Political Science Now

MARCH 11, 2025

Yet, as political theorist Rouven Symank argues, situating the concept of solidarity within its historical context reveals how it interacted with the political project of integrating colonies into imperial economic and legal orders. Lin Centre at McGill University SYMANK, ROUVEN.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. Bryan Little, the 2022 James Madison Foundation Fellow for Kansas completed his MAHG degree in 2024.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Sols Arce is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the department of government. His research focuses on the cultural foundations of political and economic development across human societies. He employs a multidisciplinary approach, combining ethnographic methods and experimental economics. Read about the funded projects.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 29, 2024

This piece, written by Komal Preet Kaur , covers the new article by Adam Michael Auerbach, Shikhar Singh and Tariq Thachil, “Who Knows How to Govern? This assumption raises critical questions: Do local authorities genuinely have the knowledge required for decentralized governance? And what are the consequences if they do not?

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ours is a post-industrial era, characterized by unprecedented technological innovation and economic growth. When we attend to how the new internet economy is organized, digital work for technology companies like Google and Amazon comes to appear as driven by the same “protocols of production” as those that governed the industrial age.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2024

So I was surprised that two independent academic analyses released in June 2024 found that some of the money actually trickled down to students and helped them catch up academically. These children had recovered almost half of their pandemic learning losses by the spring of 2023. Spending on athletic facilities did not.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The first act followed the Great Recession of 2008, as schools added back staff that they had been forced to cut in the economic downturn. The second act came with seven consecutive years of strong economic growth beginning in 2013. Starting in 2020, the federal government sent schools more than $200 billion in pandemic recovery funds.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 6, 2024

Citation from the Award Committee: The research presented by Sarah Rozenblum in “Why Do Governments Ignore Their Own Experts? As the title suggests, the dissertation investigates why governments don’t rely on their experts and associated expertise in times of crisis? The post Sarah Rozenblum Receives the 2024 Leonard D.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

public schools required vast support, federal and state government officials appropriated historic levels of help via elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds. We are seeing economically disadvantaged communities starting to lag in their rate of learning as measured by standardized testing.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 16, 2025

In the 2024 US elections, immigrant electoral participation was a central issue as were debates and disinformation regarding whether non-citizens were allowed to vote and whether they voted. However, a handful of local jurisdictions allow non-citizens to vote in local elections and on referendums.

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Political Science Now

JULY 23, 2024

She received a PhD in Government from Harvard University in 2017 and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Texas A&M University. Soledad Artiz Prillaman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and the Faculty Director of the Inclusive Democracy and Development Lab.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 2, 2024

Her research won the Best Paper on Social and Economic Inequality Award from the APSA Class and Inequality Section in 2021, the Paul A. in Government from Harvard University in 2023. The post Alice Xu Receives the 2024 Harold D. Alice earned her Ph.D.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 24, 2024

Despite economic challenges, the Iranian government's prioritization of cultural heritage preservation underscores its commitment to safeguarding these invaluable historical resources for future generations. J Paleo Arch 7 , 16 (2024). 1 Vahdati Nasab, H., Berillon, G., Hashemi, S.M.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Her school is located in Houston’s Fifth Ward neighborhood and serves a student body that is nearly 100 percent classified as economically disadvantaged. Even by Houston ISD’s own calculations, the school is expected to earn a B rating when 2023 and 2024 school “report cards” are released. Photo courtesy of Dowda.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

In 2024, we plan to continue elevating the programs, projects, people and policies aimed at creating a stronger, more sustainable early childhood system in this country. The initiative hinges on the idea that guaranteed income will improve caregivers’ economic stability and, in turn, allow them and the families they serve to thrive.

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Political Science Now

JULY 25, 2024

However, exploring 4,000 hours of newscasts leveraging large language models, they show that the loss of RCTV created more positive sentiments toward the government, as less critical news became more prevalent. The post Dorothy Kronick and John Marshall Receive the 2024 Franklin L.

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Strange Maps

MAY 28, 2024

But even without a government, a flag, and most other trappings of actual nationhood, Baltoscandia has a history, a raison d’être , and perhaps even a future. You’ve probably never heard of Baltoscandia. It sounds like a made-up country, and that’s because it is a made-up country. Scandinavia is not the same as the Nordics, for example.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A gas project in the area threatens the preservation of the ancient petroglyphs, raising questions about the balance between cultural conservation and economic interests. An Australian government report titled Never Again called for stricter regulations to prevent future destruction of sacred cultural sites. 1 Shipton, C., Morley, M.

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ACRE

APRIL 15, 2024

This one-day lesson plan was developed in Spring 2024 by Dr. Marcus Witcher and covers the 1932 election, the transition of power from the Hoover to FDR administration, and early economic policies designed to combat the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt, campaigning, gives speech on back of train in California.

