Let's Cultivate Greatness

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I can’t imagine teaching civics and government without political cartoons—they are essential to the subject. So here I’ve outlined some activity ideas for using them to help you teach five key government concepts. They make the best entry point for introducing concepts and diving deeper into diverse viewpoints on political issues.

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Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

And here in South Africa where Koffi Kouakou resides, a newly elected Coalition Government is still going through teething challenges of its own. Kagiso Mnisi: Emergent technologies such as AI are mushrooming against the backdrop of ongoing challenges within the African continent. You know, AI’s emerged and I think.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. The government does not have comparison figures from 2012 to show the precise rate of growth.). Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. Still, tighter regulations would set the bar higher and could galvanize governments into doing what’s necessary to meet that bar.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 1, 2018

We are no longer constrained by the whims and dictates of editors, broadcasters, governments, and other information gatekeepers. The traditional path of publishing in a research journal and then reworking it for a practitioner magazine can be re-envisioned. Fortunately, we now live in an era where anyone can have a voice.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

said Miriam Jorgensen, research director for the Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development. Tribal nations and states have struggled with state and federal governments over jurisdiction and land since the inception of the United States, says Alex Pearl, who is Chickasaw and a professor of law at the University of Oklahoma.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 8, 2024

They relied on dialectal data from over 725,000 respondents of a dialect quiz by the German magazine Der Spiegel, along with historical linguistic data from the 19th-century “Atlas of the German Language.” In other work, he explores the implications of far-right parties in government. ” Their findings are striking.

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US Government Teachers Blog

JANUARY 23, 2016

That news is interesting for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that, in a conversation Bloomberg had with New York Magazine in 2013, he categorically ruled-out running for president in 2016. The New York Times reported this morning, though, that Bloomberg is exploring plans to run for president as an independent.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 1, 2024

Abby MacPhail is the author of the lesson, Dirty Oil and Shovel-Ready Jobs: A Role Play on Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline , originally published in the Rethinking Schools magazine. The post Identity and Resistance: NYC Students Study Rosa Parks appeared first on Zinn Education Project.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

This story also appeared in Belt Magazine “You all know that I call your kids my kids, and they won’t stop being my kids,” Gordon says, wrapping up the meeting. The group, made up of people with kids in the school system, functions as a communications channel between other parents and school principals and teachers.

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Strange Maps

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In 1981, the state government funded a documentary that tried to reconcile the sunken continent theory with continental drift, and show Lemuria as scientifically valid. Weirder still is the fact that “Lemuria” now is used by the British government to describe its tiny territorial holdings in the Indian Ocean.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Government officials. and some-time substitute host of my show. Kevin Brady (R-TX), who is now chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, addressed the problems of red tape hampering businesses and the need for tax federal changes.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Corporations and governments alike now routinely create, purchase, and exchange user data—and not just in the Global North. PC Magazine concisely defines user data as “any data a user creates or owns,” but this flaunts the crux of user data’s ethical quagmire: to what extent do any users own their data?

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Ashleigh's Education Journey

DECEMBER 3, 2017

I have my students use magazines and newspapers to create a collage. This is a great government review for students. This post shares some of my favorite ways to teach economics to upper elementary students. I begin my economics unit by teaching about goods and services. Just to be on the safe side, I do go ahead give another check-up.

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TeachThought

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Discussions with guests, often leading researchers in their fields, help illuminate topics like creativity, the relationship between science and government, and even sleep. Focus Podcast Focus magazine provides listeners with interviews and stories on the latest science and technology issues through this podcast.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2018

The United States is lagging behind other wealthy nations when it comes to preparing students for workforce changes wrought by automation, according to a new study by a research group affiliated with The Economist magazine. These trends will require big-picture thinking from governments, educators and businesses.

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Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

He also worked for the US government, polygraphing German prisoners of war during World War II, as well as hundreds of employees of the top-secret uranium production facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He persuaded banks that it would help them identify employees who embezzled. and more “did you punch your wife in the face on March 6?”

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Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I am currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lincoln University of Missouri where I regularly teach courses on American National Government, American State and Local Government, Public Policy and Administration, and Research Methodology. Can you tell us about your professional background and your research?

