The first step in realizing how problematic privilege is and how important it is to recognize positionality is realizing when you, yourself, are culpable. For me, that really hit after reading an ...
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will vote on revisions to A&M’s Civil Rights Protection and Compliance and ...
At some point in their career, every teacher will find themselves having a difficult discussion with their students. My first took place not long after I began teaching. It involved one of my students ...
IU profs have emerged as main targets in the state’s crackdown on classroom ‘bias.’ Through a vague reporting system, ...
Early this year, after the pandemic had moved my classroom online, a student asked if we could try “silent meetings” in a course I was teaching. At first I assumed that, like many of us, he was just ...
As a professor of U.S. history, I’ve never hesitated to discuss politics in the classroom. Politics is stitched into nearly every historical event. History for me is full of insights and lessons, and ...
A Sociology professor at Forsyth Tech Community College says the testimony from Judge Brett Kavanaugh have sparked various conversations in the classroom. During a committee hearing Thursday Christine ...
Texas A&M University is implementing a new policy restricting how professors can address topics related to race, gender, and ...
Following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on May 25, people all over the world have taken to the streets for Black Lives Matter protests demanding racial ...
According to various reports, the general counsel at the University of Idaho has issued guidance to university employees regarding the state's new abortion law. Of particular interest is the guidance ...
One of Kevin Gannon’s favorite class discussion activities doesn’t involve much talking. Inspired by complete-the-story games in which players each write a line of a tale that builds off a previous ...
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Near the end of class, they catch themselves staring at the clock, like many high-school students do. But these kids want the clock to go slower. They want more time. This week, ...