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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

Humanities professors across the country have ceaselessly lamented the precipitous decline in undergraduate humanities majors in recent years. During the decade following the Great Recession of 2008, the number of humanities bachelor’s degree recipients fell by a whopping 14 percent — from a peak of about 236,000.

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Knowledge / Ignorance and Caring About the Food We Eat and Study

Anthropology News

But, these tropical foods like banana and pineapple are not part of my heritage or my culture, so I don’t feel like I’m losing that identity by not consuming those foods. I always come at that at the individual level: each body is different from a human variation perspective. And that includes talking about nutrition.

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Despite the Challenges, This Is Why I Wear a Hijab as a Muslim Teacher

ED Surge

Still, despite these challenges, I believe my story is important — not only to create a better understanding of Muslim culture and Muslim women’s identity, but also to build a more welcoming educational environment for Muslim educators and students. The hijab and what it represents in Islam is often misunderstood and unfairly stereotyped.

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OPINION: Want to save the beleaguered English major? Abandon it.

The Hechinger Report

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. Still, my reaction to the current dialogue about humanities is this: The best way to save the English major is to abandon it. The English major (like many other majors in the humanities and sciences), goes back much further than that.

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How Creative Technology Can Help Students Take on the Future

ED Surge

Brian Johnsrud Director of Education Learning and Advocacy, Adobe To explore this challenge, EdSurge sat down with Brian Johnsrud , the director of education learning and advocacy at Adobe. Understanding context is a crucial human skill that is best taught through storytelling and real-world applications.

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

ED Surge

public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. It’s not enough for a school to simply offer these students computer science classes — teachers like Noriega are working to tear down the invisible mental and cultural barriers that keep Latino students from considering the field altogether.

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Should we test all 2-year-olds for autism?

The Hechinger Report

Godfrey Rivera is the co-director of the Autism Initiative Project at Sinergia, a bilingual nonprofit that provides community, advocacy, and outreach for parents of children with autism, especially those who don’t speak English. The nonprofit offers workshops, one-to-one advocacy, and a monthly Spanish-speaking support group for families.

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