When a Root Cause Analysis Brought a School Principal to Tears
Digital Promise
MAY 9, 2025
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Using Sociology Documentaries to Deepen Student Understanding
Passion for Social Studies
MAY 9, 2025
Sociology gives students a powerful framework to understand the world around them. It opens the door to exploring different societies, their diversity, and the ways they interact. This is why I love teaching sociology! I have found that one of the most effective ways to deepen student understanding is through well-chosen sociology documentaries; textbooks and lectures can only take you so far.
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Dual Enrollment Numbers Are Rising. Colleges Want Them to Keep Growing.
ED Surge
MAY 9, 2025
Dual enrollment courses are considered some of the best ways to prepare students for the rigor and content in college-level curricula. Not only do these courses offer students a jump-start on credits once they get to college, but they also equip them with skills like time management, critical thinking and study habits that researchers say encourage them to enroll and stay in college.
The Week That Was In 234
Moler's Musing
MAY 9, 2025
This week was all about pulling the threadtracing how specific events pulled the country apart and pushed us toward war. I built everything around one central theme: A Nation Divides Over Slavery. From court cases to debates, from compromises to elections, we kept the structure tight: retrieval, repetition, and real thinking. The protocols stayed familiar, the tasks stayed purposeful, and students had a chance to connect the dots, not just memorize them.
The Effect of Protesters’ Gender on Public Reactions to Protests and Protest Repression
Political Science Now
MAY 9, 2025
The Effect of Protesters Gender on Public Reactions to Protests and Protest Repression By Martin Naunov , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This study examines how protesters gender shapes public reactions to protests and protest repression. Using an original survey experiment, I demonstrate that protests involving extensive participation by women are perceived as less violent and meriting of repression than male-dominated protests.
Inked in the Underworld: Maya Tattoo Tools and the Sacred Skin
Anthropology.net
MAY 9, 2025
The Body as Canvas In a dark limestone chamber beneath the Belizean rainforest, past dripping stalactites and ancient footpaths worn by centuries of ritual use, archaeologists have discovered something that has long eluded Mesoamerican scholars: tattooing tools from the Classic Maya world. Nebaj polychrome fragment depicting the Maya fire god with tattoos and scarification, 900–1200 CE, Guatemala.
Data on the Profession: 2023-2024 Political Science  Doctoral Placements and Demographics
Political Science Now
MAY 9, 2025
How do APSA members engage in service work, and how does that vary by career stage, institution type, and identity? The April 2025 Chart of the Month explores new survey data on service expectations and equity within the political science profession. This interactive infographic offers a snapshot of how political science faculty experience service commitments and how that work is recognized (or not) across academic institutions.
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Meet 2025 RBSI Scholar, Maxwell Taylor, The University of Chicago
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