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Political Science Now

JUNE 5, 2024

I additionally earned a terminal MA degree in government and politics from St. The APSA Member Spotlight program features one member each quarter in the APSA Member Magazine, Political Science Today. I earned my undergraduate degree in philosophy from CUNY Hunter College in my hometown of New York City. Learn more here.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. Sign up for our newsletter. Or view the whole series. WICHITA, Kansas—Access to safe, reliable child care for young children in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2021

Brown had first contacted Sabeti a couple years earlier, after reading her Time magazine profile to his science-loving daughter, then 6 years old. “We At one point, Brown’s students playing government officials fed false information to the “media” to convince the “public” to quarantine. The student engagement was so strong.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

If you can persuade a government or an education system to put computer science in the curriculum, that's great. I was the chair of a school governing board for over a decade, and I know the daily challenges that schools face. That's the easier step. I'm very sympathetic to the pressures on schools.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The federal government could help. In 2016, the online education news outlet Chalkbeat reported that only 18 percent of children nationally are served by before- and after-school programs. Many have no choice but to leave children in settings that won’t teach them skills that will help them get to college or snag a high-paying job.

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Teaching American History

OCTOBER 8, 2024

2022) and teaches courses on the World Wars and Modern America for the Master of Arts in American History and Government program at Ashland University. At the same time, the new Bolshevik government is engaged in peace talks with Germany. Keene also edited our collection of core documents on World War II (2018, 2 nd ed. Held, John, Jr.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Emma Green, a staff writer for the New Yorker, has been spending time visiting these VR classrooms and researching the company for the magazine. Her article , published earlier this month, digs into how the school’s backers hope it will lead to the next frontier in the school choice movement.

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 16, 2024

I didnt know they had their own governance structures and bylaws. Over the years, I have come to understand what these divisions are, what they do, how they are governed, and, in fact, found not just one but two intellectual communities for myself! I mean, I wasnt totally clueless. But I couldnt really tell you anything about them.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

I was beyond shocked that somebody from our state government was asking what books were available in our school libraries. The five members of the school board who voted to ban the book did not have children in any public schools governed by the district. “I was actually at home. My superintendent forwarded it to me.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2020

Remember when our education secretary called HBCUs “pioneers of ‘school choice,’” completely missing the fact that black postsecondary institutions were born of government-backed segregation? I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism,” said Ronald Reagan in a 1975 interview in Reason magazine.

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Psych Learning Curve

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Study: Emotional intelligence improves school performance (Raising Arizona Kids Magazine) Kids who better understand and manage their emotions perform better in school, according to a new study published in the American Psychological Association’s journal Psychological Bulletin.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” government. 972 Magazine is an independent magazine run by a group of Palestinian and Israeli journalists. This dehumanization fuels violence and oppression. Both the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. Sign up for our newsletter. Or view the whole series. percent of GDP – amount the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2017

When the government-backed Home Owner’s Loan Corporation developed color-coded maps to sort out who could receive mortgage lending, blacks who lived in the red sections of the map were not given loans. “In the end, parents’ and students’ opinions are the only ones that matter. And every year, more parents are choosing charter schools.”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The decisions that affect the land that we live on are made behind closed doors,” Watford told Essence magazine. People thought of our fight to stop the incinerator cute after school hobby,” Watford told Time magazine in 2016. “It Her efforts led the state to revoke the permit in 2016.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Recently, the right-wing magazine The Federalist published a warning to parents in the form of a conspiratorial, unhinged and poorly supported op-ed titled, “ If The Left Ends Parent Rights, You Might Need A License To Raise Your Own Child.” government created these policies.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Rather than trumpeting the cause of self-government, Douglas’s doctrine of popular sovereignty was its death knell. Only adherence to the self-evident truth that all human beings were equal could save popular sovereignty—self-government—for all. Composite image of Abraham Lincoln (left) and Stephen A.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Newsweek magazine dubbed the city “ Murder Town USA ” in 2014. Related: Governments are spending billions more on education, and it’s making inequality worse. In Delaware, the school funding formula is more than 70 years old, and no one, not even the Democrats who control much of the state government, are eager to change it.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 26, 2024

In April 2023, the New York Times Magazine published a profile of her decision to leave the Democratic Party. Her cowboy outfit at the border fence—a site of cruelty, dispossession, and social and ecological genocide—directly referenced the frontier and its forced ownership by the US government.

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