Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kimberlé Crenshaw stated that in its original formulation, Intersectionality worked to expose “ how single-axis thinking undermines legal thinking, disciplinary knowledge production, and struggles for social justice.” and, in the context of international research, has United States citizenship.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2022

What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning From Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers by Stephen Noonoo The popular lesson planning site Teachers Pay Teachers has long struggled with allegations of plagiarism, racist lesson plans and poor content quality—drawing the ire of teachers and social media users. We Need to Make Schools Human Again.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Social justice is a core value of Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, and the school also belongs to a special assessment cons ortium , giving it more freedom in what is taught than a typical New York City public high school. Sanes gets a lot of support for this approach from his administration.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Here are some examples of why, after more than a decade of research into their involvement with slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, a handful of universities are beginning to consider reparations: The first slave recorded in Massachusetts was owned by Harvard’s school master. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Research has documented other ways that a teacher’s race can impact student performance. But, increasingly, schools that serve high populations of minority students, such as PUC Schools, are taking note of the research showing that the race of teachers matters and have begun to prioritize diversity along with that top quality.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2018

We don’t like to think of social justice as a zero-sum game. There will be a price tag on bringing justice to black men from New Orleans, for instance, who’ve been disproportionately affected by incarceration. Our biased criminal justice system funnels black men into prison instead of college. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 2, 2021

An assistant superintendent in the School District of Palm Beach County (Florida) noted that changing the culture of school systems “requires a level of humanity, and humility, and empathy, and partnership, and trust.” Creating an equitable school district requires new capacities and supports for leaders and educators.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

To get a better job” is the top reason freshmen say they enrolled at a public university , UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute reports. The proportion of undergraduates who receive bachelor’s degrees in the humanities has fallen from a high of one in six to about one in 20 , according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Let’s be clear: this may be the reality in our country but the vitriolic hate and utter dismissal of basic human dignities that have been major political themes during this election represent the worst of human nature and American society. Colorado high school graduation rate, Class of 2009 x 52.6%

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

It is not logical that students at a social justice-oriented school are learning the complexities of race and socioeconomic status in an environment that is majority white and upper-class.”. In July, Pitzer welcomed Oliver, a scholar known for his research on racial and urban inequality. Next stop, college. “It

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Early data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows college enrollments down this fall for the second year in a row. Yusanat Tway, a sociology major at the University of Minnesota, wants to go to law school, then do human rights advocacy. “It How do I want to contribute?’ ” Savitz-Romer said.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Organizations that embrace the promotion of DEI tend to establish and follow a core set of guiding principles, particularly in the creation of their educational products, that resemble the following: Respect for human rights; they endeavor to create content that is free of discrimination, implicit or explicit prejudice and bias.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”. Ángel Díaz, 16, works on an assignment in his Spanish-language humanities class at Margarita Muñiz Academy in Boston. Extensive research shows that is not right. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”. Photo: Tara García Mathewson.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

In keeping with an ongoing critical dialogue within EdClusters networks, the convening strove to elevate the conversation on educational equity: We heard from leaders of The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice about the inequitable representation of black men as classroom educators in U.S.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2023

That affects the pathways students pick in college: A smaller share of Black and Latino students earn degrees in a STEM field than in other degree programs, according to a recent Pew Research study. Code Next is a perfect example of how better spaces can create social justice,” Kurani said.

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Political Science Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The students helped research and re-fresh APSA Educate’s Teaching the Russia-Ukriance War Resource Collection. They also talked to APSA Educate about their passion for civic education, social justice, scholarly analysis, and interest in studying political science at the undergraduate level.

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Political Science Now

MAY 2, 2024

During her college career, Laila has contributed to public policy research, particularly in environmental justice and urban planning in disenfranchised communities. Laila Waddell hopes to continue her research while earning her Ph.D. in public policy. See all 2024 RBSI Scholars.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

“The message is getting clearer and clearer: This is what our postsecondary population looks like,” said Alexandria Walton Radford, co-author of a new study by the American Institutes for Research that identified 67 “promise” programs across the U.S. If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

There is huge demand for cybersecurity experts, with more than 300,000 high-paying job openings in the last year, according to the market research firm Burning Glass and the technology industry association CompTIA. Related: How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice. Choose as many as you like.

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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. Read about the funded projects.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

After college, I got my first job as a sixth grade humanities teacher in south Los Angeles. My master’s degree in education through a social justice graduate program radically changed how I approached teaching. When I returned to the U.S., Reality Sets In My first adjunct instructor position was at a community college.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

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! web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers.

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Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility. My ethnographic research at Launch revealed the complex spatial and affective politics of black youth aspiration in a postapartheid city.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

Citation from the Award Committee: A self-described, “high-spirited feminist philosopher and political scientist”, Dr. Loonat is a passionate advocate for equity and social justice. Beyond the classroom, Dr. Loonat is a prolific researcher whose work has garnered international recognition.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

But recent research has raised another possibility — one that is discomforting to many — the idea that scientists might someday be able to spot the genetic markers associated with academic performance. It’s a research technique that some scientists are using to assess obesity or cancer risk, for instance.

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Maitri Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

They accomplish this goal by adapting to the social group (herd mentality) and engaging in child-directed, creative academic exploration and research. They are particularly sensitive to ideas of morality, justice, and reason. How will I contribute to humanity?"

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Maitri Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

They accomplish this goal by adapting to the social group (herd mentality) and engaging in child-directed, creative academic exploration and research. They are particularly sensitive to ideas of morality, justice, and reason. How will I contribute to humanity?"

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience. Curating the kind of library that truly reflects the diversity of human experience takes time, intention, money, and good tools.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A just-under-the-surface skepticism about the usefulness of a humanities degree as job preparation. We are here to engage them in the kinds of high-impact discovery learning that public research universities can offer at scale; the kinds of experiences that can change the trajectory of their lives and the lives of their families.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In January of 2021, I was employed as a postdoctoral researcher in a division of public health at a medical school. This sparked my interest as it dovetailed with my ongoing research about factors that influence menstrual cycles, such as energetic stress or immune stress. This provided early access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 31, 2025

As we have engaged students in classroom activities related to HT94 over the past academic terms, we observed how the centering of undocumented migrant and border crossing experiences humanizes discussions and understandings of immigration in profound ways. immigration policies could directly lead to so much human devastation.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2017

Education is a tool for social justice.”. With other teachers, I am researching the school-to-prison pipeline in order to take action on a state-wide scale. Education is a tool for social justice. Authentic learning enables students to see and create connections in the world. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Purdue University’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute found in 2019 that inequity is the norm. Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive. Despite a century of research, definitions of giftedness are fuzzy. Jolly wrote in 2005.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Despite our school’s commitment to social justice and our district’s prioritization of equity, there were still staff members who were unwilling to voice public support for all students. And all the research shows that even a little acceptance and connection can reduce suicidality significantly.” But I want them to live.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2023

Research suggests that cow’s milk is unnecessary for, and even potentially detrimental to, healthy human development, and critics note that no other mammal drinks milk after a brief period at the beginning of life. To many medical groups, the school dairy requirement has become a clear anachronism.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2017

In detailing the moral predicaments that arise in schools, the researchers also provide a framework for educators to discuss their own dilemmas with colleagues, opening the door to making these conversations more common. The Case of the Failing Eighth Grader. Others provide more abstract interpretations. Willie “J.R.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2020

If human prejudice runs that deeply in Americans and those trusted to protect and serve us, we still have a lot of work to do. During my undergraduate and graduate research at Carnegie Mellon University, I at first couldn’t shake the feeling that I didn’t belong in a lab doing research alongside professional scientists.

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