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A Venezuelan Election … in Chile

Sapiens

Unable to vote in her home country, a Venezuelan immigrant in Chile decides to organize her own mock election. In this episode, social anthropologist Luis Alfredo Briceo Gonzlez talks about his experiences as a foreign researcher in Chile. During his fieldwork, he met Marta, a Venezuelan woman residing in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Santiago.

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TAH Multiday Prompts Discussion of Partisanship, Then and Now

Teaching American History

Invited to attend a TAH multiday seminar on the Cold War at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, social studies teacher Cade Lohrding was thrilled. Lohrdingborn in the late ninetieshas no memory of Reagans presidency. Yet he feels nostalgia for the decade which culminated in the end of the Cold War, and for the president whose actions helped end it.

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Quick Thought: Rethinking AI With Less Hype, More Meaning

Moler's Musing

When AI first came out, I was intrigued. I started thinking of ways to use it creatively to help me. Ways to boost engagement. Ways to support learning. I was the guy making presentations with titles like 10 Ways to Use ChatGPT in Class or 5 Ways to Increase Engagement with AI. And those were usefulat the time. But were past that now. AI is here. It’s constantly evolving.

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Rajiv Vinnakota and Coalition Voices Featured in The New Yorker

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

Read Rajiv Vinnakota and coalition voices Marlene Tromp, Lori S. White, Tania Tetlow, Roslyn Clark Artis, and Michael Roth featured in The New Yorker. Emma O. Green's article discusses the ongoing work across higher education to help our students develop the skills they need to live in a productive democracy. The examples here underscore our mission to equip America's next generation with the necessary civic skills to navigate a divided nation and lead effectively.

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Who Gets Hired? Political Patronage and Bureaucratic Favoritism

Political Science Now

A Turn Against Empire: Benito Jurezs Liberal Rejoinder to the French Intervention in Mexico By Mai Hassan , MIT , Horacio Larreguy , ITAM and Stuart Russell , World Bank Most research on biased public sector hiring highlights local politicians incentives to distribute government positions to partisan supporters. Other studies instead point to the role of bureaucratic managers in allocating government jobs to close contacts.

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What Does EdTech Recommended Dosage Look Like in Real Classrooms?

Digital Promise

The post What Does EdTech Recommended Dosage Look Like in Real Classrooms? appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Beyond the Classroom: Building Faculty Capacity for Success: Virtual Workshop

Political Science Now

Join APSAs Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the third event of their professional development workshop series! Beyond the Classroom: Building Faculty Capacity for Success Friday, May 2, 2025 | 1:30 PM Eastern | Register Here This joint American Political Science Association and Western Political Science Association virtual workshop expands on the 2025 WPSA Community College Mini-Conference roundtable, Beyond the Classroom: Collaborating for Success.

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OPINION: Policy changes sweeping the nation are harming our students. Educators must fight back

The Hechinger Report

Heres a true story from North Carolina. Two elementary school children under the age of 10 waited for their parents to come home. We know they cleaned the dishes; the house was immaculate when someone finally came. The children did not attend school for a number of days. After three days, someone from their school reached out to a community member with concern for their well-being.

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Teach Truth History Walking Tours

Zinn Education Project

Kaley Duong, a recent high school graduate, on the Seattle Teach Truth history of 1919 walking tour. By Chloe Collyer. One of the best way to engage the community in defending the right to learn history is with a local history walking tour. Along the way, participants learn about history they wish they had learned in school. The event hosts can point out that teachers are trying to share this history, but they face censorship from anti-history education laws and Executive Orders.

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2024 Post-Election Reflection Series: Reflecting on Predictions: Why Do We Often Get Elections Wrong?

Political Science Now

Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSAs Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled 2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections , for a PSNow blog series of political science scholars who reflect on key moments, ideas, and challenges faced in the 2024 election. The views expressed in this series are those of the authors and contributors alone and do not represent the views of the APSA.

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Students at U.S. Government Schools Fight Book Bans

ED Surge

Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agencys decision to pull books that may not align with President Donald Trumps executive orders on race and gender. Now, a dozen students from six families are suing the department for sidelining books, curriculum and cultural awareness events that conflict with the presidents goal of excising gender ideology and diversity, equity and inclusion from public life.