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Call for Applications: 2025 JPSA-APSA Working Group on Civically Engaged Research for Critical Issues in Society “Political Transitions in Aging Societies”

Political Science Now

The American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Japanese Political Science Association (JPSA) are pleased to announce a Call for Applications for early-career scholars from the US and Japan who are interested in conducting civically engaged research related to the social and political impacts of demographic change.

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

For example, we grouped together “creating authentic learning opportunities,” “challenge-based or problem-based learning,” and “developing civic knowledge through hands-on community engagement” because they all use hands-on, collaborative activities that are based on real-world conditions.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Still, the network dispatches experts on finance, community engagement, student experience, curriculum and professional development. The charter school also teaches Native literature and Indigenous languages, history and science. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.