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Sacred Heart University Partners with School District to Help Diversify Teaching Profession

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A new initiative between a Connecticut university and a public school system has been established to help diversify teaching and the shortage of special education professionals. SHU joins other institutions and national initiatives aimed at diversifying the teaching profession. We asked, and Sacred Heart delivered.”

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Report: Student Interest in Pursuing Careers in Education on the Decline, But Enrollment in Intro Teaching Courses Rises

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Despite decreasing interest for working in education, enrollment trends for the two states’ high school introductory teaching courses complicated the story. According to the report, enrollment in Tennessee’s Teaching as a Profession courses has been on the rise from 2018 to 2022, alongside the number of schools offering such courses.

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Educational Institutions Play Vital Role in Teaching American Public

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Bunch III came together to discuss the increasingly vital role public institutions play in teaching American citizens their country’s history, particularly the history of Black people. The whole ‘WOKE’ bill says if you teach African American history to people, it will make them feel guilty and, therefore, you can’t teach it,” said Alexander.

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Coastline College Offers Program to Teach Faculty About Vietnam War Nuances

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Coastline College is now offering a program to help teach faculty about the complexities and nuances of the Vietnam War. The goal is to help faculty create curricular materials for humanities courses and provide veterans and Southeast Asian students more access to meaningful content. The program will run Jun. 19-23 virtually.

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Anti-Apartheid Advocate and Human Rights Activist Randall Robinson Dies at 81

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Renowned human rights activist and civil rights lawyer Randall Robinson died Mar. from Harvard Law School – also spent time teaching as a professor of human rights law at Penn State University. 24 at age 81. Robinson died of aspiration pneumonia, NPR reported. Left to right) Sen. Robinson – he held a J.D.

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Wayne State University Receives $6 Million Grant for Humanities Faculty Cluster Hire and Black Studies Center

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Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. With this Mellon-supported initiative, we aim to have a major impact on the key work of Wayne State: research, teaching, community engagement, and student success,” said Dr. M.

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Culturally-Sustaining K-12 Education: Who’s Teaching the Teachers?

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Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Rodgers is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the Borough of Manhattan Community College – City University of New York. Dr. Donna Y.

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