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TEACHER VOICE: When it comes to teacher training, the U.S. could learn a thing or two from Canada

The Hechinger Report

In my own teacher training many years ago, I took various courses in curriculum theory, classroom management, education history and educational psychology along with content-based courses like political science, economics and history. The result has been both the richness and the complexity of diversity.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

Herrington honored his heritage by carrying six eagle feathers, a braid of sweet grass, two arrowheads, and the Chickasaw Nation’s flag into space. Addressing the psychological and spiritual aspects of healing was important as well. Elliott-High Eagle, Oral History, interviewed by David Zierler Oct. 2, 2020, for AIP.org.

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The Best Science Podcasts

TeachThought

The Science of Happiness: This book explores scientific insights into happiness and well-being, backed by research in positive psychology. All in the Mind Lynn Malcolm hosts this excellent (and award-winning) show that is entirely centered on stories about the human brain, touching on fields like psychology, neurology, and more.

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The magic pebble and a lazy bull: The book ban movement has a long timeline

The Hechinger Report

Island Trees Union Free School District board members mixed with representatives from the Heritage Foundation and parents opposed to school desegregation in Boston. The Watkins Glen conference also came on the heels of one of the most violent and divisive school textbook battles in history. for short). Mellon of PONY-U.

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Diverse future of the Midwest has already arrived in one Iowan school

The Hechinger Report

In 2018, for the first time in district history, a majority of Sioux City’s 14,976 students, about 52 percent, were people of color. No matter where you go, you see people from all different cultures and heritages.”. The country as a whole passed that benchmark in 2014.)