ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Higher Education. Nearly half — 46 percent — major in the humanities or social sciences, Lee said. My own education in the Core Curriculum at Columbia was deeply transformative, and it kind of reoriented my life.”. Read more about higher education. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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TCI

MARCH 1, 2024

Geography education plays a pivotal role in cultivating global awareness and critical thinking. Integration of Economics and Civics for Real-World Connections Geography is only one of the social science disciplines. The much-loved Geography Alive! Watch this video that introduces the Monsoon Asia unit.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 1, 2024

Woodson Institute, the Social Science Research Council, and the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. The post Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation appeared first on Zinn Education Project. On Monday, April 8, Julius B. Fleming Jr.

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Political Science Now

MAY 13, 2025

APSAs teaching and learning webinars provide political science scholar-educators with a platform to discuss breaking news, current events, and political trends from unique disciplinary perspectives. Her research agenda focuses on political science pedagogy, campus-based civic engagement, and pop culture & politics.

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MPSA

MARCH 30, 2022

Smith, Professor of Political Science, Emporia State University Between 10 and 15 years ago, Political Science experienced a renewed interest in civic education. A common complaint on teaching evaluations was that this was too much commitment for a general education course. by Michael A. Others were not so sure.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

” Credit: Photo provided by Jo Boaler Jo Boaler is a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education with a devoted following of teachers who cheer her call to make math education more exciting. Ted Cruz on social media. But despite all her fans, she has sparked controversy at nearly every stage of her career.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

I believe that the climate movement is the most interesting movement in education,” said Oren Pizmony-Levy, associate professor of International and Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She said this teacher education is designed to be intellectually demanding. “We Social science does not support that.

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Political Science Now

MAY 16, 2024

The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program provides philanthropic support for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society. Political Patience and Its Role in Partisan Polarization Brian F.

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Political Science Now

JULY 26, 2024

They document how structures within sport in higher education create hurdles for bottom-up, top-down, or outside-in demands for change and ultimately call for institutional change if equality is to be achieved. They are published in multiple social science and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed outlets and public-facing forums.

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Political Science Now

JUNE 5, 2024

Meet Dr. Matthew Stein APSA Member since 2018-Present Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences College of Southern Nevada How did you learn about APSA? The (amazing) chair of the political science department, Robin Kolodny, ensured that doctoral students and candidates had APSA memberships.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Kirk: These schools say they’re aiming to balance the right to protest with the rights of other students looking to get an education or use a public space. A new survey finds that two thirds of students say the protests didn’t have any effect at all on their educations. We call that education. They understand this.

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. At its core, social studies aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to actively participate in civic affairs.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2024

Reporting has begun to engage with some of the lost, and often complex, aspects of Brown’s legacy, such as the mass firing of Black educators following the Brown decision. We found that the latter reported higher levels of civic engagement and a sense of belonging. Board this May, key parts of its history remain buried.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report Sixty-six percent of college students voted in 2020 , up 14 percentage points from 2016, according to the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement at Tufts University’s Institute for Democracy and Higher Education. Tisch College of Civic Life. “It

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

While we so often wring our hands about the lagging educational achievement of Black, Latino and Native students, this election reminds us there’s an education crisis for white students in America, too. This election showed the critical connection between life and social sciences. We must close the white achievement gap.

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