Big Education ApeTOP POSTS THIS WEEK 7/4/20 ‘Slaying Goliath’: Diane Ravitch argues in new book that public education advocates have beat back efforts to privatize schools - The Washington Post The real story of New Orleans and its charter schools - The Washington Post BREAKING NEWS - Julian Vasquez Heilig is one of the Three candidates named in Kentucky’s education commissioner search | Kentucky Teacher Assembly bill would shield California school districts from coronavirus lawsuits Fraud at Sweetwater Maybe but Unlikely | tultican White Hero Teacher and White Paternalism (#3) | Educate All Students, Support Public Education NYC Educator: Schools Don't Need No Stinking Air Flitration From anti-vax to anti-mask: School districts brace for parent resistance TOP POSTS THIS WEEK...
Education Research ReportTHIS WEEK Education Research Report Prospective teachers misperceive Black children as angry by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d Study findings suggest ramifications for Black youth AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Prospective teachers appear more likely to misperceive Black children as angry than white children, which may undermine the education of Black youth, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. While previous research has documented this effect in adults, this is the first st Gender gaps in STEM college majors emerge in high school by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d Although studies have shown that women are more likely than men to enter and complete college in U.S. higher education, women are less likely to earn degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields. In...
— Here we reveal the answers of our Lewis Carroll-inspired brainteasers. (The questions featured in a previous blog post) MAZE Can you find a route from the outside of the maze to the centre? DOUBLETS For each pair of words, can you find a series of words which link them, changing just one letter each time? All links must be real words. Drive PIG into STY – PIG/WIG/WAG/WAY/SAY/STY Make WHEAT into BREAD – WHEAT/CHEAT/CHEAP/CHEEP/CREEP/CREED/BREED/BREAD Raise FOUR to FIVE – FOUR/FOUL/FOOL/FOOT/FORT/FORE/FIRE/FIVE Prove GRASS to be GREEN – GRASS/CRASS/CRESS/TRESS/TREES/FREES/FREED/GREED/GREEN Change OAT to RYE – OAT/RAT/ROT/ROE/RYE Cover EYE with LID – EYE/DYE/DIE/DID/LID Raise ONE to TWO – ONE/OWE/EWE/EYE/DYE/DOE/TOE/TOO/TWO Crown TIGER with ROSES – TIGER/TILER/TILES/TIDES/RIDES/RISES/ROSES DOUBLE ACROSTIC POEM Each couplet in this poem...
What shall we call this garden?The area behind our back fence had been completely neglected. It was a tangled mess of green briar, grapevine, native junky shrubs, something that looked like wheat(?). This area of Texas is called the Cross Timbers region. It's impossible to cross in my opinion. It's beyond me how anyone even settled this area. Some of the neighbors take care of their area. Some do not. We were in the "do not" camp for a long time.I went back behind the fence to clean up the debris pile. Last summer, I allowed the lawn guys to dump dead tree limbs back there and Bill wasn't super happy about it."If Katie cleans up the debris pile, Katie will cut...
Week 2 of Camp Warner Bros was a bit of a fun, edible science lesson for the kiddos, pairing up Steven Universe with rock candy!This is a sponsored post in partnership with Warner Brothers Entertainment. The Crystal Candy experiment uses simple things that most people already have in their homes such as jars, sugar, water, string pencils, and food coloring. It does require a bit of help from an adult because you are using the stove top, but the kiddos will really love watching their crystals materialize. The more time you leave them sit, the bigger the crystals get. My kids each made their own batch. My daughter coated her string with water and then sugar first and my son's was...
