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It’s Time to Soften Schools, Not Harden Them

ED Surge

A natural human reaction is to defend, to protect and to guard—which translates into “hardening” schools. An example of the benefits is the case of Think Equal , a global education initiative endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Office, teaching social emotional learning to 3-5 year olds.

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Congratulations to the 2024 APSA Award Winners

Political Science Now

Lowi First Book Award for the best first book in any field of political science, showing promise of having substantive impact on the overall discipline Recipient: Rochelle Terman, University of Chicago Title: The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works – and When It Backfires (Princeton University Press) Victoria Schuck Award for the (..)

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

Covington County Superintendent Babette Duty chalks those cases up to human error. Certainly, as long as human beings are running schools, you’re going to have that possibility,” she said, adding that the goal is to have policies and procedures in place that uphold the law and protect kids, while keeping parents informed.