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[News] Turner Public Library's Teen Changemaker Film Project

April 22, 2019

Turner Public Library, one of the cohort libraries of the Young Changmakers in the 21st Ceuntry Libraries, kicked off a new media project, inspired by the 10 Questions for Young Changemakers. The Randolph High junior spent Thursday of school vacation week...

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[News] After Parkland, Students Choose to Participate - Facing History and Ourselves

April 01, 2018

After Parkland, Students Choose to Participate As students take action after Florida's school shooting, introduce a framework for civic participation in your classroom. Facing History has also created suggested discussion questions to help you have the...

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[News] 10 Questions for the Parkland Kids (The Washington Post - Danielle Allen)

February 12, 2018

Danielle Allen wrote about the Parkland kids in relation to the 10 Questions. Opinion | Ten questions for the Parkland kids And all young change-makers. washingtonpost.com

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Save the Date: [The Ten Questions Teacher Leader Program: Session I] Saturday, February 10, 2018, 9: 15 am - 2: 15 pm, Harvard

January 26, 2018

What Do You Want to Change? How Do You Get There? What Counts as Success? Session Leaders Danielle Allen James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University Adam Strom Director, The Reimagining Migration Project Chaebong Nam Postdoc, The Ten...

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[Digital Brief] Educator Spotlight: 10 Questions for Changemakers

November 17, 2017

Please see Chaebong’s interview with the Reimagining Migration Project (Director: Adam Strom). She shares her opinions about issues of immigration (not necessarily representing the 10 Questions for Changemakers Team), and suggests how teachers might use...

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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...

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[Event] “Ten Questions for Changemakers” Informational Meeting for the Teacher Leader Program: Saturday, October, 21, 2017

September 14, 2017

[Save the Date: Saturday, October 21, 2017] An Informational Meeting for the Ten Questions for Changemakers Teacher Leader Program Hello Greater Boston Area Teachers! The Ten Questions for Changemakers Project at Harvard is inviting high school teachers...

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[Digital Brief & Event] Teaching Guide to the 10 Questions for Changemakers

August 21, 2017

Teaching Guide to the 10 Questions for Changemakers is now available. The Guide consists of three parts: Past, Present, and Future. More lesson units will be added to each part.

[Digital Brief] Teachers Not Shying Away from Political Talk but Still Fearful (Education Week)

April 07, 2017

While national politics create sharp divides in school communities, most teachers aren't avoiding the topic, according to a survey from the Education Week Research Center. Fifty five percent of 830 participating teachers responded that they have not...

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[Digital Brief] Community Walks

March 28, 2017

Students teach teachers, not the other way around. Students in Oakland International High School (OIHS) in California, in which 32 languages are spoken by those who have newly arrived from 33 countries, tell their immigration stories on the “community...

[Digital Brief] Breitbart-led Right-Wing Media Ecosystem Altered Broader Media Agenda (Columbia Journalism Review)

March 28, 2017

A social media study, " Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda," discovers asymmetrical political polarization in online news consumption. Scholars at the Harvard Law School’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and...

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[Digital Brief] "In an Era of Fake News, Teaching Students to Parse Fact From Fiction" (NY Times)

March 24, 2017

" Would I share this? Would that be responsible of me as a news consumer?" As the sheer amount of information available to the average person continues to grow, this question is more important now than ever. A recent article in the New York Times suggests...