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iCivics Offers Tons of Free Resources and Tools to Promote Civics Education

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Topics covered include citizenship, governance, civil rights, the constitution, politics and public policy, state and local governments, media, news literacy, and many more. They can also be used as exit ticket activities to evaluate students understanding of specific concepts or topics taught in class.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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The idea that exam results should be assessed differently based on a student’s socio-economic background is known as differential treatment, and Emil is investigating whether such policies can improve equality and efficiency in education and labour markets. Stock markets, unemployment, inflation and recession?

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How I Helped Students Reclaim Pride for Their Black Hair With My Curriculum

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When I come across news reports or a research study that highlights the race-based discrimination that Black students experience in U.S. I believe that my experience with students inside the classroom informs, to a great measure, the work that I do today as a school diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leader.

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Using big datasets to find out what affects children’s quality of life

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Professor Birgitta Rabe is using this data to inform government support for children’s well-being. Policy — a particular course of action, usually led by the government. Policymaker — a person responsible for making policies, most usually government policies. TALK LIKE AN … ECONOMIST.

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Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur?

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Published: Climate change is making many parts of the world hotter and drier. As a result, wildfires are becoming increasingly prevalent and pose a serious threat to human life, local communities and natural ecosystems. Tragically, more than 30 people lost their lives as a direct result of these fires, and over 3000 homes were destroyed.

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Here Comes Another Trend in K-12 Science Education: Data Science

Chillax Science

And yet, they keep being pushed by large publishing companies, government agencies, schools, and even academic professors. Before I have a mob of angry people going at me, let me be clear that I am not suggesting the new recommendations are inappropriate. In this article, I share my concerns regarding this new trend.

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Does the way we fund scientific research benefit everyone equally?

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TALK LIKE A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY RESEARCHER. TALK LIKE A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY RESEARCHER. PUBLIC POLICY – an approach, including rules, principles and plans, formally adopted by a government or another institution to tackle a certain issue (such as healthcare). Dr Thomas S. Dr Thomas S.