Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The co-editors of a forthcoming edited collection in the APSA-De Gruyter Teaching Civic Engagement Series invite authors to submit chapter proposals for a new volume, Teaching Civic Engagement in Challenging Times: Global Perspectives on Democratic Education for All.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 4, 2025

Civic and Political Engagement Undergraduate Research Internships and Experiential Learning On-Line Learning Simulations and Games Inclusive Classrooms Elementary and Secondary Education The application deadline is Tuesday, April 15, 2025. View the full call for proposals here. Learn about the Political Science Educator.

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Political Science Now

JULY 26, 2024

The conference will take place February 7-9, 2025, in Alexandria, Virginia. We welcome submissions for 2025 TLC tracks , and perhaps others, as we rethink the future of a political science education and why teaching political science matters. The deadline to submit proposals is September 25, 2024, 11:59 p.m.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 26, 2025

This study investigates, for Black women and Latinas, whether their views on donations to candidates differ from their views on other forms of civic and political engagement. Read the full article.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 16, 2025

Despite their size, archaeological evidence suggests relatively even distribution of house sizes and public investment in civic infrastructure. "We Places like Teotihuacan in central Mexico or Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley developed complex urban systems without allowing wealth to cluster in elite hands. link] 1 Bogaard, A., Fochesato, M.,

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Political Science Now

APRIL 22, 2025

Beyond the Classroom: Building Faculty Capacity for Success Friday, May 2, 2025 | 1:30 PM Eastern | Register Here This joint American Political Science Association and Western Political Science Association virtual workshop expands on the 2025 WPSA Community College Mini-Conference roundtable, Beyond the Classroom: Collaborating for Success.

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Civics for All of US

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Apply now for the 2025 Teacher Institute! Natalie Rocchio Tue, 02/11/2025 - 12:29 We are now accepting applications for our 2025 Civics for All of US Teacher Institute. Learn more !

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

This roundtable will focus on Balasco, Forestal, and Abernathy’s Engaging Citizenship, a forthcoming introduction to politics textbook (Oxford University Press 2025). What experiential learning and civic engagement activities promote critical thinking about what it means to live under a democracy?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

While college attainment rates have increased by almost 10 percentage points over the last decade, the nation still needs to increase the pace of progress to meet the goal of 60 percent by 2025. Young people represent untapped potential in a nation that needs their talents — socially, economically and civically.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The number of workers needed in the offshore wind energy industry will also nearly double, by 2025 , to 589,000, and increase to 868,000 by 2030, the consulting firm Rystad Energy estimates. Bristol Community College in Massachusetts is converting a former seafood packaging plant into an offshore wind institute scheduled to open next spring.

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Geogramblings

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Among the initiatives in the strategy is a new GCSE qualification in Natural History to be introduced from 2025, which some teachers hope could be a focal point for teaching on climate change. Similar policy and curricula updates have been seen around the world. Up until 2022, when version 9.0 Up until 2022, when version 9.0

Education 52

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

Students work on an assignment in a high school civics class. At the California State University System, that’s part of a plan to more than double the proportion of freshmen who finish in four years from the current 19 percent to 40 percent by 2025.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

A grassroots coalition of business and civic leaders came together with a resolve to fix these problems by alternately helping and compelling educators to greatly improve their results. “We didn’t look at azo until business and industry started saying, ‘This isn’t working for us.’ ”. Mobile did more than just bemoan its grim statistics.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

APPLYING TO FORM A STUDY GROUP If you are interested in forming a Teaching for Black Lives study group for the 2024–2025 school year or throughout the 2024–2026 school years, please carefully read the sections below. Applications for 2024–2025 study groups are open. The ideas above are suggestions.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 27, 2024

Come January 2025, depending on the outcome of the election, he could be moving to Washington, D.C., The step from public teacher to public office holder is, for many, intuitive, says Kelly Siegel-Stechler, a senior researcher at Tufts University’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Or march to a local civic building. Workshops and More Events Check out workshops by More Social Justice Education Events The post Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 appeared first on Zinn Education Project. See photos and stories about the D.C. events in 2021 , 2022 , and 2023. Music and chants are a plus. Photo by Dean Hesse, 2022.

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

These awards will be presented at the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The deadline to submit nominations is February 12, 2025. Contact awards@apsanet.org if you have questions. Learn more and submit a nomination → *Some awards have differing deadlines.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 30, 2025

Recognizing Merit in the Profession: Nominate a Political Scientist for an APSA Career Award | Deadline: February 12, 2025 One of the many important roles of the American Political Science Association is recognizing excellence in the political science profession through the APSA Awards !

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

For politically oriented students, such campus organizations can be crucial parts of their college experience, said Amy Binder, a professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute, which is dedicated to furthering civic engagement and informed dialogue. I disagree with that fundamentally.”

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Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Entry 1: Preparing Students for the 2024 Election: Civic and Campus Engagement Entry 2: Engaging the 2024 U.S. Election: An Experts Roundtable Entry 3: Teaching the 2024 U.S.

Political Science 60

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Diane Ravitch

JULY 4, 2024

Here’s hoping we can celebrate a new burst of freedom and the rule of law in 2025. It’s up to us to save it by voting and getting our family, friends, and neighbors to vote in November.

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Diane Ravitch

JULY 16, 2024

She then reminds readers that, “The Heritage Foundation is the think tank behind Project 2025 , a movement that proposes to dismantle the U.S. The Washington Post reports that Roberts recently said of Project 2025 , “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2025

Indeed, the disastrous 2024 NAEP scores are President Donald Trumps main justification for closing the Education Department in his March 2025 executive order. Without NAEP, there would be no evidence of failure.

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Diane Ravitch

JULY 29, 2024

Project 2025 is its agenda, and it involves essentially creating a totalitarian state, or at least the beginnings of one. The press appears uninterested in providing people facts, information, or basic knowledge with which to make informed decisions, focusing on personal attacks on Biden and other forms of tabloid journalism.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Republican platform calls for federal defunding of schools teaching curricula that conservatives don’t like, but it also pledges — immediately afterward — to “veto efforts to nationalize Civics Education [sic].” Related: How would Project 2025 change education? But Trump claimed to want nothing to do with it.

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Diane Ravitch

DECEMBER 30, 2024

She writes: Its no wonder that Project 2025 calls for putting an end to the Department of Education. Voters who lack the backbone of a solid education in civics can be manipulated. Or, if thats not in your lane, make the time to show up at school board meetings and demand civics education in our schools. Its time to catch up.

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Diane Ravitch

JANUARY 30, 2025

” Starting in 2025, his post said, there will be only two genders. Trump’s friend Elon Musk posted yesterday a graphic showing that in the distant past, there were two genders; in the recent past there were “73 genders.” Musk is the father of a transgender daughter, who was originally named Xavier.

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Diane Ravitch

APRIL 1, 2025

Paul Dans, the former chief of Project 2025, told Politico that there is almost no difference between Project 2025 and what Trump was planning all along and is now implementing. Trump appointed conspiracy theorist Michael Flynn, Sean Spicer, Steve Bannons daughter and the former White House valet to boards overseeing the U.S.

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