I am a sociologist. I teach some of those courses that many academics wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole. One such course is Sex, Gender, and Society. I also teach other courses or segments of other ...

Editor’s Note: Kaitlin E. Thomas is a Lecturer of Spanish at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and Norwich University. Here, she shares how to be neutral and objective when teaching ...

In a time when queer education is under attack, few states have instead opted to protect it. More than 550 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced across the U.S. in 2023, and 80 were passed into law. Less ...

The past academic year featured intense protests around Israel’s war in Gaza, congressional interrogations of university presidents, new state restrictions on teaching about race and other topics, and ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What are good strategies teachers can use when exploring “controversial” topics? So-called “controversial” topics in the classroom carry the possibility of teachers ...

Teaching topics that are controversial or emotionally difficult is both rewarding and daunting. Whether it relates to introducing students to theories of crime, discussing mental health diagnoses or ...

Talking Teaching is a series of (typically) one-off casual events, anywhere from five to eight a semester, that address an ever-changing, wide range of topics mostly related to improving student ...

State Rep. Jeff Shipley, R-Birmingham, says public school teachers who teach anything deemed to be divisive sex and racial topics should not receive a pay raise, although the amendment he proposed to ...

College teaching is quite different from teaching at the K–12 level not only because of the age of the students and the level of knowledge but also because many college appointments involve a ...

ℹ️ Who are we? UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, protects people forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. We work in over 130 countries, protecting millions of people by responding ...

Read full article: 3 students awarded dream shopping spree by Orlando education nonprofit A Gift for Teaching, Central Florida's primary source for free school supplies, celebrated its 15th annual ...