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Two Programs with Fresh Solutions to the Teacher Shortage

Cult of Pedagogy

Her resume is too long to list here, but she’s been a special ed teacher, the 2018 Louisiana Teacher of the Year, a mentor to many, an award-winner, and a leader in too many education initiatives to name. ” Eckert believes this appeal to social change is what makes EdRising different from recruitment programs of the past.

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How to Recognize, Avoid, and Stop Stereotype Threat in Your Class this School Year

Digital Promise

The NNSTOY Social Justice Book list is a great resource for building your classroom library. Speak out in faculty meetings about inclusion, equity, and social justice and if necessary, challenge the status quo. Honor multiple perspectives in your classroom.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

It gets people’s attention anytime you say, ‘Free,’ ” said Jimmy Kidd, the director of admissions, who spoke between in-person student orientation sessions in the library of the school’s downtown Louisville campus in late June. If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue.

Economics 144
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Two Books to Help You Hold Healthy Classroom Conversations About Race

Cult of Pedagogy

It was written in 2018 by Philadelphia high school English teacher Matthew Kay, and he based it on his experiences having these conversations with his own students. The first book is called Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom. ” Come back for more.

Pedagogy 130
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Educators: We Must Be Champions for Our Trans Students

ED Surge

Despite our school’s commitment to social justice and our district’s prioritization of equity, there were still staff members who were unwilling to voice public support for all students. To put this into context, that number was just 41 bills in the whole of 2018. In sports, they are often denied the right to participate.

Education 131
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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

DeSantis, has grown increasingly skeptical that the class will spread to other Kentucky schools, even as her politically liberal district doubles down on a commitment to African American history it made as part of a curriculum revamp in 2018. Santana goes deep.”

History 98
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Meet the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review (APSR)

Political Science Now

Sebastian’s work has been published widely in social science journals such as International Studies Quarterly and Socio-Economic Review as well as information science journals such as Nature Scientific Data and Data Science Journal. She is the author of Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times (Cambridge University Press, 2018).