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Kylie Kookesh attends 2022 White House Tribal Youth Forum
Every year, Native youth from across Indian Country gather with high-level officials and guest speakers for the White House Tribal Youth Forum, hosted by...
14 questions with Grace Mosier, unified early childhood education major
Grace Mosier was looking for a path that would lead her into a helping profession. As a unified early childhood major in KU’s School of Education...
10 questions with Audrey McDonald, unified early childhood education major
Since the start of her college career, Audrey McDonald knew she was passionate about helping students. After working as a mentor in a special...
TESOL master’s grad Gabe Ryan continues teaching journey in Vietnam
Sometimes, identifying the right career path is a difficult and gradual process, the result of painstaking deliberation and back-and-forth...
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New book delves into bigotry in critical, nonpartisan manner seeking to analyze how hate is taught
"On Bigotry: Twenty Lessons on How Bigotry Works and What to Do About It," a new book by Nicholas Ensley Mitchell of the University of Kansas, takes a critical, nonpartisan look at bigotry to help readers better understand it. Mitchell writes that bigotry is taught, and, as an education scholar, believes anything that is taught has curriculum that can be analyzed.
Study finds teachers, students together can form own social constructions of thinking
A KU study working with an English language arts class found that in addition to helping students learn how to think through complex topics, teachers and students can work together to form their own social construction of thinking and how they think about topics in their classes.
New book can help guide schools from overemphasis on STEM to 'STREAMS'
A new book edited by University of Kansas scholars aims to help educators move beyond overemphasis on STEM subjects to "STREAM," which merges science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, mathematics and social sciences to create a greater, more equitable educational approach.
KU Libraries select 2025 Sprints Week participants featuring teaching and research projects
The University of Kansas Libraries have selected a trio of faculty members to work with specialized teams of librarians to address course development and research challenges during Sprints Week, May 19-23.
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