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Call for Proposals: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy | Application Deadline: February 25, 2025

Political Science Now

The purpose of this symposium is to share approaches to the teaching of human rights and to develop pedagogical materials for the discipline. APSA Teaching & Learning Symposium: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy Date: Thursday, June 19 – Saturday, June 21, 2025 Location: APSA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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Want More Innovation? Try Connecting the Dots Between Engineering and Humanities

Digital Promise

The point is that the connections between humanities and science have been lost in today’s separation of disciplines. Indeed, a recent report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences discovered that humanities and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) training majors largely dwell in different silos.

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The surveillance of our youth

Dangerously Irrelevant

Or a young couple that is pregnant and searching for information and options before they tell their parents. Or any teen or tween with normal adolescent concerns who just needs some information, resources, or nonlocal empathy and connection. Do these students deserve some space? Supreme Court].

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Student Privacy Is at More Risk Than Ever Before. Can K-12 Schools Keep It Safe?

ED Surge

percent — also used session recorders, which are known to capture sensitive information like keystrokes. Previous studies of policies around student information have revealed that edtech companies often don’t disclose their data practices. The researchers also note that many sites — 7.4

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A Turning Point For People and Planet

Digital Promise

Specific calls have been made to #TurnItAround for key issues such as access to health and education; addressing poverty, inequality, hunger and climate change; rethinking the global economy; and putting an end to gender-based violence and violations of human rights. For more information, see www.myworld360.org.

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State tests don’t have to be disconnected from classroom practice

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Right now, Nebraska has a pretty typical assessment system. This system that Nebraska is working toward will only provide useful information to students and teachers, however, if the test results are available quickly. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Why a Teacher-First Approach Is a Win for Edtech and Education

ED Surge

Unsolicited and ill-informed advice on how experts should do their job rarely lands well. What Duolingo Did Differently (and How You Can Do it, Too) Duolingo for Schools had been around for a handful of years when the pandemic hit; however, the company hadn’t invested resources in maintaining the product.

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