week this week, I am reflecting on the 2025 State of Teaching Report from EdWeek. This report highlights the importance of focusing on morale as a retention lever. Real moralethe kind that stickslives in the daily experiences of educators--it shows up in leadership decisions, hallway conversations, classroom dynamics, and Monday morning moods.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 6, 2025

More than 3,000 years ago, long before Rome rose or Athens dreamed of democracy, bronze was already reshaping the ancient world. Weapons, tools, and ornaments forged from this copper-and-tin alloy were transforming everything from warfare to daily labor. But while copper is relatively easy to find, tin is elusive. It doesn’t litter the ancient Mediterranean the way obsidian or copper does.

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Women's History Network

MAY 6, 2025

The Womens History Network is offering one 250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of womens or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-2025 academic year. We welcome research on any period and place. We encourage entries from under-represented groups.

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Political Science Now

MAY 9, 2025

The Effect of Protesters Gender on Public Reactions to Protests and Protest Repression By Martin Naunov , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This study examines how protesters gender shapes public reactions to protests and protest repression. Using an original survey experiment, I demonstrate that protests involving extensive participation by women are perceived as less violent and meriting of repression than male-dominated protests.

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Living Geography

MAY 9, 2025

I was down in London recently and as I sat having my lunch in a pub it was clear that some of the people there were down for the football. There were a couple of matches taking place in London, and it was probably West Ham who were the relevant team. It was interesting to note the sponsors on the shirts. Over the years, these have become more linked to gambling firms, moving away from tobacco and other products.

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O-Level Geography

MAY 9, 2025

Where did the fires occur? When did the fires occur? What caused the following fires? What are the impacts of fires? How does community resilience help to manage the fire hazards?

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Anthropology.net

MAY 6, 2025

In the humid heart of the Yucatán, inside the ceremonial center of Chichén Itzá, a dozen ceramic bowls buried in history have begun to speak again. Through cracks, burn marks, and chemical traces, they offer a new clue to one of Mesoamerica’s most enduring aesthetic and ritual achievements: the production of Maya blue. The pigment, renowned for its vibrancy and permanence, has captivated scientists since its rediscovery in the early 20th century.

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Moler's Musing

MAY 11, 2025

In 2022, I was named the 2023 District 5 Ohio Teacher of the Year. On paper, it sounds like a dream. A high honor. A moment youd frame. The process was deep and demanding. I had to write five essays about my teaching philosophy, collect samples of student work and lesson plans, and submit three letters of recommendation, one of which came from a student.

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Political Science Now

MAY 6, 2025

Luis Guaman, Princeton University Luis Xavier Guaman is a first-generation rising senior at Princeton University, majoring in politics. He is interested in examining how generational status and acculturation levels of Latinxs condition the effects of partisan immigration frames on open-immigration policy support. As a member of the Lab on Politics, Race, and Experimental Methods, Luis contributed to experimental pilot studies for the Princeton-Jackson State National Election Study.

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Living Geography

MAY 11, 2025

A couple of examples of Geography being represented at the Venice Biennale. The first came from the RGS social media feed. Geography and geology lie at the heart of the British Pavilion's theme. The exhibition, GBR Geology of Britannic Repair, will investigate how architecture can reverse the destructive impacts of colonial systems of geological extraction through emergent practices of architectural repair.

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TCI

MAY 6, 2025

In todays education landscape, finding a curriculum that truly resonates with both students and teachers can be a challenge. Thankfully, TCIs K-5 Social Studies Alive! programs have become a standout favorite among elementary educators, earning glowing reviews for their engaging, interactive, and effective approach to teaching social studies. Recently, in a WeAreTeachers Teacher Pick , primary teacher Sarah Wilson reviewed TCIs Social Studies Alive!

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Anthropology.net

MAY 9, 2025

The Body as Canvas In a dark limestone chamber beneath the Belizean rainforest, past dripping stalactites and ancient footpaths worn by centuries of ritual use, archaeologists have discovered something that has long eluded Mesoamerican scholars: tattooing tools from the Classic Maya world. Nebaj polychrome fragment depicting the Maya fire god with tattoos and scarification, 900–1200 CE, Guatemala.

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Anthroholic

MAY 11, 2025

Today, May 12, 2025, marks Buddha Purnima-a sacred full-moon commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and Mahaparinirvana of Lord Gautama Buddha. Observed across India and throughout South, Southeast, and East Asia, devotees honor this auspicious day with introspection, ritual offerings, and acts of compassion.

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Political Science Now

MAY 9, 2025

How do APSA members engage in service work, and how does that vary by career stage, institution type, and identity? The April 2025 Chart of the Month explores new survey data on service expectations and equity within the political science profession. This interactive infographic offers a snapshot of how political science faculty experience service commitments and how that work is recognized (or not) across academic institutions.

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Living Geography

MAY 9, 2025

Last week, the power went out in Spain and Portugal. Cities went dark, trains stopped underground and millions were stranded. Power is critical infrastructure. The latest Wicked Leeks newsletter from Riverford asks this question: Here's the definition of critical infrastructure. Source: [link] It would seem to me that if we have a problem with the food supply that will cause similar chaos.

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O-Level Geography

MAY 9, 2025

What was the new policy introduced in Jarkarta? When was the policy introduced? Where was this introduced? Who introduced the policy? Why was the policy introduced? How did the civil servants respond to it?

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Anthropology.net

MAY 11, 2025

A Subtle Scourge in the Bones In the hills of northern Oman, beneath the collapsed stones of a 4,000-year-old tomb, archaeologists uncovered 1 something that hadn’t been seen before in this part of the world: the unmistakable signs of leprosy. It wasn’t a complete skeleton that told the story. It was fragments—broken jaws, scattered teeth, a porous nasal cavity eroded by years of silent bacterial assault.

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Life and Landscapes

MAY 8, 2025

Reggie Van Stockum and Skip Johnson at the 1830’s Cottage Iron Furnace on Cow Creek in Estill County, Kentucky. October 18, 2022 [link] #reggievanstockum The Life and Landscapes Blog Site is at: www.vanstockum.blog/lookin Also find me at: www.facebook.com/reggievanstockum www.instagram.com/reggievanstockum www.vimeo.com/reggievanstockum www.youtube.com @reggievanstockum1097 www.tiktok.com/@reggiesrealm Threads @reggievanstockum Bluesky @reggiesrealm.bsky.social Vimeo.com/user700850 , Spot

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Political Science Now

MAY 12, 2025

The Liars Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability? By Kaylyn Jackson Schiff , Purdue University ; Daniel S. Schiff , Purdue University ; Natlia S. Bueno , Emory University. This study addresses the phenomenon of misinformation about misinformation , or politicians crying wolf over fake news. Strategic and false claims that stories are fake news or deepfakes may benefit politicians by helping them maintain support after a scandal.

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Living Geography

MAY 8, 2025

Today, VE Day is also Sir David Attenborough's birthday. The Guardian posted a feature by Patrick Barkham earlier in the week. He has had a remarkable life, and influenced the thinking of so many, while improving their knowledge of the world.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 12, 2025

Take a Break from Textbooks! | Teacher Testimonial May 8, 2025 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER Video Transcript Speaker: Kaitlyn F., Kindergarten Teacher, KY Tell us why your students love Studies Weekly! Kaitlyn F.: They love being able to take a break away from traditional textbooks and having their own little pamphlets. We love being hands-on. And through the week, after we get done with our activity and our lesson, we get to cut them out, we get to make projects with them, we get to collab wit

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