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Geography symposium 2025

Geography Teacher Sharing

using data from COP28) What are the social, economic, environmental and political challenges and implications of some of the mitigation options? Presented by Ms Margaret Roberts The workshop addressed the following questions: How can we spark curiosity and get students involved?

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GED and other high school equivalency degrees drop by more than 40% nationwide since 2012

The Hechinger Report

“It’s a clear trend,” said Tom Hilliard, a senior fellow at the Center for an Urban Future, which primarily studies economic growth in New York. The new exams test critical thinking and problem solving, not just rote memorization. “Every state has fewer people obtaining high school equivalencies.

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A college where the graduation rate for black students has been 0 percent — for years

The Hechinger Report

To make Ohio an attractive option for businesses and jobs, the state is pushing for 1 million more adults to get a certificate or degree by 2025. Turner attended Ashtabula’s high school, Lakeside High, where almost every student is economically disadvantaged.

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With an Unusual Model and ‘Forbidden Courses,’ a New University Is Taking Shape in Texas

ED Surge

What we think the purpose of a university is, and this will get to why I'm doing this project now, is to give human beings the ability to better understand themselves and the world. So to develop what we commonly think of as critical thinking or critical capacities. Because the truth is that it's a buyer's market.

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National Teach Truth Day of Action Press Call Highlights

Zinn Education Project

It is important to understand] the concept of how you suppress people to exploit them economically. These same funders of over a hundred partners are behind Project 2025, a 900-page, conservative extremist mandate to roll back civil rights at all levels of Federal government. I was teaching for critical thinking.

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Theme Panel: Civic Learning on Campus: Bringing Political Science In Mini-Conference I, II and III

Political Science Now

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? Trojahn et al.

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College Uncovered: What Comes Next on Campus?

The Hechinger Report

We have a lot of clues about the president-elect’s plans, from his previous term to his comments on the campaign trail to the notorious Project 2025, which Trump has disavowed but was written in part by members of his first administration. Ted Mitchell] I think that the good news for higher education is that this is what we do.

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