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PROOF POINTS: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year

The Hechinger Report

In the post-war boom of the 1950s, college students were confident of their economic futures and many studied liberal arts subjects such as English, history and philosophy. Unemployment dropped below 5 percent and the stock market soared, posting one of the best decades in history. History is seeing a similar collapse, down 35 percent.

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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten 

The Hechinger Report

A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. 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.”.

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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

ED Surge

So in the fall of 2019 and the winter of 2020, I worked with a talented team of videographers and producers to fan out to schools across the country—in Indiana, California, Florida and Massachusetts—to capture short documentary videos of classroom teachers.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

The Hechinger Report

Journalist Natalie Wexler, author of the 2019 book The Knowledge Gap, said the study ought to spark a re-evaluation of the usual approach to reading comprehension in schools, which frequently focuses on skills, such as asking students to find the main idea and make inferences. “The Content is hard.

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

Political Science Now

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. Antony’s College.

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The story behind the internet’s most viral (and misunderstood) political meme

Strange Maps

A moral circle is a concept in philosophy and the social sciences that represents the groups of people and entities one considers worthy of moral concern. This graphic is rapidly becoming the most misused and misunderstood image in all of modern history, hyperbolized podcast host Liv Boeree. Credit : A. Credit : A. Credit : A.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

If you’re reading this and you teach math, history, science, foreign language, art, or any other subject, I want to make a compelling case for the powerful impact that writing can have in your class and on your students. We want every student to reap the benefits of becoming effective writers.

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