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OPINION: Educators must be on the frontline of social activism

The Hechinger Report

These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come. Earlier, the complete misrepresentation and misunderstanding of critical race theory signaled a disregard for the Black community and contempt for the importance of students learning about all people and cultures. Who suffers the most?

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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

The Hechinger Report

Some parents are really worried about Covid and their child getting sick, but one of the main reasons is about culture. We want them to know a lot about their culture.”. If you know your culture, if you know where you come from, you’re stronger,” she said. What we’re trying to do is revive our culture,” she said. “So

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Column: Pop quiz: What state just banned an AP African American studies course?

The Hechinger Report

“Florida is doing its best to tilt the scales and shut down important, much-needed discussions of race, slavery, stolen lands, and undeniable history that have led us to where we are as a society today,” Senator Shevrin Jones, a Florida Democrat, said in a statement.

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How to Encourage Viewpoint Diversity in Classrooms

ED Surge

The external forces have to do with the conversation that the culture is having about cancellation, about what authors are OK, about what books are OK and what content is OK. And this seeps into the college culture within the context of a classroom. They might have been in AP African American history.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could learn about maps and the geospatial revolution from a professor at Penn State University.

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APSA’s Summer Rise High School Intern Program: Meet the Cohort

Political Science Now

Some of my favorite classes that I’ve taken are AP American History and AP Government. I love history, English, and humanities classes, some favorites being AP English Language and Composition, AP Psychology, AP US History, and Creative Writing. Mahlet Ayele is a rising senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.

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Local author explores Kentucky’s surroundings in new book

Life and Landscapes

His new book, “Surrounding Fort Knox, Including Southern Indiana,” showcases Van Stockum’s journey through the counties around Southern Indiana and Fort Knox and details the area’s rich natural and cultural history. Van Stockum also has a children’s series called the Little Girl Series, inspired by Van Stockum’s own grandchildren.

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