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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. We could play Fantasy Geography. And so on… .

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility. These schools often frame their efforts in social justice terms.

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Stephen Blenkinsop: GIS, Climate Action in the North East, and a Passion for Tea and Doctor Who

Geogramblings

A native of Middlesbrough, Stephen’s experiences growing up in the 1980s during a time of significant economic change have shaped his commitment to social justice and his belief in the power of education to drive positive change. ClimateAmbassadors #Education [link]

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OPINION: Is this minority group too small to have a voice on campus?

The Hechinger Report

On the surface, the purpose of higher education is to support all students in their growth academically, socially and economically. Our study documents some of the ways that the historical processes of colonization and displacement are reproduced in the United States, specifically through the education system.

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Meet the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review (APSR)

Political Science Now

At Duke, he is the founder (and sometimes director) of the Modeling Economic and Political Systems Focus program (MESS) and the Decision Science program. He works mostly on comparative and historical political economy. She is the author of Free Time (Princeton University Press).

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Opinion: Populism, science denial – How I, as a trans science-communicator, am moving forward.

Geogramblings

I’m also a member of the science communication community and the educator community, particularly the geography educators community here in the United Kingdom. During the Brexit debate, all the social, economic, and scientific analysis was swiped away by one comment from Michael Gove: “People are fed up listening to the experts.”