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Pam Muñoz Ryan Wins 2021 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award For Mañanaland
Antioch University Los Angeles’ Education Department is honored to announce Pam Muñoz Ryan as the 2021 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award recipient for Mañanaland (Scholastic Press). The Horace Mann Upstanders Award honors children’s literature that best exemplifies the ideals of social action and encourages young readers to become agents of change themselves by standing up to injustice. The…
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[Teaching Unpacked] Critical Skills for STEAM Classrooms
Learn how to create better lesson plans and do teacher prep effectively to make STEAM learning a fun and engaging experience for both students and teachers.
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Returning to Antioch, Helping Imprisoned Mothers
Social justice and motherhood are interwoven—especially when it comes to the carceral state, which separates imprisoned women from their newborn babies and children. This unjust pattern, says Asie Whitney, produces “trauma on top of trauma.” The trauma and mental anguish that expectant mothers go through in prison while pregnant and the months and years following…
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Dr. Julie Biddle Publishes Article
Antioch University New England Education Department faculty Dr. Julie Biddle had an article published in Innovations in Early Education: The International Reggio Emilia Exchange, the Quarterly Periodical of the North American Reggio Emilia Alliance. Biddle crafted a media review of Participation is an Invitation: Citizen, Citizenship, Participation, a video resulting from a collaborative project between…
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[Teaching Unpacked] Critical Skills: The Essential Learning Ingredient
There is often a gap between the theory and the actual application of lessons in a real-world setting. Through effective teacher prep, we can build engaging and interactive lessons that help students solve real-world problems.
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Maria-Judith Rodriguez Joins Antioch University as the Institution’s First Vice Chancellor of Human Resources
Maria-Judith Rodriguez joined Antioch University as the institution’s first Vice Chancellor of Human Resources on March 15, 2021. This interview, conducted during late March, is Maria-Judith’s first introduction to many of you but we know it won’t be the last. Common Thread is so pleased to share our new Vice Chancellor’s initial thoughts. Her full…
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Outside is the New Inside: Exploring and Learning in Nature
Outside has become the new inside. This isn’t just true for socializing during the pandemic. It’s also increasingly true for the classrooms in which students across the country are studying. Instead of wedging students into colorful plastic seats in traditional, indoor classrooms, a growing movement suggests that some of the best learning can happen out…
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Best Value Schools Announces Antioch University New England’s Addictions Counseling Program as One of Top 20 in 2021
Best Value Schools has announced Antioch University New England’s MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Addictions Counseling as one of the top programs for 2021. Graduates of the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Addictions Counseling concentration will meet the academic requirements for licensure as clinical mental health counselors in most states and the academic…
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An Interview with UEE Alum Sylvia Hadnot
From Antioch University Seattle’s MA in Education with Urban Environmental Education (UEE) Program’s Alumni Journal. I’m working as a professional development facilitator out of a program called Sound Discipline. I work with K-12 teachers in South Seattle, where the population is very diverse and full of BIPOC identifying students. We offer social and emotional training to teachers…
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