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Persuasion as a Catalyst for Change

A Principal's Reflections

After reading his book Drive a few years back my professional practice was significantly changed for the better. The power of social media then connected the both of us leading to him Skyping with the students at New Milford High School, a personal dialogue over the years, and his endorsement of my new book on Digital Leadership.

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How a Portrait Project Showed Teachers Through a Whole New Lens

Cult of Pedagogy

Then last September, I was reading a book on photography and I learned about a woman named Kathy Ryan. She started an amazing Instagram account and eventually published a book called Office Romance , a copy of which I picked up for myself. Often, they contributed their own concepts or ideas for poses. Now, it’s your turn.

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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. The symposium will be led by the Editor-in-Chief of Human Rights Review , George Andreopoulos (CUNY John Jay and Graduate Center), and the Pedagogical Section Editor for Human Rights Review , Steven D.

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Designing and Facilitating Learning for an Alternating A-B Hybrid Schedule

Catlin Tucker

I recommend teachers pull any learning activity that will benefit from human interaction, peer support, and social learning into synchronous time. For example, a social science teacher covering early American history could complement that work with a question like, “ What did it mean to be an American?

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Why an end-of-the alphabet last name could skew your grades

The Hechinger Report

Course instructors mark assignments, papers and exams within the LMS, which also functions as a computerized grade book. The study is described in a 2024 draft paper posted on the website of SSRN, formerly known as the Social Science Research Network. Some college instructors seem to be aware of their human frailty.

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Call for Applications: 2025-2026 Hellenic Research Fellowship Program

Society for Classical Studies

Currently numbering over 83,000 volumes and 500 linear feet of personal papers and institutional archives, it comprises a large circulating book collection, journal holdings, electronic resources, non-print media, rare books, archival materials, art, and artifacts.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

Students at Florida International University, including some pursuing master’s degrees in African and African diaspora studies, discuss a book about a massacre of tens of thousands of Haitians by the Dominican army in 1937. Credit: Photo: Leslie Ovalle for The Hechinger Report. Related: Will this semester forever alter college?