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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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Call for Proposals: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy | Application Deadline: February 25, 2025

Political Science Now

The purpose of this symposium is to share approaches to the teaching of human rights and to develop pedagogical materials for the discipline. The symposium will be led by the Editor-in-Chief of Human Rights Review , George Andreopoulos (CUNY John Jay and Graduate Center), and the Pedagogical Section Editor for Human Rights Review , Steven D.

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Autism Advocacy and Research Misses the Mark if Autistic People are Left Out

Digital Promise

Autistic self-advocacy organizations and autistic activists have long criticized autism awareness initiatives. Some 11 years ago, autistic activist, Ari Ne’eman, then president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), successfully campaigned to shut down a stigmatising campaign posted on billboards and other sites in New York City.

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Want to Humanize Classrooms? Take a Page From Youth Organizers.

ED Surge

How can teachers learn from the practices and principles of youth organizing to create more humanizing, engaging and empowering classrooms? The process of asking questions, listening and building campaigns around these stories is what makes youth organizing such a humanizing experience.

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PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says

The Hechinger Report

Solving chronic absenteeism isn’t easy and involves building human relationships among teachers, parents and students. The post PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in

The Hechinger Report

Inclusion in the general education classroom is a human right Abby Taylor recently earned her doctorate in special education at Vanderbilt University, where Douglas Fuchs, the author of the controversial paper, is a professor. More than 160 people commented on one Reddit discussion about the story. Comments were lightly edited for clarity.)

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

Anthropology News

I always come at that at the individual level: each body is different from a human variation perspective. I think that’s a big role that we can play in bringing humanity to the issue. Its okay to find your one niche in advocacy because it all comes together at some point. And again, I never tell people what to do.