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Rebuilding the Transatlantic exchange on Learning & Teaching: The Active Learning in Political Science (ALPS) Blog Receives the 2024 APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award

Political Science Now

The APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award, jointly supported by the Political Studies Association of the UK and APSA , honors political scientists engaged in collaborative and productive cross-national partnerships that make a significant contribution to the discipline in the areas of teaching, research, or civic engagement.

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Katherine Thrailkill’s Mentor Led Her to MAHG

Teaching American History

The three-week program took teachers from across the country on a study tour of Philadelphia, Gettysburg, and Washington, DC, discussing with leading scholars three eras in history—the Founding, the Civil War, and the mid-twentieth century Civil Rights movement—all of which tested Americans’ commitment to their principles of liberty and equality.

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Colleen Shogan Receives the 2024 Hubert H. Humphrey Award

Political Science Now

Humphrey Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor notable public service by a political scientist. Humphrey Award honoring notable public service to political scientist Colleen Shogan. The Hubert H.

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OPINION: When books are banned, ‘education is impoverished, and everyone loses’

The Hechinger Report

The ban was recently reversed in response to widespread criticism, but it is emblematic of an ongoing campaign by state and local officials around the country to dictate how K-12 and college and university educators and students address race, history and social justice. How can history teachers present the three-fifths clause of the U.S.

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What Documents Should I Teach? Federalism, with John Dinan

Teaching American History

He sat down with Ellen Tucker to discuss how teachers can use the volume in their government or civics classrooms. When teaching political science and government, we tend to teach federalism and the separation of powers as one issue, and to teach civil rights and liberties as a separate issue.

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Reading, writing and arguing: Can a summer of big questions push students to college?

The Hechinger Report

A dorm stay is out of the question for too many of its 18 participants, who must also earn money for their families and take care of siblings, said Ben DeSmidt , a Carthage classics professor who runs the summer program together with history professor Eric Pullin.

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Are Educators a Natural Fit for Public Office? These Candidates Think So

ED Surge

Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, a former high school history and government teacher. The step from public teacher to public office holder is, for many, intuitive, says Kelly Siegel-Stechler, a senior researcher at Tufts University’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.