Strange Maps

AUGUST 13, 2024

Brexit’s promise was that the UK, once unfettered by the restrictive rules and regulations imposed by the EU, would regain not just its full sovereignty but also its geopolitical standing and economic agility — as if it were an Asian tiger moored off the European continent. It didn’t quite turn out that way. Most are fairly recent.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history. Arrington, in 1860 the economic value of enslaved peoples in the U.S. With such industrial, technological, infrastructural, societal and economic growth occurring in the country, higher education became seen as a key pathway to success.

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We hope that, as usual, there will be no shortage of scholars of history, art and archaeologists concerned with the shared past of Rome and the Iberian Peninsula, recorded in the traces of material culture preserved to this day. Political, economic and commercial relations in the ancient times.

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

history designed to maintain white supremacy that receive little attention in corporate curricula. The Zinn Education Project provides free resources to teach outside the textbook about the Tulsa Massacre and the continuing history of institutionalized racism and displacement. This is one of countless massacres in U.S. Learn more.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Little’s study in the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program prompted him to think carefully about how the Constitution’s structure reflects the founders’ understanding of typical human behavior, or what they called “human nature.” Professor Joseph Postell told the history of our political party system.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

At the same time, ensuring that college students are getting the best learning experiences possible is urgent, to prevent a steep drop in graduation rates as the country grapples with economic crisis. in history and teaches women’s, gender, and sexuality studies; religious studies; and English at the University of Houston.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

He also completed an APSA Oral History Interview in 1993, where he shares his experiences in the discipline of political science. Dr. Mary Coleman is the former SVP and COO, Economic Mobility Pathways, Boston, Massachusetts (retired).Former Read more Related Articles: The HistoryMakers: Biography: Dr. Matthew Holden, Jr.

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Strange Maps

MAY 28, 2024

But even without a government, a flag, and most other trappings of actual nationhood, Baltoscandia has a history, a raison d’être , and perhaps even a future. After centuries of foreign rule, first by Germans, then by Russians, the three Baltic states are masters in their own houses for the first time in their history.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Editor’s note : This article was produced with support from the Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship program. Lincoln County is rural and rugged, forged by industry and ecology and steeped in a complicated history of extraction, exploitation and economic struggle. Environmental litigation shut down operations.

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C3 Teachers

APRIL 10, 2022

I recently zoomed with Nick S tamoulacatos, Supervisor of Social Studies at Syracuse City School District and one of the writers on the article “Countering the Past of Least Resistance” in that latest Social Education. We talked about Syracuse City Schools inquiry initiative and the inquiry loop featured in the article.

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Strange Maps

JANUARY 26, 2024

” The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS for short) gives coastal states the right to claim an Exclusive Economic Zone (or EEZ) that extends 200 nautical miles from their shoreline. In contrast, countries only have economic jurisdiction over their EEZs. This is where coastal states have full sovereignty.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Stacie Johnson Leader of Professional Development at Khan Academy Johnsrud: The World Economic Forum this past year reported that creative thinking is the number-one skill needed across industries globally in the next five years. Johnsrud: We have a lot of history of technology in the classroom that we can learn from.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. This article is a part of The Conversation’s series on unique courses. For other articles in this series, read here and here. It is not a “history course for engineers.” Read the original article.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Even with increased interactions through evangelizing, there have been growing anti-Chinese sentiments in Zambia in recent years, often based in economic inequalities between the countries. In this dimension, the interactions are not as straightforward as mere economic or political engagements.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We’d subscribe to feeds and listen to podcasts from the U.S.

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Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Also, if you’re interested in how AI can be used effectively in education, check out an article I contributed to in EdWeek: Can AI Be Used Effectively in Class? The Sketch and Tell-o added a fun, visual element, allowing them to sketch key ideas and present them to the class.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2022

Every few months, readers interested in higher education see yet another article on “college majors that lead to the highest incomes.” Liberal arts fields such as English and history routinely come in far below, suggesting that a life of genteel poverty awaits those who enjoy Jane Austen. But it’s not that simple.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2023

The need for such varied skills has only gotten more pronounced in recent years, she argues, in these times of “political division, racial violence, extreme rhetoric, intensifying storms, mass shootings, economic crises, global pandemics and more.”

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Teaching American History

JUNE 11, 2024

Tina Boudell will read American Colossus by HW Brands, which chronicles the rapid industrialization of America in the latter half of the 19 th century and Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era , by Thomas Leonard.

