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OPINION: America should learn from Europe and adopt tougher regulations on artificial intelligence

The Hechinger Report

And nowhere is this conversation more relevant than in K-12 education, where AI holds the promise of revolutionizing how teachers teach and students learn. When it comes to AI, we can’t afford the same wait-and-see approach many governments took to regulating social media. Legislators must begin regulating AI now.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

After attending the district’s schools and inheriting a love of teaching from her mother, she went to college and put her degree to work in her hometown. She argues, in line with the international human rights position, that children are citizens, too, and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. “I didn’t know.”.

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Apply Now for 2025 APSA Dissertation Workshops | Deadline: April 27, 2025

Political Science Now

There is currently a concerted effort at the local, state, and federal levels of government to undermine, discredit, and discourage those tasked with teaching and studying black politics. European Union), multilevel, corporate, or global citizenship.

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Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times  

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We felt the pulse, the affective reality of what US funds support, teach, and hope for: communal destruction for economic profit. We peeled ourselves out of the plastic chairs and community members made a triumphant effort to teach us awkward, shy gringos how to dance.

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Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

Political Science Now

Prior to joining APSA in 2007, Mealy taught at Wellesley College in the Political Science Department from 2003-2006, where she offered courses in American politics and Black Politics, and advised students on careers and postgraduate studies as a teaching fellow and a Visiting Assistant Professor.

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Farhana Loonat Receives the 2024 APSA Community College Faculty Award

Political Science Now

Dr. Loonat’s dedication to teaching excellence is exemplified by multiple teaching awards at Skagit Valley College. She is a Fulbright Scholar, International Peace Scholar, recipient of the Associated Federation of Teacher’s Cesar Chavez Human Rights award, and one of University of London’s 2022 Contemporary Woman Philosophers.

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TEACHER VOICE: What was troubling enough as 20th century history is happening in the present time

The Hechinger Report

The editors stress that they do not want to teach students what to think or “how their teachers think their parents should vote.” We cannot teach what we do not know. We must reframe the teaching of U.S. Rather, they aspire to “create a learning community that models and thinks hard about values of justice and empathy.”.

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