ED Surge

MARCH 12, 2025

Scaffolding in Tier 1 instruction helps all students access grade-level content by providing temporary support that is gradually removed as students gain independence. Key strategies include activating prior knowledge, pre-teaching vocabulary, using visual aids, modeling and encouraging student discourse. This approach ensures diverse learning needs are met, fostering gradual mastery of skills and promoting student success.

Teaching 67

Teaching Educational Technology Education 67

History Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

I’ve been doing this for a while. Multiple years in middle school classrooms. Multiple years teaching in higher ed. And then a transition to my current role as a curriculum consultant. I get the opportunity to work with and learn from some amazing people from all over the country.

Social Studies 160

Social Studies Middle School Teaching 160

ED Surge

MARCH 12, 2025

A couple of months ago, I had a conversation with another leader who was listening to some of my frustrations about how the school year was going. This school year is unique as we just opened a new building with over 450 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, consolidating three different elementary and middle campuses from different neighborhoods across New York.

Leadership 58

Leadership Public School Cultures Education 58

Anthropology.net

MARCH 12, 2025

Deep in the Atapuerca Mountains of northern Spain, a cave has yielded a fragmentary face that could change the way anthropologists understand the early human occupation of Europe. Excavations at Sima del Elefante have produced a partial left upper jaw and cheekbone, with researchers estimating the fossil to be between 1.4 million and 1.1 million years old.

Humanities 52

Humanities Research 52

Digital Promise

MARCH 12, 2025

The post How Innovative Leaders Practice Leadership for Digital Transformation appeared first on Digital Promise.

Leadership 123

Leadership 123

Living Geography

MARCH 12, 2025

Another term-time Wednesday means it's time for another Worldly Wednesday. These are starting to add up now. To Ely first thing with my wife, and then a train into Cambridge. Over to Cambridge University Press and Assessment for the latest OCR Consultative Forum. There were some new people at the meeting - which had a focus on GCSE and skills. Good to see Margaret Roberts as always, and my colleague Simon from the RGS.

Geography 52

Geography 52

Edthena

MARCH 12, 2025

We’re excited to announce that nominations for our 2025 Teacher Leader Impact Awards are officially open! This year, we’re recognizing both individual teachers AND teams of teachers who are dedicated to collaborative professional development, lifelong learning, and continuously improving their teaching practices. At Edthena, we believe that ongoing professional learning is key to teachers’ success, no matter where they are in their careers.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Teaching 52

Edthena

MARCH 12, 2025

We’re excited to announce that nominations for our 2025 Teacher Leader Impact Awards are officially open! This year, we’re recognizing both individual teachers AND teams of teachers who are dedicated to collaborative professional development, lifelong learning, and continuously improving their teaching practices. At Edthena, we believe that ongoing professional learning is key to teachers’ success, no matter where they are in their careers.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Teaching 52

Political Science Now

MARCH 12, 2025

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Professional Development Grants program for the 2024 MENA Workshops Alumni.These grant programs support research and networking activities and promotes collaboration between scholars and institutions across the Arab MENA region. With support from Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY), small grants are available for individuals and groups of two or more alumni to work together on research, t

Professional Development 36

Professional Development Political Science Pedagogy Research 36

Anthropology.net

MARCH 12, 2025

A Genetic Mystery in the Lactase Story For years, scientists have understood lactase persistence—the ability to digest milk in adulthood—as a classic case of human adaptation. In European and some African populations, this trait is linked to genetic mutations that arose with dairy farming. But East Asia tells a different story.

Humanities 52

Humanities 52

Living Geography

MARCH 12, 2025

The data in this IPCC diagram is of interest. This is how the ice-free land on the Earth is being used. Only 1% is occupied by humans and infrastructure.

Humanities 52

Humanities 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2025

The Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, is investigating the unintended consequences of AI-powered surveillance at schools. Members of the Collaborative are AL.com, The Associated Press, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News, The Hechinger Report, Idaho Education News, The Post and Courier in South Carolina, and The Seattle Times.

High School 121

High School K-12 Public School Psychology 121

Political Science Now

MARCH 12, 2025

Could Opposition to Gender-Neutral Language Become a Wedge Issue? By Gary M. Reich and Kristopher J. Long , The University of Kansas In 2023, both Democratic and Republican elected officials supported banning official use of the gender-neutral term Latinx. Using a nationally representative survey sample, this study examines whether opposition to the gender-neutral term Latinx suggests a potential wedge issue that cuts across partisanship.

Political Science 36

Political Science 36

ED Surge

MARCH 12, 2025

Julius Cervantes, a first generation college graduate, didnt appreciate schools relevance for his life until senior year of high school. Prior to that, Cervantes would show up to school late, and teachers didnt seem to mind. Its not that he thought school was useless. He knew the importance of an education for making money, and he aspired to be an engineer.

Charter School 123

Charter School Civics Tradition High School 123

Anthropology.net

MARCH 12, 2025

For decades, the story of agriculture in the Mediterranean has been told as a wave of migration—Neolithic farmers from the Near East expanding across Europe, replacing or mixing with hunter-gatherer populations along the way. North Africa, however, has always been an outlier in this narrative. Some scholars have suggested that local foraging groups resisted farming altogether, surviving on land snails, wild plants, and game long after their European and Levantine neighbors had adopted agri

Archaeology 53

Archaeology Research 53

TCI

MARCH 12, 2025

Starting a teaching career in K-12 education is a mix of excitement, passion, and overwhelming responsibility. Many new teachers step into the classroom full of energy, only to be met with the stark reality of lesson planning, classroom management, and adapting to the diverse needs of studentsall with little structured guidance. The first few years are often the hardest, and without the right support, many talented educators leave the profession before they ever find their rhythm.

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Lesson Plan K-12 Geography Classroom Management 52