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Learn more about: Examining Women’s Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles

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Prior to joining the University of Arizona, she was an assistant professor in the political science department at the University of Pittsburgh from 2018 to 2024. in political science from the University of California, Merced in 2016 and 2018, respectively, and a B.A. She received her M.A.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

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Any time they see an opportunity to attack particularly the humanities and the social sciences, that’s what they’ll go after.”. Any time they see an opportunity to attack particularly the humanities and the social sciences, that’s what they’ll go after.” That, too, is likely to accelerate. “To

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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten 

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“In the best case scenario, a student would be exposed to media literacy practices and concepts throughout the day, in math classes and science classes, not just in English and social sciences.”. Spikes, director of Teach for Chicago Journalism at Northwestern University and co-founder of the Illinois Media Literacy Coalition.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

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Heather Van Benthuysen, director, Chicago Public Schools Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement. Berkeley voters passed a measure giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote for school board members in 2016, but it has stalled out amid financial and technical hurdles.

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Persistent problems: A powerful paradigm for professional development

A Psychology Teacher Writes

This might play out differently dependent on the level of experience and expertise of each individual teacher: More novice teachers may lack awareness because they literally don’t see things in their classrooms that more expert teachers do (Wolff et al, 2016) and/or because they lack the mental models to analyse and interpret what is happening.

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OPINION: College or technical ed? Here’s why students need both

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million students participated in secondary-level CTE nationwide in 2016-17, and more than 61,000 of them were in Massachusetts. English, humanities, and social science classes build these skills, as do projects and presentations in technical courses, where professors and peers provide feedback. Data show that about 2.79

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Three Political Science Professors Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

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Each year, the Guggenheim Foundation awards approximately 175 fellowships to individuals making their mark in the social sciences, the natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. He is also an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science where his office is located.