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Teaching ‘action civics’ engages kids — and ignites controversy

The Hechinger Report

Peyton’s testimony is an example of “action civics,” a growing, if controversial, trend in American education of which Massachusetts is the undisputed leader. They liken it to a laboratory in science class, where students learn civics by doing civics. Credit: Christopher Blanchette.

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As Safety Threats Rise in Schools, Could SEL Programs Help?

ED Surge

These trends are extremely troublesome given the social and emotional vulnerability of marginalized populations — and families are concerned. We — a group of researchers at universities in the Northeast — came together three years ago to address this gap and support the field of SEL in understanding its impact.

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COLUMN: Should schools teach climate activism?

The Hechinger Report

Social justice is a core value of Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, and the school also belongs to a special assessment cons ortium , giving it more freedom in what is taught than a typical New York City public high school. Sanes gets a lot of support for this approach from his administration.

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OPINION: Students need tools to safeguard their mental health in uncertain times

The Hechinger Report

However, psychology research shows that uncertainty itself is often the real driver behind rising anxiety. My own research has shown that when people are afraid of math, neural alarm signals go off in the brain before a math test — not during or after. Our anxiety comes from our worries about what might or could happen.

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APSA’s Summer Rise High School Intern Program: Meet the Cohort

Political Science Now

The students helped research and re-fresh APSA Educate’s Teaching the Russia-Ukriance War Resource Collection. They also talked to APSA Educate about their passion for civic education, social justice, scholarly analysis, and interest in studying political science at the undergraduate level.

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Meet 2024 RBSI Scholar, Laila Waddell, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Political Science Now

She has been involved in many civic engagement opportunities throughout the Triad area during her college career. During her college career, Laila has contributed to public policy research, particularly in environmental justice and urban planning in disenfranchised communities. in public policy.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We’d have a variety of Social Studies simulations and games available to us. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics. We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers. We could play Fantasy Geography.