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Retraction
Fabian Ripka, Harald Kübler, [...] , Robert Löw, and Tilman Pfau +1 authors fewerAuthors Info & Affiliations On 26 October 2018, Science published the Report “A room-temperature singlephoton source based on strongly interacting Rydberg atoms” by F. Ripka et al. (1). During a recent internal reevaluation of the data (unrelated to the Erratum posted in 2020), the authors detected mistakes in data filtering and the calculation of the size of the error bars in Fig. 3.
Zeeman optical pumping of 87Rb atoms in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber
Abstract Preparation of an atomic ensemble in a particular Zeeman state is a critical step of many protocols for implementing quantum sensors and quantum memories. These devices can also benefit from optical fiber integration. In this work we describe experimental results supported by a theoretical model of single-beam optical pumping of 87Rb atoms within a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber.
Teaching interactive hands-on STEM during online learning
One of the many challenges with distance learning is finding ways for students to engage in active and interpersonal learning experiences that increase their understanding of STEM. These types of activities are especially important because they can make abstract scientific concepts more accessible, and engage diverse learners in using engineering processes that are helpful for 21st century careers.
Using data to strengthen writing instruction
Writing is often difficult for educators to teach, challenging for students to do, and hard for administrators to monitor and evaluate. Yet writing well—and the high-quality writing instruction behind it–has become an increasingly important 21st century skill due to online college and job applications, as well as the reliance on email and collaborative documents in many 21st century careers.
Making access and equity a reality for diverse students
Large school districts in different parts of the United States have now developed systematic ways to increase diverse students’ access to advanced courses, and the districts are also providing other important aspects of equity, including an education that prepares the students for 21st century careers.
Prioritizing school funding in the midst of multiple crises
Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term school funding requirements? During a recent edLeader Panel, four experts shared their recent experiences and current perspectives on the issues and challenges that school districts have been coping with during the past six months.
Using digital tools for engaging remote STEM instruction
Providing science and math content online can be relatively straightforward, but engaging students in true distance learning requires more than just transmittal of information. Secondary students in particular need to be able to see and ask questions during remote STEM instruction, such as during laboratory experiments or when receiving feedback when developing their own solutions to math problems.
Data isn’t a 4-letter word
In the midst of a deadly pandemic and a presidential election, both of which are generating conflicting claims that may or may not be based on real data, teaching students to analyze the sources and presentation of online information and understand data has never been more important or timely.
Combining mindfulness and equity throughout the new school year
Now that a global pandemic and its multiple impacts on education have coincided with a renewed focus on equity, there’s a lot to be mindful about. And with the new school year about to present even more challenges and uncertainties, staying mindful and staying focused on providing an equitable education are likely to prove more difficult and important than ever.
Combining distance learning with interactive, hands-on STEM
One of the many challenges with distance learning is finding ways for students to engage in active and interpersonal learning experiences that increase their understanding of STEM. These types of activities are especially important because they can make abstract scientific concepts more accessible, and engage diverse learners in using engineering processes that are helpful for 21st century careers.
Monuments and men
“Current events would seem to suggest that there is no consensus on what “our values” might actually be. Society is more divided than at any time I can recall in my lifetime” “The Motherland Calls”, a 280-foot statue in Volgograd, provokes hollow laughter in eastern Europe (Administration of the Volgograd region CC BY-SA 3.0) Citizens of mature, liberal democracies accept that some things done in our name by those who guard us take place in the grey margins of the law.
How gamification can improve schoolwide behavior
Now that online games have become so popular among K-12 students, school and district administrators can use gamification techniques to create a positive school climate and encourage positive behavior by individual students who have differing needs.
Planning the safe reopening of our schools
The extent of the challenges and unknowns involved in safely reopening our schools may seem daunting, but educational organizations and schools now involved in the process are developing helpful frameworks and innovative solutions that show what can be accomplished and how.
Lessons and leadership during the switch to online learning
Two months after the COVID-19 crisis forced educators across the United States to leave their classrooms and start teaching online, the scope of the changes and challenges has now become clear, and educational leaders have started to identify what’s working and what still needs improvement.
Making progress on equity, even during the pandemic
As the COVID-19 crisis has forced schools to close their buildings and move online, inequities in access to technology, books, and even food have become more apparent. Still, there are ways educators can continue to support the learning needs of their full range of students and make the education they provide more equitable.
Try these great digital strategies for assessment
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Top tips for online teaching from educators doing it now
Get the week's top education technology news and find out how schools are solving technology problems to improve learning. Weekly on Monday and Thursday.
