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The Importance of Research in Social Studies Classrooms

Teaching American History

To give students insight into the work of historians, Czarnecki assigns research projects in all of the courses she teaches at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas. She also pursues her own research. Then she muses, “More graduate students should submit their research papers, because you never know.” Czarnecki says.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

ED Surge

As the math educator in residence at Just Equations, a nonprofit focused on the intersection of math and equity, I research math education and I think a lot about my years in the classroom. In one of the lessons , students accessed the Agriculture Department’s Food Access Research Atlas to locate food deserts in their city.

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OPINION: The biggest danger to U.S. higher education? Losing 20 years’ worth of gains in access for first-generation and minority students

The Hechinger Report

A National Bureau of Economic Research study by researchers from Arizona State University found that first-generation college students are 50 percent more likely to have delayed graduation due to Covid-19 than students who have college-educated parents. But the benefits of a higher education are not simply economic.

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

Political Science Now

Comparative & Multi-Method Approaches within Political Economy Research Comparative scholars increasingly draw upon a variety of methods to investigate key questions raised by political economies across the global community. The workshop will require participants to engage in peer review and will be a collaborative space.

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2025 Dissertation Workshop on Migration and Citizenship | Deadline: April 27, 2025

Political Science Now

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. European Union), multilevel, corporate, or global citizenship.

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OPINION: The devastating consequences of leaving higher education out of prison reform

The Hechinger Report

For people who have been involved with the justice system as defendants, prioritizing higher education is a necessary safeguard for social and economic success, both during and after incarceration. Yet despite all of the data, Congress has yet to lift the prohibition on Pell Grants for incarcerated people. justice system.

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OPINION: The pandemic has devastated entire families. Two-generation approaches can uplift them

The Hechinger Report

As one parent shared in Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s Parent Voices research, “we have no choice.” One tool that can address these inequities and put families on a path to upward social and economic mobility is the two-generation approach. Prioritizing family well-being needs to be at the center of our new normal.