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[Digital Brief] How to Give Civics a Makeover? Keep It Student-Centered, Stupid! (Education Week)

October 31, 2017

 

Not every student in the US has equal opportunities for civic learning. Research studies have shown that many students from underrepresented populations are alienated from conventional knowledge-centered models of civic education. They often feel left behind and powerless as a result. To mitigate the opportunity gaps, the Students at the Center Framework, developed by Jobs for the Future in 2013, calls for a more student-centered approach. The framework...

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Santiago Delgado-Tirado receives Alfonso Martin Escudero Foundation Fellowship

October 31, 2017

Santiago Delgado-Tirado, MD, MSc, a research fellow under the mentorship ofJoseph Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, PhD, and Leo Kim, MD, PhD, received the Alfonso Martin Escudero Foundation Fellowship. This fellowship, which is in the amount of $88,500 over two years beginning in January 2018, was given for his project, "Runx1...

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Kate and Annemarie at BUCLD 42!

October 31, 2017
  • M. Zhang, M. Piñango, K. Davidson (poster): The development of metonymic processing as the growth of context construal ability
  • A. Kocab, A. Senghas, M. Coppola, J. Snedeker (talk): The emergence of recursion: Evidence from Nicaraguan Sign Language and homesign
  • J. Ziegler, A. Kocab, J. Snedeker (poster): The effect of population size on intergenerational language convergence: An artificial language learning paradigm
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"No More America" debates 18th century ideas of slavery & "natural law"

October 31, 2017
No More, America,” depicts an 18th-century Harvard debate about whether slavery was compatible with natural law. The 14-minute film, on view in the Harvard Art Museums’ Lightbox Gallery, was developed by Professor Peter Galison in conjunction with “The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820,” an exhibit highlighting the diverse teaching methods and fine art for which the Harvard Hall room was known.... Read more about "No More America" debates 18th century ideas of slavery & "natural law"
Harvard film re-creates 18th-century slavery debate

Harvard film re-creates 18th-century slavery debate

October 30, 2017

At the age of 8, Africa-born Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The property of a wealthy Boston family, she could read and speak English 16 months later. By 14, she had mastered Latin, likely knew Greek, and was familiar with astronomy and math. In 1773, at the age of 20, she published her first book of poetry, “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.”

“She was the mother of the African-American literary tradition,” said...

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In new poll, African-Americans say they are still treated unfairly

In new poll, African-Americans say they are still treated unfairly

October 30, 2017

Half a century after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, more than half of black Americans still experience some form of racial bias, with systemic effects ranging from unequal prison terms to premature death, according to a new poll from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The poll made it clear that much work remains to make healthcare, housing, and...

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