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Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

Through an audio essay, inspired by John Akomfrah’s documentary “The Last Angel of History,” attention is drawn to South Africa’s evolving visual scene and its engagement with cultural nuances within the NFT AI space. In 1995, filmmaker John Akomfrah crafts and experimental film essay titled Last Angel of History.

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Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

i] History of the usage: The word “peasant” appears in English in late medieval and early modern times, when it was used to refer to the rural poor, rural residents, serfs, agricultural laborers, and the “common” or “simple” people. [ii] in fact he was talking about 'peasants' [1967:4].

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2019

Throughout history, we have seen how educational institutions show pervasive bias toward black and brown students. We are reading a number of articles detailing school and college admission counselors’ lack of surprise regarding the admissions scandal.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. But that perception might be overly simplistic, according to a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

Left vulnerable when the coronavirus pandemic hit, Missouri Western is now cutting nearly a third of its faculty and at least 98 majors, minors and concentrations , including in English, history, chemistry, biology, philosophy, sociology, political science, computer technology, music and art.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 8, 2024

This piece, written by Dirck de Kleer , covers the new article by Daniel Ziblatt, Harvard University, Hanno Hilbig, University of California, Davis, and Daniel Bischof, Aarhus University, “Wealth of Tongues: Why Peripheral Regions Vote for the Radical Right in Germany.” Article details: ZIBLATT, DANIEL, HANNO HILBIG, and DANIEL BISCHOF.

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Strange Maps

APRIL 8, 2024

DEED ) The legend in the map’s lower left corner gives an example of how versatile this system is: Books on the history of a state will be found on the shelves under the Classification Number shown on the Map. Thus, the History number for Illinois 977.3 Thus, the History number for Illinois 977.3 becomes 917.73 becomes 917.73

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This piece, written by Samantha Chapa , covers the new article by Onur Ulas Ince, SOAS University of London, “From “Chinese Colonist” to “Yellow Peril”: Capitalist Racialization in the British Empire. The extensive economic machine created by the Chinese required labor. “ In 1806, at the suggestion of Lt.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

I taught in Rwanda, at its national university, in the mid-1980s and left the coun­try just as the economic situation began to spiral out of control. We too are divided along racial, ethnic and economic lines, into camps of globalists and isolationists. This article was produced in partnership with Times Higher Education.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 12, 2024

Örsel , covers the new article by Alina Utrata, University of Cambridge, Engineering Territory: Space and Colonies in Silicon Valley As the countdown of a rocket launch, announcing “10, 9, 8, …,” excitement is in the air. This piece, written by Irem B. Would they believe in the possibility of a space colony?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2019

On the surface, the purpose of higher education is to support all students in their growth academically, socially and economically. But our research team, comprised of HMoob-American college students and education researchers, uses the spelling “HMoob” to challenge the colonial history of this ethnic group that originated in southern China.

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MPSA

OCTOBER 12, 2021

million words to Wikipedia, worked on over 4,200 different entries, and created 531 entirely new articles in a range of topics related to Political Science. In a course on African Politics , students created new articles on Voting rights in Nigeria as well as Child soldiers in Uganda.

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ACRE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the classroom, educators can explore a variety of Constitutional resources with learners by reading primary sources, reviewing changes to the Constitution throughout American History, and analyzing historical arguments relating to the founding of the United States and the Constitution today. Since its ratification, the U.S. Government: PP.2.USG.2

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Their goal is to create a sentence that they may possibly find in the upcoming article. After the sentences are posted to the digital whiteboard, articles can be read in a whole group or independently. Once the selection has been read, students will identify sentences from the activity that accurately represent the article.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

People assume we’re saying that white teachers aren’t good,” she said, noting that a recent local newspaper article mentioning her program was followed by comments from readers such as, “Too many white teachers?!??”. When you look at the history of this nation, inequity has affected African-American students the longest,” said Delgado.

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Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Livingstone's (1976) analysis of the history of the sickle-cell genetic trait in West Africa remains a classic example of this phenomenon. Epidemics are usually characterized by high mortality rates and socioeconomic disruptions, and have been very influential in history (McNeil 1976). that predispose people to certain diseases.

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Anthropology News

JUNE 18, 2024

Call centers have a long history of regulating, surveilling, and assessing operators’ conversations in order to achieve the same levels of performance as Grace. On the one hand, this can be read as a source of economic empowerment. Economically, voice technologies are often sold as affordable, “efficient” alternative to human labor.

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Jonathan Firth

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein This book helped to a launch the field of ‘behavioural economics’, bringing psychology and economics closer together. Sapiens: A brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari No student should start a degree in Psychology without a basic understanding of human origins!

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