NCHE
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Hello teachers. Im reaching out today as a fellow educator and historian, and as Executive Director of the National Council for History Education, to affirm your professionalism and the importance of your role as history educators. As you know, history is not the past its the study of the past. We, and our students, make sense of individuals, groups, and events by studying primary sources and the work of scholars.
Cult of Pedagogy
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Theres a half-billion-dollar federal program that is supposed to help students with disabilities get into the workforce when they leave high school, but most parents and even some school officials dont know it exists. As a result, hundreds of thousands of students who could be getting help go without it. New Jersey had the nations lowest proportion roughly 2 percent of eligible students receiving these services in 2023.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
In November 2024, Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning hosted the third annual Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference. The event attracted educators from across the country and around the world. Attendees had the opportunity to learn about the latest educational trends, emerging technologies, and innovative strategies shaping education directly from education and edtech experts like 2022 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year Whitney Aragaki; Hey, Mrs.
Teaching Anthropology
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Chloe Beckett, M.A., Nightingale College, South Dakota, US As I grade my Cultural Anthropoloy classs Emic and Etic Perspectives of Halloween essay, two things strike me: 1. How often I write the comment Capitalize proper nouns, and 2. How the Turnitin AI scores keep creeping higher and higher. For anyone who has been teaching anthropology over the last two years, the latter will be of no surprise to you.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
BROWNSVILLE, Texas Its nearly 5 p.m. on a Friday, and Dolores S. Perez is hard at work in the Brownsville Public Library. Shes also one of the people having the most fun. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Perez, known as Ms. D to her pupils, sits at a table with one of the young students she tutors as they clap and sing as part of their lesson.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Last weeks reaction to the dismal scores on the nations report card, also known as NAEP, was familiar: panic and calls for reform. Heres an alternative response: Just say nope to NAEP. For decades, education policy has lurched from one test score panic to the next, diverting resources from what we know matters building students socioemotional skills, fostering strong relationships with teachers and peers and supporting enriched home environments that drive long-term success.
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
TeachThought
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Gamers often throw around "escapism when talking about their hobby, but this is a hollow explanation for what motivates us to play games.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Its that time of year when seemingly everyone has the sniffles, and many people are laid up with a cold, the flu or some other unsavory affliction. While staff absences are rarely seamless in any setting, in K-12 schools, there is at least a system designed to support such occurrences. Public school districts have a reserve of substitute teachers they can tap into when sickness spreads and staff begin to call out.
Sapiens
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
New research uncovers how the last common primate ancestors typically birthed twins until evolutionary pressures began to favor singletonslikely driven by the advantages of birthing larger, brainier offspring. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
More than 46,000 years ago, deep within the caves of what is now northern Spain, a silent drama unfolded between humans and the great beasts of the Ice Age. The remains of their existence—fragments of bones, scattered tools, and enigmatic carvings—have long been studied by archaeologists. But now, an unprecedented glimpse into this vanished world comes not from the bones themselves, but from the very dirt that once surrounded them.
World History Teachers Blog
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Show your students the extent to which World War 1 was global with this excellent Twitter thread from Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, Director of the Shewo Institute of Chinese Journalism. She notes that China contributed much to the war effort and outlines the untold story of over 140,000 Chinese laborers who fought on the European frontlines beside French, Russian, and British troops.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
I first realized I wanted to be a teacher around the same time I received my first mental health diagnosis. At the time, I was at an elite institution reckoning with class, imposter syndrome and chronic loneliness. I went through states of ruthless insomnia, dissociation and brain fog. I was tired and anxious all the time while feeling heartbroken over my condition.
Sapiens
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
The speaker of a poem refuses linguistic erasure, passing secret notes with untranslated lines in Koreankeeping the language alive during Japanese occupation. Passing Notes is part of the collection Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way Through. Read the introduction to the collection here. Passing Notes – Listen For the preservers of the Korean language during Japanese Occupation (19101945) in secret today i got in trouble i didnt want my words shredded and force-fed to me so i () s
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
The Italian Peninsula before the rise of Rome was a tapestry of diverse ethnic groups, each with unique languages, customs, and material cultures. Among them, the Picenes, who thrived along the Middle Adriatic coast from the 9th to 3rd centuries BCE, have remained an enigmatic presence in the historical record. A recent study, The Genomic Portrait of the Picene Culture 1 , published in Genome Biology , attempts to decode their past through ancient DNA analysis.
Living Geography
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
When I was serving on the GA's Governing Body , work started on a report exploring the diversity and inclusion of all aspects of the GA's activity. This was going to be produced by a Working Group called the DIWG. It has taken a while to carry out the research that underpins the report. Thanks to all those who were involved in producing this. Thanks to Steve Brace for sending me a copy of the report.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Early learning is taking center stage in education, and for good reason. As schools across the country face resource constraints and potential teacher shortages, innovative approaches to early childhood education are yielding impressive results. By using data to guide instruction, building community ties and focusing on targeted help for students, some districts are seeing remarkable turnarounds in academic performance.
Social Studies Success
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Getting kids to read informational text is always a challenge. Why not turn the challenge back on them? I have recently started writing a series of lessons that includes reading challenges – basically puzzles embedded into the readings that can only be solved with the key content of the informational text. These reading challenges will keep students engaged as they solve a series of puzzles to complete a map with images and summaries.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
The Running Ape? A New Look at Lucy’s Locomotion For decades, Australopithecus afarensis has been at the heart of debates surrounding the origins of human bipedalism. Fossilized footprints from Laetoli and skeletal remains like Lucy’s have provided compelling evidence that our ancestors walked upright as early as 3.7 million years ago. But walking is one thing—what about running?
