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OPINION: Ask not what can be done with a humanities degree

The Hechinger Report

A just-under-the-surface skepticism about the usefulness of a humanities degree as job preparation. What can’t you do with a humanities degree?” Earnings Disparities : Except in a few northwestern states, humanities majors earn at least 40 percent more than people with only a high school degree. Drawing on data from the U.S.

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How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice

The Hechinger Report

Tyndall turned down a bevy of offers from colleges in other states to attend Rutgers’ Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC), which brings together dozens of students each year for a residential program that combines rigorous academics with a social-justice focus. “I Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! Let’s take maps, for example.

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How to Recognize, Avoid, and Stop Stereotype Threat in Your Class this School Year

Digital Promise

The NNSTOY Social Justice Book list is a great resource for building your classroom library. Be human enough to admit them and correct them. Speak out in faculty meetings about inclusion, equity, and social justice and if necessary, challenge the status quo. Honor multiple perspectives in your classroom.

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Making School Better for Gender-Expansive Kids

Cult of Pedagogy

Maybe you believe gender fluidity has always been a part of human existence and that those statistics only exist because we are just now getting around to naming and measuring it. Your opinion on this is likely to fall into one of several camps: Maybe you see this as a reflection of society’s growing acceptance of gender fluidity.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

It gets people’s attention anytime you say, ‘Free,’ ” said Jimmy Kidd, the director of admissions, who spoke between in-person student orientation sessions in the library of the school’s downtown Louisville campus in late June. If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue.

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Two Books to Help You Hold Healthy Classroom Conversations About Race

Cult of Pedagogy

How do you build community with them before they engage in those kind of discussions to kind of inoculate the conversations against natural human mistakes that people make. ” “The second thing is having, I call it a house talk environment. ” Come back for more. Over 50,000 teachers have already joined—come on in.

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