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Political Parties:  Resources for Government & History Teachers

Teaching American History

Download the volume in our bookstore today. This would be especially true in the case of unified government where loyalty to party might come to interfere with the system of checks and balances. Given these concerns, it is little wonder that the Founders did not want parties participating in American government.

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Standardized Tests Aren’t Going Anywhere. So What Do We Do?

Cult of Pedagogy

After all, framed that way, teachers give hundreds of standardized tests a year, even those who do learner-centered assessment, project-based learning, or otherwise collect evidence of student learning in ways that are considered alternative or non-traditional. Consider the NHRC’s use of the phrase “licit and illicit” in principle 1.

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When universities slap their names on for-profit coding boot camps

The Hechinger Report

When students enroll in a traditional college, they know they are attending an institution that has met certain standards set by the federal and state governments and accrediting agencies. Make School didn’t have to disclose any ongoing information about its financials to the federal government or the accreditor.

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Perspectives on Politics: Call for Papers – Political Science and the University

Political Science Now

Download a copy of this Call For Papers here. Universities as means of political control and global diplomacy Governments around the world seek to control their higher education systems. What explains variation in government interventions in university processes, policies, and curricula choices?

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What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us?

The Hechinger Report

Kids in traditional schools sometimes act like they’re on a cruise ship, where they sit on deck and teachers bring them stuff to do,” Berger said. “We While no guidelines on classroom technology govern the network, according to Berger, there is a shared wariness of anything that might undermine EL’s collaborative ethos.

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Increasing the visibility and impact of our work

Dangerously Irrelevant

Unfortunately, traditional mechanisms for getting the word out about our work limit our overall visibility and impact. We are no longer constrained by the whims and dictates of editors, broadcasters, governments, and other information gatekeepers. Fortunately, we now live in an era where anyone can have a voice.

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Refreshed Digital Notebook Activities for Social Studies

Students of History

I designed the digital pages I created to look like traditional notebooks - vertically aligned and in the style of the "cut-and-paste" activities we were already doing. You can preview and download any of them through the links below, but here are the major updates and changes: 1. It started with occasional trips to the computer lab.