Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

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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ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

It really demonstrates what's possible when we look at connected learning not as a luxury but as a basic human right. And I think it really demonstrates what's possible when we look at connected learning not as a luxury but as a basic human right. This innovative approach has been working for well over 10 years.

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 15, 2024

The series, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is focused on six themes that are at the heart of SNCC’s history of grassroots organizing: the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender, freedom teaching, and art and culture in movement building.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2022

After the Supreme Court announced its decision, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued a statement saying that any private, religious school receiving public dollars would be required to adhere to the anti-discrimination provisions found within the state’s Human Rights Act.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

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. The new European Union Artificial Intelligence Act categorizes AI-enabled technologies based on the risk they pose to the health, safety and human rights of users.

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2023

And human rights groups and regulators have also raised alarms about the vulnerability posed by invasive surveillance tech and school mishandling of data. Further, teachers should also be conscientious when considering if a new edtech product actually adds legitimate value to teaching, he says.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In a world where AI and automation are transforming industries left and right, it’s becoming more obvious that our education systems need to catch up. Taking a closer look at the data, it’s clear that many of the roles with the lowest risk of automation are all about human connection and creativity.

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ED Surge

JUNE 13, 2022

A natural human reaction is to defend, to protect and to guard—which translates into “hardening” schools. Teach SEL Skills Socio-emotional learning is demonstrated to help reduce violence and make schools safer. Let’s invest in teaching our children how to love. On May 24, the unfathomable happened.

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ED Surge

JUNE 3, 2022

In schools, teachers deploying edtech could be freed up from routine tasks such as grading papers, which technology could do automatically, allowing teachers more time to focus on the creative and interpersonal aspects of teaching students.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

Students need to be able to express themselves; the freedom to do so is not only a question of their intellectual development but also one of human rights. Students need to be able to express themselves; the freedom to do so is not only a question of their intellectual development but also one of human rights.

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ED Surge

MAY 2, 2022

Taken to the extreme, when edtech willfully makes product decisions that are not in the best interest of educators and their students, it only serves to contribute to the brokenness of a system that too often fails at providing the basic human right of education to learners across the world.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

My experience designing and teaching this unit was a powerful reminder to me of why I teach what I teach and how I teach. I teach at a small liberal arts college. Most often, when I teach chemistry, I simplify it into a digestible form so that new concepts can be interpreted by students. And he’s right.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

Each year, the Zinn Education Project hosts Teaching for Black Lives study groups across the United States. Using the Rethinking Schools book Teaching for Black Lives , educators explore how to teach about racism, resistance, and joy in free, teacher-led professional learning communities. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Right now, Nebraska has a pretty typical assessment system. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. He already introduced the ACT as the state test for high school students.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Unsurprisingly, the United Nations asserts that quality education is not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial catalyst for economic growth and development. It focuses on delivering quality teaching and learning through technology without the internet. billion people worldwide without internet access.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The class was about human rights, and the teacher, Amanda Marzan, was in her first year of teaching in New York City. In Room 522C, the second smallest in the school, where twenty-five tenth graders sat knee to knee at small tables, we had the richest discussions.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. Once again, we invite educators, students, parents, and community members to rally across the country and pledge to #TeachTruth and defend LGBTQ+ rights on June 8, 2024.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Her research examines the conditions for justice during internal armed conflict, human rights prosecutions, transitional justice in post-communist Eastern European states, gender equality in post-conflict settings, and justice efforts in democracies. Professor Lindbloom completed her M.A.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

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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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Emily’s student-driven and interest-based approach to teaching promotes the engagement and determination necessary for supporting real-world projects like this one. For example, Jeb and his colleague, Jen Anderson, are currently teaching Of Mice and Men through the lens of human rights.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2017

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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Political Science Now

AUGUST 30, 2024

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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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Their research and teaching focuses on the intersections of climate justice and queer liberation, environmental justice, and social movements. They have published in Energy Research & Social Science and AAPI Nexus and contributed to Edward Elgar’s A Research Agenda for Human Rights edited volume. They received their M.A.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

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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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2018

College Track shares my belief, and my culture’s belief, that education is a fundamental human right. Leave this field empty if you're human: All of this is coming full circle now that my college diploma is almost in hand. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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MPSA

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In a course on African Politics , students created new articles on Voting rights in Nigeria as well as Child soldiers in Uganda. They expanded the entries on the Constitution of Ghana as well as Human rights in Ethiopia. Helaine is responsible for mentoring the instructors who teach Wikipedia classroom assignments.

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Geogramblings

APRIL 18, 2023

A piece of poetry performed at the Geographical Association Annual Conference 2023 TeachMeet titled ‘#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs (The Power of Geography Voice)’ The full TeachMeet recording with a range of teaching ideas and thoughts for the Geography teacher can be found on YouTube here.

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Transcending Pedagogy

JANUARY 3, 2024

It became a game-changer for my personal teaching and what I bring to my Department to explore. I’m mid-unit, mid-Cli-fi book club-based unit, and I’m falling down the rabbit holes inevitable in my teaching pedagogy. one of my core teaching values. But the session – well…BOOM.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For Black History Month, we honor four heroes who advocated for civil rights, fought for the underserved, and spoke out for the welfare of others. Teaching students about these heroes can inspire them to be advocates in their communities and reach for their dreams. 4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians Feb. Du Bois W.E.B.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Having a clear protocol for connecting families with case managers who specialize in housing has allowed teachers to teach and allows Chandler, the community school coordinator, to focus on mental health interventions and other areas of need. “It Hopefully we will not need [a program like] this in the future, but right now we do.”.

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Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 10, 2024

Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which ran from 2001 to 2003, was tasked with investigating the human rights abuses committed in the country during its armed conflict with Sendero Luminoso. I’m teaching a first-year MA-level quantitative methods course at the moment for which the current topic is linear model diagnostics.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Once again, we invite educators, students, parents, and community members to host an information table or event to defend the right to #TeachTruth including about Palestine and the rights of LGBTQ+ students. The right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I often find myself in settings where discussing Palestine, or even mentioning my identity as a Palestinian American, presents more challenges than when I worked in the field of human rights and law. I’m probably the only Palestinian they’ve ever spoken to,” said Mona Mustafa. “I

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

Because these were some people that I'd known for a long time and so I was like, OK, I guess they really don't know what I teach and who I am. This type of identity agility is emotionally exhausting for teachers, who are already spread thin by the existing and heightened challenges of structural issues within the teaching profession.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

RELATED: The Civil Rights Movement hero you’ve never heard of. Many Mississippi residents say their schools did not teach them important civil rights topics. The Civil Rights Movement is a case history of what it means to be American, and what it means to exercise constitutional rights.”.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 12, 2024

Her research and teaching interests include American politics, gender, caregiving, and disability politics and policy. Schneider is also a founding member of the Gender and Political Psychology Group, which organizes mentoring conferences for research and teaching that uses a psychological approach to study gender. She received a Ph.D.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

While right-wing legislatures restrict the teaching of Black history, we are pleased to support teachers who work to teach truthfully about U.S. Teaching Stories Teachers who received the hardback edition have shared their appreciation and teaching stories, including those below.

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