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 20, 2024

Mississippi was the site of the most notorious lynching in the early civil rights movement, the killing of Emmett Till in 1955, and had the highest rates of lynching in the country — violence meant to impose social, economic, and political intimidation. The interest of the country is awakened and … the government responds.”

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Political Science Now

MAY 20, 2024

student at the University of Arizona’s School of Government and Public Policy. Her research interests include gender in conflict, rebel governance, and illicit markets. APSA has once again awarded a new cycle to provide support for PhD students currently in their first or second year as of Spring 2024.

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Political Science Now

JULY 30, 2024

The Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award , formally the APSA Best Book Award, is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book on government, politics, or international affairs.

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Political Science Now

OCTOBER 15, 2024

” The World Economic Forum estimates that developing countries lose $1.26 trillion a year, and that the EU alone suffers economic losses of $132 billion per year from corruption. Corruption is known to harm economic growth, public trust, and the fabric of society. But might it also be dangerous for a country’s security?

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Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

Regardless of its conceptual newness, the narrative of AI is often framed within existing tropes of power dynamics, economic motivations, and ownership. Result African companies facing economic difficulties in 2024 are turn into artificial intelligence to reduce marketing and advertising expenses, raising concerns about potential job losses.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 5, 2024

For the last two years, we have held an in-person pre-conference event at APSA, and for the third consecutive year, invite submissions for the GSIPE Pre-Conference Workshop at APSA 2024 in Philadelphia. View all 2024 APSA Annual Meeting Theme Panels or View all 2024 APSA Annual Meeting Pre-Conference Short Courses.

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Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

On January 15, two days before the start of the 2024 school year, I joined 50 grade eight students and their guardians for an orientation at Launch, a high school in one of Cape Town’s oldest townships. Black youth experiences at a progressive low-fee private school in a postapartheid city illuminate the politics and limits of aspiration.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 12, 2024

Instructor Bios : Andrew Bennett is Professor of Government at Georgetown University. Tasha Fairfield is Associate Professor at the London School of Economics. View all 2024 APSA Annual Meeting Theme Panels or View all 2024 APSA Annual Meeting Pre-Conference Short Courses. She is the co-author, with A.E.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Categories Corporate Educator Spotlight English Language Arts Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher Tips Thinking on Education Tutorials Uncategorized Well-Being Recent Posts Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy February 26, 2024 Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work?

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 1, 2024

This workshop will allow faculty to share their classroom innovations for the fall 2024 term. A tenured Professor at the College of Southern Nevada, Professor Levy teaches courses in American Politics and Government, American Public Policy, Political Philosophy, Social Justice Movements, Minority Politics and Women in Politics.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? Grades K-3) February 26, 2024 The post Jigsaw Strategy first appeared on Studies Weekly. Jigsaw Strategy Oct.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

While the examples are primarily drawn from international relations and comparative politics, the methods we discuss are applicable to all the subfields of political science, to sociology, economics, history, business studies, public policy, and many other fields. These three courses are complementary and can also be taken separately.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As colleges continue to close or merge — more than 60 in the last five years, and 14 just since the start of the pandemic — a growing chorus of voices is raising alarms that this is taking more than just an emotional and economic toll on students, alumni, employees and communities. Alumni and supporters have so far kicked in $33 million.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 23, 2024

The cost is spiralling for the very short distance involved, and the overall economic benefits being touted are unproven. It seems that the Government may be funding the project - it would not be something the county council could afford, and the estimates of cost are likely to be underestimates. StopWensumLink) January 22, 2024

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Political Science Now

JULY 23, 2024

Robiadek, Xavier University (Discussant) Natasha Piano, UCLA Session Description: Contemporary democracies confront a range of well-known challenges: mounting political and economic inequality, the decline of effective leadership, the consolidation of oligarchic power, and the usurpation of sovereignty by unelected officials.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

There were over 4,000 instances of book bans in the first half of this school year, according to PEN America’s April 2024 report, Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis. Michael Rady , senior education programs manager, GLSEN We’re seeing record numbers of bills being introduced — 500 so far in 2024 — targeting LGBTQ+ people.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Director of Tribal Resource Management for CSKT looks out at state-owned parcels from an airplane on August 8, 2024. said Miriam Jorgensen, research director for the Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development. But the reality of the situation is, the chances of having the federal or state governments return it is low.”

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Life and Landscapes

AUGUST 29, 2024

In the time of pandemic, how does the government cost-effectively allocate its financial resources? The government’s funds are not unlimited, and must, at some point, be supported by a thriving economy. million; and in 2010, the government used a figure of $9.1 Or only for those who make the most ruckus?

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