The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

Related : One state uses data about job needs to help decide what colleges should teach. With her undergraduate degree in sociology and political science, “I couldn’t get anything more than serving jobs — not to dis on serving jobs,” said Jackie Vazquez-Aldana, a second-year law student at St. Thomas University.

Sociology 109

Sociology Political Science Economics Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

So college has become more like the K-12 experience, where we are teaching them how to be adults in the world.”. Undergraduates, on average, end up taking 15 credits more than they need to get degrees — a full semester’s worth — according to the advocacy group Complete College America. All of this takes a toll on graduation rates.

K-12 131

K-12 Political Science Tutoring Advocacy 131

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

“In rural areas there’s often not the tax base you find in an urban or suburban school to fund additional programs,” said Lavina Grandon, co-founder and board president of Rural Community Alliance, a nonprofit school advocacy organization. Today, the school counts 11 teachers on staff who are certified to teach college classes.

High School 90

High School Social Studies Leadership Political Science 90

Political Science Now

AUGUST 7, 2024

Yet there are still too few opportunities for people to develop practical political understanding, strategies, and skills – unlike business, the biggest subject in higher education and online. Instructor : Titus Alexander has four decades of experience in civic education, engagement, and advocacy at a local, national, and international level.

Civics 51

Civics Advocacy Leadership Teaching 51

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Though the faculty teach the courses and the universities control admission standards and confer the graduates’ degrees, much of the work of building and managing the courses is done by the companies. “We’ve Related: Colleges provide misleading information about their costs. It is more engaging, it is more consistent.”

Education 71

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MPSA

JUNE 11, 2021

Helaine Blumenthal, Wiki Education Through its ongoing partnership with Wiki Education , MPSA has been helping political science and policy students engage with subject content in meaningful and lasting ways all while improving the world’s access to reliable knowledge in these very fields.

Political Science 52

Political Science Heritage Government Leadership 52

Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Engaging Citizenship introduces foundational concepts in political science through the lens of citizenship, democracy, and civic engagement, highlighting the relevance of the discipline to students’ lives and encouraging them to become engaged and empowered citizens. Schwartzberg, New York University (Presenter) Simon J.

Political Science 54

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 54

MPSA

OCTOBER 24, 2024

“I had noticed things that were missing on Wikipedia, for example the article on women’s suffrage does not include important material on the contributions of women of color, but I was afraid of the practical, technical side of editing,” said Liebell, a political science professor at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. “I

Political Science 111

Political Science Education Policy History Professional Development 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

Rodrigues had been traveling the country for weeks, meeting with parent advocacy groups in city after city, and working with them to get their grievances heard and addressed by local school boards. But beyond this day-to-day advocacy, critics see an organization with larger aims of discrediting teachers unions and public education.

Advocacy 117

Advocacy Charter School Political Science K-12 117

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

Wilson, a Shakespeare scholar who teaches at Harvard University, and Zoe Hope Bulaitis, an assistant professor of liberal arts and natural sciences at the University of Birmingham, in an essay in the first issue. According to Bulaitis and Wilson, thats the plan.

Humanities 145

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I truly believe the school district is the heart of our town,” said Melanie Stubblefield, who teaches music in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades at Travis Elementary School in the Mineral Wells district, which has about 3,230 students spread across its seven schools. A slate of defiant Texas Republican lawmakers agrees.

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Private School Public School High School Political Science 136

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The political and social climate on some campuses has gotten so bad that colleges have to teach their students how to have a conversation. I teach history and social studies at New York University. Jon: Katherine Cramer teaches political science at Wisconsin. Jon: This is where we are, Kirk.

Civics 85

Civics Cultures Political Science Advocacy 85

MPSA

APRIL 11, 2019

I am a centrist Democrat teaching in deep-red Kansas in the small town of Emporia, made famous by a journalist William Allen White as an exemplar of small-town America , though voting patterns in Emporia make the town one of Kansas’ true electoral battlegrounds. Try Disclosure appeared first on Midwest Political Science Association.

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