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OPINION: Tribal colleges, lifeline to rural and disenfranchised Native communities, need our help more than ever

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

For the last six years, the American Indian College Fund has selected a group of talented students and alumni for leadership training to speak about education issues impacting Native Americans. The American Indian College Fund’s 2019-20 Student Ambassador cohort. Credit: Caitlin Alysse/American Indian College Fund 2019.

Sociology

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What happens when teachers run the school

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

And she was running for the school’s governing board. At the same time, teachers around the country have watched their autonomy erode, due to such factors as standardized testing mandates, laws governing what can and can’t be taught and growing demands for “ parental rights.”

Charter School

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At top colleges that train America’s elite, veterans are an almost invisible minority

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In his sociology class, the Western Way of War, he felt it might add to the conversation. “I had sent to war, those students, as government leaders later in life, would think harder before sending other people’s children off to war.”. In leadership and life, symbolism counts.

Political Science

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Gariecia Rose: a current World History and Government/American Law teacher at Glenbard East High School in Lombard, Illinois. Gariecia was in my Sociology of Class, Gender, and Race elective during the 2016-2017 academic year.

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Curricular Innovations in Political Science at Community Colleges: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Community Colleges Virtual Workshop Series

Political Science Now

AUGUST 1, 2024

A tenured Professor at the College of Southern Nevada, Professor Levy teaches courses in American Politics and Government, American Public Policy, Political Philosophy, Social Justice Movements, Minority Politics and Women in Politics. in Sociology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. She holds a B.A.

Political Science

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Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of 52 finished on time

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

She sat in the front row for the sociology and biology seminars, but couldn’t concentrate in a room with more than 30 classmates. Pierre, the student who left LSU for the Air Force, had a good job working in the executive branch of the federal government. One earned $85,000 a year working for Coca-Cola.

Charter School

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DECENTRALISATION and ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

DECENTRALISATION and ANTHROPOLOGY Decentralisation is the process of dispersing decision-making governance closer to the people and/or citizen. It includes the dispersal of administration or governance in sectors or areas like engineering, management science, political science, political economy, sociology and economics.

Anthropology

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Deadlines, endless forms, constant college prep pressure: Is the finish line in sight?

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2016

But she’s also balancing basketball practice, prom planning, step team and student government, while worrying about a low grade in Spanish. Goals: To get into a school I am excited about and have the financial support to actually attend; to study sociology. Related: A principal who puts teachers first, and sometimes on You-Tube. “In

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Youth aren’t props — they need an actual seat at the policy table

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Youth even have ideas as to how they should be governed. Paddling is clearly an adult-centric practice that’s rooted in sociological and religious values. And so-called data driven decision-making should be considered an exercise in adults living out their policy dreams and fantasies.

Civics

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OPINION: We need targeted funding for racial equity in our public schools. California may have some lessons for all of us

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Yet the reality is that government funding decisions about education have long been a way to install and preserve racial inequality in our society. And since these inequalities have origins in funding malpractice, to remedy them, the government must use targeted funding for racial equity going forward.

Public School

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OPINION: The new administration could be on the verge of destroying public education as we know it

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2025

government. Department of Education and putting an end to any federal role in education by returning all governance and funding to the states. Soviet leadership in the space race led to a federal focus on science and math education U.S. Shaving the size of the U.S. Ending actions to avert climate change.

Education

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Lies We’re Told About Crime

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

Coming out of the end of slavery, Black people made their freedom dreams manifest in attempts to own property, to negotiate their own labor agreements, to build institutions, to take their role in governance, both in state legislative houses as well as in Congress. And so Ron DeSantis is constantly beating his chest about American freedom.

Primary Sources

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The mystery of President-elect Donald J. Trump and his education agenda: ‘There’s not much more’

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The major impediment to success is failing government schools that African-American and Hispanic children in the inner cities attend. Related: Polls: Americans increasingly mistrustful of college costs, leadership, and value. It’s a truism that campaigning and governing require different skill sets. Eventually, they break.

Charter School

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The Condemnation of Blackness: Lies We’re Told About Crime

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Coming out of the end of slavery, Black people made their freedom dreams manifest in attempts to own property, to negotiate their own labor agreements, to build institutions, to take their role in governance, both in state legislative houses as well as in Congress. And I’m not even sure she actually was asked; it wasn’t a leading question.

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OPINION: Tribal colleges, lifeline to rural and disenfranchised Native communities, need our help more than ever

What happens when teachers run the school

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At top colleges that train America’s elite, veterans are an almost invisible minority

What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

Curricular Innovations in Political Science at Community Colleges: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Community Colleges Virtual Workshop Series

Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of 52 finished on time

DECENTRALISATION and ANTHROPOLOGY

Deadlines, endless forms, constant college prep pressure: Is the finish line in sight?

Youth aren’t props — they need an actual seat at the policy table

OPINION: We need targeted funding for racial equity in our public schools. California may have some lessons for all of us

OPINION: The new administration could be on the verge of destroying public education as we know it

Lies We’re Told About Crime

The mystery of President-elect Donald J. Trump and his education agenda: ‘There’s not much more’

The Condemnation of Blackness: Lies We’re Told About Crime

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