Women's History Network

MARCH 8, 2024

In 1840, Memoirs of Princess Daschkaw, Lady of Honour to Catherine II was published in England. The two-volume text included the personal memoirs of Russian noblewoman Ekaterina Dashkova (1743-1810), one of the most powerful, well-known and misunderstood women figures of the Enlightenment.

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Heinemann Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

For March, we’re bringing you a list of 6 Heinemann professional books about social-emotional learning. We hope these resources enable you to make lasting impact and meaningful connections with your students.

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2024

During my first years of teaching, I decided that no matter how difficult life got, both in and out of the classroom, I would never leave my class in the middle of the year. For years, my co-teachers would come and go from our grade level, and all I felt was adversity towards them: I mean, how could they leave in the middle of the year without considering the impact on our students?

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Education Teaching Middle School History 86

Political Science Now

MARCH 8, 2024

The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2023. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards support basic research which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented.

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Diane Ravitch

MARCH 8, 2024

State legislatures these days tthjnkbthat they should pass laws telling teachers how to teach reading and what to teach in social studies. The latest example comes from Ohio, where the far-right legislature is in the midst of mandating a course on capitalism. Denis Smith, retired educator, writes: In case anyone hasn’t noticed, our republic is on fire.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 8, 2024

In December 2023, APSA’s Middle East and North Africa Program launched a research methods training initiative for early-career scholars from the Arab MENA region. Instead of a short-term training that concludes after a few days of instruction, APSA’s program combines intensive in-person instruction with a range of extended engagements, and features skill-building activities closely linked to research outputs.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 8, 2024

Coordinated Dis-Coordination By Mai Hassan , Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dissidents mobilizing against a repressive regime benefit from using public information for tactical coordination since widespread knowledge about an upcoming event can increase participation. But public calls to protest make dissidents’ anticipated activities legible to the regime, allowing security forces to better stifle mobilization.

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