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OPINION: Educators must be on the frontline of social activism

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I taught my students to respect the power of civic engagement and social activism. We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement. Recent politics has made it hard to extend that work. I have trained in, taught and led educator preparation programs.

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Apply Now for 2025 APSA Dissertation Workshops | Deadline: April 27, 2025

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Immigrant integration and refugee resettlement policies and their implementation, including immigrant and refugee civic engagement, political incorporation, and citizen-making. European Union), multilevel, corporate, or global citizenship.

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Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies?

The Hechinger Report

“If your goal is self-actualization for the child, and you want them to discover what they’re good at, then personalizing learning sounds like it would be really wonderful,” said Daniel Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia who studies how cognitive psychology applies to schooling.

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Making positive educational moves during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

So Joffe created eLearn.fyi , a database of more than 300 online learning tools, including a civics curriculum founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and engineering lessons on how to build a robotic arm. “I realized that there was an opportunity sitting right in front of me,” she said. – DELECE SMITH-BARROW.

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

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They also talked to APSA Educate about their passion for civic education, social justice, scholarly analysis, and interest in studying political science at the undergraduate level. Read her interview discussing her experience with civic education and civic engagement at the high school level here.

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Webinar Series: Engaging the 2024 U.S. Election: An Expert Roundtable

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Dr. Michael Tesler ’s teaching and research focus on public opinion, racial politics, elections, political psychology, American government, and quantitative research methods. The post Webinar Series: Engaging the 2024 U.S. Election: An Expert Roundtable appeared first on.

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Do Active-Shooter Drills in Schools Do More Harm Than Good?

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The research did find benefits of the activities as well, with a significant boost in feelings of solidarity with classmates and civic engagement. But some groups are now questioning whether the benefits are worth the psychological downsides to students.