The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2025

The two studies were conducted by a team of international researchers who studied how Chinese students were using ChatGPT to help with English writing, and by researchers at Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude. This highlights a crucial issue in human-AI interaction, the researchers wrote.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The researchers from the University of Missouri, University of Tübingen, and other institutions found that ochre mining at Lion Cavern involved significant effort, suggesting that ochre was a highly sought resource. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating methods confirmed its use as the world’s oldest ochre mine.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

By integrating insights from developmental psychology, researchers have identified playful and imaginative marks made by young artists, fundamentally rethinking prehistoric creativity. This new research confronts that narrative, positioning children as active creators whose unique contributions have long been overlooked.

Archaeology 105

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Present research and evidence These play a crucial role in justifying change by providing a solid foundation for decision-making. Additionally, research can be used to anticipate potential challenges and develop strategies to address them proactively, ultimately leading to more successful and sustainable change initiatives.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

High in the Zeravshan Valley of Tajikistan, the Soii Havzak rock-shelter has provided researchers with an invaluable glimpse into early human migration routes and daily life in Central Asia. Discovered 1 only recently, this rock-shelter sits 40 meters above a tributary of the Zeravshan River, approximately 10 kilometers north of Panjakent.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

To imagine those futures, the scholars resurrected sustainable lifestyles of the past known from archaeological research and African Oral Histories. These scholars are using their research on the precolonial past to sow sustainable futures—like the worlds inhabited by Abena and Akaina.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

But a new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Ferrara and published as a preprint on bioRxiv 1 , challenges this oversimplified account. Instead, the researchers found that the first light-skinned individuals did not appear until the Mesolithic period (~12,000 years ago), and even then, they were rare.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 1, 2025

A World of Languages from the Start For decades, research on infant language acquisition has been dominated by studies conducted in what scientists call "WEIRD" societies—Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. ” This challenges the assumption that infants need to be directly spoken to in order to learn language.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

“Algebra in eighth grade is a gateway to a lot of further opportunities,” said Dan Goldhaber, an economist who studies education at the American Institutes for Research, in a recent webinar. Researchers are trying to understand why so few Black and Hispanic students and low-income students of all races are making it through this early gate.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Quaternary Science Reviews; CC-by-4.0 ) Inside the Hearth Within the hearth, researchers identified several key components: Charcoal and partially burned plant material : Including rockrose, a shrub that produces resin when heated. It would have taken several steps to put together a glue-making station, the researchers found.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2025

The research into the benefits or harms of academic tracking or streaming show mixed results. In 2016, a group of researchers compiled all the best U.S-based based research on ability grouping and acceleration at that point, going back for a century. Related: Racial gaps in math have grown. Could detracking help?

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Researchers have discovered a genetic divide during the Bronze Age, which correlates with linguistic patterns between Eastern and Western Indo-European populations. Strontium Isotopes and Mobility in the Bronze Age To supplement genetic analyses, researchers used strontium isotope ratios to trace individual mobility.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The less-selective schools that graduate high shares of low-income students help them succeed not only by reducing financial barriers, but also by providing an array of academic support through learning communities, peer support and undergraduate research experiences.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Recent groundbreaking research in Antiquity 1 has revolutionized the understanding of ancient Maya civilization. Utilizing cutting-edge lidar technology, researchers from Tulane University and Northern Arizona University have uncovered more than 6,500 structures hidden beneath the dense forests of Campeche, Mexico.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Published in Archaeological Research in Asia 1 , the research introduces a computational approach that reveals unexpected complexity in the architectural development of Neolithic settlements. By digitizing and analyzing architectural remains, researchers can uncover patterns that qualitative approaches often miss.

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Anthropology.net

JUNE 11, 2025

Without consistent measurement standards, one researcher’s drawing of a burial pit might be incomparable to another's. It retrieved orientation angles directly from the illustrations, allowing researchers to compare not just broad patterns but regional nuances within the Czech Republic. In that sense, AutArch is not just a tool.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 27, 2025

Among the architectural remnants and everyday artifacts, researchers have uncovered compelling evidence of early copper use and production.​ This site, spanning from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) to the Pottery Neolithic periods, offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Anatolia's last hunter-gatherers.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Its an approach some researchers think is too often missing from the classroom. Even among researchers, this can cause bulimic partisan commitments to one or the other, he adds. Its unfortunate, because research has shown that they are deeply connected, Clements says. But whats meant by play? I mean, its fun!

