The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

That was apparent in January when the Board of Governors for Florida’s state university system, in approving regulations for the new anti-DEI law, also removed sociology from the list of courses that meet general education requirements. (On On the social platform X, Education Commissioner Manny Diaz berated sociology as “woke ideology.”)

Sociology 127

Sociology Advocacy Anthropology Government 127

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

Kids were busting into Zoom meetings across the country at that point in the pandemic, but for Kelley, whose job is to help design California’s statewide education policy, and her female colleagues, the situation held special resonance. “We in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Credit: Tanya Lieberman.

Education 143

Education Education Policy Sociology Cultures 143

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Of course, there are critics who disagree with an analysis that is focused on measuring completion of four-year degrees. “Free community college is first and foremost about getting them to come to college in the first place.”

Sociology 93

Sociology Psychology Education Policy Research 93

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Chatfield High School in Minnesota doesn’t offer sociology (or German, or criminology, for that matter), but when senior Keagan Clarke, 18, finished a fall semester class in psychology, his teacher suggested he try sociology.

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Charter School Sociology Tutoring Psychology 80