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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

The Hechinger Report

Holly Buroughs sits in front of the Jackson Library on the campus of the University of North Carolina Greensboro. The State University of New York at Fredonia is dropping 13 degree programs, including sociology, philosophy, industrial management, French and Spanish. Eastern Kentucky University shut down economics and other majors.

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Sociology Film Club

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A couple of years ago – November 2022 to be precise – we launched the Psychology Film Club as a way of offering our complete Psychology library of films to schools and colleges at a reasonable and affordable subscription rate (£25 a year or roughly 50p a week for access to what is currently 50+ […]

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Sociology Film Club

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Designed to enhance the teaching of A-level Sociology, an annual subscription to the Film Club gives you unlimited access to all of our Sociology films (there’s currently around 30 of them). Membership costs just £25+VAT per year and our free 30-day trial gives you complete access to all the films in the library.

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When recess is the hardest part of the day

The Hechinger Report

Students may come back from recess feeling dissatisfied … feeling excluded,” said Rebecca London, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the author of the book “ Rethinking Recess ,” when I interviewed her for a story about recess last year. “We

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How Lifelong Readers Are Helping Communities Thrive

Digital Promise

1-4, 25-26) While children who visit the library to immerse in their favorite books may not realize it at the time, they’re building the skill of thoughtful reading—the foundation of critical thinking, academic success, and, eventually, a happy and productive adult life. (1, What can be done? Swan et al. litworld.org/10000globalgirls.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Let’s take maps, for example.

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Play is crucial for middle schoolers, too

The Hechinger Report

To accommodate all the students on break at any given time, administrators have opened up several different recess areas for students, including the gym, the blacktop, and the library, which features chess sets, card games, and an exercise bike with a built-in bookstand. “As Credit: Tom Sandner for The Hechinger Report.