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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

Since 2008, those of us who are champions of the humanities have offered a simple yet profound truth: Studying humanities endows students with a capacity for critical thinking, a skill essential to individual accomplishment and crucial to societal well-being. But that simple truth doesn’t seem to be changing anyone’s mind.

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OPINION: In higher ed, lower enrollment isn’t the only sign of trouble

The Hechinger Report

In the fall of 2017, there were 2.6 institutions were deficient in the key attributes of critical thinking as measured by the latest Collegiate Assessment Plus test. As Jon Marcus recently wrote in The Hechinger Report , for the sixth straight year enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities has dropped.

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

The spring 2024 issue offers a collection of articles and other resources on teaching about Palestine-Israel amid the growing attack on social justice education. Books Social Justice Books list of titles for K-12 and educators on Palestine. Rethinking Schools : Teach Palestine.

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How to Keep Teaching Well When DEI is Under Attack

Cult of Pedagogy

That is our social justice call to action during these times.” Using these materials and others like it will continue to strengthen students’ growth and critical thinking skills. Another is the Three Round Game shared with us by a teacher named Erin Farley in a comment on our retrieval practice post in 2017.

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Put more gender studies in schools’ sex ed courses

The Hechinger Report

Demonstrators protest for transgender rights with a rally, march through the Loop and a candlelight vigil to remember transgender friends lost to murder and suicide on March 3, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images.