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OPINION: You can’t teach psychology without covering gender and sexuality, and you can’t teach history without covering racism

The Hechinger Report

We have to place facts, history and science at the heart of our education systems. AP Psychology is a popular course, and rigorous AP classes help prepare students for college and demonstrate their skills for college admissions. The study of psychology is particularly important in this regard because it is a field led by women.

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OPINION: Educators must be on the frontline of social activism

The Hechinger Report

Since then, states such as Arkansas and Texas have also opposed the true teaching of the history of Black people in this country by dropping African American history courses and eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

The American Historical Association offers over one thousand Civil War newspaper editorials , for example. It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. We could find history games at Playing History or Flight to Freedom. government as well.

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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

The Hechinger Report

All four Hidalgos love American history, and a dual-enrollment course allowed their 17-year-old daughter to earn college credit while sharing the class content with her brother and parents. She became fascinated with the idea while studying for her degrees in childhood education, psychology and math education. The Siddiquis.

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How to Encourage Viewpoint Diversity in Classrooms

ED Surge

So on the first day of my educational psychology class, I say … my job isn't to make sure that you're never uncomfortable. I didn't know about the history of Hawaii and what we had done to have it become part of the United States. They might have been in AP African American history.

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

Political Science Now

At Poolesville High School, I am a part of the humanities magnet program where I am supported as I study my interests in political science, writing, editing, and history. Some of my favorite classes that I’ve taken are AP American History and AP Government. Mahlet Ayele is a rising senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.

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Multiage classrooms put child development at the center

The Hechinger Report

Parker Charter Essential School in Devens, Massachusetts, believe multiage education fosters cooperation and collaboration between students, like these ninth- and 10th-graders working together on a Holocaust-related history project. Photo: Stuart Miller. DEVENS, Mass. — It looks like a typical class in a suburban high school.