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In recent years, a growing body of research has looked at the impact of college ‘deserts’ — sometimes defined as an area where people live more than a 30-minute drive to a campus — and found that those residing close to a college are more likely to attend.

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ED Surge

JUNE 27, 2025

That story concerns the tendency of major players to favor technology over human teachers, to reward hype and innovation instead of building on evidence-based research, and to devote more hours to commercializing ideas at the expense of learners or to devise programs that mostly benefited students who were already well off.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

However, new research highlights their lesser-known mastery of aquaculture. Researchers excavate a canal site in Belize that was part of a ancient large-scale fish-trapping facility. Researchers estimate the system could produce enough fish annually to feed 15,000 people.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A new biocultural database, developed by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), reveals the profound connections between Borneo’s rich plant life and the survival, traditions, and identity of its people.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Through uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating, researchers have identified these artworks as some of the oldest known examples of parietal art, potentially created by Neanderthals over 66,000 years ago. In Maltravieso, researchers analyzed samples from multiple panels, including the Galería de la Serpiente and Sala de las Pinturas.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

JANUARY 3, 2025

Whether its a hotly contested presidential race year or a quiet off-year, if you are teaching civics in the fall, have students research and vote on something on the ballot. Whichever approach, assign students to an officer to research and create a one-pager about their background, goals, and accomplishments in office.

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Anthropology for Beginners

JUNE 1, 2025

This essay examines the historical evolution of the Asiatic Society, its pioneering role in anthropological research, its methodologies, key contributions, challenges, and lasting impact on Indian anthropology. Methodologies and Research Practices The Asiatic Society employed a variety of methodologies to study Indias peoples and cultures.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Research in economics and psychology shows that these tests fail to measure key traits like perseverance, motivation and conscientiousness qualities that strongly predict long-term success. The obsession reflects a broader issue in education research itself. What role do families play?

Economics 120

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Search for the Origins of Iron Smelting Albert Jambon, a researcher involved in the study, explains that the goal was to better understand when and where iron smelting first began. The researchers propose that the meteoritic iron used in these artifacts likely came from a locally observed meteorite fall. A Witnessed Meteorite Fall?

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 2, 2025

Yet, many of its genetic mysteries have eluded researchers due to the limitations of traditional methods. By using “time-stratified ancestry analysis,” this research employs the novel Twigstats approach to reconstruct Europe's genetic history with unprecedented clarity.

Ancestry 96

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Pew Research Center has been tracking public trust in government since 1958 and the decline in trust is very real. Related: COLUMN: Students want more civics education, but far too few schools teach it It is discouraging that my generation is faring worse than my parents’ generation did on civics literacy.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 18, 2025

But new research suggests that this narrative is missing an entire chapter. The researchers made this discovery not by analyzing ancient bones but by studying the DNA of living people. If this ancient mixing event is confirmed through further research, it could reshape how we classify and think about human evolutionary history.

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Her research interests included the areas of health policy issues, program performance evaluation, Black women, and related political issues. Johnson has conducted extensive research on Afro-Brazilian, African American and Afro-Latin American politics. He received his Ph.D. He published Race, Politics, and Education in Brazil in 2015.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By analyzing one million words of Akkadian cuneiform, researchers unearthed fascinating connections between emotional states and specific body parts, offering fresh insights into human emotional experience through time. However, researchers caution that linguistic descriptions alone may not capture the full scope of emotional experience.

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TeachThought

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

After doing some research, I realized that identifying clearly what the ‘types of questions’ are isn’t easy because there isn’t a set number. Much like when I wrote about types of transfer of learning or types of blended learning , it was clear that although I kept seeing the same categories and question types, there really wasn’t a limit.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) have identified semi-domesticated maize specimens from caves in Brazil’s Peruaçu Valley, revealing a unique chapter in the crop’s evolutionary history.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 6, 2025

New research published in Antiquity 1 by geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri and his team reveals a massive, intricate irrigation system in the Eridu region—one that predates the first millennium BCE. A Challenge for Future Research One of the most pressing questions raised by this discovery is when exactly each canal was in use.

History 74

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This research provides a detailed glimpse into their subsistence strategies, reaffirming their specialization in megafaunal hunting and reshaping our understanding of their adaptability and impact on the Pleistocene ecosystem. A recent study by Chatters et al., Key Points The Clovis story is one of adaptation, innovation, and survival.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

By analyzing genetic divergences in early Homo sapiens populations, researchers argue that the biological capacity for language must have been present at least 135,000 years ago. The researchers propose that language might have played a key role. Further Reading & Related Research Tattersall, I. Palgrave Macmillan.

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