Becoming a History Teacher
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Almost every teacher has experienced that sinking feeling of handing back a pile of carefully marked assessments full of formative feedback, only for the students to instantly turn to the grade before tossing the paper to one side in jubilation or despair. You see, as much as the formative feedback might actually be the most useful part of our marking, it’s the grade that students are asked about, have celebrated or commiserated, and are rewarded or penalised over.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
The Creativity with AI in Education 2025 Report, based on insights from over 2,800 educators across the United States and UK, reveals how AI technology is transforming classrooms by enhancing creative thinking, supporting multimedia content creation and developing essential communication skills. The findings demonstrate AIs potential to foster academic success, career readiness and personal growth while nurturing students well-being and sense of purpose.
Studies Weekly
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Picture This: Using Bilateral Drawing to Recenter and Destress Feb 3, 2025 By Debbie Bagley Because classroom behavior issues continue to rise in frequency, I am constantly looking for effective remedies to common challenges. Recently, I’ve been reading about the benefits of bilateral drawing in art therapy. This type of therapy can include simple exercises to help students self-soothe, self-regulate, and calm themselves when they encounter stress and overwhelming feelings.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The Search for Early Symbolic Expression For decades, archaeologists have debated the origins of symbolic thought in early humans. The ability to carve meaning into the physical world—to inscribe symbols, create art, or mark objects with intent—has long been considered a defining characteristic of Homo sapiens. But at what point did this transition occur?
Women's History Network
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
For thirty years, the Womens History Network (WHN) have been publishing journal articles and blogs on myriad subjects about women. We have constructed this reading list for LGBTQ+ History Month, and beyond, to make visibility of our publications easier. Clicking on the title will link you to the relevant page.
Teaching Anthropology
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
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Political Science Now
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Ewa Nizalowska, covers the new article by Alyssa Battistoni, “Ideology at Work? Rethinking Reproduction.” In recent years, Western capitalist states have faced a deepening crisis of care.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
A Mystery Etched in Enamel For decades, archaeologists studying the remains of Central Europe’s Pavlovian culture—hunter-gatherers who lived between 25,000 and 29,000 years ago—have puzzled over an unusual feature in their teeth. Unlike typical wear patterns that form on the biting surfaces due to chewing, these ancient individuals displayed a distinct type of enamel erosion on the cheek-facing sides of their teeth.
Living Geography
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
A couple of stories from earlier in the week connected together in my head. The front page of 'The Guardian' was particularly worrying. Fewer than half (44%) of the 1,000 parents of reception-aged children who took part in a parallel survey said they thought children starting school should know how to use books correctly, turning the pages rather than swiping or tapping as if using an electronic device.
O-Level Geography
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Heat-reflective paint will be applied to all existing Housing and Development Board (HDB) estates as part of efforts to reduce urban heat and enhance residents' comfort. How does the cool paint reduce ambient temperature? What are the benefits of the cool paint? Where will this cool coatings initiative be rolled out? At the end of January 2025, over 4,300 blocks have had solar panels installed to power common services such as lifts, lights, and water pumps in HDB estates.
Political Science Now
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Join the APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession for a virtual workshop on best practices for funding your research with small gra nts. 3-4:30 PM Eastern | Monday, February 10, 2025 Register Here This webinar brings together faculty mentors and graduate scholars with experience winning research funding to share strategies for finding grant opportunities, crafting applications, managing funds, and more.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
One of the greatest mysteries in human evolution is how the brain—an organ that consumes vast amounts of energy and orchestrates everything from language to tool use—became so distinct from that of our closest primate relatives. A recent study published in Cell 1 sheds new light on this transformation, showing that small but crucial genetic tweaks may have played a defining role.
Living Geography
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Thats the title of a new report published by UCL's Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability and the Council for Subject Associations. The Role of Subjects and Subject Associations in Climate Change and Sustainability Education in England report highlights the important roles of citizenship, geography and science in teaching about climate change and sustainability and the contributions that can be made by subjects across the curriculum.
Zinn Education Project
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Thanks to generous donors, the Zinn Education Project can offer 500 copies of Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism to teachers, teacher educators, school librarians, and curriculum specialists. The requests can be for 1, 5, or 10 copies depending on how the book will be used. There are a limited number of the sets of 5 and 10.
Political Science Now
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Surveying the Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Political Science Education By Nicole Wu , University of Toronto , and Patrick Y. Wu , New York University Recent applications of new innovations in artificial intelligence have brought up questions about how this new technology will change the landscape and practices in a wide range of industries and sectors.
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Nearly half of the world’s population speaks a language that traces back to a single ancestral tongue. From English to Hindi, Russian to Farsi, hundreds of languages—known collectively as Indo-European—share deep linguistic roots. For more than two centuries, scholars have debated who first spoke this ancient language and where it originated.
Living Geography
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
James Peverill got in touch to let me know about some upcoming events organised by Cooper Education. This is a newish CPD offering - catering for those who want help with specific GCSE and A level exam specifications - and includes some very well known speakers including Cameron Dunn, Paul Logue, Kate Stockings and Catherine Owen. If you go to the website and scroll down you will see that they offer a range of CPD sessions - held as webinars - supporting different qualifications.
APSA Educate
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
The Political Science Education Section seeks applications for three APSA-PSE Area Specialist Pedagogy Fellows. Our first cohort of Pedagogy Fellows will help the Political Science Education Section, working in collaboration with APSA, to launch a new Certificate in Research-Based Political … The post Call for Applications: APSA Political Science Pedagogy Fellows – Area Specialists appeared first on APSA.
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