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As science denial grows, science museums fight back by teaching scientific literacy

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Anna Maria Jack says she isn’t flustered when students bring up fringe science denial theories during her 10th grade E

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Educators Team Up to Respond to Sudden Rise of ChatGPT

ED Surge

Educators around the world are shifting into learning and organizing mode in response to the release of ChatGPT and other new AI chatbots that have brought a mix of excitement and panic to education. In the past few weeks, education groups, schools and colleges have teamed up to offer resources for educators and draft policy papers in response to the sudden rise of so-called generative AI tools, chatbots that can compose answers to questions that sound like they are written by a human.

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‘He is not lazy. He is not stupid. He wasn’t taught to read’

The Hechinger Report

This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. This story also appeared in American Public Media There’s an idea about how children learn to read that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation – even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read.

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Two Experts are Better Than One in Inclusive Coaching For Teachers

Edthena

When it comes to fueling teacher development and growth, two education experts are better than just one. Who are the two? The instructional coach and the teacher are the experts when using inclusive coaching practices for teachers’ professional development. That’s according to Christian van Nieuwerburgh, the co-author of “Advanced Coaching Practice” and global director of Growth Coaching International.

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Making Macro Impact: How Micro-credentials Are Shaping a Skills-based Economy

Digital Promise

The post Making Macro Impact: How Micro-credentials Are Shaping a Skills-based Economy appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Two Experts are Better Than One in Inclusive Coaching For Teachers

Edthena

When it comes to fueling teacher development and growth, two education experts are better than just one. Who are the two? The instructional coach and the teacher are the experts when using inclusive coaching practices for teachers’ professional development. That’s according to Christian van Niewerburgh, the co-author of “Advanced Coaching Practice” and global director of Growth Coaching International.

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Radio Guest: “Anthropologist traces the “multi-species politics” of javelinas and humans”

Anthropology 365

I was a guest on the NPR and Marfa Public Radio show, Nature Notes, discussing my research on human-javelina relations in Texas. Listen for a sneak peek at some of the content in my forthcoming book on the subject. Link to the radio show.