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Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

Political Science Now

Mealy has developed extensive external partnerships with leaders of other associations such as the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where she has served on the Science and Human Rights Coalition Council since 2017. Dr. Kimberly A.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

Students first learn about Mississippi history in fourth grade, and that’s the first time they are supposed to delve deeply into the history of the movement to end racial segregation and discrimination. The Civil Rights Movement is a case history of what it means to be American, and what it means to exercise constitutional rights.”.

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

First, Sinovuyo described Launch’s distinct approach to life orientation (LO), a compulsory subject added to the national curriculum during the transition from apartheid that focuses on the study of self and society through lessons on personal and social development, civics and human rights, health, and career readiness.

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Gaza’s Deaf Community in the Face of Genocide

Sapiens

Many of them had been severely traumatized during Israel’s so-called Operation Protective Edge in summer 2014. In 2016, as a master’s student, I published an article in Boston University’s Pardee Periodical (now The Pardee Atlas: Journal of Global Affairs ) about a new initiative at the ASDC to support their students.

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Nurturing Global Citizenship Through ‘British Values’ (Book Release: Developing Quality PSHE in Secondary Schools and Colleges)

Geogramblings

Unpacking the ‘British Values’ Although promoting fundamental ‘British Values’ as part of spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development in maintained schools is non-statutory, these values do go a long way in ensuring establishments can meet their obligations under section 78 of the Education Act 2002 (Gov.UK, 2014).

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Some religious colleges forgo federal funding, staying free of civil rights rules

The Hechinger Report

Thirty-eight religiously affiliated institutions have received exemptions from Title IX, according to a list released by the Education Department under pressure from Democrats in Congress after the gay rights organization the Human Rights Campaign used public-records laws to help expose the practice. Patty Murray, D-Wash.,

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South African students take the lead in protests over college costs and equity

The Hechinger Report

It’s an accident of history that allowed all of these same issues in the United States to emerge in South Africa at such a pitch.”. But Habib and others say it’s only a matter of time before the same thing flares up everywhere. We’re simply the example of what is to come in other countries unless something is done,” he said.