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Navigating Disability During the Job Market: A Joint APSA Status Committee Virtual Workshop

Political Science Now

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 12:30-2 PM Eastern | Register Here While the academic job market presents numerous challenges to all candidates, it features unique challenges to disabled scholars or scholars with disability. Panelists include: Amber Knight, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Ann K.

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Theme Panel: Civic Learning on Campus: Bringing Political Science In Mini-Conference I, II and III

Political Science Now

Engaging Citizenship introduces foundational concepts in political science through the lens of citizenship, democracy, and civic engagement, highlighting the relevance of the discipline to students’ lives and encouraging them to become engaged and empowered citizens. Schwartzberg, New York University (Presenter) Simon J.

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TAH Multiday Prompts Discussion of Partisanship, Then and Now

Teaching American History

Lohrding, who is the only junior high social studies teacher at his rural, K 12 school, has few opportunities to share ideas with colleagues. With ambitions to run for elective office, Lohrding entered Wichita State University as an undergraduate political science major.

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OPINION: It may be time to rethink the emphasis on taking calculus in high school

The Hechinger Report

In 2012, the panel issued a joint statement asserting that calculus should not be the “ultimate goal of the K-12 mathematics curriculum.” High school data science classes, which teach how to use statistical methods and programming to query and analyze real-world data, are a budding development.

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Meet Nearpod: A game-changing tool for student engagement – EARLI 2023

Pedagogy to Share

Buttrey, K. Kentucky Teacher Education Journal , 8 (1), 1–12. Journal of Political Science Education , 18 (3), 411–416. A review of Nearpod – an interactive tool for student engagement. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching , 2 (2), 95–97. W., & Yue, W. Real-time assessment with Nearpod in the BYOD classroom.

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Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

The Hechinger Report

The University of Alaska system has scaled back more than 40 academic programs , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources, sociology, hospitality administration and theater. The Vermont College System was losing $8 million to $12 million a year. We’re just like lost causes if we’re from small towns.”.

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‘Positive culture shock’ spells challenges and triumphs for Afghan teen students

The Hechinger Report

Lebanon High School, apart from her regular classes, she chose electives like global studies, business and political science — three of her favorite subjects. ARYSE provides out-of-school programming for immigrant and refugee youth in grades 6-12 in Allegheny County. Lajja Mistry is the K-12 education reporter at PublicSource.

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