Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

They brought back learning each month at their grade level meetings and explored ways to supplement their existing curriculum with identity, justice, diversity, and action lessons that celebrate Black excellence. They also examined their rubric for quality diverse children’s picture books in order to curate their classroom libraries.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Library 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

But Boaler’s popularity and influence have made her a focal point in the current math wars, which also seem to reflect the broader culture wars. Boaler also saw math as a lever to promote social justice. It emphasized “social justice” and suggested that students could take data science instead of advanced algebra in high school.

Social Justice 145

Social Justice Middle School Tradition Civics 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report Social-emotional learning – aimed at fostering a wide assortment of soft skills from empathy and listening to anger management and goal-setting – has been one of the hottest trends in education over the past decade, and more recently, a new flashpoint in the culture wars.

Research 98

Research Social Justice Charter School Civics 98

Political Science Now

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Ford Foundation went on to fund her subsequent Mobilization, Change and Political and Civic Engagement Project. She formerly served as chair of the Department of Political Science, Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture and Deputy Provost for Graduate Education at the University of Chicago.

Political Science 65

Political Science Civic Engagement Social Justice Civics 65

Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the State Education Department had rejected 35% of the social studies textbooks submitted for review because of leftist content. The DeSantis administration objects to any references to “social justice” or negative references to capitalism. history and world history courses.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Social Justice K-12 Civics 40

C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

Most importantly, I want the course content to be relevant to their lives as future teachers, and I want them to see themselves as civic and political actors. 6; Love, 2019). From this perspective, the focus on skills, such as describing how the text conveys meaning, supports analysis over simply stating opinions.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Social Justice Controversial Topics Pedagogy 52

Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Bunche Award for best book on ethnic and cultural pluralism Benjamin E. Ithiel de Sola Pool Award for a scholar exploring the implications of research on issues of politics in a broad range of scholarship pursued by Ithiel de Sola Pool Barbara Sinclair Lecture for achievement in promoting understanding of the U.S.

Political Science 49

Political Science Civics Civic Engagement Social Justice 49

Anthropology News

JANUARY 30, 2025

This care takes multiple forms: emotional support, resource sharing, physical safety, and the preservation of cultural memory. Queer artivistas create spaces that intentionally center webs of communal enjoyment, and social justice, many times queering individualist normative neoliberal understandings of (self-)care.

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Cultures Social Justice Tradition Anthropology 93