Controversial Topics Cultures Research 
The Hechinger Report
JULY 21, 2022
Hollander said the project, which is structured as a fellowship, is set up to look at both aquatic and terrestrial science phenomena in the state, as well as social studies elements because “there is a lot of history around that changing landscape of Louisiana and the cultural groups that are affected as well.”.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 11, 2018
Ultimately, we can’t prepare children for living in a rich, diverse democracy if we don’t expose them to the controversial topics inherent in our democracy.”. There’s something about race that’s so fundamentally uncomfortable in our culture — especially when it intercepts with conversations about class and privilege.”.
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Becoming a History Teacher
AUGUST 15, 2024
Levstik’s research highlighted that teachers often seek ‘safety in silence’ when confronted with such complexity, but silence and censorship can exacerbate the feelings of powerless disenfranchisement that so often sits behind negative and incendiary behaviours such as those witnessed this summer. Grosvenor (2000, p.157),
Psych Learning Curve
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
An old and contested solution to boost reading scores: phonics (The New York Times ) The bible for these educators is a body of research produced by linguists, psychologists and cognitive scientists. Mindfulness transforms culture at high-needs elementary school (NPR) A struggling elementary school in East Nashville, Tenn.,
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The idea of prehistoric cannibalism has long been a controversial topic, with scholars divided between those who see it as a survival necessity and those who argue for its role in ritual or warfare. “Cannibalism was an integral practice within the cultural systems of these Magdalenian groups,” the authors write.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 25, 2021
It’s baked into aspects of our culture.” Research has found that people with less education are more likely to be racist and hostile to people of color, and that more educated people have more political knowledge and are more politically active. The pathology is white supremacy,” he said. It’s baked into institutions.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Schools are afraid of dividing and triggering their students amid the fraught, frenzied, hyperpartisan, superpolarized and downright ugly political culture of our country right now. It’s time we looked at the 2020 presidential race not as one that is too contentious to touch, but rather as an exercise in how to teach controversial issues.
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