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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

said Christina Ciocca Eller, an assistant professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University who studies regional public universities. Jennifer Fredette, an associate professor of political science and an active member of the O.U.-A.A.U.P., There is big tension over purpose and identity.”. chapter.

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Are Educators a Natural Fit for Public Office? These Candidates Think So

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Walz, who served several terms in Congress before becoming the governor of Minnesota in 2018, is a former high school social studies teacher and football coach who, to this day, holds those identities close. is a high school alternative education and social studies teacher in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.

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OPINION: When books are banned, ‘education is impoverished, and everyone loses’

The Hechinger Report

Texas’ legislation on teaching social studies , adopted in June, reflects this conservative critique. How can English teachers discuss Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” Philip Roth’s “The Human Stain” or Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” without considering race and social justice?

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College Uncovered, Season 3, Episode 2

The Hechinger Report

I teach history and social studies at New York University. In fact, the problems we’re seeing, the patterns of behavior that we’re watching on campus now in really vivid form, are very fixed patterns of human behavior. Jon: Katherine Cramer teaches political science at Wisconsin. I’m a historian.

Civics 101
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Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies?

The Hechinger Report

Chris Tims, a social studies teacher in Waterloo, Iowa, says he won’t stop teaching the 1619 Project, despite political pressure. Some call this teaching conflict — now more than a century old — the “ social studies wars.”. The substance of social studies. and African American history.