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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. APSA Teaching & Learning Symposium: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy Date: Thursday, June 19 – Saturday, June 21, 2025 Location: APSA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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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. This article is the first time Ive seen this complexity well represented. Taylor emailed me.

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The Global Resonance of Human Rights: What Google Trends Can Tell Us

Political Science Now

The Global Resonance of Human Rights: What Google Trends Can Tell Us By Geoff Dancy , University of Toronto and Christopher J. Fariss , University of Michigan Where is the human rights discourse most resonant? Read the full article. The answer to both questions, our research suggests, is “yes.”

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Want More Innovation? Try Connecting the Dots Between Engineering and Humanities

Digital Promise

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. Today’s college students may benefit from an exciting array of subjects to study.

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In Memoriam: Dr. Mala Htun, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Passes Away

Political Science Now

She was the author of three books, most recently The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action on Women’s Rights around the World , co-authored with Laurel Weldon, which won the 2019 International Studies Associations Best Book Award in the Human Rights Section. Donations can be sent to the Mala Htun Memorial Academic Fund.

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The surveillance of our youth

Dangerously Irrelevant

Focusing on superintendents: 5 technology leadership articles from AASA. How do we do so in a way that’s not creepy? Are educators courageous enough to be social media renegades? My thoughts on a proposed social media policy for school employees (Part 2). Internet safety talking points: IT pushback.

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“Amarrados”: Physical Restraint in Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Adults in Lima, Peru

Anthropology News

But tying us down strips our humanity away. Of course, care implies social and human relations between staff and residents. We dont speak anymore; we only babble, and when we do speak, they think we speak nonsense. So all that makes us look like monsters that have to be tied and locked down. Thats the only way for them to be safe.