How equity strategies improve student outcomes
Discussing and developing equity strategies can lead to significant improvements in student performance, and as Dr. Tyrone Howard of UCLA explained during a recent edWebinar, starting the process by looking at data on both students and teachers is a crucial first step toward mutual understanding and effective solutions.
Want to use edtech performance data? Try the MIND approach
Written by Robert Low Feb 21, 2020 | EDSCOOP Administrators selecting educational technology programs for their schools or districts face big decisions. Their choices will sap limited funding and time, so having accurate and relevant information about how the programs affect student performance should be a critical part of the decision-making process.
Broadband expands equitable access to education, workforce prep
Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing equity and access to education--especially in smaller and remote school districts. This makes access to adequate and reliable broadband even more important as the development of new technologies continues.
Science gets a boost from Challenge-Based Learning
A Challenge-Based Learning model pioneered by Apple is now helping teachers engage middle school students in deep learning through projects that combine developing questions, investigating scientific phenomena, and solving problems in their classrooms, schools, and communities.
Broadband’s spread is transforming classroom education
Written by Robert Low Feb 14, 2020 | EDSCOOP Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing more equitable access to education, especially in smaller and remote school districts. These factors make access to adequate and reliable broadband even more important as the development of new technologies continues.
3 digital strategies to help with assessment
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Comeback For Political Novels?
The Daily Mail‘s Stakhanovite sketchwriter has finally written his debut novel Quentin Letts: The Stakhanovite sketchwriter has found time to write a novel (photo: MattBr CC-BY-SA-3.0) Quentin Letts must be the most prolific journalist in Britain. His devotion to duty makes the late Comrade Stakhanov look like one of the Drones Club’s more assiduous loafers.
Using gamification to improve schoolwide behavior
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Building coding skills with playful learning in grades K-2
Teaching computer coding skills and concepts in the primary grades may sound like a challenge, but now there are hands-on activities and age-appropriate software that engage young students in this type of learning. And, starting the learning process in grades K-2 can build students’ confidence and reduce the challenges they face later when working on coding projects in the upper grades.
Implementing STEAM projects in PreK and kindergarten classrooms
Preparing young children for jobs that haven’t been invented yet may sound like a difficult task for educators, but a recent edWebinar showed how preK and kindergarten teachers can start developing the skills needed for future careers.
How the E-rate and grants can help fund your edtech plans
As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21st century learning or are left behind.
Recruiting English learners and students of color for advanced classes
While some English learners and students of color may be striving to attain minimal academic competency, others are likely to be high-ability or gifted/talented students who are not receiving appropriate support for their needs, and therefore are less engaged and have lower levels of participation in programs suitable for them.
Building and sustaining a strong math culture
Current employment trends and future projections all point towards continued growth in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) jobs, as well as the need for STEM-related skills in other fields. Yet, recent math proficiency levels among American students remain low, at just 44 percent in fourth grade and 33 percent at the eighth-grade level, and the math score trend lines are not showing significant improvement.
Implementing an effective learner-centered approach for educators and students
Shifting from an industrial-age education model to a post-industrial learner-centered model is an essential part of preparing students for college and 21st century careers, and the process works best when the learner-centered approach is applied to the professional learning of teachers and administrators, as well as the education of their students.
We need more English learners and students of color in advanced classes
While some English learners and students of color may be striving to attain minimal academic competency, others are likely to be high-ability or gifted/talented students who are not receiving appropriate support for their needs, and therefore are less engaged and have lower levels of participation in programs suitable for them.
Audiobooks can reach students who struggle with reading
Written by Robert Low Oct 1, 2019 | EDSCOOP Teachers at Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia say that audiobooks are improving access to grade-level content and helping students develop a love of reading that motivates continued improvement.
Using assistive technology district-wide to improve reading achievement
Assistive technology teachers working at schools in the Fairfax County, VA school district–one of the largest in the United States–are finding that the use of audiobooks is improving access to grade-level content while also developing the love of reading that motivates many students to continue improving. Two assistive technology teachers shared their experiences and recommendations during a recent edWebinar led by Terrie Noland, vice president of educator initiatives at Learning Ally.
How lesser-known Microsoft tools can enhance English-language learning
Written by Robert Low Sep 17, 2019 | EDSCOOP A variety of tools embedded in popular Microsoft programs and apps are now helping English-language learners with reading, writing and classroom conversations. And these same tools are also enabling parent-teacher conferences to become bilingual or even multilingual.
Improving reading skills and SEL through text-based discussions
As the importance and benefits of social-emotional learning (SEL) have become more widely recognized, many teachers have struggled to combine this type of learning with their required curriculum. A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, director of customer advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts.
Challenge-Based Learning helps students guide their science exploration
A Challenge-Based Learning model pioneered by Apple is now helping teachers engage middle school students in deep learning through projects that combine developing questions, investigating scientific phenomena, and solving problems in their classrooms, schools, and communities.
