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How a Professor of Hip-Hop Is Breaking Boundaries With First Peer-Reviewed Rap Album

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In August, his latest album, “ i used to love to dream ,” became the first rap album to be published by a university press, after going through a formal academic peer-review. It was called “Sketches of My Culture,” and it was an experiment in cultural commentary set to music—West at one point called it “danceable education.”

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6 findings to inform your state’s principal preparation

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conducted by LPI, synthesizes peer-reviewed scholarship from 2000 to 2021 that addresses principal preparation and development programs. Developing Effective Principals: What Kind of Learning Matters?

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Preprint Servers Have Changed Research Culture in Many Fields. Will a New One for Education Catch On?

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It can often take well over a year between the time a paper is submitted to a peer-reviewed journal, and when that article is published. A more pressing concern is whether junk science could get posted to the server, since none of the work has undergone formal peer review.

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Hundreds of STEM Grants Have Been Terminated. K-12 Math Educators Will Lose Out

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Researchers acknowledge that aversion to math is so strong in our culture that at a certain point, being bad at math became a shared cultural identity. Its worth noting, they say, that they have to apply for federal funds through nonpartisan, peer-reviewed methods. Yeah, we have a fight, Kalinec-Craig said.

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A look at one school’s innovative approach to PD

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This includes in-person and tech-enabled learning that is specifically focused on strengthening culturally responsive teaching, differentiated instruction, and inclusive practices. This peer review process allows for human insights and contextual understanding, which complements the AI coaching. Math support.

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How Improving Student Feedback and Teaching Data Science Restored Our Classroom Culture

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So my first step toward empowering them to drive their learning was to include them in the process of figuring out how to rebuild the positive classroom culture we had lost. Students use peer feedback to quickly revise their work and pose at least one question before I provide in-app feedback.

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Using AI to teach persuasive writing to English learners

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Example : For Nours petition, I encouraged him to add personal reflections on the cultural and spiritual significance of the Ganges River, which made his work more authentic and relatable. Encouraging peer review supported by AI Pairing students for peer review with AI support combines AIs assistance with peer insights.

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