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

Political Science Now

AUGUST 30, 2024

million dollars in 2021; and serving as the co-Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation (NSF) $1.4 million dollar Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) (2020-2023 and 2023-2026). Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy’s biography and LinkedIn profile are available upon request.

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Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times

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JANUARY 24, 2024

There is a long history of US imperial politics in Latin America and the Caribbean. Throughout the Cold War, campaigns of discreditation against capitalist alternatives flourished in the United States, and identity-based and human-rights-focused campaigns became more prominent.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

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JANUARY 15, 2024

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. The Right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth. In Florida, Gov. You can plan other activities.

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TEACHER VOICE: Our schools are not equipped to teach transgender students

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

They are doing so with a slew of anti-trans bills; so many, in fact, that the Human Rights Campaign and many others are calling 2021 the worst year for trans rights in recent history.

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What Asian American Educator Stories Reveal About Racial Nuances Within ‘People of Color’

ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

People from those cultures have nuanced histories, perspectives, and experiences in the U.S. For example, NCES reported that in 2021, Asian students earned 13.6 The Making of Asian America: A History." and in its schools. percent of STEM undergraduate and 17.4 percent of STEM master’s degrees.[i] iii] Lee, Erika, 2016.

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How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Yet a 2021 study found that dual-language “education can benefit … even students who often struggle in school because of special education needs.” In 2011, one mother filed a complaint with the Cambridge Human Rights Commission, alleging that Amigos no longer served the Hispanic community.

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Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

They expanded the entries on the Constitution of Ghana as well as Human rights in Ethiopia. They created the entry on Settler colonialism in Canada , describing the important history of the displacement and mistreatment of Canada’s indigenous populations by European settlers. Helaine has a Ph.D.

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COLUMN: Are book bans stopping a Marxist “revolution” or whitewashing the past?

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Teaching real history will not bring children down based on the color of the skin, but will raise them up and inspire them to stand up and not repeat gruesome patterns.” Lizzie Koschnick, student, North Central High School, Indianapolis. history teacher. “I Koschnick asked. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Teach the facts.

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Educators: We Must Be Champions for Our Trans Students

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

During the 2021 legislative session, there were over 50 bills introduced targeting transgender youth participation in sports as well as bans on gender-affirming healthcare. In May 2021, at the peak of the debate over Texas’s HB 25 , calls from the state to the national Transgender Lifeline Crisis Center increased 71.6 State officials.

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

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

For instance, in 2021 for the first time in its 200-year history the UK Census allowed people the option to state their sexual orientation and gender identity. They are fundamentally values of human rights that are shared amongst vast numbers of the world’s population. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The city itself has had a scrappy commitment to existence in its 123-year history, surviving the boom and bust of the timber industry that first gave it life and weathering the 21st century with a fairly steady population of about 2,500. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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OPINION: Confused and angry, young teachers seek guidance on discussing current events with students

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2021

Like so many of us, they believed the promise that 2021 was going to be a better year. In 1963, James Baldwin wrote, “American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” The teachers were also angry. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Teachers struggle to teach the Holocaust without running afoul of new ‘divisive concepts’ rules

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

He’s dead.” ‘We must talk about this real history’: Reactions to ‘divisive concepts’ ban A battle over New Hampshire’s “divisive concepts law” has been brewing in the state since 2021. You have to know your history to understand where you are coming from. It’s the sheep that allowed Hitler to rise.”

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

Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

TEACHER VOICE: Our schools are not equipped to teach transgender students

What Asian American Educator Stories Reveal About Racial Nuances Within ‘People of Color’

How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families

Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

COLUMN: Are book bans stopping a Marxist “revolution” or whitewashing the past?

Educators: We Must Be Champions for Our Trans Students

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

‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

OPINION: Confused and angry, young teachers seek guidance on discussing current events with students

Teachers struggle to teach the Holocaust without running afoul of new ‘divisive concepts’ rules

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