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PARENT VOICE: They call it ‘school choice,’ but you may not end up with much of a choice at all

The Hechinger Report

Then private schools raised tuition Over the years, the state incrementally made more students eligible, until full expansion was finally achieved in 2022. Education is a human right, and public schools, open to all, are the guardians of this right. Related: Arizona gave families public money for private schools.

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OPINION: Legacy admissions are unnecessary, raise moral concerns and exclude deserving students

The Hechinger Report

In the fall of 2022, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $100 million to the United Negro College Fund and to other institutions that promote higher education as a means to equality for lower income, Black, Latinx and Indigenous students. But who is excluded from that community? And what are the consequences for those left out?

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“Amarrados”: Physical Restraint in Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Adults in Lima, Peru

Anthropology News

Furthermore, Article 28 of the law states that violence against older adults is considered to be any single or repeated conduct, whether by action or omission, that causes harm of any nature or that violates the enjoyment or exercise of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, precisely as physical restraint does.

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We Have to Meet in Person to Be Moved by People’s Stories

Anthropology News

Solitary confinement is torture, as defined by the United Nations and many of the world’s human rights organizations. After the lockdown period had eased, in early 2022, Jen and her students accompanied Cassandra and MASC leaders in their first return to in-person meetings at the Massachusetts State House.

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Farhana Loonat Receives the 2024 APSA Community College Faculty Award

Political Science Now

Invited to present at the University of London and to deliver a TEDx Talk, titled “Racism in Higher Education”, at the University of Santa Barbara in 2022, she excels at translating complex ideas into accessible and impactful discourse. Loonat is a prolific researcher whose work has garnered international recognition.

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Learn how Political Science Students are Improving Wikipedia

MPSA

You can help us broaden this important work by running a Wikipedia assignment in Winter/Spring 2022. In a course on African Politics , students created new articles on Voting rights in Nigeria as well as Child soldiers in Uganda. They expanded the entries on the Constitution of Ghana as well as Human rights in Ethiopia.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Below are some ideas from the events in 2021 ( June and August ), 2022 , and 2023. events in 2021 and 2022. Photo by Dean Hesse, 2022. For more ideas , see the actions from June and August , 2021 , 2022 , and 2023. And in 2022 for Georgia , Ohio , and Washington. Every action counts. Determine type of action.