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3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

ED Surge

The advancements in technology are reshaping how we teach and learn, bringing new opportunities and challenges. To address such challenges, a concerted effort must be made to ensure that newer technologies are implemented thoughtfully and responsibly, with a focus on enhancing the educational experience for all students. Collaboration and open dialogue are key as we navigate this terrain, ensuring innovation meets the needs of today's educational institutions.

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The Enlightenment had its own internet: The Republic of Letters

Strange Maps

There was no internet during the Enlightenment, but something surprisingly similar did exist in the 17th and 18th centuries. This was the Republic of Letters: a virtual, global community of scientists and intellectuals who exchanged information using the fastest technology available at the time — the postal service. 15,000 letters The clue is in the name: letters tied this self-proclaimed, transnational society together.

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Social-Emotional Learning Strategies Don't Work for Every Student. Here's What Does.

ED Surge

Throughout this academic year, I facilitated a training session on social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies for educators at a high-needs elementary school. During one of the sessions, a seasoned teacher's candid remarks struck a chord. He explicitly stated, “I know that that is what the book says we should do, but these kids are from Brownsville.

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Leading Change in Education: How Responsive Leadership and Teamwork Transform Schools

Education Elements

In a time where there is a heightened focus on education, it is essential that leadership development not be forgotten. Educational leaders serve as the guiding force behind school communities, shaping the vision, culture, and direction of the schools they serve. Providing educational leaders with resources and support empowers them to inspire positive change, implement effective teaching practices, and cultivate a culture of continuous improvement.

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The Pandemic Fueled Gains in Digital Equity. But for Native Tribes, It’s Complicated.

ED Surge

When pueblos in New Mexico looked into running fiber into Jemez Day School, a K-6 school run by the Bureau of Indian Education, they were launching a complicated process. Upgrading the school’s connection meant jumping through hoops, even though there was fiber across the street. Early on, the U.S. federal government’s E-Rate program, which provides “universal service” funding to schools and libraries for telecommunications and internet, also said it wouldn’t pay for another project.

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States spending more overall on pre-K, but there are still many haves and have nots

The Hechinger Report

A record share of children – about 35 percent of 4-year-olds and 7 percent of 3-year-olds – were enrolled in a state-funded preschool program last academic year , according to the 2023 State of Preschool report published last month by the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University. Notably, though, the actual number of 4-year-olds enrolled in state-funded pre-K is lower than pre-pandemic levels due to declining birth rates.

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3 Ways We’re Engaging Educators in Learning Sciences Research

Digital Promise

The post 3 Ways We’re Engaging Educators in Learning Sciences Research appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Historical Marker Dedication: John Wesley Gilbert (c.1863 – 1923)

Society for Classical Studies

Historical Marker Dedication: John Wesley Gilbert (c.1863 – 1923) kskordal Wed, 05/01/2024 - 08:33 Image Georgia Historical Society Historical Marker Dedication: John Wesley Gilbert (c.1863 – 1923) Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. Paine College’s Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel, off Druid Park Avenue in Augusta, Georgia, 30901 Dedicated by the Georgia Historical Society, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, Paine College, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

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Finding the Write Balance

Heinemann Blog

Unpack the importance of embracing, not resisting, AI programs in the writing classroom. A 3-part series by Dennis Magliozzi and Kristina Peterson.

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Croissants aren’t French and pizza sauce isn’t Italian – the national dishes that aren’t from where you think

Geography Education

“ The news that the world has America, not Italy, to thank for the tomato base on pizza has gone down about as well as putting cream in carbonara among Italian gastro-nationalists. In a new book called La Cucina Italiana Non Esiste (literally “Italian Cuisine Does Not Exist”), food historian Alberto Grandi claims, among other things, that Italians only discovered tomato sauce when they emigrated to the Americas, where tomatoes are native, in the 19th century.

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The Sexual Division of Labor (con’t)

Perspectives in Anthropology

Written by Keith Hart 4. Sex divisions in the Caribbean and West Africa I spent two years of fieldwork in Ghana for my PhD and published a book, The Political Economy of Agriculture, plus several articles on Ghana’s urban informal economy.

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Meet 2024 RBSI Scholar, Natalia Adams, Wake Forest University

Political Science Now

Natalia Adams, Wake Forest University Natalia Adams is a rising senior at Wake Forest University majoring in politics and international affairs with minors in anthropology and Spanish. She is a 4-time Dean’s List recipient and has been awarded the Porter B. Byrum and Andrew B. McMerty Scholarships. Additionally, she is a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society.

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Q&A: Suspended Barnard students share experiences of suspension and eviction during Columbia protests

The Hechinger Report

The April 18 protests at Columbia University over the war in Gaza and Columbia’s investment in weapons manufacturers and companies doing business in Israel led to more than 100 arrests , and sparked widespread unrest not seen on campuses in decades. Barnard College, which is affiliated with Columbia, suspended at least 53 students and evicted them from their dorms, cut off their meal plans and barred them from campus.