SETDA’s new educational resources tool gathers reviews across states
Written by Robert Low Aug 6, 2019 | EDSCOOP Thanks to a new tool designed by the State Educational Technology Directors Association, education leaders across America can now view detailed reviews of educational resources targeting various subjects.
Conture Skin Enhancement System Reviews
What Is Conture Skin Enhancement System? According to the company website, the Conture Skin Enhancement System is a “safe, painless and non-invasive way” to enhance the appearance of your skin and make it look years younger. By utilizing low-frequency vibrations and isometric compression, the Conture Toning System claims to gently stimulate and tone your skin to create a healthier glow.
Perils of Paying Off the Pirates
AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File Hostage-taking, whether for ransom or political leverage, is as old as the hills. Jehoash, king of Israel, is recorded as having removed hostages as well as plenty of loot after taking Jerusalem nearly 3,000 years ago, and it took a ransom of 100,000 pounds of silver—or two to three times the English crown's annual income—to ransom Richard Coeur de Lion from Henry VI, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor in 1194.
Scones and jam in the fridge
The lives of Southern Irish Protestants are almost invisible to external observers. A new book of essays sets out to reveal something of them Protestant and republican: Wolfe Tone, a leader of the 1798 rebellion Small in number and almost pathologically self-effacing, the lives of Southern Irish Protestants, beyond the Big House caricature, are almost invisible to external observers. This book sets out to reveal something of them.
Perils of paying off the pirates
Kidnapping remains a lucrative business. Anja Shortland’s new book examines how and where it thrives Hostage-taking, whether for ransom or political leverage, is as old as the hills.
Snack attacks | Louise Perry | Standpoint
“Greggs was supposed to be safe from the liberal metropolitan elite. The vegan sausage roll showed that it wasn’t” It doesn’t take much to rile professional controversialist Piers Morgan, who famously accused the bakery chain Greggs of being “PC-ravaged clowns” for having the temerity to offer a vegan sausage roll.
The Chairman vanishes
Communist dictators often feel compelled to prove that they are not merely great revolutionaries, but also great thinkers. It is not enough to carry out a revolution; it requires justification in philosophical terms. A body of work that further develops the tenets of Marxism-Leninism must be produced, preferably one that allows the dictator the suffix “ism” to his name. Among dozens of varieties, we find Stalinism, Titoism, Maoism, Kimism, Hoxhaism, Kadarism, Ceaușescuism and of course Castroism.
Slavery reparations and the politics of anger
How harsh can you be on Africa? Struggling with a range of problems, notably the consequences of rapid population growth as well as environmental and governmental challenges, somehow it will also apparently have to find lots of money to pay “reparations” to the comparatively wealthier African diaspora. (I jest.) Much of the latter is descended from slaves who were sold and transported from Africa, northwards, eastwards and, in the end, westwards.
The man who went off script
What is the link between the classic newspaper play and film The Front Page and Bibi Netanyahu? Well, the play’s colourful news boss Walter Burns and the Israeli prime minister both like a good cigar, a weakness which has helped to push Netanyahu to the brink of corruption charges. The other is Ben Hecht, who co-wrote The Front Page with Charles MacArthur, basing it on their days as reporters in Chicago.
The man who went off script
Ben Hecht: In 1939, "I became a Jew and looked on the world with Jewish eyes" What is the link between the classic newspaper play and film The Front Page and Bibi Netanyahu? Well, the play’s colourful news boss Walter Burns and the Israeli prime minister both like a good cigar, a weakness which has helped to push Netanyahu to the brink of corruption charges. The other is Ben Hecht, who co-wrote The Front Page with Charles MacArthur, basing it on their days as reporters in Chicago.
Odds against life after the final whistle
A style all his own: The late Hugh McIlvanney (©EAMONN MCCABE) any of the tributes to the sportswriter Hugh McIlvanney, who died in January at the age of 84, concluded with the observation that the era of great sports writing had ended with his passing. McIlvanney himself thought he was the end of the line.
Foie Gove | Jonathan Meades | Standpoint
Michael Gove’s plan to ban foie gras is an essentially frivolous self-advertisement Michael Gove: The nous to identify a ruse which may even cause him to be liked (Chris McAndrew CC BY 3.0) Contemplating the forthcoming Attlee/Cripps utopia Winston Churchill remarked: “Give me the 18th-century alley, where footpads lurked and the harlot plied her trade, and none of this new-fangled planning doctrine.” Churchill was of course a far from typical politician and whilst he may have stopped short...
A room-temperature single-photon source based on strongly interacting Rydberg atoms
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